Monolith
by Kansas
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Kansas bestography
Monolith is ranked 7th best out of 29 albums by Kansas on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kansas is Leftoverture which is ranked number 1854 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 916.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Monolith track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Monolith rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 11/97 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/100 | 18 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 61 Music Albums of 1979 | 34/61 | 2 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #301-400 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 75/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 87 Music Albums of 1979 | 53/87 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 17 Music Albums of 1979 | 16/17 | 1 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 30 Music Albums of 1979 | 1/30 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 95/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 24 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 88 | |||
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Monolith ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/21/2026 00:14 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/13/2025 20:47 | AAL2014 | 4,347 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/15/2025 03:24 | traistboar | 1,806 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 66.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Monolith forum mentions
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Kansas decided to shy away from a more mainstream album with this effort and unfortunately it seemed to affect their sales. There is no Carry on Wayward Son or Dust in the Wind. However People of the South Wind is a wonderful tune. Other great tunes are On The Other Side, How My Soul Cries out for you and Glimpse of Home. I presume they left off No One Together so that Steve Walsh penned as many tunes as Kerry Livgren. Shame, but still it makes Audio Visions a better album. (Edited)
My first Kansas record. I bought after listen Dust in the Wind ann wow, it is inside of me from my childhood. A misterious cover and great songs, Not so sucesful like Point of Know return but it belongs to my past
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2016 22:32 | #179995
This is the last great Kansas album before they would begin the descent into the AOR abyss. Although not really a concept album, this plays like one and makes for a great end-to-end listen.
Best Kansas album IMHO
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