Ultimate Kansas

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
26-track retrospective on 2 CDs containing their biggest hits, fan favorites & live tracks. The Ultimate Kansas is the most comprehensive overview of these American prog-rock pioneers. 2002.

Ultimate Kansas, Music, Kansas, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Pop, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Rock, Rock/Pop, United States of America

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This is where it all began for me

A great Kansas compilation

NO MORE COMPILATIONS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UH, DOES ANYBODY GET THE POINT HERE?

Missing Links.

Ultimate Kansas
Kansas
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000068QYD
Release Date: 2002-07-02

Tracks:

Carry On Wayward Son
Song For America
The Wall
Lonely Street
Journey From Mariabronn
Child Of Innocence
Mysteries And Mayhem
The Pinnacle
Bringing It Back
Down The Road
What's On My Mind
Death Of Mother Nature Suite

Tracks:

Point Of Know Return
Cheyenne Anthem
Fight Fire With Fire
Dust In The Wind
Hold On
No One Togethor
Play The Game Tonight
Closet Chronicles
Sparks Of The Tempest
Portrait (He Knew)
On The Other Side
Pepole Of The South Wind
A Glimpse Of Home
Magnum Opus (Live)

Album Description

26-track retrospective on 2 CDs containing their biggest hits, fan favorites & live tracks. The Ultimate Kansas is the most comprehensive overview of these American prog-rock pioneers. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

This is where it all began for me.......2006-01-22

Actually, that's technically not true. My first actual Kansas disc was a Christmas gift (it was a live CD, which I didn't like). I then went out and bought Leftoverture for "Carry On Wayward Son" (yes, I admit I was attracted to this truly overplayed song at one point). At that point I was left with a quandary: I really like "Point Of Know Return," but since it obviously wasn't on Leftoverture, I had to get it elsewhere. Another song which appealed to me was "Dust In The Wind." I was not particularly interested in the band, so I decided I would just buy the Kansas Greatest Hits collection and be done with it. Unfortunately, the venue to which I went to purchase this item (Virgin Records in Chicago) didn't have it. They had Point Of Know Return and The Ultimate Kansas. Seeing as the two songs I listed were both on Point Of Know Return, it all could have ended there. But I also wanted "Play The Game Tonight" (Vinyl Confessions, 1982), so I decided to spring the extra money and go for The Ultimate Kansas. It's the best decision I have ever made.

This compilation introduced me to the wonderful world of progressive Kansas. Believe me, "Carry On Wayward Son" and "Dust In The Wind" are NOTHING like the rest of the band's music. People always judge this band upon these two songs; Kansas is actually highly progressive in nature, contrary to the AOR label which has been fixed to the band. Yes, this compilation served its purpose when I first bought it.

And after that is just sat on the CD rack for about a year, untouched and forgotten. I was a bit guilty I had spent so much money for so few songs, and I resolved to forget that folly. All would change in May 2005.

By chance, "Paradox" (Point Of Know Return, 1977) came on my LAUNCHcast radio station, and I searched for the song on The Ultimate Kansas. Incidentally, that one's not there, so on a whim I tried other songs which began with "P." The first one was "The Pinnacle," which I immediately liked. I tried the other songs from Masque (1975) and realized I liked them as well. That evening, I listened to the entire first disc, end-to-end. I ended up liking almost every song there.

The second disc saw the advent of the Point Of Know Return cuts. I was particularly attracted to all these; in fact, the extreme minority of tracks were ones which I disliked. Kansas, which I had always considered marginal, shot all the way up to the hallowed ground of my second-favorite band of all time (it remains there to this day). And it's all due to this compilation.

The Ultimate Kansas has spurred me seek out several of the albums represented. One of these--Point Of Know Return--has just recently become the first Kansas album I had bought since Leftoverture.

Seeing as I am reviewing a compilation CD, I'll assume most of the people who are looking at this disc will be less-than-die-hard Kansas fans. To this effect, I assure you this will transform upon giving the tracks assembled here a fair listening. There will be at least one album (if not two or three) which you will want to buy after listening through this compilation. In this, this compilation serves as a really good window into just what Kansas was all about.

The recording quality of these tracks is very good. The Ultimate Kansas is compiled from the new remasters, so its sound is superior to earlier releases. In addition, it is more comprehensive than any collection except for the 1994 Kansas box set or the Sail On: The 30th Anniversery Collection 1974-2004 box. All in all, The Ultimate Kansas offers a very good collection of Kansas's greatest hits, as well as some of the more obscure progressive tracks. I could point out a song here or a song there which is not featured on this compilation, but then, that's why the individual albums have been remastered. If you feel the need, buy one. This compilation is a stepping stone. You will definitely want to buy at least one proper Kansas album upon listening to this compilation.

A great Kansas compilation.......2005-06-28

The ultimate Kansas is a terrific compilation from this great progressive rock band from Kansas.the best part of this collection is the excellent remastering of the songs which sound much better than the previous versions.almost all their great songs feature here and I highly recommend this fantastic compilation to all rock fans.

NO MORE COMPILATIONS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-06-15

IS THERE THAT MANY SUPER FANS OUT THERE????? THEIR NEXT CD WILL BE ENTITLED: KANSAS COMPILATION IN 3D,REMASTERED, DOLBY, SURROUND SOUND, GOLD DISC VERSION. BUNCH OF BUFFALO CHIPS.

UH, DOES ANYBODY GET THE POINT HERE?.......2005-01-29

With deference to the preceeding reviews, yes, there have been many "best of" KANSAS collections to date.

The point of this release is to bring a 2-disc collection to market that is in line with the sonic updating of the three best-selling catalog titles, "MASQUE", "LEFTOVERTURE" and "POINT OF KNOW RETURN" that have been remastered in the last two years.

All of the past "best-of's", including the box set, are sonically inferior and basically obsolete; the only exception being to the completist, as each older compilation has some demo or live track exclusive to that title.

The bottom line is, if you are looking for the most up-to-date sound, buy this CD.

Missing Links........2004-12-12

I'll admit that I'm not a die-hard fan of Kansas. I was 4 years old when "Carry On Wayward Son" was released. So, they do hold a special place for me, and I don't care who thinks "Dust In The Wind" is a bad song--I disagree.

I don't own any Kansas albums, and after listening to this two disc, digitally remastered compilation there are several observations I'd like to make. First, the audio quality is fantastic--great job on remastering these songs. Second, the song selection appears solid--now, unlike other reviewers, I can't say I know what I'm missing. I understand from other reviewers that there are some key tracks missing but I'm not missing them. Third, I agree with another reviewer that the songs should have been in chronological order. Fourth, I liked the songs from their least popular albums "Vinyl Confessions" (1982) and "Drastic Measures" (1983). I understand they're not the band's best work, but they have good songs from those albums that are included on this compilation.

Lastly, and most importantly, the reason for three stars is because the record label didn't get it right. You always make sure when designing a compilation that you are up to date!!! No songs from 1986's "Power", 1988's "In The Spirit Of Things" from MCA records and no songs from 1995's "Freaks Of Nature" or from the band's reformation of original members, 2000's "Somewhere To Elsewhere". There's absolutely no excuse for not including the best singles and album cuts from those four albums! Now I have to wait for a more comprehensive at a reasonable price!

Otherwise, for a casual Kansas fan, this compilation suffices for the time being.

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Ultimate Rock 2
Beastie Boys , Journey , Kansas , Rush , and and Many more
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000OJBSCG

Product Description

Disc 1 1-Mountain - Mississippi Queen 2-Heart - Barracuda 3-Journey - Any Way You Want It 4-Loverboy - Working for the Weekend 5-April Wine - I Like to Rock 6-Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son 7-Boston - Foreplay/Long Time 8-Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 9-Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Cold Shot 10-The Black Crowes - Hard to Handle 11-Santana - Hope You're Feeling Better 12-Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild 13-Iron Butterfly - In-A-Badda-Da-Vida 14-Nazareth - This Flight Tonight 15-Still Got This Thing - Alanah Myles Disc 2 1-Beastie Boys - Fight for your Right 2-Bare Jr. - You Blew Me Off 3-Living Colour - Cult of Personality 4-Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien 5-Rush - Limelight 6-Foreigner - Hot Blooded 7-Max Webster - Paradise Skies 8-Bachman Turner Overdrive - Takin Care of Business 9-Trooper - Raise a Little Hell 10-The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride 11-Toto - Hold the Line 12-INXS - New Sensation 13-The Romantics - What I Like About You 14-The Clash - Should I Stay or Should I Go 15-Cheap Trick - Surrender

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Ultimate Classic Rock
Doobie Brothers, Santana, Kansas, Eddie Money, Boston, Boz Scaggs, Argent, Rick Derringer, Blue Oyster Cult, REO Speedwagon, Edgar Winter Various Artists - Toto
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SSQVIY

Product Description

12 Tracks. All artists listed.

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Average customer rating:

Excellent!
this cd rocks!
Can you spell "brilliant"?
Breaking and Entering into Rockin Hearts

Electric Kissing Parties
Ultimate Fakebook
Manufacturer: V & R
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IFMX
Release Date: 1999-03-09

Tracks:

Far, Far Away
Diamond Ring
All The New Poisons
Roll
Downstairs/Arena Rock
Having Too Much Fun
Circus Horrors
Liferaft Halo
You Won't See Us
Silver Date

Album Description

The debut CD from Ultimate Fakebook is Electric Kissing Parties. It features the original versions of "Far, Far Away", and "Downstairs/Arena Rock". Plus, live staples like "Roll" and "Liferaft Halo".

Customer Reviews:

Excellent!.......2000-06-26

I'm in the music industry and deal with bands on a daily basis. This band is going places! They recently signed a deal with Epic, so get the indie release while you can!

this cd rocks!.......1999-12-14

I saw these guys in detroit a couple weeks ago, and honestly didn't know who they were. After their live set blew me away, I had to get this cd. The guys in this band are really cool, and the hooks in the songs are really catchy. You will be singing along to this cd after a few plays. Check out these tracks: "far, far away", "roll", "Circus Horrors", and "Downstairs/Arena Rock".

Can you spell "brilliant"?.......1999-08-14

Do you like The Replacements? Bob Mould in all his guises? R.E.M.? Then you must be a fan of intelligent songwriting. That being the case then Ultimate Fakebook is for you! What you'll find are intelligent lyrics and the catchiest hooks this side of heaven. All three band members are skilled arrangers and musicians who play as if their very lives are at stake. "Far, Far Away", "Diamond Ring", "Downstairs/Arena Rock"...oh, what am I thinking - they're all great! Buy Electric Kissing Parties and their second release - This Will Be Laughing Week - and find out for yourself what we, their adoring fans, already know: UFB absolutely, utterly, and completely rock!

Breaking and Entering into Rockin Hearts.......1999-05-18

Very few bands can get so much accross on their debut, but Ultimate Fakebook has established themselves with thiers, "Electric Kissing Parties." Non-stop hooks and catchy chorus after catchy chorus. One of the best rock records of all time. Check out "Roll" and "Diamond Ring."

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