Somewhere to Elsewhere

Somewhere to Elsewhere
Somewhere to Elsewhere
Studio album by Kansas
Released	July 11, 2000
Recorded	1999
Studio	GrandyZine Recording Co., Berryton, Kansas
Genre	Progressive rock, hard rock
Length	68:13
Label	Magna Carta
Producer	Kerry Livgren, Phil Ehart, Rich Williams
Kansas chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]

Somewhere to Elsewhere is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 2000. It is Kansas' first album to feature the band's original lineup (though they never were actually all together in the studio during the recording sessions) since 1980's Audio-Visions, along with Billy Greer, who joined the band in 1985. Steve Walsh tracked vocals in his home studio while working on his second solo album Glossolalia and did not join the rest of the band at Kerry Livgren's studio. His contribution were solely vocals. Livgren composed all of the album's tracks, and the hidden track "Geodesic Dome" is his first and only lead vocal on a Kansas song. Somewhere to Elsewhere is Kansas' last studio album to feature both Robby Steinhardt, who left the band in 2006 and died in 2021, and Steve Walsh, who left the band in 2014.

Track listing

All songs written by Kerry Livgren.

Side one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Icarus II"	Steve Walsh	7:17
2.	"When the World Was Young"	Walsh	5:50
3.	"Grand Fun Alley"	Robby Steinhardt	4:38
4.	"The Coming Dawn (Thanatopsis)"	Walsh	5:44
5.	"Myriad"	Walsh	8:55
6.	"Look at the Time"	Billy Greer	5:37
7.	"Disappearing Skin Tight Blues"	Steinhardt	7:02
8.	"Distant Vision"	Walsh and Steinhardt	8:48
9.	"Byzantium"	Walsh	4:15
10.	"Not Man Big"	Walsh	8:39
11.	"Geodesic Dome" (hidden track)	Kerry Livgren	1:24

Personnel

Kansas

Steve Walsh - lead and backing vocals
Kerry Livgren - guitars, keyboards, producer, engineer, mixing, lead vocals on track 11
Robby Steinhardt - violin, viola, lead and backing vocals
Rich Williams - guitars, producer
Billy Greer - bass guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on track 6
Dave Hope - bass guitar on tracks 2 and 6
Phil Ehart - drums, producer

Additional musicians

Jake Livgren, Jessica Livgren, "Not Man Big Men Chorus" - additional background vocals

Production

Brad Aaron - engineer, mixing

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
2000	Top Internet Albums (US)^[3]	13
2000	Top Independent Albums (US)^[4]	21

References

^ Adams, Bret. Somewhere to Elsewhere at AllMusic
^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Kansas". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 446. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
^ "Somewhere to Elsewhere Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
^ "Kansas Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[1] Adams, Bret. Somewhere to Elsewhere at AllMusic

[Cross-2] Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Kansas". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 446. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[3] "Somewhere to Elsewhere Billboard Albums". AllMusic. All Media Network. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved 2018-01-16.

[4] "Kansas Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

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v t e Kansas
Phil Ehart Rich Williams Billy Greer Tom Brislin Ronnie Platt Joe Deninzon Zak Rizvi Kerry Livgren Dave Hope Robby Steinhardt Steve Walsh John Elefante Steve Morse Greg Robert David Manion David Ragsdale
Studio albums	Kansas Song for America Masque Leftoverture Point of Know Return Monolith Audio-Visions Vinyl Confessions Drastic Measures Power In the Spirit of Things Freaks of Nature Always Never the Same Somewhere to Elsewhere The Prelude Implicit The Absence of Presence
Live albums	Two for the Show Live at the Whisky King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Kansas Dust in the Wind Device – Voice – Drum There's Know Place Like Home
Compilations	The Best of Kansas Carry On The Kansas Boxed Set The Ultimate Kansas Sail On: The 30th Anniversary Collection On the Other Side Works in Progress
Singles	"Song for America" "Carry On Wayward Son" "What's on My Mind" "Point of Know Return" "Dust in the Wind" "Portrait (He Knew)" "People of the South Wind" "Hold On" "Play the Game Tonight" "Fight Fire with Fire" "All I Wanted"
Other songs	"The Wall"
Related articles	Discography Members Native Window
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