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Saga - Steel Umbrellas (1994)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 10 Aug 2020 17:59:50

Saga - Steel Umbrellas (1994)
XLD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Polydor, 523 054-2 | ~ 297 or 105 Mb | Scans(png, 600dpi) -> 216 Mb
Art Rock / Pop Rock

As a die-hard Rush fan, and a fan of prog rock in general, I am used to seeing long-term career prog rockers go through different music phases. These groups have their "good" and "bad" albums over the course of time, and Saga is no different. Many critics and die-hards say Steel Umbrellas is their worst album of all time, but I'm just not seeing why people think this way. If I dare offer a comparison, I'd say Saga's "SM" is equivalent to Rush's 1989 "Presto". Many fans didn't like that phase of their career, but frankly I enjoyed it along with everything else they made! I guess when you have been around so long, it's easy to stratify their music over the decades.

by trbdeb7601, rateyourmusic

Many critics can't stomach this album and frankly, I admit I don't like it much either. It contains far too few memorable tracks but in all fairness, the ones that do work ought to be mentioned. There's a definite jazzy feel to some of these tunes that grows on you. The opening track "Why Not" is a firy rocker in the purest SAGA tradition and is by far the best cut of the album. "Shake That Tree" gets into a groove I find very hard to resist. "Steamroller" is a funky little number à la Jeff Beck (of course, Mr. Beck's contribution would have been a welcome addition here, although the horn section acts as an honourable substitute). Finally, the two 'tear jerkers' "I Walk With You" and "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" sound a bit sappy, but I have to admit it takes a special talent to come up with such ditties - to my knowledge, only Elton John and Alan Parsons (and perhaps a few other pop geniuses I can't think of) are capable of similar feats. No, "Steel Umbrellas" is definitely not SAGA's best. For the few tracks mentioned above, however, I'll grant them a passing grade.

by Hibou, progarchives

Saga - Steel Umbrellas (1994):

Tracklist:

01. Why Not? 4:18
02. (You Were) Never Alone 4:27
03. Bet On This 3:53
04. Shake That Tree 4:17
05. Password Pirate - Access Code - Password Pirate 3:35
06. I Walk With You 4:02
07. Push It 3:01
08. Steamroller 4:12
09. Say Goodbye To Hollywood 4:33
10. Feed The Fire 4:09

Musicians:

Michael Sadler: Vocals
Jim Crichton: Bass
Jim Gilmour: Keyboards & Vocals
Ian Crichton: Guitars
Steve Negus: Drums & Percussion
Paula Mattioli, Fred White, Stu "The Rooster" Saddoris: Backing Vocals

XLD Log

X Lossless Decoder version 20130720 (144.0)

XLD extraction logfile from 2013-08-31 23:03:40 +0400

Saga / Steel Umbrellas (523 054-2)

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2 | 04:18:58 | 04:27:37 | 19408 | 39469
3 | 08:46:20 | 03:53:45 | 39470 | 56989
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8 | 27:37:30 | 04:12:35 | 124305 | 143239
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No errors occurred

End of status report

DR Log

foobar2000 1.2.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2014-05-21 08:04:18

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Analyzed: Saga / Steel Umbrellas (523 054-2)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 0.00 dB -11.18 dB 4:18 01-Why Not ?
DR10 0.00 dB -11.05 dB 4:27 02-(You Were) Never Alone
DR9 0.00 dB -10.84 dB 3:54 03-Bet On This
DR9 0.00 dB -11.33 dB 4:17 04-Shake That Tree
DR9 0.00 dB -11.33 dB 3:36 05-Password Pirate
DR13 -0.22 dB -15.45 dB 4:02 06-I Walk With You
DR9 0.00 dB -11.30 dB 3:02 07-Push It
DR10 0.00 dB -11.91 dB 4:12 08-Steamroller
DR10 -0.19 dB -13.21 dB 4:33 09-Say Goodbye To Hollywood
DR9 0.00 dB -10.98 dB 4:10 10-Feed The Fire
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Number of tracks: 10
Official DR value: DR10

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 994 kbps
Codec: FLAC

All thanks go to Olaf der Weisse

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