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Hope, who █ █ █ █ was probably a close relative of bassist Dave Hope. Here, █ █ █ █ as you see, Kerry shares an authorship with another band █ █ █ █ member, as well as it was in Kansas. And the duties of █ █ █ █ Steve Walsh take Mike Gleason, who is also the keyboardist █ █ █ █ and one of the two lead vocalists of the band. I have to █ █ █ █ say that instrumentally, the music that is featured on this █ █ █ █ album is original, as well as on all the other Kansas and █ █ █ █ Kerry Livgren albums that I've heard. However, I didn't █ █ █ █ expect that the first album that Kerry released on his own █ █ █ █ label "Kerysma" (I guess, this is a combination of words █ █ █ █ Kerry & Charisma), would be more poppy than "Time Line", █ █ █ █ released by "CBS". In fact, "Art of the State" has a very █ █ █ █ commercial feel to it. There aren't songs on the album that █ █ █ █ would've been created differently than by a █ █ █ █ "couplet-refrain" scheme. Half of them, namely All Creation █ █ █ █ Sings, We are the Men, Progress, Zion, and Up From the █ █ █ █ Wasteland (tracks 1, 2, 7, 9, & 10), are nothing else but █ █ █ █ the songs of just a slightly Prog-tinged, up-to-date AOR, █ █ █ █ which was very fashionable in those years. Each of the █ █ █ █ following four songs: Lead Me To Reason, The Only Way To █ █ █ █ Have a Friend, Games of Chance & Circumstance, and █ █ █ █ Heartland (3, 4, 5, & 8), contains more or less a decent █ █ █ █ instrumental part. So all of them can be united under a █ █ █ █ 'banner' of the most accessible manifestation of Neo █ █ █ █ Progressive. The only song on the album that I really like █ █ █ █ is The Fury (6). Overall, this is just a ballad. However, █ █ █ █ all the arrangements that are featured on it are diverse █ █ █ █ and very tasteful. Certainly, Warren Ham sings here not █ █ █ █ unlike Steve Walsh, as usual. While Mike Gleason, however, █ █ █ █ sings in a more original way. By the way, he takes the lead █ █ █ █ vocal parts on this album more often than he did it on █ █ █ █ "Time Line". However, I like equally the vocals of both of █ █ █ █ these singers. In the beginning of this material, I said █ █ █ █ that "Prime Mover" was the only Kerry Livgren album that █ █ █ █ I've heard until now. As far as I remember, this is really █ █ █ █ an interesting album, despite the fact that it features a █ █ █ █ drum machine instead of a real drummer. So I can assume █ █ █ █ that the middle and late periods of the creation of Kerry █ █ █ █ Livgren are stronger than the early one. In my view, it █ █ █ █ just cannot be quite the wrong way. █ █ █ █ █ █ █░█ █░█ █ █ 1. All Creation Sings 4:26 █ █ █ █ 2. We Are the Men 4:45 █ █ █ █ 3. Lead Me to Reason 4:01 █ █ █ █ 4. The Only Way to Have a Friend 4:19 █ █ █ █ 5. Games of Chance 4:21 █ █ █ █ 6. The Fury 5:38 █ █ █ █ 7. Progress 4:43 █ █ █ █ 8. Heartland 3:46 █ █ █ █ 9. Zion 3:26 █ █ █ █ 10. 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