Artist: KANSAS
Album: MASQUE REISSUE (CD)

Release date: 1975/ 2015
EAN/UPS: 8718627222157
Media type: CD

Masque is the third album by US rock band Kansas, released in 1975.

On the heels of their Song For America album, Kirshner Records began to apply pressure to the band for a hit single. After some discussion amongst the band members, Kansas decided on a compromise and went to work on their third album, Masque. Vocalist Steve Walsh contributed a few shorter, more accessible songs to the mix, but Kerry Livgren's dark epics retained much of the style from the previous recording. Although the collection contains some fan favorites such as "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel", "The Pinnacle", and the Walsh-penned "All The World", the shorter songs failed to impress radio audiences.

TRACKLIST:

01 "It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)" (Walsh) – 3:08
02 "Two Cents Worth" (Livgren, Walsh) – 3:08
03 "Icarus--Borne on Wings of Steel" (Livgren, Walsh) – 6:03
04 "All the World" (Steinhardt, Walsh) – 7:11
05 "Child of Innocence" (Livgren) – 4:36
06 "It's You" (Walsh) – 2:31
07 "Mysteries and Mayhem" (Livgren, Walsh) – 4:18
08 "The Pinnacle" (Livgren) – 9:44

09 "Child of Innocence" (Rehearsal Recording) - Bonus Track
10 "It's You" (Demo) - Bonus Track

LINE-UP:

Phil Ehart - percussion, drums
Dave Hope - bass
Kerry Livgren - acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, rhythm guitar, keyboard, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, ARP
Robby Steinhardt - violin, vocals
Steve Walsh - organ, piano, conga, keyboard, vocals, clavinet, Moog synthesizer
Rich Williams - guitar

Additional personnel:
Earl Lon Price - saxophone