Kansas discography
| Kansas discography | |
|---|---|
 Kansas in 2008. | |
| Studio albums | 15 |
| Live albums | 6 |
| Compilation albums | 9 |
| Singles | 25 |
The discography of Kansas, an American rock band, consists of fourteen studio albums, six live albums, seven compilation albums, and twenty five singles. Formed by members Kerry Livgren, Robby Steinhardt, Dave Hope, Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh, and Rich Williams, the group signed a recording contract with Kirshner Records in 1973. The same year they released their self-titled debut album.[1]
After the release of two albums in 1975, including Masque (which sold a half a million copies in the United States), the group released Leftoverture in October 1976. The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Carry On Wayward Son", which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, leading the album to sell over five million copies in the United States. The following year their fifth album Point of Know Return was issued and certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and spawned the Top 10 single "Dust in the Wind".[2] After the release of a live album, the group sixth studio release Monolith was issued in 1979, which spawned two singles. Audio-Visions was released in 1980 and certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Their eighth studio album Vinyl Confessions released the single "Play the Game Tonight" which became their first Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100 in four years, however the album itself did not sell well and eventually after the release of a ninth studio album in 1983, the group disbanded.[1]
Kansas reformed again in 1985 and released the studio album Power in 1986 on MCA Records, whose single "All I Wanted" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. After the release of another album in 1988, the group reunited seven years later for the forming of the album Freaks of Nature (1995) on Intersound Records.[2] In 1998 Always Never the Same was released on River North Records,[1] followed by Somewhere to Elsewhere in 2000 on Magna Carta Records. Kansas has sold 15.5 million records according to the Recording Industry Association of America.[3]
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
CAN [5] |
SWE [6] | |||||||
| 1974 | Kansas
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174 | — | — | US: Gold[7] | ||||
| 1975 | Song for America
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57 | — | — | US: Gold[7] | ||||
Masque
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70 | — | — | US: Gold[7] | |||||
| 1976 | Leftoverture
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5 | 2 | — | US: 5× Platinum[7] | ||||
| 1977 | Point of Know Return
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4 | 7 | — | US: 4× Platinum[7] | ||||
| 1979 | Monolith
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10 | 18 | 27 | US: Platinum[7] | ||||
| 1980 | Audio-Visions
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26 | 96 | 35 | US: Gold[7] | ||||
| 1982 | Vinyl Confessions
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16 | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | Drastic Measures
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41 | — | — | |||||
| 1986 | Power
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35 | 93 | — | |||||
| 1988 | In the Spirit of Things
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114 | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | Freaks of Nature
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— | — | — | |||||
| 1998 | Always Never the Same
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— | — | — | |||||
| 2000 | Somewhere to Elsewhere
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— | — | — | |||||
| 2016 | The Prelude Implicit
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41 | — | 59 [8] |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
CAN [5] | ||||||||
| 1978 | Two for the Show
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32 | 29 | US: Platinum[7] | |||||
| 1992 | Live at the Whisky
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| 1998 | King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas
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| 2001 | Dust in the Wind
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| 2002 | Device - Voice - Drum
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| 2009 | There's Know Place Like Home
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— | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
CAN [5] | ||||||||
| 1984 | The Best of Kansas
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154 | 86 | US: 4× Platinum[7] | |||||
| 1992 | Carry On
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| 1994 | The Kansas Boxed Set
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| 2002 | The Ultimate Kansas
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| 2004 | Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection
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| 2005 | On the Other Side
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| 2006 | Works in Progress
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| 2008 | Playlist: The Very Best of Kansas
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| 2015 | Miracles Out of Nowhere
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68 | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) |
Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [9] |
US Main [9] |
US AC [9] |
CAN [10] |
NZ [11] |
UK [12] | ||||
| 1974 | "Can I Tell You" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kansas | |
| 1975 | "Bringing It Back" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Song for America" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Song for America | ||
| 1976 | "It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Masque | |
| "Carry On Wayward Son" | 11 | — | — | 5 | — | 51 | US: Gold[13] | Leftoverture | |
| 1977 | "What's on My Mind" | — | — | — | 89 | — | — | ||
| "Point of Know Return" | 28 | — | — | 13 | — | — | Point of Know Return | ||
| 1978 | "Dust in the Wind" | 6 | — | 6 | 3 | 36 | — | US: Platinum[13] | |
| "Portrait (He Knew)" | 64 | — | — | 62 | — | — | |||
| 1979 | "Lonely Wind" | 60 | — | — | 62 | — | — | Two for the Show | |
| "People of the South Wind" | 23 | — | — | 59 | — | — | Monolith | ||
| "Reason to Be" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1980 | "Hold On" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | Audio-Visions | |
| "Got to Rock On" | 76 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1982 | "Play the Game Tonight" | 17 | 4 | — | 35 | — | — | Vinyl Confessions | |
| "Right Away" | 73 | 33 | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Chasing Shadows" | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "Fight Fire With Fire" | 58 | 3 | — | — | — | — | Drastic Measures | |
| "Everybody's My Friend" | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1984 | "Perfect Lover" | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | The Best of Kansas | |
| 1986 | "All I Wanted" | 19 | 10 | 14 | 75 | — | — | Power | |
| 1987 | "Power" | 84 | 38 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Can't Cry Anymore" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1988 | "Stand Beside Me" | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | In the Spirit of Things | |
| 1995 | "Desperate Times" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Freaks of Nature | |
| "Hope Once Again" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Other album appearances
| Year | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "The Light" | Sounds Like Christmas |
References
- 1 2 3 Brennan, Carol. "Kansas Biography". Musician Guide.
- 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Kansas > Biography". Allmusic.
- ↑ "Top-Selling Music Artists". Recording Industry Association of America.
- 1 2 3 "allmusic ((( Kansas > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- 1 2 3 "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada: Top Albums/CDs". RPM (magazine). Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "swedishcharts.com - Swedish charts portal: Kansas albums". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - June 02, 2010: Kansas certified albums". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved September 30, 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
- 1 2 3 "allmusic ((( Kansas > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". RPM. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "charts.org.nz - New Zealand charts portal: Kansas singles". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "Kansas". Official Charts Company.
- 1 2 "RIAA - Gold & Platinum - June 02, 2010: Kansas certified singles". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010-06-02.