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The album cover depicts abolitionist John Brown in a scene from Tragic Prelude, a mural by Kansas native John Steuart Curry. [4] The original mural is painted on a wall at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. The album cover image is severely discolored and cropped to show only a small part of the original painting.
Kansas: The man on the front cover is John Brown, as portrayed in the John Steuart Curry mural Tragic Prelude, which was used as the cover of Kansas' debut album. No tracks from the album appear on either version of The Best of Kansas. Song for America: The bird depicted on the front cover of Song for America can be found on the back cover ...
Tragic Prelude is a mural painted by the American artist John Steuart Curry for the Kansas State Capitol building in Topeka, Kansas. It is located on the east side of the second floor rotunda . On the north wall it depicts the abolitionist John Brown with a Bible in one hand, on which the Greek letters alpha and omega of Revelation 1:8 can be seen.
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The album is critically acclaimed for the singles "Point of Know Return," which was a late addition to the album, and "Portrait (He Knew)," which was written about Albert Einstein. [7] In 1988, Livgren released an updated version of "Portrait (He Knew)" titled "Portrait II" as part of the album Prime Mover credited to his band AD .
The album was a mix of older Kansas material (with new arrangements by Baird), several new songs and a cover of "Eleanor Rigby". Somewhere to Elsewhere , a new studio album released in July 2000, featured all the original members of Kansas, plus Greer, with all songs written by Kerry Livgren.
"Carry On Wayward Son" is a song by American rock band Kansas, released on their 1976 studio album, Leftoverture. Written by guitarist Kerry Livgren, the song became the band's first Top 40 hit, reaching No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977.
Cover art for On the Other Side Carry On is the second compilation from American rock band Kansas , released in 1992. [ 1 ] It was later repackaged and re-released in 2005 as On the Other Side (see below); also, "Play the Game Tonight" and "Don't Take Your Love Away" were replaced with "What's on My Mind" and "Child of Innocence."