Audio-Visions

by Kansas

Overview

By the time of their eighth album, Audio-Visions, Kansas had entered the post-platinum solo-album phase of the typical successful rock group's career. Leaders Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh were devoting time to making their own records, and Kansas was becoming a part-time occupation. The two divided up the songwriting chores on Audio-Visions, alternating Livgren's always spiritual and by now explicitly religious lyrical sentiments and ornate musical structures with Walsh's earthier and harder-rocking concerns. Livgren's Christian-themed "Hold On" ("Outside the door He is waiting") made the Top 40, and Walsh's "Got to Rock" was a singles-chart entry, but nothing here matched the music from the group's late-'70s heyday. Audio-Visions was the last of seven straight Kansas albums to go gold or platinum and the last album made by the group's most successful lineup. In 1981, Walsh quit. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	03/01/2008
Label:	Sbme Special Mkts.
UPC:	0886972444420
Rank:	2546

Tracks

1. Relentless
2. Anything for You
3. Hold On
4. Loner
5. Curtain of Iron
6. Got to Rock On
7. Don't Open Your Eyes
8. No One Together
9. No Room for a Stranger
10. Back Door

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kansas   Primary Artist,Band
Four Bassmen   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Joey Self   Vocals
Terry Ehart   Vocals
Lisa White   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Donna Williams   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Kerry Livgren   Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion
Robby Steinhardt   Viola,Violin,Vocals
Phil Ehart   Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Rich Williams   Guitar,Vocals,Percussion
Dave Hope   Bass,Vocals
Steve Walsh   Vocals,Keyboards,Percussion,Vibraphone
Joey Jelf   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Victoria Livgren   Vocals
Anne Steinhardt   Viola,Violin,Vocals

Technical Credits

Davey Moire   Engineer,Producer
Bob Irwin   Reissue Producer
Bobby Williams   Composer
Kerry Livgren   Composer
Claude Hopkins   Composer
Kansas   Producer
Phil Ehart   Composer
Dave Hope   Composer
Alex Hill   Composer
Steve Walsh   Composer
Brad Aaron   Engineer,Producer
Vic Anesini   Digital Remastering
Greg Webster   Engineer
Richard Williams   Composer