Song for America

AllMusic, in a retrospective review, praised the "intense energy" of the album's shorter songs, but contended that the longer songs require too much active listening to appreciate. They concluded that the album is "a good (if not adolescent) recording for a group of this genre." Like all three of Kansas' first three album releases, Song for America attracted new commercial interest due to the platinum success of the band's fourth and fifth studio albums: Leftoverture (1976) and Point of Know Return (1977). Reported as having sold between 300,000 and 400,000 units in January 1978, Song for America would be certified Gold for sales of 500,000 units in June 1980. == Track listing ==

;Kansas • Steve Walsh – organ, ARP and Moog synthesizers, lead vocals • Kerry Livgren – electric and rhythm guitars, Moog and ARP synthesizers, ARP strings, piano (except on "Down the Road") • Robby Steinhardt – violin, backing vocals, lead vocals • Rich Williams – electric, acoustic, and rhythm guitars • Dave Hope – bass guitar • Phil Ehart – drums, glockenspiel on "Song for America", Moog drum and gong on "Incomudro - Hymn to the Atman" ;Production • Jeff Glixman – producer, remastered edition producer • Wally Gold – producer • Peter Granet – engineer • Tom Rabstenek – mastering • Ed Lee – art direction • Peter Lloyd – cover painting • Jeff Magid – remastered edition producer ==Charts==