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Monolith
Rock · 1979 · 6 tracks

Monolith

Kansas

Dense vocal harmonies and soaring violin meet heavy, existential arena rock. A spiritual, high-concept bridge between seventies prog and eighties polish.

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It's like a prog-rock cathedral built in the middle of a Kansas wheat field.

A heavy, searching grandeur that balances stadium-rock power with quiet existential longing.

Monolith · vs · Kansas
Stargazing+1.0σ

Stargazing saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 6 Tracks
01
On the Other Side
6:26
03
Angels Have Fallen
6:40
04
How My Soul Cries Out for You
5:46
06
Away From You
4:26
07
Stay Out of Trouble
4:16
08
Reason to Be
3:51
Moments Worth Waiting For
The explosive transition from the delicate piano intro to the full-band anthem on 'On the Other Side'
The haunting, choral-like vocal harmonies that open 'Angels Have Fallen'
The frantic, almost chaotic instrumental interplay during the bridge of 'How My Soul Cries Out for You'
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