Heads or Tales

Heads Or Tales is the fifth studio album by the Canadian progressive rock band Saga and was originally released in 1983. The album was the second of the band's to be produced by 1980s producer Rupert Hine. Although it did not receive the commercial success of the previous collaboration between the band and Hine, both "The Flyer" and "Cat Walk" became respectable radio hits for the band with the album eventually securing gold status in Canada and Germany. A third single from the album, "Scratching the Surface", making a regular appearance in the band's concert line-up during the late-1990s and 2000s as a piano solo played by singer Jim Gilmour during a break by the other band members.

Track listing

Side one

1. "The Flyer" (Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler) – 3:41
2. "Cat Walk" (J. Crichton, Jim Gilmour, Ian Crichton) – 4:25
3. "The Sound of Strangers" (Sadler, J. Crichton, Gilmour, I. Crichton, Steve Negus) – 4:08
4. "The Writing" (J. Crichton, Sadler) – 4:12
5. "Intermission" (Sadler, J. Crichton, I. Crichton) – 5:27

Side two

1. "Social Orphan" (Sadler, J. Crichton) – 3:23
2. "The Vendetta (Still Helpless)" (Sadler, J. Crichton, Gilmour, I. Crichton)– 3:44
3. "Scratching the Surface" (Gilmour, J. Crichton) – 5:15
4. "The Pitchman" (J. Crichton, Sadler, I. Crichton, Gilmour, Negus) – 5:38

Personnel

Saga:^[2]

• Michael Sadler - lead vocals, keyboards
• Jim Crichton - bass guitar, keyboards
• Jim Gilmour - lead keyboards, vocals, sax, lead vocal on "Scratching the Surface"
• Ian Crichton - guitar
• Steve Negus - drums, percussion, electronic percussion

Production:^[2]

• Judith Salavetz , Spencer Drate – art direction, design
• Stephen Durke – front and back illustrations artwork
• Andrew Scarth - assistant engineer
• Stephen W Tayler – recording and mixing engineer
• Larry Williams – inner sleeve photography
• Producer - Rupert Hine

References