Generation 13 is the eleventh studio album by Saga.

Concept

Generation 13 is a concept album, written by bassist Jim Crichton, which is inspired by the 1993 book 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail? by American authors Neil Howe and William Strauss. The book says people born between 1961 and 1981 are America's 13th generaration, with a generation occurring every 20 –25 years from the American Revolution.

Generation 13

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Michael Sadler – lead vocals, pipe organ

Ian Crichton – guitars

Jim Gilmour – keyboards, backing vocals, clarinet

Jim Crichton – bass

Steve Negus – drums, percussion

Mary Newland – backing vocals (24)

Generation 13

Players

Jeremy / Michael Sadler

Morty / Roger Sommers

The Father (As a teenager & Mr. Monger) / Michael Sadler

The Barker (At the carnival) / Steve Negus

Jeremy's Sister / Penny Crichton

The Orphanage Master / Michael Sadler

The "80's" Ghosts / The Goodnight LA-Bv's

The Amateur Show Host / Michael Sadler

Sam's New Friend / Christopher Crichton

Sam (On a good day) / Jim Gilmour

Sam (On a bad day) / Roger Sommers

Sarcastic Sam / Jim Crichton

The Psychiatrist / Roger Sommers

Java Joe / Jim Crichton

References

1995 albums

Saga (band) albums

SPV/Steamhammer albums

Concept albums

Generation 13