Schemer-Dreamer
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| Studio album by Steve Walsh | ||||
| Released | January, 26, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 37:33 | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Producer | Brad Aaron | |||
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Schemer-Dreamer is the first solo album by Steve Walsh, the former and original keyboardist/vocalist of the progressive rock band Kansas. It was released in 1980. Although this is his solo album, it features other members of Kansas including Kerry Livgren, Phil Ehart, and Rich Williams.
In their retrospective review, Allmusic sarcastically suggested that the self-aggrandizing front cover of Schemer-Dreamer "very well could be the greatest album cover in rock history." They criticized the music itself as "a big, loud, dumb arena rock record, one that sounds completely tied to its year, if not month, of release", but also avouched that "it's kind of fun because of that".
All songs written and composed by Steve Walsh except where noted:
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