If '82s 'Vinyl Confessions' was the album that approached Kansas to commercial mainstream, "Drastic Measures" definitely remains as their more radio-friendly album ever.
First of all, there was no sign of vocalist/violinist Robbie Steinhardt, whose role on the previous album had been much diluted in a search for a more commercial sound.

Secondly, Kerry Livgren only contributes just three songs to the album (the more prog oriented), compared to six by John and Dino Elefante.
On the plus side the band had drafted in producer Neil Kernon on the back of his success with several Hall & Oates albums, snagging him just before he would become synonymous with commercial hard rock bands like Dokken, Queensryche and Autograph.
Kernon actually did a great job with the material on "Drastic Measures", giving Kansas a punchy AOR sound they'd never had before.