The Prelude Implicit

The Prelude Implicit
Studio album by Kansas
Released	September 23, 2016 (2016-09-23)
Recorded	January–February 2016
Studio	Real 2 Reel Studios, Jonesboro, Georgia
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock
Length	53:19
Label	Inside Out
Producer	Zak Rizvi, Phil Ehart, Rich Williams
Kansas chronology
There's Know Place Like Home (2009) The Prelude Implicit (2016) The Absence of Presence (2020)

The Prelude Implicit is the fifteenth studio album by American progressive rock band Kansas, released in September 2016. It is their third studio album without founding member, lead vocalist and keyboardist Steve Walsh, who retired from the band in 2014; the other two being 1982's Vinyl Confessions and 1983's Drastic Measures.^[1] It is their first album with lead vocalist and keyboardist Ronnie Platt, keyboardist David Manion, and guitarist Zak Rizvi, who started as a co-producer and songwriter before being named a full member of the band as well as the first album to feature violinist David Ragsdale since Freaks of Nature.