Power (Kansas album)

Power is the tenth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1986. It was the band's first studio album for MCA Records. The album featured a new lineup, as the band reformed after a period of hiatus.

Power
Studio album by Kansas
Released	October 28, 1986
Recorded	1986
Studio	The Castle, Franklin, Tennessee Abbey Road Studios, London, England (orchestra recording)
Genre	Hard rock, arena rock, pop rock
Length	39:29
Label	MCA
Producer	Andrew Powell, Phil Ehart
Kansas chronology
The Best of Kansas (1984) Power (1986) In the Spirit of Things (1988)
Singles from Power
"All I Wanted" Released: October 1986 (US)[1] "Power" Released: February 1987[2] "Can't Cry Anymore" Released: April 1987[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Kerrang!	[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

In a contemporary review, Xavier Russel of the British magazine Kerrang! called the pompous sound of Kansas "very dated" and, despite a few pleasant rockers like "Musicatto", found other songs "embarrassing beyond belief".^[5] In his retrospective review, AllMusic reviewer Bret Adams remarked that Kansas took a dramatic change in musical viewpoints, becoming "more hard rock and pop than prog rock", which "probably surprised longtime Kansas fans" but gave the band "an interesting, if ultimately short-lived, new direction."^[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Morse and Steve Walsh except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Silhouettes in Disguise"		4:26
2.	"Power"	Randy Goodrum, Steve Morse, Steve Walsh	4:25
3.	"All I Wanted"		3:20
4.	"Secret Service"	John Booth Aclin, Ron Miller, Morse, Walsh	4:42
5.	"We're Not Alone Anymore"		4:16

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Musicatto" (instrumental)		3:30
7.	"Taking In the View"		3:06
8.	"Three Pretenders"	Billy Greer, Morse, Walsh	3:50
9.	"Tomb 19"		3:46
10.	"Can't Cry Anymore" (The Producers cover)	Tim Smith, Van Temple	4:01

Personnel

• Phil Ehart – drums, percussion
• Rich Williams – guitar, backing vocals
• Steve Walsh – lead vocals, keyboards
• Steve Morse – guitar, backing vocals
• Billy Greer – bass, guitar, backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7]	92
US Billboard 200[8]	35