Two For The Show
by Kansas

Two For The Show by Kansas
(Live album)
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 14,050th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 35 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (206th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,877th)
Award Best albums of all time (14,050th)

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Kansas bestography

Two For The Show is ranked 8th best out of 29 albums by Kansas on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kansas is Leftoverture which is ranked number 1741 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 969.

Kansas album bestography « Higher ranked (12,439th)
Monolith
This album (14,050th)
Two For The Show
Lower ranked (15,056th) »
In The Spirit Of Things

(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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Two For The Show track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 14,050th | 1970s rank: 1,877th | 1978 rank: 206th

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 35 votes)
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01/26/2026 14:22 RockyRaccoon  Ratings distribution  6,97184/100
 
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01/17/2026 05:18 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,58570/100
 
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05/30/2024 14:49 LosWochos  Ratings distribution  46,90975/100
 
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04/11/2023 15:37 MetalMan67  Ratings distribution  6,01171/100
 
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10/16/2022 10:56 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,36264/100

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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.

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From 12/12/2016 22:33 | #179996
Kansas are an outstanding live album. Unfortunately, this album is merely excellent as it doesn't quite capture the experience the way a great live album should.
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From 10/26/2012 21:07 | #53499
A really underrated band who maybe got tarred with the AOR brush after Wayward Son. But they are so much better than that. The musicianship on this album is just outstanding. The Wall, Icarus, Journey from Mariabronn are terrific songs. And Magnum Opus is just a masterpiece.
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