Kansas • Vinyl Confessions CD 2016 Sony Music On CD Holland •• NEW ••

Description: Kansas Vinyl Confessions AUDIO CD BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED Music On CD Sony Music MOCCD13348 UPC | 8718627223765 Album originally released in 1982 by Kirshner Records Made in Holland 2016 TRACK LISTING 1. Play the Game Tonight 2. Right Away 3. Fair Exchange 4. Chasing Shadows 5. Diamonds and Pearls 6. Face It 7. Windows 8. Borderline 9. Play on 10. Crossfire Line-up / Musicians John Elefante / lead & backing vocals, keyboards Rich Williams / electric & acoustic guitars Kerry Livgren / keyboards, guitars, Synclavier programming Robby Steinhardt / violin, lead & backing vocals Dave Hope / bass Phil Ehart / drums With: David Pack / backing vocals Donna Williams / backing vocals Roger Taylor (unconfirmed) / backing vocals (1,2,5) Anne Steinhardt / violin, vocals Warren Ham / harmonica The Heart Attack Horns (2,5): Bill Bergman / alto (2,5,6) & tenor (2,5) saxophones Jim Coile / tenor saxophone (2,5) Greg Smith / baritone saxophone (2,5) Lee Thornburg / trumpet (2,5) John Berry, Jr. / trumpet (2,5) Bev Dahlke / bassoon (5) ♪ Kansas replaced Steve Walsh with John Elefante on this album, a large void for anyone to fill. Elefante, like Livgren, appeared to be a deeply religious person, writing and co-writing several tracks that spoke directly to a spiritual awakening ("Play On," "Chasing Shadows"). Without the material interests of Walsh to offset him, Livgren's vision for Kansas as a religious rock band could take full flower. And yet that doesn't happen on Vinyl Confessions. Yes, the album is spiritual in the same sense that Kansas always was, but this is a thematic work first and foremost. (I wouldn't call it a concept album since there is no linear storytelling.) The theme is one of a rock musician looking to reconcile their own spirituality with the materialism of the music industry (I didn't say it was a good theme), clearly a vantage point that Livgren and Elefante shared. The rest of Kansas isn't kept out of the picture; Phil Ehart's drumming has rarely been so superlative, for example. The music continues to move away from progressive rock as its reference point; at this stage, Kansas had firmly settled into the arena rock camp (a genre they helped establish, consciously or not) alongside Asia and Foreigner. At this stage, I don't go into Kansas albums looking for progressive flights of fancy, so when they do occur I take it as a gift. Vinyl Confessions is a difficult album to pigeonhole anyway. Sometimes it sounds like classic Kansas ("Chasing Shadows," "Crossfire"), sometimes it sounds like any number of rock bands from the '80s ("Borderline," "Fair Exchange"). Although it marked a period of commercial decline for Kansas, Vinyl Confessions is actually a better album than some of its predecessors. SHIPPING TO USA ONLY Buyer Pays Shipping 1st CD $3.99... each additional $1.50 CDs will only be combined with other CDs or DVDs To qualify for the combined discount, all items must be purchased together, paid for with 1 payment, and shipped all together in 1 shipment. Please use the add to cart feature, once you have ordered all your desired items, proceed to checkout to complete your order with the combined total.

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