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Vinyl Confessions Reviews
Vinyl Confessions Reviews
| 14 of 15 people found the following review helpful  Very Cohesive and Quality Album, By This review is from: Vinyl Confessions (Audio CD) I have been a hard core Kansas fan for many years. As much as I like Steve Walsh in his prime (no better voice in Rock/Prog)and the classic Kansas albums that seem to be on everyone's top list such as Leftoverture and Point of Know Return, AND even think that Masque and Monolith are strong efforts, I really think Vinyl Confessions is a very solid album. Put aside any bias toward your lead vocalist of choice and listen to the strong compositions and well crafted production. Listen to some new direction in instrumentation along side the usual stellar players; Listen to some urgency, inspiration and direction in the lyrical content. I believe that a fresh, unbiased listen will reveal a very strong, cohesive work worthy of at least a few accolades.As a Christian, I confess the worldview in the lyrics has strong appeal but the music, passion and artistry are evident the lyrics notwithstanding. Ironically, I think that it is this same worldview in the lyrics that causes... Read more 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful  Good first album after the exit of Steve Walsh, By M. A. Scott "Rock and Classical music fan" (Kansas, USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Vinyl Confessions (Audio CD) I know a lot of people who think this album is more of a Christian album and isn't that good, but I think they did a admirable job of making an album work without the great Steve Walsh. At first I didn't like the newcomer John Elefante, but he sort of grew on me in time. He is a quite good writer in my opinion. Like their biggest hit "Dust in the wind", on POINT, I'm not really fired up about their hit "Play the game tonight", but I do like the lyrics of the song. Some are put off by the Christian lyrics, but I really think their appropriate on this cd. I was a born-again Christian so I really welcomed the change. I really like the song "Diamonds and pearls", which was the only great song on the first side of the LP. I always thought the 2nd side was amazingly good, with the songs "Face it", "Windows", "Borderline", and Crossfire". They would make one more album "DRASTIC MEASURES", before they would disband in 1984, only to reform with Steve Walsh and Steve Morse in 1986. This is a... Read more 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful  Kansas - The First Album Without The Original Lineup, By This review is from: Vinyl Confessions (Audio CD) Big changes were in the works for Kansas by the time "Vinyl Confessions" came out in 1982. Lead vocalist / keyboardist Steve Walsh had left the band over the blatantly Christian lyrics that Kerry Livgren was writing. Violinist / Vocalist Robby Steinhardt was still on board, but had been reduced to a backup role in much of the music and vocals. The band had become Kerry Livgren's animal which is reflected in the abundance of Christian oriented lyrics found throughout the album. The band brought in an unseasoned young vocalist in John Elefante who was also a Christian. Much to a lot of people's surprise the single from the album "Play The Game Tonight" bolted into the top 40 and got the band back on the radio in a big way. It is actually a great little song and one of my all time favorite Kansas singles. As a whole I don't think this album stands up to the band's earlier works, but that is not to say it is bad. Elefante had a great voice and fit in well with the band. The songs... Read more |
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