This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For those who may have missed prog-rockers Saga the first time around, trust me: This band of Canuck Yes-men didn’t exactly become the stuff of legend.
The closest things they had to hits were Cat Walk, Wind Him Up and On The Loose, all of which snuck onto radio through the back door (and with the help of CanCon regulations) during the deepest, darkest days of the new-wave ’80s. All of those are included on this 15-track retrospective, along with a dozen other tunes most people couldn’t identify with a gun to their head. If you want to know the truth, the banks of symphonic synthesizers, the emotionless, too-tight musicianship, the guitar-instruction solos and the Jon Anderson-meets-Geddy Lee vocals are the real defining moments of Saga’s story. Don’t hold your breath for Volume Two.
