Kansas' First Album in 16 Years on 180g Vinyl Double LP Plus CD!
Etched Artwork On D-Side! Pressed at Optimal in Germany!
Kansas, Americas legendary progressive rock band, release their intensely anticipated new studio album The Prelude Implicit". The album is the first new release in 16 years for the band that has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and is famous for classic hits such as Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In the Wind, to progressive epics like Song for America and Miracles Out of Nowhere.
"The Prelude Implicit" features 10 all new tracks written by the band and co-produced by Zak Rizvi, Phil Ehart, and Richard Williams. Kansass signature sound is evident throughout the album. It showcases Ronnie Platts soaring lead vocals, David Ragsdales blistering violin, Williams and Rizvis rocking guitar riffs, the unmistakable sound of David Manions B3 organ and keyboards, Eharts thundering drums, and Billy Greers driving bass and vocals.
Kansas returned to the studio in January 2016 after signing with Inside Out Music. Says Inside Out founder and president Thomas Waber, Kansas is the biggest and most important Prog band to come out of the United States. I grew up listening to them, and their music is part of my DNA. The Prelude Implicit undoubtedly adds to their already impressive musical legacy. I cant stop listening to it, and we are proud to be releasing the album.
The result of the time in the studio was even more than the band imagined. This is definitely a Kansas album, remarks original guitarist Richard Williams. Whether it is the trademark Prog epic like The Voyage of Eight Eighteen, biting rocker such as Rhythm in the Spirit, or mindful ballad like The Unsung Heroes, there is something on this album for every kind of Kansas fan. After years of pent-up creativity, the entire band is very proud of The Prelude Implicit.
Lead Vocalist Ronnie Platt adds, Recording The Prelude Implicit was an incredible experience, and I couldnt be happier with the results. It is my hope that, knowing the intense listeners that Kansas fans are, the continuity yet diversity of this album will be pleasing to them.
The album title, The Prelude Implicit means, "Without a doubt, this is a new musical beginning," explains Ehart. Tattoo artist, Denise de la Cerda, did the oil painting of the front and back cover. It shows a Phoenix flying from the past into the future.
Features:
180g Vinyl Double LP & CD
Etching on Side D
Gatefold jacket
Pressed at Optimal in Germany
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Vlado Meller Mastering in Charleston, SC
Selections:
Side 1:
1. With This Heart
2. Visibility Zero
3. The Unsung Heroes
4. Rhythm In The Spirit
Side 2:
5. Refugee
6. The Voyage Of Eight Eighteen
7. Camouflage
Side 3:
8. Summer
9. Crowded Isolation
10. Section 60
Side 4:
Side D:
Etching
CD:
1. With This Heart
2. Visibility Zero
3. The Unsung Heroes
4. Rhythm In the Spirit
5. Refugee
6. The Voyage of Eight Eighteen
7. Camouflage
8. Summer
9. Crowded Isolation
10. Section 60
Etched Artwork On D-Side! Pressed at Optimal in Germany!
Kansas, Americas legendary progressive rock band, release their intensely anticipated new studio album The Prelude Implicit". The album is the first new release in 16 years for the band that has sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, and is famous for classic hits such as Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In the Wind, to progressive epics like Song for America and Miracles Out of Nowhere.
"The Prelude Implicit" features 10 all new tracks written by the band and co-produced by Zak Rizvi, Phil Ehart, and Richard Williams. Kansass signature sound is evident throughout the album. It showcases Ronnie Platts soaring lead vocals, David Ragsdales blistering violin, Williams and Rizvis rocking guitar riffs, the unmistakable sound of David Manions B3 organ and keyboards, Eharts thundering drums, and Billy Greers driving bass and vocals.
Kansas returned to the studio in January 2016 after signing with Inside Out Music. Says Inside Out founder and president Thomas Waber, Kansas is the biggest and most important Prog band to come out of the United States. I grew up listening to them, and their music is part of my DNA. The Prelude Implicit undoubtedly adds to their already impressive musical legacy. I cant stop listening to it, and we are proud to be releasing the album.
The result of the time in the studio was even more than the band imagined. This is definitely a Kansas album, remarks original guitarist Richard Williams. Whether it is the trademark Prog epic like The Voyage of Eight Eighteen, biting rocker such as Rhythm in the Spirit, or mindful ballad like The Unsung Heroes, there is something on this album for every kind of Kansas fan. After years of pent-up creativity, the entire band is very proud of The Prelude Implicit.
Lead Vocalist Ronnie Platt adds, Recording The Prelude Implicit was an incredible experience, and I couldnt be happier with the results. It is my hope that, knowing the intense listeners that Kansas fans are, the continuity yet diversity of this album will be pleasing to them.
The album title, The Prelude Implicit means, "Without a doubt, this is a new musical beginning," explains Ehart. Tattoo artist, Denise de la Cerda, did the oil painting of the front and back cover. It shows a Phoenix flying from the past into the future.
Features:
180g Vinyl Double LP & CD
Etching on Side D
Gatefold jacket
Pressed at Optimal in Germany
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Vlado Meller Mastering in Charleston, SC
Selections:
Side 1:
1. With This Heart
2. Visibility Zero
3. The Unsung Heroes
4. Rhythm In The Spirit
Side 2:
5. Refugee
6. The Voyage Of Eight Eighteen
7. Camouflage
Side 3:
8. Summer
9. Crowded Isolation
10. Section 60
Side 4:
Side D:
Etching
CD:
1. With This Heart
2. Visibility Zero
3. The Unsung Heroes
4. Rhythm In the Spirit
5. Refugee
6. The Voyage of Eight Eighteen
7. Camouflage
8. Summer
9. Crowded Isolation
10. Section 60
