Kansas - Audio-Visions
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Artist: KansasEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1996-02-27
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Relentless
- Anything For You
- Hold On
- Loner
- Curtain Of Iron
- Got To Rock On
- Don't Open Your Eyes
- No One Together
- No Room For A Stranger
- Back Door
Free Music Notes for Audio-Visions
Free Music Review: Last of the Classic Line-up
Hit: 3 Stars
KANSAS - Audio-Visions (1980) (*** ) 10 tracks (43:27)
Audio-Visions represents KANSAS's last album with their original line-up still intact. It's now the 80's, and this album shows it. The pop trends of that era show up strongly on this release.
Unlike the famous writing duo of Lennon/McCartney, who seemed content to write together and share most of the credit, KANSAS's main songwriters, Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren almost always write seperately. There is always a balance of songs on each album written by the two. Just about a 50/50 split, with a couple of tracks co-written with other members of the band. After a while of listening to the two writing "styles" of Walsh and Livgren, one can guess with about 90% accuracy who wrote each song as they are presented. Walsh leans to a more "pop" style and Livgren still leans towards a more "classical" style of arrangement. And, as usual, the biggest hit on this was penned by Kerry Livgren. Mainly "Hold On". The most recognisable song from this album. The second most popular song is "Got to Rock On" by Steve Walsh. It definitely has a "pop" feel to it. It's enjoyable, but it's not the KANSAS of old and it's absolutely not progressive. Those days are long gone, sadly. After this album was complete, Steve Walsh left the band. This time for good. The personal and musical differences between him and Kerry Livgren were just too much to take anymore.
This is the first KANSAS album to be "remastered" by EPIC/Legacy, way back in 1996. Therefore, it has a decent 7 page booklet, which duplicates what one got with the original album release: original album art (front & back) plus all lyrics and production notes. The remastering job isn't quite up to today's standards, but it's allright.
Best Tracks: Hold On and No One Together
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