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Kansas - Monolith Audio CD

A fair review of the Kansas "Monolith" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Kansas reviews here, or go back to the Kansas tabs.

Band: Kansas Title: Monolith Rating: Release Date: 2008-02-01 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: On the Other Side 2: People of the South Wind 3: Angels Have Fallen 4: How My Soul Cries Out for You 5: Glimpse of Home 6: Away from You 7: Stay Out of Trouble 8: Reason to Be

Kansas Monoith (The Best)
It starts off with the wicked On The Other Side, followed by the awesome People Of The South Wind which should be played on radio as much as Carry On Wayward Son, and Dust In The Wind. I have this only on vinyl and it's my favorite as it dominates all there other albums. Then the beautiful and rocking Angels Have Fallen plays next. The guitar riffs and piano are so cool on How My Sould Cries Out For You, and when Phil Ehart goes bananas on the double bass drums I nearly always yell out "F**k it up!". A Glimpse Of Home is another impressive guitar rocking song. Away From You and Stay Out Of Trouble keeps my head banging, and then it wraps up with the calm Reason To Be. This album needs to remastered like there albums before this one badly. Kansas is my favorite band from the 60's and 70's. I've sent an e-mail to legacy recordings who remastered their other albums, but I never got response. Hopefully their contemplating to remaster it. So for the time being, I suggest getting the vinyl for best quality. .

Great album, but not a remaster!
This is the same CD that's been available since the late 80's. This is a great album from the latter days of Kansas' stardom, but don't be fooled by the 2008 release date. It's just a lower priced re-issue.
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Has this version of "Monolith" been remastered?
I can't find out if this version has been remastered or not. Has this version of "Monolith" released been remastered? Please help. It says it was reissued in early 2008, but no mention of remastering or expanded artwork.
Thanks.

Visionary Prog-Rock
Always have been, even back when it first was released. There seem to be two camps when it comes to this CD. The one that says "not as good as Leftoverture or Point Of No Return" and the one that touts this as being on the same level.

By the time time this CD was released, Kansas was at the top of their game, so naturally there was an expectation that this would be a continuation of the previous work they had done. To that end, it's understandable how critics may have been harsh on the material here. But, standing on it's own, I differ with those critics. This is a fine effort. The lyrics aren't quite as deep as Point of No Return and the music not as raw as Leftoverture, but there are enough elements of both here to satisfy most Kansas fans. Some have pointed to this being an effort to placate their label by making music that was more mainstream, more accessible to fans. I think, in the end, it probably was. But Kansas did it in a way that only they could have. This remains one of my favorite CDs to this day.

Has this cd been Remastered?
It's long been on of my favorite Kansas albums. Monolith is an amazing work of music from Kansas. It says that this album was just recently re-released (for it's 35 year anniversary). But it mentions no word of it being remastered. Does anyone know if this new release has been remastered or not? .

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