Somewhere to Elsewhere
Studio album by
Kansas
ReleasedJuly 11, 2000
Recorded1999
StudioGrandyZine Recording Co., Berryton, Kansas
GenreProgressive rock, hard rock
Length68:13
LabelMagna Carta
ProducerKerry Livgren, Phil Ehart, Rich Williams
Kansas chronology
King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas
(1998)		 Somewhere to Elsewhere
(2000)		 Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Somewhere to Elsewhere is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 2000. It is Kansas' first album to feature the band's original lineup since 1980's Audio-Visions, along with Billy Greer, who joined the band in 1985. Steve Walsh tracked vocals in his home studio while working on his second solo album Glossolalia and did not join the rest of the band at Kerry Livgren's studio. His contribution were solely vocals. Livgren composed all of the album's tracks, and the hidden track "Geodesic Dome" is his first and only lead vocal on a Kansas song. Somewhere to Elsewhere is Kansas' last studio album to feature both Robby Steinhardt, who left the band in 2006 and died in 2021, and Steve Walsh, who left the band in 2014.

Track listing

All songs written by Kerry Livgren.

Side one
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Icarus II"Steve Walsh7:17
2."When the World Was Young"Walsh5:50
3."Grand Fun Alley"Robby Steinhardt4:38
4."The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis)"Walsh5:44
5."Myriad"Walsh8:55
6."Look at the Time"Billy Greer5:37
7."Disappearing Skin Tight Blues"Steinhardt7:02
8."Distant Vision"Walsh and Steinhardt8:48
9."Byzantium"Walsh4:15
10."Not Man Big"Walsh8:39
11."Geodesic Dome" (hidden track)Kerry Livgren1:24

Personnel

Kansas
Additional musicians
  • Jake Livgren, Jessica Livgren, "Not Man Big Men Chorus" - additional background vocals
Production
  • Brad Aaron - engineer, mixing

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
2000 Top Internet Albums (US)[3] 13
Top Independent Albums (US)[4] 21

References

  1. ↑ Adams, Bret. Somewhere to Elsewhere at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Kansas". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 446. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ↑ "Somewhere to Elsewhere Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Kansas Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
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