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  • Artist: Kansas
  • Rating: StarStarStar
  • Release Date: 1980
  • Total Time: 43:16
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

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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, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Relentless (Lyrics) Kerry Livgren Kansas (4:58)
Anything for You Bobby Williams, Claude Hopkins, Alex Hill, Steve Walsh Kansas (3:59)
Hold On (Lyrics) Kerry Livgren Kansas (3:53)
Loner (Lyrics) Steve Walsh Kansas (2:31)
Curtain of Iron (Lyrics) Kerry Livgren Kansas (6:12)
Got to Rock On (Lyrics) Steve Walsh Kansas (3:21)
Don't Open Your Eyes (Lyrics) Dave Hope, Kerry Livgren, Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh, Richard Williams Kansas (4:06)
No One Together (Lyrics) Kerry Livgren Kansas (6:58)
No Room for a Stranger (Lyrics) Steve Walsh, Richard Williams Kansas (3:00)
Back Door (Lyrics) Steve Walsh Kansas (4:24)

Credits

Donna Williams (?), Terry Ehart (Vocals), Donna Williams (Vocals), Phil Ehart (Drums), Robbie Steinhardt (Vocals), Joey Jelf (?), Bob Irwin (Reissue Producer), Donna Williams (Vocals (Background)), Robbie Steinhardt (Viola), Victoria Livgren (Vocals), Vic Anesini (Digital Remastering), Steve Walsh (Keyboards), Kansas (Band), Steve Walsh (Vocals), Kerry Livgren (Keyboards), Phil Ehart (Vocals), Steve Walsh (Vibraphone), Kerry Livgren (Guitar), Four Bassmen (Vocals (Background)), Brad Aaron (Producer), Robbie Steinhardt (Violin), Greg Webster (Engineer), Phil Ehart (Percussion), Kerry Livgren (Vocals), Joey Jelf (Vocals), Lisa White (Vocals (Background)), Anne Steinhardt (Violin), Rich Williams (Vocals), Victoria Livgren (?), Rich Williams (Guitar), Davey Moire (Producer), Joey Self (Vocals), Davey Moire (Engineer), Brad Aaron (Engineer), Anne Steinhardt (Viola), Rich Williams (Percussion), Anne Steinhardt (Vocals), Lisa White (?), Lisa White (Vocals), Joey Jelf (Vocals (Background)), Dave Hope (Vocals), Dave Hope (Bass), Four Bassmen (Vocals), Four Bassmen (?), Steve Walsh (Percussion), Terry Ehart (?), Kansas (Producer), Kerry Livgren (Percussion)
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Audio-Visions
Studio album by Kansas
Released September 1980
Recorded 1979-1980
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 43:16
Label Kirshner
Producer Kansas,
Brad Aaron,
Davey Moire
Professional reviews
Kansas chronology
Monolith
(1979)		 Audio-Visions
(1980)		 Vinyl Confessions
(1982)

Audio-Visions is the seventh studio album, and eighth album overall, by American rock band Kansas, released in 1980 (see 1980 in music).

Kerry Livgren's recent conversion to Christianity is first heard on this album, primarily in the lyrics to "Hold On" (which was written as an evangelistic plea to his wife) and "No One Together."

The album was to be the last album with the band's original lineup until 2000's Somewhere to Elsewhere and coincidentally the band's last studio album to be certified Gold by the RIAA (which it did in December 1980).

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Relentless" (Kerry Livgren) – 4:56
  2. "Anything for You" (Steve Walsh) – 3:58
  3. "Hold On" (Livgren) – 3:53
  4. "Loner" (Walsh) – 2:30
  5. "Curtain of Iron" (Livgren) – 6:12
  6. "Got to Rock On" (Walsh) – 3:21
  7. "Don't Open Your Eyes" (Phil Ehart, Dave Hope, Livgren, Walsh) – 4:05
  8. "No One Together" (Livgren) – 6:58
  9. "No Room for a Stranger" (Walsh, Rich Williams) – 3:00
  10. "Back Door" (Walsh) – 4:23

Credits

Additional personnel

  • Terry Ehart - vocals
  • Four Bassmen - vocals, background vocals
  • Joey Jelf - vocals, background vocals
  • Victoria Livgren - vocals
  • Joey Self - vocals
  • Anne Steinhardt - violin, viola, vocals
  • Lisa White - vocals, background vocals
  • Donna Williams - vocals, background vocals

Production

  • Producers: Kansas, Brad Aaron, Davey Moiré
  • Engineers: Brad Aaron, Davey Moiré, Greg Webster
  • Reissue producer: Bob Irwin
  • Digital remastering: Vic Anesini

Album notes

The eighth song on this album, "No One Together," was originally intended for release on the previous album, Monolith, released in 1979. It was dropped from that album due to time reasons and wound up on this release, Audio-Visions, instead.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1980 Pop Albums 26

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "Hold On" Pop Singles 40
1981 "Got To Rock On" Pop Singles 76
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Kansas
Phil Ehart • Billy Greer • David Ragsdale • Steve Walsh • Richard Williams
Dave Hope • Kerry Livgren • Robby Steinhardt • John Elefante • Steve Morse • Greg Robert
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations

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