Kansas
by Kansas

Kansas by Kansas
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 8,146th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 62 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (119th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,218th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,146th)

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Kansas bestography

Kansas is ranked 3rd best out of 29 albums by Kansas on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kansas is Leftoverture which is ranked number 1730 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 976.

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Kansas rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,146th | 1970s rank: 1,218th | 1974 rank: 119th

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Kansas ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 62 votes)
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70/100
 
03/16/2026 23:59 culwin  Ratings distribution  1,41375/100
 
70/100
 
12/30/2025 07:19 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  8,56670/100
 
70/100
 
09/11/2025 16:22 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,96469/100
 
65/100
 
07/29/2025 18:03 iann97  Ratings distribution  2,01574/100
 
90/100
 
05/28/2025 08:42 luigybetis  Ratings distribution  1,53187/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.

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75/100
From 06/20/2023 16:06 | #297688
Sounds kinda similar to RUSH, good
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80/100
From 01/22/2022 10:36 | #279822
Dos rarezas, un grupo de rock progresivo americano y el violín como uno de sus instrumentos principales, hicieron de Kansas un grupo de culto. Su primer álbum permanece como uno de los mejores.
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75/100
From 01/06/2018 13:56 | #204720
Very Pavlov's Dog!
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80/100
From 12/12/2016 22:35 | #179997
A very solid debut from the masters of arena-prog. The album is well anchored by its outstanding middle cuts, 'Belexes' and 'Journey from Mariabronn.'
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From 02/03/2015 04:11 | #133817
Best Track: Can I Tell You
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From 09/14/2013 22:23 | #85972
The only real problem with this album is that it has too much Kansas style for non-Kansas fans to enjoy. The tracks are good, but it's not a perfect album. It's still worth listens.
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