Native Window is the only album of American

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band

Native Window Native Window was an American progressive rock spin-off band of the popular rock group Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the ...

. It was released on June 23, 2009. The tracks on the album are all original material composed by the members of the band. The album came about soon after the band formed; it was because Steve Walsh, the lead singer for

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

, would not write any new material.

Phil Ehart Phillip W. Ehart (born February 4, 1951) is the drummer in the progressive rock band Kansas. He and Rich Williams are the only two members who have appeared on every Kansas album. Though his songwriting contributions to the group were few, he co ...

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and

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got together to write new songs, and released them under the Native Window name. The song "An Ocean Away" was originally released by Billy Greer's band

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on their 2004 album ''The Raging Fire''.

Track listing

References

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