Kansas
by Kansas
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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 1846 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 920.
(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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Kansas track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Kansas rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 22 Music Albums of 1974 | 19/22 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 58/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | MrOlan | Top 19 Music Albums of 1974 | 13/19 | 2 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 94 Music Albums of 1974 | 60/94 | 2 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 99 Music Albums of 1974 | 89/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | RockyRaccoon | Progressive Rock #301-400 | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1974 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 36 Music Albums of 1974 | 22/36 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 45 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 145 | |||
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Kansas ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 03/16/2026 23:59 | culwin | 1,606 | 75/100 |
| ! | 12/30/2025 07:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,152 | 70/100 |
| ! | 09/11/2025 16:22 |  Tamthebam | 23,395 | 69/100 |
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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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Kansas forum mentions
Tha1ChiefRocka 09/06/2020 04:01 in Random Music ThingsKansas comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2016 22:35 | #179997 | TOP COMMENT
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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.' (Edited)
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.
Jboy56 06/20/2023 16:06 | #297688 | TOP COMMENT
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Sounds kinda similar to RUSH, good
flamingyesdept TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/06/2018 13:56 | #204720 | TOP COMMENT
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Very Pavlov's Dog!
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. (Edited)
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