I'M ON THE LOOSE
Worlds Apart
is the fourth
studio album
by Canadian
neo-prog band
and was originally
released in 1981
and the
USA 1982.
The album
was produced
by Rupert Hine
and has been released
with several different covers.
Frontman
Michael Sadler
stated in the
band's video DVD
Silhouette
(2002)
that Hine told him
to stop
"singing like a choir boy".
Sadler's vocal style
was noticeably different on
Worlds Apart
than on the first three
Saga albums
as he kept that style
in successive performances
with the band.
Hine reportedly had
Sadler climb to the rafter
of the English barn
where the band
was recording
in order to get the
proper emotion
from Sadler for
"On the Loose".
Success
Widely considered Saga's
best album
(and certainly their most commercially successful),
the album has become
the band's most recognizable
work to date.
The first song on the album,
"On the Loose"
was a single that hit
No. 26 on
the Billboard
Hot 100
and No. 3
on the Top
Rock Tracks chart
in late 1982
and early 1983,
their highest chart performance.
The single was helped by
a music video which
appeared on
MTV during the station's
inaugural year on the air.
Videos were also made for
the singles
"Wind Him Up"
(#22 Canada
and
"Amnesia".
The success of the album
was also largely credited to
an expanded tour schedule
which saw the band
enter new territories
and venues,
particularly in
the United States
where they opened for
Billy Squier
and
Jethro Tull,
to expand their
musical presence.
Worlds Apart
has been certified Platinum
in Canada
(100,000)
and Gold
in Germany
(250,000),
Denmark
(50,000),
United States
(500,000),
and
Norway
(15,000).
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