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Label: Kirshner 19075869361
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: Sep 14, 2018
Genre: Rock
Style: Prog Rock, Classic Rock

A1 Point Of Know Return 3:11
A2 Paradox 3:49
A3 The Spider 2:08
A4 Portrait (He Knew) 4:32
A5 Closet Chronicles 6:30
B1 Lightning’s Hand 4:21
B2 Dust In The Wind 3:26
B3 Sparks Of The Tempest 4:15
B4 Nobody’s Home 4:37
B5 Hopelessly Human 7:10

Mastered At GZ Media 177533E
Manufactured By Memphis Record Pressing MRP1443
Record Company We Are Vinyl
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Other [Bemis Cow Pedal] Rich Williams
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Piano, Clavinet, Synthesizer, Percussion, Other [Rinauldo Whistling Machine] Kerry Livgren
Arranged By Kansas (2)
Bass, Other [Autogyro] Dave Hope
Drums, Chimes, Gong [Chain-driven], Timpani [Tympani] Phil Ehart
Engineer [Additional] Terry Diane Becker*
Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals, Percussion, Celesta [Celeste], Vibraphone [Vibes], Other [Peabody Chromatic Inverter] Steve Walsh
Producer, Engineer Jeff Glixman
Violin, Viola, Cello [Faucon Lap], Vocals Robby Steinhardt
Written-By Kerry Livgren (tracks: A2, A4 to B5), Phil Ehart (tracks: A1), Robby Steinhardt (tracks: A1), Steve Walsh (tracks: A1 to B1, B3, B4)
Barcode (Scanned): 190758693613

Kansas: Steve Walsh (vocals, piano, celeste, organ, synthesizer, vibraphone, percussion); Kerry Livgren (acoustic & electric guitars, piano, Clavinet, synthesizer, percussion); Rick Williams (acoustic & electric guitars); Robby Steinham (violin, viola, cello, background vocals); Dave Hope (autoharp, bass); Phil Ehart (drums, timpani, percussion, chimes). Producer: Jeff Glixman. Reissue producers: Jeff Glixman, Jeff Magid. Engineers: Jeff Glixman, Terry Diane Baker. Recorded at Woodland Sound, Nashville, Tennessee and Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, Louisiana in 1977. Includes liner notes by Jeff Glixman. All tracks have been digitally remastered. The high point of Kansas’s long career, 1977’s POINT OF KNOW RETURN found the American heartlanders finally striking the perfect balance between complex prog-rock, hard-hitting heavy guitar work, and crafty pop sensibilities. This is perhaps best exemplified by the title cut, a sparkling tune full of jaunty interaction between piano and violin that moves unerringly through some tricky musical maneuvers, while remaining engagingly catchy and accessible. The electrifying riffs that fly around in “Lightning’s Hand” and “The Spider” show that the knack for tunes like the previous album’s classic “Carry On Wayward Son” had not deserted Kansas. At the same time, thoughtful (but not saccharine) ballads such as “Dust in the Wind” and “Hopelessly Human” make it clear that there was more than flash to the band. Nevertheless, there’s honestly impressive flash aplenty to be found here in Kansas’s finest hour.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 09/14/18