The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
1989 studio album by Saga
The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes | ||||
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Studio album by Saga | ||||
Released | 1989 (1989)[1] 2003 incl. bonus track[2] 2015[3] | |||
Recorded | 1989 | |||
Genre | Progressive rock | |||
Length | 44:34 | |||
Label | SPV, Steamhammer, earMUSIC | |||
Producer | Saga | |||
Saga chronology | ||||
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The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes is the eighth studio album by Saga, originally released in 1989.[4] It is also the second album recorded by the band without longtime drummer Steve Negus and keyboardist Jim Gilmour, who temporarily left the band over management concerns.
Track listing
All music is composed by Michael Sadler, Jim Crichton and Ian Crichton
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "How Do I Look?" | 4:33 |
2. | "Starting All Over" | 4:01 |
3. | "Shape" | 5:10 |
4. | "Odd Man Out" | 4:54 |
5. | "The Nineties" | 4:16 |
No. | Title | Length |
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6. | "Scarecrow" | 4:20 |
7. | "As I Am" | 5:15 |
8. | "Waiting in the Wings" | 4:55 |
9. | "Giant" | 7:10 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Framed" (Live) | 5:46 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Wind Him Up" (Live) | 5:46 |
2. | "The Flyer" (Live) | 4:17 |
Personnel
- Michael Sadler: Vocals & Keyboards
- Jim Crichton: Bass, Keyboards and Synthaxe
- Ian Crichton: Guitars, Synthaxe & Banjo
- Curt Cress: Drums and Percussion
- Production
- Produced by Saga
- Jim Crichton – Recording Engineer
- Brian Foraker – Mixing Engineer
- Berthold Weindorf – Drum Recording Engineer
- Drums Recorded in Pilot Studio, Munich
- Album Recorded and Mixed at Picture This Studios
- Album Cover Design and Photographs – Penny Crichton
- Art Co-ordinator – Phillippe Grabowski
References
- ^ AllMusic The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes > Overview, Accessed 6 December 2009
- ^ AllMusic The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes > Bonus Track, Accessed 6 December 2009
- ^ http://www.ear-music.net/en/artists/latest-news/details/saga/saga-reissue-series-the-beginners-guide-to-throwing-shapes/ [dead link]
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r204542
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- Michael Sadler
- Ian Crichton
- Jim Gilmour
- Mike Thorne
- Dusty Chesterfield
- Jim Crichton
- Brian Doerner
- Steve Negus
- Christian Simpson
- Peter Rochon
- Gregg Chadd
- Rob Moratti
- Saga
- Images at Twilight
- Silent Knight
- Worlds Apart
- Heads or Tales
- Behaviour
- Wildest Dreams
- The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
- The Security of Illusion
- Steel Umbrellas
- Generation 13
- Pleasure & the Pain
- Phase 1
- Full Circle
- House of Cards
- Marathon
- Network
- Trust
- 10,000 Days
- The Human Condition
- 20/20
- Sagacity
- Symmetry
- In Transit
- Detours
- The Chapters Live
- Worlds Apart Revisited
- Contact - Live in Munich
- Heads or Tales Live
- Spin It Again! Live in Munich
- Live in Hamburg
- So Good So Far - Live at Rock of Ages
- Silhouette
- All Areas - Live in Bonn 2002
- Worlds Apart Revisited
- Contact - Live in Munich
- Spin It Again! Live in Munich
- So Good So Far - Live at Rock of Ages
- The Works
- How Do I Look
- Best of - Now and Then - The Collection
- The Polydor Legacy
- Helix
- Rush
- My Wicked Twin
- Cobra