Better than the late ‘80’s, when everything was fake and the producers were trying to make Michael Sadler a solo act. This is Saga, real life music, real life Saga.
The first 21st century, baddest bass line, is the bridge in Runaway. And the outro. Gawd, learning to play that really kicked my ass! But I love bass. Curiously, almost 20 years later, the lyrics ring true. Wow. Great job, my favorite band!
“REAL SAGA”, I love Ian when they don’t kill his playing with false production. Everything including the bass playing is killer. Than, you have Steve Negus being what he has always been, a great hard hitting progressive rock drummer. This song “Runaway” rocks.
Contains a number of gems, but also a number of oddities and let downers, not a very equal effort unfortunately, but the gems still make it worth while having this CD close at hand !
Interesting material. Saga has always been one of my favorite bands. They did some very nice fusion stuff in the album... The Human Condition. 2010 it was released I believe. Unfortunately Michael Sadler was not with them for this album. But the vocalist they had did a great job. 😁
Gosh, I love this album. Steve Negus lives or lived in my city and Ian Crichton lives a few miles away. A hint, he grew up in the same place that Wayne Gretzky did.
So much empty space ! These songs rock but drop when they needed a bit more. Damn !!! Saga let me reproduce these album for you!!! Your producer should have been fired!!!!!
It's sad, really. I absolutely love the first 4 studio albums, but anything past that just seems bland and boring to me. The style they introduced partly on Worlds Apart and fully embraced on Heads Or Tales is the one they have kept at ever since, and it does nothing for me. I've tried so many times to give the other albums a chance but every time I am left disappointed. I guess they're just not my thing anymore. At least I can still listen to the first four albums (especially the first three).
They embraced very different sounds after Heads Or Tales and before House Of Cards. Not one album sounds the same from the 85/97 era, you really should check them out. But yes, from House of Cards,and even more after Marathon, all the albums where produced in the same way, maybe it was a choice, but more possibly : because there was no new big synth or recording technique to play with. You have to remember that from 1978 until 2000 Saga was a bunch of music geeks that fully embraced/pioneered every new technology available (new Moogs,Simmons electronic drums,midi,pcm synths,digital recording...) so after the 2000's there was nothing really new (except 5.1 which they did on Network) tech-wise
@@pilotfish4171 They may vary slightly in style but you have to be a real Saga-fan of their later period to appreciate these nuances - to the casual listener they definitely operate within the same style/sound, just like any death metal band sounds the same to an "outsider" of the genre. I simply just find that I am not a fan of the music Saga produces past "Worlds Apart" (and yes, I have listened to most of their albums and even bought a few based on good reviews, only to be disappointed) - it is all subjective, obviously, so if you love it, there is nothing wrong with that, I just much prefer their original sound where they used a fuller keyboard sound and were more uniquely sounding. It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what the change was, but their way of writing songs and the way they use keyboards changed during "Worlds Apart" and certainly after (probably, as you mention, they discovered some new tools that they fell in love with), and they have never returned to that unique sound again and to me, that's where my love for the band stops.
It’s said to think you paid your producer to make this album so much lee than it could have been!!! Work with me and I will make y’all famous again!!!!
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They never seem to run out of steam! Another great album.
“Always There” is a really great song, love Steve’s drumming and the melody.
One of my favourite SAGA albums! Love "Ashes To ashes" and "We`ll Meet Again". Thanks for uploading this, in my opinion, Masterpiece!
One of the better Saga albums. Runaway and that's how we like it! are mandatory Saga classics.
Better than the late ‘80’s, when everything was fake and the producers were trying to make Michael Sadler a solo act. This is Saga, real life music, real life Saga.
We'll Meet Again is one if my favourites from the new era.
Thanks for sharing this album. It helps to know them better.❤
just started to get back to my Saga catalog and needed some more Saga to listen to, so far this is impressive.
The first 21st century, baddest bass line, is the bridge in Runaway. And the outro.
Gawd, learning to play that really kicked my ass! But I love bass.
Curiously, almost 20 years later, the lyrics ring true.
Wow. Great job, my favorite band!
“REAL SAGA”, I love Ian when they don’t kill his playing with false production. Everything including the bass playing is killer. Than, you have Steve Negus being what he has always been, a great hard hitting progressive rock drummer. This song “Runaway” rocks.
love this album---always there is one hell of a popsong
This album is outstanding!
I love this album.
Who doesn't??? :-P
House of Cards is my favorite Saga cd. I have all of them. Thanks pilotfish for uploading them! Cds are going the way of the 8-track. 😁
Haha, no, actually it will be reissued on both cd and lp in january
Amazing again as always….there…..!!!!!
Contains a number of gems, but also a number of oddities and let downers, not a very equal effort unfortunately, but the gems still make it worth while having this CD close at hand !
Remove the banana from your ear. Trust me. You will improve your musical taste😂
Interesting material.
Saga has always been one of my favorite bands. They did some very nice fusion stuff in the album... The Human Condition.
2010 it was released I believe. Unfortunately Michael Sadler was not with them for this album. But the vocalist they had did a great job. 😁
It sucked.
Hail the Almighty Saga...😎🤘👏
Negus!
The only time he played a real drum kit during his later years with the band?
Gosh, I love this album. Steve Negus lives or lived in my city and Ian Crichton lives a few miles away. A hint, he grew up in the same place that Wayne Gretzky did.
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
You think it's crazy..
You know your not alone
🔆
Best !!!!!!
❤❤❤
Listen to Once in a Lifetime and tell me that couldn't be the music behind an Olympic Games montage.
SAGA❤
I hope to find it in vinyl.
It's been released on vinyl twice
💙
So much empty space !
These songs rock but drop when they needed a bit more. Damn !!!
Saga let me reproduce these album for you!!!
Your producer should have been fired!!!!!
ŐRIÁSI !!!!!!! FROM HUNGARY! NO ORBÁN!
love for the rest of my life ; saga injustement sous-estimé.
Only human😢😢😢
Geil.......
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That's the stuff. Why not on Spotify?
It's on Spotify now, but missing the bonus track So Good So Far... which is also missing in this video! (Previous comment was incorrect!)
@@progmeup I know, they also added a bunch of their other albums. I haven't listened to the bonus track a lot because it's not there and not here.
@@XManX102 Contact (Live) & Phase 1 are currently the biggest holes on Spotify...
😅😅😅😅😅
👊👊
was this the last album with Steve Negus on drums ?
No :-) it was Marathon for a studio album,and The Chapters Live for a live album
pilotfish thanks
It's sad, really. I absolutely love the first 4 studio albums, but anything past that just seems bland and boring to me. The style they introduced partly on Worlds Apart and fully embraced on Heads Or Tales is the one they have kept at ever since, and it does nothing for me. I've tried so many times to give the other albums a chance but every time I am left disappointed. I guess they're just not my thing anymore. At least I can still listen to the first four albums (especially the first three).
They embraced very different sounds after Heads Or Tales and before House Of Cards. Not one album sounds the same from the 85/97 era, you really should check them out. But yes, from House of Cards,and even more after Marathon, all the albums where produced in the same way, maybe it was a choice, but more possibly : because there was no new big synth or recording technique to play with. You have to remember that from 1978 until 2000 Saga was a bunch of music geeks that fully embraced/pioneered every new technology available (new Moogs,Simmons electronic drums,midi,pcm synths,digital recording...) so after the 2000's there was nothing really new (except 5.1 which they did on Network) tech-wise
@@pilotfish4171 They may vary slightly in style but you have to be a real Saga-fan of their later period to appreciate these nuances - to the casual listener they definitely operate within the same style/sound, just like any death metal band sounds the same to an "outsider" of the genre. I simply just find that I am not a fan of the music Saga produces past "Worlds Apart" (and yes, I have listened to most of their albums and even bought a few based on good reviews, only to be disappointed) - it is all subjective, obviously, so if you love it, there is nothing wrong with that, I just much prefer their original sound where they used a fuller keyboard sound and were more uniquely sounding. It's difficult to pinpoint exactly what the change was, but their way of writing songs and the way they use keyboards changed during "Worlds Apart" and certainly after (probably, as you mention, they discovered some new tools that they fell in love with), and they have never returned to that unique sound again and to me, that's where my love for the band stops.
Worse for you
Need to really hear all of them even the newer ones are jewels
It’s said to think you paid your producer to make this album so much lee than it could have been!!! Work with me and I will make y’all famous again!!!!