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Kansas is the debut studio album by American progressive rock band Kansas, released in 1974 by Kirshner in the United States and Epic Records in other countries. Kansas's debut album followed the merging of two Topeka musical camps: Kerry Livgren , from a previous Kansas line-up, and White Clover, which played mainstream rock and blues.
As Phil Ehart, drummer for the band Kansas, shared with Jeb Wright (a legendary rock radio and print interviewer) in a Goldmine interview called "Behind the Paintbrush", Ehart told stories about the artwork for Kansas album covers, including Monolith: Bruce Wolfe, an artist that did a Levi’s commercial, did that album cover.
The sessions were produced by longtime Kansas associate Jeff Glixman (Masque was the first Kansas album produced solely by him) and held at Studio in the Country. The brand new studio was described by drummer Phil Ehart as "way out in the bayous", and during recording sessions alligators and armadillos wandered into the studio. [4]
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.
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 .
Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album cover was one of the most iconic and recognizable of all time. It helped catapult the then unknown band to worldwide fame in 1991, and the album went on to sell a ...
The album cover art, by artist Steve Carver, is a parody of Grant Wood's 1939 painting of the author Parson Weems pointing to the famous scene of George Washington and George's father inquiring after young George had just chopped down a cherry tree with his hatchet. The cover contains elements of nearly all previous Kansas album covers: