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5.0 out of 5 stars The Masters are back., 6 Sep 2000

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This review is from: Somewhere to Elsewhere (Audio CD)

KANSAS is my all-time favourite band, and their latest release is a special one for several reasons. First of all it's the first album in 20 years with the original line-up, secondly it sounds like it was made back in '78, fitting quite nicely as a sort of follow-up to their biggest hit album "Point Of Know Return" ('77). Often fans of rock groups over-react when their idols bring out a new album praising it to the skies, (and in the States this new CD is no exception), but in this case it really deserves it. Songwriter Kerry Livgren wrote all 10 songs, proving again why he's the most brilliant composer I can think of. The bombastic songs are the kind of progressive and symphonic stuff that made KANSAS famous in the first place, and old fans who may not have bothered with the band since the dawn of time shouldn't hesitate now. "Distant Vision" must rank as one of the best KANSAS tunes ever; it's a truly haunting track that deserved to have opened the album. "Myriad" is an interesting kind of jazzy number, and "The Coming Dawn" is simply one of their most beautiful ballads, almost reaching the heights of their mighty 1976 hit "The Wall". -Not quite, but it's damn close. "Disappearing Skin Tight Blues" is very catchy and will hook you right away, while the raunchy "When The World Was Young" is probably about themselves. I hope it's not just for this one album they've gotten back together again, but for many more to come. If only they'd done so years ago, we might've had more glorious music like this, to sink our ears into.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Wake me when it's over...., 14 Jun 2005

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This review is from: Somewhere to Elsewhere (Audio CD)

I really can't understand the number of 5 star reviews of this album, both here and on Amazon.com. The attitude of most fans seems to be that this album is a return to Kansas' glory days of the 1970s and a worthy successor to Leftoverture and Point of Know Return. Unfortunately it isn't.

Before I continue I should point out that I've been a fan of Kansas, and especially of their 1970s stuff, for almost 20 years. I was really excited at the prospect of hearing the first album featuring the original line up in nigh on 25 years. However, that hasn't blinded me to the fact that this album contains some of the most painfully dull music I have ever heard, from a band that can and have done infinitely better - in any of their incarnations.

I think that the main problem is that Kerry Livgren wrote the whole album away from the rest of the band and it feels like they were almost incidental to the process of recording it. To make matters worse the production is in places extremely dull and lifeless.

From my perspective there are three decent songs here (Byzantium, Look at the Time and Distant Vision) with the first two of these being the least 'Kansas' sounding of any on the album. The rest of the tracks are at best unremarkable and at worst downright tedious. The few times I've tried to listen to the album all the way through it's been a major test of will to not skip through most of the songs. I usually end up playing one of their greatest hits packages afterwards to reassure myself that Kansas actually have been a great band.

If you're a fan of old school Kansas and haven't heard this album, I recommend that you consider carefully before laying out your hard earned money on it. If you're not yet a fan, but want to check out some of their music, then I advise you to buy any other album by this truly brilliant band. Every band is allowed to produce a real lemon and Somewhere to Elsewhere is most definitely the bright and shiny yellow citrus fruit in the Kansas catalogue.

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