Kansas (2)
Vinyl Confessions

Listening notes

Vinyl Confessions is a 1982 release from Kansas, issued on the Kirshner label under catalog number 85714. The album arrives on vinyl across two sides, with five tracks on each, and a total tracklist of ten songs spanning a range of individual durations.

Side A opens with "Play The Game Tonight," running three minutes and twenty-six seconds, followed by "Right Away" at four minutes and six seconds. "Fair Exchange" extends the side to just over five minutes, while "Chasing Shadows" brings the runtime back down to three minutes and twenty seconds. Side A closes with "Diamonds And Pearls" at four minutes and fifty seconds.

Side B opens with "Face It" at four minutes and seventeen seconds, then moves into "Windows" at three minutes and thirty-two seconds. "Borderline" occupies the four-minute mark exactly, and "Play On" matches "Windows" at three minutes and thirty-two seconds. The album closes with "Crossfire," the longest track on the record at six minutes and thirty-five seconds.

The release is catalogued under the genres of Pop Rock, Prog Rock, and Rock, reflecting the broad stylistic range those genre designations suggest without specifying how those elements are distributed across individual tracks. The Kirshner label, which issued the album, was an active imprint during this period of the band's output.

Collectors and researchers consulting this entry should note that this draft has been compiled strictly from documented data and has not been verified against sleeve notes, label copy, or additional discographical sources. Personnel, pressing variations, and any other details not represented in the source data above remain unconfirmed and should be researched independently before publication.