Masque (Kansas album)

Masque is the third studio album by American progressive rock band Kansas, released in October 1975. The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2001.

The opening track, "It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)", was remixed for release as a single, but failed to gain attention. The remix included additional guest vocals and contains segments far different from the album version. The album was remastered and issued on vinyl in 2014. It was also repackaged as Playlist: Masque, although several songs from Kansas (1974), "The Devil Game" from Song for America (1975), "No Room for a Stranger" from Audio-Visions (1980), "Right Away" from Vinyl Confessions (1982), but only "Two Cents Worth" and "All the World" from Masque appeared on the album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)"	Steve Walsh	3:08
2.	"Two Cents Worth"	Kerry Livgren, Walsh	3:08
3.	"Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel"	Livgren	6:03
4.	"All the World"	Walsh, Robby Steinhardt	7:11
5.	"Child of Innocence"	Livgren	4:36
6.	"It's You"	Walsh	2:31
7.	"Mysteries and Mayhem"	Livgren, Walsh	4:18
8.	"The Pinnacle"	Livgren	9:44

Bonus tracks on 2001 CD reissue
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Child of Innocence" (Demo from the recording sessions)	5:04
10.	"It's You" (Demo from the recording sessions)	2:41

Personnel

Steve Walsh – keyboards, lead vocals (all tracks)
Robby Steinhardt – violin, lead vocals (tracks 4, 5, 7, and 8)
Kerry Livgren – guitars, keyboards, vocals
Rich Williams – guitars
Dave Hope – bass guitar
Phil Ehart – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

Earl Lon Price – saxophone on track 1

Production

Producers: Jeff Glixman, Jeff Magid
Engineer: Lee Peterzell
Arranger: Kansas
Cover art: Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Pop Albums	70

References

↑ Adams, Bret. Masque at AllMusic

Kansas

Phil Ehart Rich Williams Billy Greer David Ragsdale David Manion Ronnie Platt Zak Rizvi Kerry Livgren Dave Hope Robby Steinhardt Steve Walsh John Elefante Steve Morse Greg Robert

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

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 Playlist: The Very Best of Kansas

Singles	"Song for America" "Carry On Wayward Son" "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"

Tours	2011 Collegiate Symphony Tour Fall 2012 Tour

Related topics	Discography Native Window

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