''The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes'' is the eighth studio album by

Saga Sagas are prose stories and histories, composed in Iceland and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Scandinavia. The most famous saga-genre is the (sagas concerning Icelanders), which feature Viking voyages, migration to Iceland, and feuds between ...

, originally released in 1989. It is also the second album recorded by the band without longtime drummer

Steve Negus Stephen William Negus (born February 19, 1952) is a Canadian drummer, songwriter, who was a member of the progressive rock band Saga for twenty-six years. In the late 80s, he and keyboardist Jim Gilmour left Saga and formed GNP (Gilmour Negus ...

and keyboardist Jim Gilmour, who temporarily left the band over management concerns.

Track listing

Personnel

* Michael Sadler: Vocals & Keyboards * Jim Crichton: Bass, Keyboards and Synthaxe * Ian Crichton: Guitars, Synthaxe & Banjo *

Curt Cress Curtis Cress (born 11 August 1952), known by his stage name Curt Cress, is a German musician, singer and songwriter. Life and work Curt Cress began his career in 1965 in Hanau with the band Load. Later also in Hanau he played with the bands I ...

: Drums and Percussion ;Production *Produced by Saga *Jim Crichton – Recording Engineer *Brian Foraker – Mixing Engineer *Berthold Weindorf – Drum Recording Engineer *Drums Recorded in Pilot Studio, Munich *Album Recorded and Mixed at Picture This Studios *Album Cover Design and Photographs – Penny Crichton *Art Co-ordinator – Phillippe Grabowski

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beginners Guide To Throwing Shapes 1989 albums Saga (band) albums SPV/Steamhammer albums