Song for America
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Publication |
February 1975 |
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admission |
December 1974 |
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| Label (s) | Kirshner | |||
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Format (s) |
LP, CD |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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running time |
45:01 |
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Jeff Glixman |
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Studio (s) |
Wally Heider Studios |
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Song for America is the second studio album by the American progressive rock band Kansas . It was released in February 1975 and re-released on CD in 2004, remastered .
The 10-minute title track was shortened to three minutes for the single release . In 2004 this piece was released as a bonus track on the newly mastered CD with improved sound and extended liner notes, rare photos and a live version of Down the Road
reception
In a retrospective review, AllMusic praised the " intense energy " of the shorter pieces on the album, noting that the longer songs require too much active listening to be appreciated. They concluded that the album was " ... a good (if not youthful) recording for a group in this genre ".
Steve Pettengill, who writes for the webzine Sea of Tranquility , describes the album as “ … a full symphonic rock album without the stadium-filling songs that will appear on later albums. With four long, complicated pieces and two pieces with a very American touch, Kansas shows with the second album in a very admirable way the duality of the band as progger and rocker. "
With around 250,000 units sold in the first few months after its release, the album reached number 57 on the Billboard album charts in February 1975 . The first three album releases from Kansas Kansas (1974), Song for America and Masque from 1975, benefited in retrospect from the platinum successes of the fourth album Leftoverture from 1976 and Point of Know Return from 1977, which reportedly rose to between 300,000 in January 1978 and sold 400,000 units, Song for America was awarded 500,000 units gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in June 1980 .
Track list
page 1
- Down the Road - 3:43
- Song for America - 10:03
- Lamplight Symphony - 8:17 am
Page 2
- Lonley Street - 5:43
- The Devil Game - 5:04
- Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman - 12:11
Bonus title 2004
- Song for America (single version) - 3:02
- Down the Road (Live at the Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio, 1975) - 3:53
Bonus title of the Japanese Blu-spec CD edition from 2011
- Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman (Live) - 16:10
occupation
tape
- Steve Walsh - organ , ARP synthesizer , Moog synthesizer , vocals (except Down the Road ), backing vocals on Down the Road and Lonely Street , piano on Down the Road
- Kerry Livgren - electric guitar , rhythm guitar (except Song for America and Lamplight Symphony ), Moog and ARP synthesizers, ARP Solina String Ensemble , piano (except Down the Road )
- Robby Steinhardt - violin , backing vocals , vocals (on Down the Road )
- Rich Williams - electric guitar, acoustic guitar , rhythm guitar
- Dave Hope - bass guitar
- Phil Ehart - drums , glockenspiel (on Song for America ), Moog drums and gong (on Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman )
production
- Jeff Glixman - Produced , Produced the Remastered Edition
- Wally Gold Production
- Peter Granet - sound engineer
- Tom Rabstenek - Mastering
- Ed Lee - Art Director
- Peter Lloyd - title drawing
- Jeff Magid - Production of the Remastered Edition
Web links
- Song for America at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Song for America on the Babyblauen Seiten
- Song for America at Discogs
- Song for America at Progarchives.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mark WB Allender: Kansas: Song for America Review. In: AllMusic. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .
- ↑ Steve Pettengill: Kansas: Song for America (remaster). In: Sea of Tranquility. July 15, 2004, accessed July 8, 2020 .
- ^ Jon Pareles: Cosmic Kansas Still Close to the Corn . In: 'Fort Lauderdale News' . November 18, 1979, p. 15-G (English).
- ^ Mark Mehler: Success of Kansas Traced to Constant Touring, FM Airplay . In: 'Cashbox . January 14, 1978, p. 12 (English).
- ↑ Kanas. In: Gold & Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America, accessed July 8, 2020 .