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THE BEGINNERS GUIDE TO THROWING SHAPESSagaCrossover Prog3.01 | 119 ratings |
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Three stars and a half, better album than many progfans would suggest. The beginners
guide. was released after two disappointing albums. But this album shows a return to the
sound the group is known for. For me, the best Saga albums are the first 5, but this one
comes close. I still find myself playing the album every now and then. The album was
issued in 1989, you can hear this by the use of many electronic percussion and sound
effects. But once you get used to that, you really can enjoy one of Saga's finest albums.
The beginners guide is a bit of a concept-album as the story in the lyrics is about a
schizophrenic boy. The music is typical for Saga, only the massive keyboard-sounds of their
first albums is missing. But the songs are great, maybe some tracks like "Starting all over
again" tend too much to pop music but other tracks like "giant" are reminiscent to "Worlds
apart". In 1989 Saga was only a trio : Michael Sadler and the two Crichton brothers. In the
nineties Jim Gilmour and Steve Negus would return but this wouldn't mean, the quality of
the music would always be better than on this album
Fishy |
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