Masque (Kansas album)

Masque is the third studio album by American progressive rock band Kansas. The album was released in September 1975, remastered for CD in 2001, and again remastered and reissued on vinyl in 2014. The opening track, "It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)", was remixed for release as a single but was not popular, including additional guest vocals and segments far different from the album version.

Masque peaked at #70 on the Billboard album chart, and approximately 250,000 units were sold within months. Each of Kansas's first three album releases had new commercial interest with certified Gold sales of 500,000 units (Masque in December 1977) due to the platinum success of the fourth and fifth studio albums: Leftoverture (1976) and Point of Know Return (1977).

Personnel

 * Kansas
 * Steve Walsh – organ, piano, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, congas, lead and backing vocals
 * Kerry Livgren – lead and rhythm guitars, acoustic guitar, piano, clavinet, Moog and ARP synthesizers
 * Robby Steinhardt – violin, lead and backing vocals
 * Rich Williams – lead and rhythm guitars
 * Dave Hope – bass guitar
 * Phil Ehart – drums, percussion
 * Additional musicians
 * Earl Lon Price – saxophone on track 1
 * Production
 * Jeff Glixman – producer, remastered edition producer
 * Lee Peterzell – engineer
 * Jimmy Stroud – assistant engineer
 * Jeff Magid – remastered edition producer