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Leftoverture by  ReleasedOctober 21, 1976RecordedDecember 1975 – August 1976Studio, Length43:40 (US)
 (Europe and Japan)
 (Oceania), Kansas chronology
(1975)Leftoverture
(1976)
(1977) from Leftoverture "" / "Questions of My Childhood"
Released: November 19, 1976 "What's on My Mind" / "Lonely Street"
Released: 1977

Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by American  band , released in 1976. The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2001. It was the band's first album to be certified by the RIAA, and remains their highest selling album, having been certified 5 times platinum in the United States.

Background

 began to experience  prior to the recording, and his contribution to the album would ultimately be limited to co-authoring three songs. It fell on  to fill the void. The new compositions retained much of the classically inspired complexity of Livgren's previous work. Kansas recorded the album at  in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The Studio in the Country was so named because, as Livgren described on  radio show in the episode spotlighting Leftoverture, "it was in the middle of a swamp. We'd walk out of the studio and there would be  in front of the studio,  the size of  and at times  would run into the control room."

Leftoverture opens with the song "", which Livgren wrote as a sequel to "The Pinnacle", the final song from the previous album  (1975).

The album's title, Leftoverture, is a  of "leftover" and "overture".

Reception Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingD+4/5

The album was met with mixed reviews.  called Leftoverture Kansas's best album to date, and said that it "warrants Kansas a spot right alongside  and  as one of the fresh new American bands who combine hard-driving group instrumentation (with a dearth of flashy solos) with short, tight melody lines and pleasant singing." The magazine  reviewed the album as "extremely strong" and lauded Kansas for representing "the solid, Midwestern values of our vast musical heartland." In contrast,  said the album lacked the intelligence and conviction of European progressive rock, and that the self-deprecating humor implied in the song and album titles is completely absent from the record itself.

More recently, 's  wrote that the album contains "neither hooks nor true grandiosity to make it interesting" and, despite the great single "Carry On Wayward Son", the fact that Kansas "never manage to rival it anywhere on this record is as much a testament to their crippling ambition as their lack of skills."  was more enthusiastic, finding Leftoverture to be "Kansas' breakthrough album and a thorough representation of its assorted musical sensibilities."  considered "Carry On Wayward Son", "Magnum Opus", "The Wall", "What's on My Mind" and "Opus Insert" to be classics.

Track listing

All tracks are written by  except where noted.

Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."" 5:232."The Wall"Livgren, 4:513."What's on My Mind" 3:284."Miracles Out of Nowhere" 6:28Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length5."Opus Insert" 4:306."Questions of My Childhood"Walsh, Livgren3:407."Cheyenne Anthem" 6:558."Magnum Opus" a. "Father Padilla Meets the Perfect Gnat" b. "Howling at the Moon" c. "Man Overboard" d. "Industry on Parade" e. "Release the Beavers" f. "Gnat Attack" Livgren, Walsh, , , , 8:25