Power (Kansas album) explained

Power
Type:studio
Artist:Kansas
Cover:Kansas - Power.jpg
Released:October 28, 1986
Recorded:1986
Studio:The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee
Abbey Road Studios, London, England (orchestra recording)
Genre:Hard rock, arena rock, pop rock
Length:39:29
Label:MCA
Producer:Andrew Powell, Phil Ehart
Prev Title:The Best of Kansas
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:In the Spirit of Things
Next Year:1988

Power is the tenth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1986. It was the band's first studio album for MCA Records. The album featured a new lineup, as the band reformed after a period of hiatus.

Reception

In a contemporary review, Xavier Russel of the British magazine Kerrang! called the pompous sound of Kansas "very dated" and, despite a few pleasant rockers like "Musicatto", found other songs "embarrassing beyond belief". In his retrospective review, AllMusic reviewer Bret Adams remarked that Kansas took a dramatic change in musical viewpoints, becoming "more hard rock and pop than prog rock", which "probably surprised longtime Kansas fans" but gave the band "an interesting, if ultimately short-lived, new direction."

Personnel