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Tag Archives: Ian Crichton
Album review: SIX BY SIX

Inside Out [Release date 12.08.22] SiX By SiX is a new trio that sees Saga guitarist Crichton, Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler and vocalist & multi-instrumentalist Robert Berry (3 – Emerson, Berry, Palmer; Alliance) join forces. Maybe seeing Saxon’s drummer in … Continue reading
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Tagged 3, album, Ian Crichton, Inside Out, Keith Emerson, melodic, Nigel Glockler, prog rock, review, Robert Berry, Saga, Saxon, SiX By SiX
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Album review: SAGA – Generation 13/Steel Umbrellas (Reissues)

earMUSIC [Release date 27.11.15] Released originally back in 1995, Generation 13 is a concept album based on a storyline by Jim Crichton inspired in part by the book ’13 GEN abort retry ignore fail’ by Neil Howe and Bill Straus. … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Generation 13, Ian Crichton, Michael Sadler, progressive, reissue, review, rock, Saga, Steel Umbrellas
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Album review: SAGA – The Beginner’s Guide To Throwing Shapes/The Security Of Illusion

earMusic [Release date 04.09.15] www.ear-music.net Following on from the recent best of, earMusic start their Saga re-issue campaign in earnest. They are releasing, in chronological order, the band’s studio albums between 1989 and 2007. Each has bonus songs, often recently … Continue reading
Album review: SAGA – Sagacity

earMUSIC [Release date 04.07.14] Saga release their latest album and the second since vocalist Michael Sadler returned to the band’s line-up a few years ago. This is not as instant as their last album ‘20/20’ taking a few plays to … Continue reading
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Tagged EarMusic, Ian Crichton, melodic rock, Michael Sadler, prog rock, Saga, Sagacity
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