Kansas - Audio-Visions

By the time of their eighth album, Audio-Visions, Kansas had entered the post-platinum solo-album phase of the typical successful rock group's career. Leaders Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh were devoting time to making their own records, and Kansas was becoming a part-time occupation. The two divided up the songwriting chores on Audio-Visions, alternating Livgren's always spiritual and by now explicitly religious lyrical sentiments and ornate musical structures with Walsh's earthier and harder-rocking concerns. Livgren's Christian-themed "Hold On" ("Outside the door He is waiting") made the Top 40, and Walsh's "Got to Rock" was a singles-chart entry, but nothing here matched the music from the group's late-'70s heyday. Audio-Visions was the last of seven straight Kansas albums to go gold or platinum and the last album made by the group's most successful lineup. In 1981, Walsh quit. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Name Credits Anne Steinhardt Viola, Vocals, Violin Bob Irwin Reissue Producer Brad Aaron Producer, Engineer Dave Hope Bass, Vocals Davey Moire Engineer, Producer Donna Williams ?, Vocals (Background), Vocals Four Bassmen Vocals, ?, Vocals (Background) Greg Webster Engineer Joey Jelf ?, Vocals (Background), Vocals Joey Self Vocals Kansas Band, Producer Kerry Livgren Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion Lisa White ?, Vocals, Vocals (Background) Phil Ehart Percussion, Drums, Vocals Rich Williams Vocals, Guitar, Percussion Robbie Steinhardt Vocals, Viola, Violin Steve Walsh Percussion, Vibraphone, Keyboards, Vocals Terry Ehart Vocals, ? Vic Anesini Digital Remastering Victoria Livgren Vocals, ?