In The Spirit Of Things
by Kansas
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Kansas bestography
In The Spirit Of Things is ranked 10th best out of 29 albums by Kansas on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Kansas is Leftoverture which is ranked number 1856 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 914.
(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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In The Spirit Of Things track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
In The Spirit Of Things 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 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1988 | 16/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 91 Music Albums of 1988 | 16/91 | 4 |
| 2025 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 3/100 | 5 |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1988 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2025 | SleepyMouse | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 27/40 | 31 |
| 2022 | Johnnyo | The Kansas albums you should own - Louder Sound Magazine | 8/9 | - |
| 2020 | ReelBigToph | Top 99 Music Albums of 1988 | 98/99 | 0 |
| 2020 | Fischman | Kansas Albums Ranked | 5/15 | - |
| 2018 | ruquito124 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 100/100 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 12 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 73 | |||
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In The Spirit Of Things ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/26/2025 14:36 | NiceLemon282 | 85 | 84/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2025 13:00 | SleepyMouse | 40 | 100/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2024 12:50 | TonySayers61 | 26,155 | 64/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 67.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 67.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.7.
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In The Spirit Of Things comments
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Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/03/2016 00:03 | #179488
Kansas first true concept album, this one is a masterful gem. Stand-alone highlights include 'Inside of Me' and 'The Preacher.'
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