Song for America

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Song for America
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Artist: Kansas
Released: 1974, October
Average rating: Based on DM and site visitor ratings
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Tracks

  Down the Road (Livgren/Walsh) - 3:43 Lyrics
  Song for America (Livgren) - 10:03 Lyrics
  Lamplight Symphony (Livgren) - 8:17 Lyrics
  Lonely Street (Steve Walsh/Dave Hope/Richard Williams/Phil Ehart) - 5:43 Lyrics
  The Devil Game (Hope/Walsh) - 5:04 Lyrics
  Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman (Livgren) - 12:11 Lyrics
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Credits

Kansas - Arranger
Kerry Livgren - Guitar, Keyboards
Steve Walsh - Keyboards, Vocals
Phil Ehart - Drums
Dave Hope - Bass
Robbie Steinhardt - Violin, Vocals
Rich Williams - Guitar
Tom Rabstenek - Mastering
Ed Lee - Art Direction
Don Meehan - Preparation
Peter Lloyd - Paintings
Peter Granet - Engineer
Jeff Glixman Wally Gold - Producers

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10/10 Bruce Beatlefan (April 19, 2008)
I was a Kansas fan/collector until they dropped off my radar after their fifth album, Point of Know Return. My impression was that their odd-numbered albums were unified in sound (Kansas-Southern Rock, Masque-prog rock, Point of Know Return-spiritual searching leading to Kerry Livgren's conversion to Christianity), while the albums in between were transitional as they morphed their sound from one to another. In my opinion, these morph albums, Song for America and Leftoverture were much better, and that Song For America was the best album Kansas ever did, one of the all-time jewels in my record collection.

The Southern rock sound still resonates in the hard-driving tracks "Down the Road" and "Lonely Street" while the string-and-synthesizer, long prog-rock passages of "Song for America" and "Incomundro" are as good as any to be heard from Kansas, as they aspire to the levels achieved by ELP and Yes. Meanwhile, the nascent spiritual overtures of Kerry Livgren are to be found in the tracks "Lamplight Symphony" (dreamy) and "Devil's Game" (hard-rocking). The result is a superb album, and the Kansas album which I would most recommend.

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