Year: February 1975 (CD Aug 24, 2011)
Label: Epic Records (Japan), EICP 20072
Style: Progressive Rock, Hard Rock, Soft Rock
Country: Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Time: 68:13
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 509 Mb
While not a standout success as the Progressive Rock entourage were hoping it would be, their debut album nevertheless became the foundation for how Kansas would operate for the next decade. As their sophomore album was drawing near, the band began to take in more ideas and transform their music into something that would define them for the next 40 years. Make no mistake, Song For America is the Kansas we all know and love. Their debut was an amazing album, but it's Boogie Rock and acoustic elements would never return after that debut. Instead, the band looked onward towards more electronic elements.
Like the previous album, Song For America has short tunes and elongated pieces. The most notable piece is Song for America, a massive, 10-minute undertaking filled with standout synthesizers, electronic guitars, and violins galore. It relishes in its excess with so little shame that one can't help but feel exuberant towards it. Another "long song" would be the 8-minute slow ballad Lamplight Symphony. Unlike Song for America, Lamplight Symphony downplays the violins and guitars in favor of more organ, piano, and percussion elements. While it is overall a great track, some pieces tend to overlap each other to the point where it all becomes jumbled, this left certain instruments in the cold and really hindered what was an overall good track.
(full version: sputnikmusic.com/review/73049/Kansas-Song-for-America/)
01. Down The Road (03:43)
02. Song For America (10:03)
03. Lamplight Symphony (08:16)
04. Lonely Street (05:42)
05. The Devil Game (05:04)
06. Incomudro - Hymn To The Atman (12:17)
07. Song For America (Single Edit) (03:02)
08. Down The Road (Live) (03:52)
09. Incomudro - Hymn To The Atman (Live) (16:10)
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