1987 studio album by Saga Wildest Dreams Studio album by Saga Released| 1987 Genre| Rock, progressive rock, Adult contemporary Length| 36:20 Label| Atlantic Producer| Keith Olsen Saga chronology | Behaviour (1985) | Wildest Dreams (1987) | The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes (1989) | | Professional ratingsReview scores Source| Rating Allmusic| [1] Wildest Dreams is the seventh studio album by the Canadian progressive rock band Saga, originally released in 1987. It was their first album without original drummer Steve Negus and longtime keyboardist and vocalist Jim Gilmour. ## Contents * 1 Atlantic Records * 2 Rarity * 3 Track listing * 4 Personnel * 4.1 Saga * 4.2 Production * 5 References * 6 External links ## Atlantic Records[edit] The band signed with Atlantic Records after the Behaviour album and was seen as a promising act for Atlantic after having three solid and successful albums come out during the early and mid-1980s. The record label spent a great deal of money promoting the band in the United States, a market that Saga had yet to penetrate. Plans included a massive tour, a music video produced for the single "Only Time Will Tell" and on the production of the album itself. Despite all of this, the album went largely unnoticed in the U.S. and was only released in Saga's more successful markets like Europe and their native Canada (#77 [2]).Only Time Will Tell reached #93 in Canada.[3] ## Rarity[edit] Because of the limited scope of the original release and an issue with Atlantic refusing to surrender the rights of this album to the band, Wildest Dreams is considered by many fans to be the rarest album of Saga's repertoire to this day. A re-release of the album was done around 2000 although this was before the band's remastering of all other albums in 2002, 2003, and 2004 and thus, made the album's release largely unnoticed by the fan base. While the band has mentioned many times their desire to see the album released again for the fans, the band members have cited Atlantic Record's demand for a prohibitively large rights fee for the album.[citation needed] ## Track listing[edit] Side OneNo.| Title| Lyrics| Length | | | 1.| "Don't Put Out the Fire"| Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler| 3:58 2.| "Only Time Will Tell"| I. Crichton, J. Crichton, M. Sadler| 4:21 3.| "Wildest Dreams"| I. Crichton, J. Crichton, M. Sadler| 4:58 4.| "Chase the Wind"| I. Crichton, J. Crichton, Robin Prior, M. Sadler| 4:53 Side TwoNo.| Title| Lyrics| Length | | | 5.| "We've Been Here Before"| Curt Cress, I. Crichton, J. Crichton, M. Sadler| 4:45 6.| "The Way of the World"| Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler| 4:18 7.| "Angel"| Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler| 4:20 8.| "Don't Look Down"| I. Crichton, J. Crichton, Julia Downes, M. Sadler| 4:39 ## Personnel[edit] ### Saga[edit] * Michael Sadler – lead vocals, keyboards * Jim Crichton – bass guitar, keyboards, synthaxe * Ian Crichton – guitar, shadow midi guitar systems, synthaxe * Curt Cress – drums, percussion ### Production[edit] * Brian Foraker – engineer * Gregory Fulginiti – mastering * Keith Olsen – producer ## References[edit] 1. ^ DeGagne, Mike. Wildest Dreams at AllMusic 2. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - December 5, 1987" (PDF). 3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - November 28, 1987" (PDF). ## External links[edit] * Wildest Dreams at Discogs (list of releases) * v * t * e Saga * Michael Sadler * Ian Crichton * Jim Gilmour * Mike Thorne * Dusty Chesterfield * Jim Crichton * Brian Doerner * Steve Negus * Christian Simpson * Peter Rochon * Gregg Chadd * Rob Moratti Studio albums| * Saga * Images at Twilight * Silent Knight * Worlds Apart * Heads or Tales * Behaviour * Wildest Dreams * The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes * The Security of Illusion * Steel Umbrellas * Generation 13 * Pleasure & the Pain * Phase One * Full Circle * House of Cards * Marathon * Network * Trust * 10,000 Days * The Human Condition * 20/20 * Sagacity * Symmetry Live albums| * In Transit * Detours * The Chapters Live * Worlds Apart Revisited * Contact - Live in Munich * Heads or Tales Live * Spin It Again! Live in Munich * Live in Hamburg * So Good So Far - Live at Rock of Ages Videos| * Silhouette * All Areas - Live in Bonn 2002 * Worlds Apart Revisited * Contact - Live in Munich * Spin It Again! Live in Munich * So Good So Far - Live at Rock of Ages Compilations| * The Works * How Do I Look * Best of - Now and Then - The Collection * The Polydor Legacy Related articles| * Helix * Rush * My Wicked Twin Authority control | * MusicBrainz release group | *[No.]: Number *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template