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

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.

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

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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