Device – Voice – Drum

Device - Voice - Drum
Live album by Kansas
Released	October 8, 2002
Recorded	June 15, 2002
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	102:26
Label	Compendia
Kansas chronology
Dust in the Wind (2001) Device, Voice, Drum (2002) The Ultimate Kansas (2002)

Device – Voice – Drum is the fourth live album by American rock band Kansas, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). It is a double-CD companion to the DVD of the same name.

The CD release features an extra live track, "Distant Vision."

The DVD includes a short Animusic animation of a portion of "Miracles Out of Nowhere." Animusic also provided the CD/DVD cover art.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Kerry Livgren, except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Belexes" – 1:26
2. "Lightning's Hand" – 6:43
3. "Icarus II" – 7:12
4. "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel" – 6:27
5. "Song for America" (Don Kirshner, Livgren) – 9:27
6. "Howlin' at the Moon" – 2:00
7. "The Wall" (Livgren, Steve Walsh) – 5:43
8. "The Preacher" (Steve Morse, Walsh) – 4:18
9. "Journey from Mariabronn" (Livgren, Walsh) – 9:17
10. "Dust in the Wind" – 4:26
11. "Cheyenne Anthem" – 7:19
12. "Child of Innocence" – 4:54

Disc two

1. "Miracles Out of Nowhere" – 6:36
2. "Point of Know Return" (Phil Ehart, Robby Steinhardt, Walsh) – 3:17
3. "Portrait (He Knew)/The Pinnacle" – 8:08
4. "Fight Fire with Fire" (Dino Elefante, John Elefante) – 3:19
5. "Play the Game Tonight" (Ehart, Danny Flower, Rob Frazier, Livgren, Rich Williams) – 3:49
6. "Carry On Wayward Son" – 7:21
7. "Distant Vision"

DVD Bonus Features

1. Looking Back – 3:05
2. DVD Thoughts – 3:11
3. Songs – 2:54
4. Making of Device, Voice, Drum – 7:25
5. Kansas Discography (with voice-over) – 4:23
6. Animusic Previews – 2:23
   • Instruments
     • Percussion instruments including the drum set, metallophone and gong
     • Bass guitar in "tower"
     • Calliope
     • Hammered harpsichord
     • Organ chorus lights
     • Lead synth lasers
     • Green electric guitar laser
     • Violin laser
   • This Animusic animation has a Future Retro drum kit and its robotic drummer with two arms. The tower bass guitar (connected to this robot) is one of the Harmonic Voltage instruments. The violin laser is blue and sounds like a classical violin.

Personnel

• Phil Ehart - drums
• Billy Greer - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
• Robby Steinhardt - violin, vocals
• Steve Walsh - keyboards, vocals
• Rich Williams - electric and acoustic guitars

References

1. Animusic - News

• Allmusic link