This is my favourite Kansas album. Other than a couple of songs I'd heard on the radio, I didn't really know much about the band. I do know my buddy Gord liked them, and I first heard "Relentless" on one of his mix tapes - and that was an awesome tune. I didn't really have any baggage when it came to the band. When I picked up their 1982 release Vinyl Confessions , I didn't realize there was a changing of the guard when a young John Elefante replaced Steve Walsh on vocals. By the time Drastic Measures dropped in 1983, I'd gone back and picked up the excellent (to me) Audio-Visions and had started collecting the band's back catalogue. I was really getting into the band. I'll be the first to admit my preferences leaned toward the rock songs, and the more meandering wiffle waffle stuff I put up with to get to the rock songs. Yeah, I'm thinking about "A Glimpse of Home" from Monolith with its pure cheese old-timey sci-fi radio intro... b...
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