Masque
by Kansas
- Type: Album
- Released: 20 September 1975
- Label: Kirshner
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:12
- Community rating: 3.51/5 from 2 ratings
Artists on this release: Dave Hope, Steve Walsh, Robby Steinhardt, Phil Ehart, Jeff Glixman, Rich Williams, Kerry Livgren
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released just months after 'Song for America', Kansas' third album presented a slightly darker and more compact variation of their classically influenced, violin-driven rock. While it failed to achieve immediate commercial success, the complex musicianship and epic compositional scope paved the direct way for their massive mainstream breakthrough the following year.
Genres
Descriptors: Progressive, complex, melodic, technical, uncommon-time-signatures
Tracklist
- It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man) (3:06)
- Two Cents Worth (3:07)
- Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel (6:02)
- All the World (7:10)
- Child of Innocence (4:34)
- It's You (2:31)
- Mysteries and Mayhem (4:18)
- The Pinnacle (9:34)
- Child of Innocence - Rehearsal Recording (5:04)
- It's You - Demo (2:41)
Credits
- Kansas - primary artist, arranged by
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo - artwork [cover]
- Dave Hope - bass guitar
- Phil Ehart - drums, drums [moog drum], percussion
- Rich Williams - lead guitar, rhythm guitar
- Kerry Livgren - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, clavinet, synthesizer [moog & arp], written-by
- Steve Walsh - organ, piano, clavinet, synthesizer [moog], congas, vocals, written-by
- Robby Steinhardt - violin, vocals, written-by