The Prelude Implicit (studio album) by Kansas
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The Prelude Implicit is ranked 11th best out of 29 albums by Kansas on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kansas is Leftoverture which is ranked number 1642 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,048.
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The Prelude Implicit track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Prelude Implicit rankings
All 13 charts that this album appears in:
Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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2025 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 44/100 | 3 |
2025 | stevengnz | Top 56 Music Albums of 2016 | 16/56 | 4 |
2024 | ![]() | Top 69 Music Albums of 2016 | 19/69 | 4 |
2023 | FieryGunHand | Top 50 Music Albums of 2016 | 44/50 | 1 |
2023 | ![]() | Top 75 Music Albums of 2016 | 41/75 | 2 |
2023 | LosWochos | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2016 by ROCKS | 41/79 | - |
2020 | ![]() | Kansas Albums Ranked | 13/15 | - |
2019 | ![]() | Top 65 Music Albums of the 2010s | 54/65 | 4 |
2019 | Highhopes | Top 21 Music Albums of 2016 | 2/21 | 5 |
2018 | ruquito124 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 40/100 | 12 |
2017 | ![]() | Top 100 Music Albums of 2016 | 26/100 | 4 |
2016 | eclipsed | Die besten Alben des Jahres 2016 | 33/100 | 3 |
2016 | Heaven Magazine | Beste albums van 2016 | 41/100 | 3 |
Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 13 | |||
Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 44 |
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Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100 ![]() | 09/04/2024 03:17 | PapaShiz86 | ![]() | 79/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 03/13/2023 12:25 | ![]() | ![]() | 59/100 |
50/100 ![]() | 01/24/2023 13:50 | ![]() | ![]() | 62/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 03/11/2021 06:50 | Pluto11 | ![]() | 72/100 |
95/100 ![]() | 02/06/2021 11:46 | Efren | ![]() | 83/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.3/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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A brilliant album of modern prog rock. This is the direct heir of Leftoverture and Point of Know return. Serious compositions by serious musicians and it works. Had it come out in the late 70's it would be considered as highly as those two albums. But now not enough people have listened to it os openly as they might have then.

After a long hiatus, Kansas came back in a huge way with 2000's 'Somewhere to Elsewhere.' That gave me very high hopes for this latest first-release-in-a-long-time. A little disappointing, this is no 'Somewhere' but still a solid album.
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