Prog Album of the Week - Week 45 (07/05/2014): Kansas - Leftoverture

As always, we encourage participation from everyone - if you've never heard the album, there's a YouTube link provided! Go check it out and report back!

Welcome to the forty-fifth week of r/progrockmusic's Album of the Week! Last week we discussed Ozric Tentacles' Jurassic Shift and that was lovely.

If you'd like to peruse previous weeks' discussions, please visit the archive.

Kansas' best record (maybe)! Woohoo!!

http://i.imgur.com/yQBuYFj.jpg

###Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)

Track Listing:

Track listing: 1) Carry on Wayward Son; 2) The Wall; 3) What's on my Mind; 4) Miracles out of Nowhere; 5) Opus Insert; 6) Questions of my Childhood; 7) Cheyenne Anthem; 8) Magnum Opus.

• The album on Wikipedia
• The album on YouTube
• Progarchives review (4.22/5)

####Potential Discussion Questions:

• Our first Kansas record! This is generally considered their best one. I don't see it, but maybe I'm wrong! How do you like this album relative to the rest of their output and relative to prog output in general?

• How would you personally rate the album?

• Are there any moments on the album you consider particularly strong or particularly weak (i.e., favourite/least favourite moments)?

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