Generation 13

Generation 13 Artist: Saga
Label: Varese Sarabande
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 030206101928
EAN: 0030206101928
ASIN: B00000D9TV


Release Date: 1998-09-22

Generation 13


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Tracks:

  1. Chances Are #1
  2. Generation 13 (Theme #1)
  3. All Will Change
  4. The Cross (Home #3)
  5. Danger Whistle
  6. Leave Her Alone
  7. I'll Never Be Like You #1
  8. My Name Is Sam (Finding A Friend)
  9. The 13th Generation
  10. The Cross
  11. The Learning Tree
  12. I'll Never Be Like You #2
  13. Snake Oil
  14. We Hope You're Feeling Better (The Test)
  15. My Name Is Sam (Your Time Is Up)
  16. Generation 13 (Theme #2)
  17. Where Are You Now?
  18. Screw Em
  19. No Strings Attached
  20. All Will Change (It's Happening To Me)
  21. The Victim
  22. One Small Step
  23. Sam's New Friend
  24. We Hope You're Feeling Better
  25. Chances Are #2

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Something less brought about a certain prolixity...but is OK.......2003-03-08

Well this album-issued on 1995-was the big turn of their career towards a more progressive sound of their own!! That is this was an important concept album for the famous canadian ensemble, based upon an unknown book (to me unknown naturally!) "13 GEN abort retry ignote 63" by Howe and Strauss: the story takes place in the 21th century, within an apocalyptic scene regarding N.Y.C and its new Generation X... Jim Gilmour is involved with the orchestrations on keyboards and the vocals as well,making a great job; while Ian Crichton as usual utilizes a lot of guitars, always put in evidence in a powerful manner -almost in the vein of prog-metal music- in order to let the story become more dramatic and violent...sometimes some orchestral breaks through and a vivid narration as well, also performed by an Android voice and a young child too, make this album very interesting and under a costant high tension!! The main defect of this album is its prolixity and the excessive repetition of the same themes almost all along the story,which at last becomes quite boring. But, apart from this considerations,this is their first attempt to break the schemes, with their purpose to abandon the simple structure of a song and looking forward to emulating the famous rock opera of the seventies!! The great final section of the album is represented by a fantastic modern symphonic stuff, with a stunning crescendo and the final catharsis of the drama.
This is the most progressive effort by Saga and it is worth checking out, even though is prolix in some circumstances;but for sure the fans of 70's prog this time have to bestow a "favour" or a chance on this band, often regarded as too much mainstream ...REMARKABLE STUFF!!

4 out of 5 stars Very good and strange.......2002-08-21

This is a very good cd and also very strange in parts. The Cross, the second track and no strings attached are the best songs on it. It does get a little strange in parts.

3 out of 5 stars Conceptual Gamble.......2002-08-02

Obviously a concept album based on a book of the same name, Generation 13 is not your typical release from these prog-rock masters. It's a hard listen to be sure and if you know nothing about the book, you are lost indeed. It doesn't get a lot of cd player time for me but I do applaud Saga for taking chances. Very interesting vocals from Jim Gilmour. Very good sound quality.

5 out of 5 stars Think while you listen.......2001-08-02

Many of the people who enjoy this kind of music are adults, because it seems to me that all average 12 through 21-year-olds, besides me, have no taste in music whatsoever and only listen to junk. Well, I am 15 and I was raised on this kind of music. In 1st grade, I would always wake up to the sweet morning sounds of Saga blaring on my father's stereo. Needless to say, I grew to love bands like Pink Floyd (The Wall being my favorite of theirs) and Saga.

Generation 13 is indeed a dark album, and I would love to see how well an average 15-year-old, who thinks that they are shocking America with Eminem or Limp Biskit, can listen to this ablum without becoming sick to their stomach. It is pure genious, for Saga found no need to use vulgarity to create an incredibly macabe experience. They used two things: incredible lyrics and instrumentation, and a small, dysfunctional boy character named Sam. One must be an intellegent individual to fully understand the depths of this album. I really do love this CD, for it takes you to a world of darkness and great music by a great band. The question is, can you take the intensity?

5 out of 5 stars The best of all, but a big turn..........2001-03-19

Saga has been one of my favorite bands when I was 18, along with Genesis, Alan Parsons, Marillion, Pink Floyd, and a bunch of other "progressive rock" bands... I loved it the first time I heard it, and the love lasted for a long time... in fact until they released wildest dreams... this one really killed me... then I moved around and have been looking for new titles, but Saga has unfortunately no big notoriety, and their albums are usually hard to find, classified in Hard rock bands (which is really stupid), and I finally kind of "forgot" about them, focusing on life and work...

But tastes never really die, and last Christmas I wanted to make myself a gift and looked for Saga on Amazon and found several "new" (to me) albums among which "Generation 13". And it has been a shock to me!

"Saga est mort, vive Saga": this album is really EXCELLENT. It's not at all the former "Saga sound", but it's really much better. If you liked The Wall, then you'll love Generation 13. But the comparison stops here. In my opinion - although some people may not like it - it's almost better than the Wall, just because the Wall was really too long...

As some other reviewer said sooner, you have to close your eyes and imagine things... Then you're in the movie.

If you already know Saga and are not afraid of - good - changes, or if you don't know Saga, but are simply curious, just give this album a try. Maybe you won't like it, because it's indeed quite dark - as was The Wall too - but if you do, then you won't just like it, you'll probably play it again and again...

Thank you Saga for that piece of Art, I'd just like it to get more famous because it really deserves it.

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  2. Face in the Crowd ~ Leon Russell
  3. Invitation ~ Carrie Akre
  4. 7 Years Bad Luck ~ Glasseater
  5. Deus Ex Machina ~ Section 25
  6. Now That's What I Call Music Years ~ Various Artists
  7. Noiseworksitouch
  8. Under the Silvery Moon ~ Gene Clark
  9. Surface Noise ~ Noonday Underground
  10. Every Solution Has Its Problem ~ Start Trouble

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