Saga

Label: earMUSICRelease date: March 12, 2021Production: SagaAlbum length: 52.42 minGenre: Art Rock / Progressive RockRating: 9.5/10 “Symmetry” is the first acoustic album in the long history of the veteran Canadian art rockers Saga.…

The Canadian masters of unconventional art rock feats, who have always had their strongest backing in Germany, are in superb form throughout the whole set captured on “So Good So Far”, a live document that will delight fans of every…

Location: Seebronn / Festivalgelände / Germany Date: 29.07.2017 So. The second day of this year's Rock of Ages festival put nine acts on the stage, and the program was kicked off at half past eleven by German heavy/hard…

So. The second day of this year's Rock of Ages festival put nine acts on stage! Saga were picked as the day's headliners, going up against their direct "challengers" Marillion, and the rest of the bill lined up like this: Dare, Pretty…

»Live in Hamburg« is a splendid live album that, with its varied song selection, virtuoso playing and incredible atmosphere, will thrill old and new Saga fans alike. It also reminds them why these legendary Canadian art rock veterans, who…

Location: Seebronn (Rottenburg am Neckar) / Festplatz / Germany Date: Friday, July 29, 2016 Up next was the eleventh edition of the Rock of Ages festival, put on by the crew behind the German music magazine “Heavy, Oder Was?”. That same…

The eleventh Rock of Ages festival served up a varied lineup on day one. Four acts, Graham Bonnet, Saga, Axel Rudi Pell and, as a spectacular crowning finish to the day, In Extremo, all did their jobs brilliantly. UFO cancelled their show!

"Sagacity" is a letdown overall for anyone hoping for yet another Saga masterpiece, but it's still an extremely solid effort for those fans who didn't set their expectations sky-high, maybe even unrealistically so, and are happy just…

"In all honesty, Saga were the absolute winners if you compare the two bands' sets. Besides a fascinating setlist, the whole band was in phenomenal form from start to finish, and they were rewarded accordingly with longer applause than…

Two great bands who had their biggest successes in a far more romantic era of music wowed us once again with exceptional professionalism and filled us up with the kind of positive energy that most modern rock outfits chronically lack.

Amid the mighty atmosphere of the Muffathalle, Saga proved once again on »Spin It Again« that with Michael Sadler back in the lineup they're a rock-solid monolith of live perfection, and with an ideal setlist they thrill even the most…

In the mighty atmosphere of the Muffathalle, Saga proved once again that with Michael Sadler in the lineup they're a rock-solid monolith of live perfection, and an ideal setlist won over even their most demanding fans.

»20/20« is a classic Saga album in every sense of the word, built to please the band's longtime devotees. These art rock giants keep wowing us with highly artistic records that never run short of innovative moments.

It would be pointless to try to decide which legendary band wowed us more that night, since the two are cut from completely different cloth.

The real quality of "Heads Or Tales Live" won't be judged until years from now, but it's already a one-of-a-kind live document of a short-lived era in the story of these Canadian progressive rock legends.

»Contact« is a double live recording that captures the entire farewell-slash-anniversary show in Munich, which most longtime fans agree was one of the best performances in the band's history.

Author: Peter PodbrežnikPhotos: Aleš Podbrežnik Location: Komma / Wörgl / AustriaConcert date: April 28, 2009Attendance: 200Ticket price: €25.00 / €28.00 The legendary Canadian progressive rockers Saga, who have gotten plenty of…

The first Saga album with Rob Moratti on lead vocals is, as a whole, brilliantly balanced between their unique sonic tradition and a few modernist touches. The perfect start to a new era.

"Contact - Live in Munich" is a monumental concert document, capturing Michael Sadler's farewell show as a member of the band and the thirtieth anniversary of one of the best Canadian bands around.

»All Areas« is a superb live recording that manages to capture and showcase everything that makes this legendary Canadian band great on stage.

All three goodies on this single are like three cherries on top of the sundae that is the unforgettable album "House Of Cards."

"Detours" is a very good live recording that manages to capture the concert spirit and energy of the classic, most beloved Saga lineup in an authentic way.

The double live album "The Chapters Live" is one of the most majestic and most important releases in the story of the legendary Canadian art rock band.

(review no. 2 by Peter Podbrežnik) Canadian art rock giants Saga are one of those rare legendary bands that scored their biggest commercial hits back in the early '80s, yet even in the new century keep dropping excellent albums like it's a

Scottish keyboardist Jim Gilmour has been a member of Canadian art rock greats Saga since the early '80s, or more precisely their third album "Silent Knight" (1980), not counting a short break in the second half of the '80s.

Author: Peter Podbrežnik Venue: Muffathalle / Munich / GermanyConcert date: December 4, 2007Attendance: 3000Ticket price: €30.00 Munich hasn't exactly been a frequent stop on my gig-going map lately. A big part of that is the considerable…

(review author #2: Peter Podbrežnik) Legendary Canadian art rockers Saga have aged like fine wine with every album they've put out in the new century. After a full renaissance of their sound on "Full Circle" (1999), master

Canadian art rockers Saga really couldn't have picked a better moment to release "In Transit", their first live album. After the breakthrough album "Worlds Apart" (1981), they hit their biggest com

"10,000 Days" might, if you believe the word coming out of their camp in recent months, be the last studio album from the legendary Canadian art rockers Saga. Not so long ago I still believed that Saga's saga n

(review #2 by Peter Podbrežnik) After their stylistic rebirth in 1999, Saga hit a marathon pace of putting out quality albums that blended their classic, original sound with immaculate producti

»Phase One 1978« is a collection of previously unreleased recordings and demo versions of some already-released songs that Saga recorded in 1978, while working on their second album »Images At Twilight« (1979). Most of

After their triumphant comeback on "Full Circle" (1999), where they swore eternal loyalty to their own particular brand of art rock, Saga kept going at the same pace, if not an even faster one, making artistically high-caliber vi

With "Full Circle", the legendary Canadian art rockers Saga went back to the progressive rock of their best years and finally got their rebirth, which also kicked off what is most likely the most prolific

You could sum up the music on this album in a single sentence: lots of pain, zero joy. One look at the hideous, utterly banal cover of »Pleasure And The Pain« is enough to kill your urge to listen&scaron

Canadian art rock icons Saga delivered yet another big shock to their listeners with the concept album »Generation 13« when it came out. This time, thankfully, in a good way. After the painfully pale »

"Steel Umbrellas" is a prime example of how a sudden itch for quick, easy cash can spawn a half-baked record that's unworthy of the band's musical legacy up to that point. The answer to how the legendary

After "The Beginners Guide To Throwing Shapes" (1989), a thoroughly solid return to their progressive rock roots, Saga took a few years of well-earned rest. In that time, two members came back to the band after years away:

After a long flirtation with pop on the albums »Behaviour« (1985) and »Wildest Dreams« (1987), which had quite a few interesting musical moments and brought the band noticeable commercial success, but left many longtime fans, who missed…

The mannequin-style cover of "Wildest Dreams", where the three remaining original members of the eternally overlooked Canadian art rock greats Saga (who are, of course, anything but

By the mid-80s, Saga had largely ditched the progressive rock elements built on long instrumental excursions and polished interplay between guitar and keyboards, steering toward shorter

After the big commercial breakthrough of the excellent "Worlds Apart" (1981), Saga cashed in on their newfound "stardom" and kept polishing their music into something more commercially sophisticated. On "Heads O

The Silent Knight, armed with a genius brain, sailed in on his cybernetic wings for the third time and announced an invasion of cybernetic grasshoppers just like him, sent to save a world that modern man, sick of life

»Worlds Apart« was the big commercial breakthrough for Canadian art rock oddballs Saga, catapulting them completely out of nowhere into the ranks of the most sought-after prog bands of the day, and from there on out, for most of their later

As the great cover art of "Images At Twilight", the second album from the witty Canadian art rockers Saga, suggests, the cybernetic grasshoppers led by a queen with Einstein's brain have finally had enough. So, following yet another

Imagine opening the morning paper and finding a shocking story under a fat headline: cybernetic locusts have launched their merciless plundering spree, seized most of the world's nuclear arsenal and flown off with it to

Over the last three decades, Saga have been known as one of the leading and most original bands in melodic prog rock/art rock, the kind with witty, refined arrangements, and they've managed to dodge clear genre labels pretty successfully…