- The Ultimate Kansas
Infobox Album |
Name = The Ultimate Kansas
Type =Compilation album
Artist = Kansas
Released =July 2 ,2002
Recorded = 1974-1983
Genre = Progressive Rock
Length =
Label = Epic/Legacy
Producer = Various
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gjftxqq0ldje~T1 link]
Last album = "Device, Voice, Drum "
(2002)
This album = "The Ultimate Kansas"
(2002)
Next album = ""
(2004)"The Ultimate Kansas" is the fourth compilation from the band Kansas. It was originally released in 2002, and focuses solely on their Kirshner period from their debut album "Kansas" in 1974 up to and including "
Drastic Measures " in 1983.Track listing
Disc one
# "
Carry On Wayward Son " (Kerry Livgren) – 5:23
# "Song for America" (Livgren) – 10:01
# "The Wall" (Livgren, Steve Walsh) – 4:49
# "Lonely Street" (Phil Ehart, Dave Hope, Walsh, Rich Williams) – 5:43
# "Journey from Mariabronn" (Livgren, Walsh) – 7:57
# "Child of Innocence" (Livgren) – 4:36
# "Mysteries and Mayhem" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:18
# "The Pinnacle" (Livgren) – 9:36
# "Bringing It Back" (J.J. Cale) – 3:33
# "Down the Road" (Livgren, Walsh) – 3:43
# "What's On My Mind" (Livgren) – 3:28
# "Death of Mother Nature Suite" (Livgren) – 7:43Disc two
# "Point of Know Return" (Ehart, Robby Steinhardt, Walsh) – 3:13
# "Cheyenne Anthem" (Livgren) – 6:54
# "Fight Fire With Fire" (Dino Elefante, John Elefante) – 3:41
# "Dust in the Wind" (Livgren) – 3:26
# "Hold On" (Livgren) – 3:52
# "No One Together" (Livgren) – 6:58
# "Play the Game Tonight" (Ehart, Danny Flower, Rob Frazier, Livgren, Williams) – 3:26
# "Closet Chronicles" (Walsh, Livgren) – 6:59
# "Sparks of the Tempest" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:18
# "Portrait (He Knew)" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:35
# "On the Other Side" (Livgren) – 6:26
# "People of the South Wind" (Livgren) – 3:39
# "A Glimpse of Home" (Livgren) – 6:37
# "Magnum Opus" (Ehart, Hope, Livgren, Phil Steinhardt, Robby Steinhardt, Walsh, Williams) – 8:35Personnel
*
Phil Ehart : drums
*John Elefante : keyboards, vocals
*Dave Hope : bass
*Kerry Livgren :guitar s, keyboards
*Robby Steinhardt :Violin
*Steve Walsh: Keyboards, vocals
*Rich Williams : Guitar
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