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Point of Know Return (Kansas) | Extended Play Lounge (Ep. 43) (Patreon)

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2023-05-02 21:20:39
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2023-05

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I'm pleased to present this episode of the Extended Play Lounge, featuring Kansas for the first time. Point of Know Return won our poll, and I had only previously heard Dust in the Wind...although, I realized that I had heard the title track as well as soon as I heard the organ riff.

So, I hope you enjoy this proggy gem of an album as much as I did!

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Slew

I bought this album when it came out I haven't heard this in Decades Thanks Doug

Martin Broten

I haven't listened to this album in years. Forgot how good it was. "Masque" is probably my favorite Kansas album though.

Jeff Norman

I probably have not listened to this record for at least 30 years. Well...my reaction to Kansas is still really mixed. I still feel that the prog stuff and the "heartland boogie" stuff are pulling in different directions...and that, if they *only* did the boogie stuff, I could hear them as a very good set of players playing yr basic '70s hard rock, alongside the prog stuff it sounds either pandering or just schizophrenic. The prog stuff is often pretty good...although sometimes it does seem to suffer from the most common proglem (sorry...couldn't resist!) of shifting time signatures, blistering playing, and weird chord sequences...whether they make sense or are motivated, or not. On the other hand, I'm remembering that I really did like "Hopelessly Human" back in the day, and I get why—and while I remembering thinking the title track was too poppy, now I hear it as a very successful attempt to do a proggish catchy pop song: why not? "Closet Chronicles" is pretty good, too—as is the fiendish "The Spider." And yes: "Dustin LeWynn" is just a good song, period. There's a real mournfulness in the performance, too. (And yeah: Walsh at his peak was a fantastic singer: great range, that wonderful sort of openness in his tone that, probably because the band's called Kansas, I always associate with a big open prairie...BTW: give him a listen on the couple tracks he sings on Steve Hackett's second solo record...) I enjoyed hearing this again...although as much as I can appreciate these guys as good players, tracks like "Lightning's Hand" just don't do much for me.

Anonymous

Kansas often switched the lead vocals between Steve and Robby not just in a song but sometimes a bridge versus verses (Hopelessly Human) or verses versus chorus (Sparks of the Tempest). Really cool to have that veristality just like having two guitars, two keyboards and the violin. The sum of Kansas is always better than its individual parts. Kerry Livgren very influenced by things like Wagner and movie soundtracks so lots of layers.

Anonymous

I loved this review. For me, the first five Kansas albums are "can't miss." Different from each other but all fantastic. I hope to see some more Kansas episodes soon!

Gerard Dion

Thank you, Doug for another fine review of an album and band that I've enjoyed for many years. I am still waiting for your review ELP's Pirates like you've recently mentioned! Cheers!

Neale Brassell

I bought this pretty much the moment it came out, and loved it... but in the 40+ years since then, always with new music to discover, I'd forgotten what a truly magnificent album this is... and how Kansas was one of the most cohesive sets of musicians ever.

Anonymous

As good as American prog. ever got. Just fantastic!

Anonymous

The band was at its peak from 1974 to 1978. Although their other albums have great moments, this is timeless stuff, both musically and lyrically. Kerry Livgren is a master composer and lyricist. Not bad for a guy who never learned to read music!

Anonymous

This was a lot of fun! I remember buying this album because of the strings they employ, especially the violin. I was playing at the time (in high school) and was trying to learn the violin parts, especially for Dust In the Wind. This was the only album of theirs that I owned, but I am somewhat familiar with some of the other work, especially Left Overture, and got the chance to seem them live back in the early 00's (they opened for ELP). They were a good live act!

Anonymous

If you do more kansas, it would be nice to go for the Two For The Show album. Kansas live is about 10x better than studio kansas (with the interesting exception of Carry On Wayward Son, which was just produced to perfection). Any song from Masque in particular is really best done live.

Craig Higgins

I have been wanting Doug to react to "Hopelessly Human" forever and now we get that, plus the entire album! Thanks for picking this wonderful album.

Ralph Darvill

Nice review of an album I haven't listened to in a while. I "discovered" Kansas via Steve Hackett- because Steve Walsh and Phil Ehart both feature heavily on "Please Don't Touch" (have you heard that album yet?). Started with the double live from 78, and worked from there. Sometimes their tendency to wander into whimsy gets on my nerves, but POKR is a great album and is a wee bit more focused than some others of theirs. I love "Hopelessly Human". I think Kerry was on his route to Evangelical Christianity at this time, and he of course left to form "AD", whose albums aren't too bad.