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Behaviour

Their first album without producer Rupert Hine, with a pop-leaning sound.
Saga, 1985

Peter Walsh produced and engineered with the band, and Jack Skinner mastered it at Sterling Sound. The sound moved to pop, with electronic drums and sweeping synths, which Popdose compared to late-era Roxy Music more than Rush, and which produced tension in the band. Sadler sings and plays keyboards, Jim Crichton plays bass and keyboards, Gilmour keyboards, Ian Crichton guitar and Negus drums, with Sharon Benson adding vocals on "What Do I Know?". "(Goodbye) Once Upon a Time" is described as Sadler's most personal song, about his late father.

It reached 2 in Germany, 3 in Switzerland, 4 in Sweden, 6 in Norway, 39 in Canada and 87 on the Billboard 200; Popdose says it sold marginally better in the US than Heads or Tales. AllMusic gave 3 of 5 and Kerrang! 5 of 5 per Wikipedia.

Track listing

  1. Listen to Your Heart3:56
  2. Take a Chance3:54
  3. What Do I Know?3:40
  4. Misbehaviour4:04
  5. Nine Lives of Miss Midi1:17
  6. You and the Night5:16
  7. Out of the Shadows4:48
  8. Easy Way Out3:59
  9. Promises4:12
  10. Here I Am3:34
  11. (Goodbye) Once Upon a Time6:38

More from Saga

Saga (1978), Images At Twilight (1979), Silent Knight (1980), Worlds Apart (1981), In Transit (1982), Heads Or Tales (1983), Wildest Dreams (1987), The Beginner's Guide To Throwing Shapes (1989), The Security Of Illusion (1993), Steel Umbrellas (1994), Generation 13 (1995), Pleasure & The Pain (1997), Detours (1998), Full Circle (1999), House Of Cards (2001), Marathon (2003), Network (2004), Trust (2006), 10,000 Days (2007), Worlds Apart Revisited (2007), The Human Condition (2009), 20/20 (2012), Sagacity (2014), Symmetry (2021)

Sources

  1. Behaviour (Saga album), Wikipedia
  2. Saga fused prog rock with pop, Popdose