Leftoverture Songs Ranked
Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1976. The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2001. It was the band’s first album to be certified by the RIAA, and remains their highest selling album, having been certified 5 times platinum in the United States. Steve Walsh began to experience writer’s block prior to the recording, and his contribution to the album would ultimately be limited to co-authoring three songs. It fell on Kerry Livgren to fill the void. The new compositions retained much of the classically inspired complexity of Livgren’s previous work. Kansas recorded the album at Studio in the Country in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The Studio in the Country was so named because, as Livgren described on In the Studio with Redbeard radio show in the episode spotlighting Leftoverture, “it was in the middle of a swamp. We’d walk out of the studio and there would be gators in front of the studio, mosquitos the size of B-52s and at times armadillos would run into the control room.” Here are all of Leftoverture songs ranked.
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8. Questions of My Childhood
“God, how do they manage to make a piano annoy me so much. Way to much on Questions of My Childhood. This song is mostly the piano, Moogs, vocals, and drums, weak track overall. The violin synth is pretty cool though. But goddamn the piano.”
7. Opus Insert
“The B Side starts with Opus Insert and, to be honest, I’m not feeling this one. Again, the Moog sounds great, but the rest is so radio rock that it’s surprising that this wasn’t the lead single off this album.”
6. The Wall
“The Wall is just boring, generic 70’s hard rock. This is the track that cemented the fact that the vocals are not for me. That string synth does not sound right at all. I think a mellotron would have worked better.”
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5. What’s on My Mind
“What’s on My Mind throws that awful synthesizer in the background and makes a pretty good track. I’m usually not a fan of flashy guitar solos, but this one hook me.”
4. Cheyenne Anthem
“Cheyenne Anthem was just in one ear and out the other for me. I did notice some neat progression, but that about it. Again, the Moog is the best part of the song. But the ending is amazing, everything blended nicely in the end.”
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3. Miracles Out of Nowhere
“The Moog on Miracles Out of Nowhere is one of the most interesting parts of the album. This feels like a funkier version of the first track, and the electronic elements with that sweet organ in the breakdown it a highlight of the album.”
2. Magnum Opus: Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat / Howling at the Moon / Man Overboard / Industry on Parade / Release the Beavers / Gnat Attack
“The final track, Magnum Opus, lives up to it’s name. This feels like the first real prog track on the album, and is the best way to end, with an epic of this magnitude. Everything from the guitar tone, to the organs and synths make this song great with the greatest variety shown in the entire album. My only nitpicks are, again, the piano and vocal delivery.”
1. Carry on Wayward Son
“I did not put this at no. 1, and I know it might’ve shocked you for a second, but I bet once users start looking at this, It will quickly get there. Carry On Wayward Son, their most popular track along with Dust In The Wind, is a great song, and obviously the first song I heard of by them.”