The discography of Kansas, an American rock band, consists of fifteen studio albums, six live albums, seven compilation albums, and twenty five singles. Formed by members Kerry Livgren, Robby Steinhardt, Dave Hope, Phil Ehart, Steve Walsh, and Rich Williams, the group signed a recording contract with Kirshner Records in 1973. The same year they released their self-titled debut album.
After the release of two albums in 1975, including Masque (which sold a half a million copies in the United States), the group released Leftoverture in October 1976. The album peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Carry On Wayward Son", which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, leading the album to sell over five million copies in the United States. The following year their fifth album Point of Know Return was issued and certified four times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and spawned the Top 10 single "Dust in the Wind". After the release of a live album, the group sixth studio release Monolith was issued in 1979, which spawned two singles. Audio-Visions was released in 1980 and certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Their eighth studio album Vinyl Confessions released the single "Play the Game Tonight" which became their first Top 20 single on the Billboard Hot 100 in four years, however the album itself did not sell well and eventually after the release of a ninth studio album in 1983, the group disbanded.
Kansas reformed again in 1985 and released the studio album Power in 1986 on MCA Records, whose single "All I Wanted" reached No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 that year. After the release of another album in 1988, the group reunited seven years later for the forming of the album Freaks of Nature (1995) on Intersound Records. In 1998 Always Never the Same was released on River North Records, followed by Somewhere to Elsewhere in 2000 on Magna Carta Records. Kansas has sold 15.5 million records according to the Recording Industry Association of America.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilation albums
Singles
Other album appearances
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