Kansas celebrate their 50th anniversary with release of ‘Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas’
KANSAS, America’s legendary progressive rock band, will
celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2023. To commemorate this
landmark occasion, current label InsideOutMusic are pleased to announce Another
Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas for release on the 9th
December 2022. A career-spanning collection, it features carefully-selected
tracks from across the bands sizable discography, as well as a new version of
‘Can I Tell You’. Originally recorded and released on their 1974 debut, the
song is updated by the current line-up, providing a full-circle perspective on
the band’s long and continuing history that has seen them release 16 studio
albums and sell in excess of 30 million albums worldwide.
Phil Ehart comments: "We
are really honored by the commitment that InsideOut Music has put into 'Another
Fork in the Road.' This is far more than just another greatest hits album.
'Another Fork in the Road' is an in-depth representation of the evolving and
winding musical journey of the band KANSAS that's been 50 years in the
making."
Another Fork In The
Road – 50 Years Of Kansas will arrive
as a 3CD Digipak collection, including extensive liner notes by journalist Jeff
Wagner, as well as pictures of rarely-seen memorabilia and archive material,
all overseen by founding member Phil Ehart. Pre-order now here: https://kansas.lnk.to/AnotherForkInTheRoad-50YearsOfKansas
The full track-listing is below. Please note, due to licensing
restrictions there are minor differences between the European & North
American release.
Disc 1:
1. Can
I Tell You (new 2022 version)
2. The
Absence of Presence (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
3. Throwing
Mountains (The Absence of Presence, 2020)
4. Crowded
Isolation (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
5. Summer
(The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
6. The
Voyage of Eight Eighteen (The Prelude Implicit, 2016)
7. Icarus
II (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
8. The
Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis) (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
9. Distant
Vision (Somewhere to Elsewhere, 2000)
10. The Wall (Always
Never the Same, 1998)
11. Dust in the Wind (Always
Never the Same, 1998)
12. Desperate Times (Freaks
of Nature, 1995)
13. Under The Knife (Freaks
of Nature, 1995)
EU Version - Disc 2:
1. House
on Fire (In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
2. Rainmaker
(In the Spirit of Things, 1988)
3. Silhouettes
in Disguise (Power, 1986)
4. Secret
Service (Power, 1986)
5. Three
Pretenders (Power, 1986)
6. End
of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
7. Incident
on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
8. Play
the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
9. Crossfire
(Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
10. Windows (Vinyl
Confessions, 1982)
11. Hold On (Audio-Visions,
1980)
12. Loner (Audio-Visions,
1980)
13. No One Together (Audio-Visions,
1980)
14. On The Other Side (Monolith,
1979)
15. How My Soul Cries Out
For You (Monolith, 1979)
North America Version – Disc 2:
1. Fight
Fire With Fire (Drastic Measures, 1983)
2. End
of the Age (Drastic Measures, 1983)
3. Incident
on a Bridge (Drastic Measures, 1983)
4. Play
the Game Tonight (Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
5. Crossfire
(Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
6. Windows
(Vinyl Confessions, 1982)
7. Hold
On (Audio-Visions, 1980)
8. Loner
(Audio-Visions, 1980)
9. Curtain
of Iron (Audio-Visions, 1980)
10. No One Together (Audio-Visions,
1980)
11. On The Other Side (Monolith,
1979)
12. Angels Have Fallen (Monolith,
1979)
13. How My Soul Cries Out
For You (Monolith, 1979)
Disc 3:
1. Carry
On Wayward Son (Two for the Show, 1978)
2. Portrait
(He Knew) (Point of Know Return, 1977)
3. Sparks
of the Tempest (Point of Know Return, 1977)
4. Miracles
Out of Nowhere (Leftoverture, 1976)
5. Magnum
Opus (Leftoverture, 1976)
6. Icarus
– Borne On Wings of Steel (Masque, 1975)
7. Child
of Innocence (Mas
que, 1975)
8. Down
The Road (Song for America, 1975)
9. Song
For America (Song for America, 1975)
10. The Devil Game (Song
for America, 1975)
11. Death of Mother
Nature Suite (Kansas, 1974)
12. Belexes (Kansas,
1974)
13. Journey From
Mariabronn (Kansas, 1974)
Kansas will celebrate their 50th anniversary with extensive touring in North America in 2023. The band is currently comprised of original drummer Phil Ehart, bassist/vocalist Billy Greer, vocalist/keyboardist Ronnie Platt, violinist/guitarist David Ragsdale, keyboardist/vocalist Tom Brislin, and original guitarist Richard Williams.
For a full list of upcoming dates, head to: https://www.kansasband.com/tour-dates/
With a legendary career spanning five decades, KANSAS has firmly established
itself as one of America’s iconic classic rock bands. This "garage
band" from Topeka released their debut album in 1974 after being
discovered by Wally Gold, who worked for Don Kirshner, and have gone on to sell
more than 30 million albums worldwide.
Composing a catalogue that includes sixteen studio albums and five live
albums, KANSAS has produced eight gold albums, three sextuple-Platinum albums (Leftoverture,
Point of Know Return, Best of KANSAS), one platinum live album (Two for
the Show), one quadruple-Platinum single ‘Carry On Wayward Son,’ and
another triple-Platinum single ‘Dust in the Wind.’ KANSAS appeared on the
Billboard charts for over 200 weeks throughout the ‘70's and ‘80's and played
to sold-out arenas and stadiums throughout North America, Europe and Japan.
‘Carry On Wayward Son’ continues to be one of the top five most played songs on
classic rock radio, and ‘Dust In the Wind’ has been played on the radio more
than three million times!
The summer of 2020 marked the release of The Absence of Presence,
KANSAS’s sixteenth studio album, which debuted at #10 on Billboard’s Top
Current Albums chart. The wide-ranging progressive rock album, released
by InsideOut Music, follows-up 2016’s The Prelude Implicit, which
debuted at #14 on Billboard’s Top 200 Albums chart.
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