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"After so many years of frustration, "Full Circle" appears to be a breath of fresh air for Saga, which finds the marks and the style that made its success."
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Summary of the previous episodes in the career of the Canadian band: first of all, a first golden decade, generating 6 albums (from "Saga" to "Behaviour") all more excellent than the others. Then a second decade started with the insipid "Wildest Dreams" that could be compared to a desert crossing both commercially and artistically - if it wasn't for the progressive UFO "Generation 13", unfortunately without a future - whose "climax" turns out to be the calamitous "Pleasure and the Pain" sounding like the death knell of a band that had become unrecognizable. So when in 1999, Saga announces its return to business with the reintroduction of the famous "Chapters" (8 tracks distilled in the disorder on the first 4 albums) and the return to an iconography used during the golden period, few still believes it.
And yet, from the very first bars of 'Remember When', a premonitory title, Saga's universe is back in place, just like in the good old days: unstoppable melodies served by a Michael Sadler in top shape, melodic guitar interventions again, far from the noisy digressions used by Ian Crichton on the previous opuses, and always Saga's inimitable trademark, the famous instrumental break in the middle of the track which finally gives the band its progressive coloring. And what could have been a flash in the pan will finally last throughout the 10 tracks of "Full Circle".
The "Chapters" are back, and the three parts present here are simply the best tracks of the album, with a big favorite for 'Not This Way' and its intimate atmosphere highlighting particularly Sadler's voice, before a symphonic finale (too short!) comes to increase the emotion felt while listening to this track.
It's hard to compare this new production with other works that are part of the history of rock and considered today as masterpieces. After so many years of frustration, "Full Circle" appears as a real breath of fresh air, prelude to a second part of Saga's career that everyone knows from now on, marked out by a well-defined but so effective style. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Remember When (chapter 9) (5:20)
02. The One (4:21)
03. Follow Me (5:07)
04. Uncle Albert's Eyes (chapter 13) (5:22)
05. Home (5:06)
06. Don't Say Goodbye (5:33)
07. Time Bomb (4:05)
08. Not This Way (chapter 10) (5:04)
09. Night To Remember (5:44)
10. Goodbye (3:59)
LINEUP:
Ian Crichton: Guitares
Jim Crichton: Basse / Claviers
Jim Gilmour: Claviers
Michael Sadler: Chant / Claviers
Steve Negus: Batterie
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