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Kansas - Point Of Know Return (1977) (Japan Mini LP 2008)
Kansas cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring the albums "Kansas," "Song For America," "Masque," "Leftoverture," "Point Of Know Return," "Two For The Show," and "Monolith." 2008
This is the definitive Kansas recording and includes their most famous tune, "Dust in the Wind." The band is in peak form and also churned out the single "Point of Know Return," which is still played daily on classic rock stations. While their pop-oriented approach and standard rock guitar sound helped define the classic rock sound of the '70s, careful listening reveals that this band's talent goes beyond colleagues such as Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Boston. Their arrangements and time signatures more accurately reflect the music of Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. "Paradox" and "The Spider" are both excellent examples of their progressive approach. Unfortunately, the band always struggled to maintain a healthy balance of progression combined with pop. That made for such awkward moments here as "Portrait (He Knew)" and "Lightning's Hand." Yet despite the minor inconsistencies and a dated sound, their interplay and superior musicianship make this both an essential classic rock and progressive rock recording. The 2002 CD reissue adds two bonus tracks: a live 1978 version of "Sparks of the Tempest" and a remix of "Portrait (He Knew)."...R. Taylor Jr
Kansas was another in a line of 70's rock artists from the Midwest who enjoyed some chart success in the mid-70's to early 80's. But they had more in common with prog rockers like Yes, King Crimson and the others than with the earnest rock of Bob Seger and the like. Point Of No Return is the top album in their catalog and contains one of the staples of FM rock radio, the hauntingly beautiful "Dust In The Wind". But this album is more than a one-hit wonder. The title track opens the album with it's pulsating keyboards and other standout tracks include the Albert Einstein tribute, "Portrait (He Knew)", the Orwellian "Sparks Of The Tempest", another ballad "Nobody's Home", "The Spider" and the album's closer "Hopelessly Human". The album is remastered with two live tracks that are alright, but don't add much to the original album...T, Magan
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 125 MB
Genre : Prog. Rock
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Tracklist:
01 Point of Know Return 3:13
02 Paradox 3:50
03 The Spider 2:05
04 Portrait (He Knew) 4:37
05 Closet Chronicles 6:31
06 Lightning's Hand 4:24
07 Dust in the Wind 3:28
08 Sparks of the Tempest 4:19
09 Nobody's Home 4:40
10 Hopelessly Human 7:17
11 Sparks of the Tempest Live / prev. unreleased / Bonus 5:17
12 Portrait (He Knew) prev. unreleased / Bonus / Remix 4:49
