Always Never the Same (Kansas album)
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Released | May 19, 1998 | |||
Recorded | Sept 1997–Feb 1998, | |||
Studio | Southern Tracks, Electric Landlady and Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia, Abbey Road Studios, London, UK (Orchestra recordings) | |||
Genre | Symphonic rock | |||
Length | 71:05 | |||
Label | River North (US) Edsel (Europe) Victor (Japan) | |||
Producer | Phil Ehart, Rich Williams, Trammell Starks | |||
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Always Never the Same is the thirteenth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1998. This album consists of mostly covers of the band’s previous work, re-recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. New songs include "In Your Eyes", "The Sky Is Falling", "Need to Know" and the instrumental "Preamble". "Prelude & Introduction" is a medley of the Kansas songs "Carry On Wayward Son", "Point of Know Return", "Opus Insert", and "Lamplight Symphony". The album also includes a cover of The Beatles’ "Eleanor Rigby". "Carry On Wayward Son" was also recorded during this time, in case strong sales would bring forth a second symphonic album, but was never released.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from the album | Length |
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1. | "Eleanor Rigby" (The Beatles cover) | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:22 | |
2. | "Dust in the Wind" | Kerry Livgren | Point of Know Return (1977) | 4:01 |
3. | "Preamble" (orchestral) | Larry Baird | 3:25 | |
4. | "Song for America" | Livgren | Song for America (1975) | 9:15 |
5. | "In Your Eyes" (new song) | Steve Walsh | 4:30 | |
6. | "Miracles Out of Nowhere" | Livgren | Leftoverture (1976) | 6:27 |
7. | "Hold On" | Livgren | Audio-Visions (1980) | 4:18 |
8. | "The Sky Is Falling" (new song) | Walsh | 7:50 | |
9. | "Cheyenne Anthem" | Livgren | Leftoverture | 7:29 |
10. | "Prelude & Introduction" (medley) | Phil Ehart, Billy Greer, Robby Steinhardt, Walsh, Rich Williams, Baird | 4:53 | |
11. | "The Wall" | Livgren, Walsh | Leftoverture | 5:29 |
12. | "Need to Know" (new song) | Walsh | 4:02 | |
13. | "Nobody’s Home" | Livgren, Walsh | Point of Know Return | 6:04 |
Personnel[]
- Kansas
- Steve Walsh – keyboards, lead vocals
- Robby Steinhardt – violin, lead and backing vocals
- Rich Williams – guitars, producer
- Billy Greer – bass, vocals
- Phil Ehart – drums, producer
- Additional musicians
- The London Symphony Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Larry Baird
- Production
- Trammell Starks - producer, digital editing
- Russ Fowler, James Majors, Jim "Z" Zumpano - engineers
- Peter Cobbin - orchestra recordings engineer
- Jeff Glixman - mixing at Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, Georgia
- Greg Calbi - mastering at Masterdisk, New York
- Brian Jobson, James Majors - digital editing
- Michael Allen - copyist
- Pennie Moore, Conni Treantafeles - art direction and design
- Marti Griffin - photography
References[]
- ^ Jehnzen, Daevid. "Kansas - Always Never the Same review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
Categories:
- Kansas (band) albums
- 1998 albums
- River North Records albums