SILENT KNIGHT

"Silent Knight" is the third full-length studio album by Canadian progressive rock act Saga. The album was released through Polydor Records in August 1980. It´s the successor to "Images at Twilight" from May 1979. There´s been one lineup change since the predecessor as keyboardist Gregg Chadd´s tenure with Saga was short (only appearing on "Images at Twilight" before leaving). He is replaced here by Jim Gilmour.

Stylistically the material on "Silent Knight" continues the melodic and predominantly vers/chorus oriented but epic sounding progressive rock style of "Images at Twilight". It´s like listening to neo-progressive rock acts like IQ, Pallas, and Marillion a couple of years before any of them were active and Saga must have been a huge inspiration on that scene along with the later 70s releases by artists like Genesis and UK. Saga however have a hard rock/AOR edge to their songwriting and playing style which puts them closer to contemporary artists like Kansas, Boston, and Electric Light Orchestra, so they are actually a bit hard to label right, but that´s only a stength.

"Silent Knight" is an album featuring strong and memorable songwriting, high level musical performances, and a powerful and well sounding production job, and upon conclusion it´s another good quality release from Saga. Saga weren´t shaking on their hands and the first three albums in their discography are remarkably consistent in both sound, quality, and style. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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