{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Infobox album | name = Steel Umbrellas | type = [[Studio album]] | artist = [[Saga (band)|Saga]] | cover = Saga steel umbrellas.jpg | alt = | released = 1994<ref name = "AllMusic">AllMusic [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r210720|pure_url=yes}} Steel Umbrellas > Overview], Accessed 6 December 2009</ref> | recorded = 1994 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = 40:34 | label = [[Polydor]], [[Steamhammer Records]] | producer = Jim Crichton and [[Saga (band)|Saga]] | prev_title = [[The Security of Illusion]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Generation 13]] | next_year = 1995 }}
'''''Steel Umbrellas''''' is the tenth studio album by Canadian rock band [[Saga (band)|Saga]]. The songs were written for the US TV series ''[[Cobra (American TV series)|Cobra]]''. The album is the second produced after the reformation of the classic line-up, and the first one to feature two songs sung by keyboardist Jim Gilmour.
==Track listing== All lyrics and music written by Saga, except "(You Were) Never Alone" by Saga and Gerald O' Brien; "Push It" by Saga, Craig Van Sickle and Steve Mitchell<ref>{{cite web |title=Saga – Steel Umbrellas (2015, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Saga-Steel-Umbrellas/release/7845964 |language=en}}</ref> {{Track listing | title1 = Why Not? | length1 = 4:18 | title2 = (You Were) Never Alone | length2 = 4:28 | title3 = Bet on This | length3 = 3:53 | title4 = Shake That Tree | length4 = 4:18 | title5 = Password Pirate / Access Code / Password Pirate | length5 = 3:36 | title6 = I Walk With You | length6 = 4:02 | title7 = Push It | length7 = 3:02 | title8 = Steamroller | length8 = 4:12 | title9 = Say Goodbye to Hollywood | length9 = 4:34 | title10 = Feed the Fire | length10 = 4:09 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2002 & 2015 Bonus Track | title11 = I Walk With You | note11 = Live | length11 = 3:12 }} {{Track listing | headline = 2015 Bonus Tracks | title12 = On My Way | note12 = Live in [[Hamburg]], 2015 | length12 = 5:14 | title13 = On the Loose | note13 = Live in Hamburg, 2015 | length13 = 4:33 }}
==Note== Alternate versions of the CD include the track "(Walking On) Thin Ice" in place of "Push It". "(Walking On) Thin Ice" was also used as a b-side for the second single release "(You Were) Never Alone", which also included an "edited version" of the album track that opens with a differently mixed intro. "Why Not?" was the first single from the album and also edited for the single release.
==Personnel==
* Michael Sadler – lead and backing vocals * Ian Crichton – guitars * Jim Gilmour – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Shake That Tree" and "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" * Jim Crichton – bass * [[Steve Negus]] – drums, percussion * Paula Mattioli, Fred White, Stu "The Rooster" Saddoris – backing vocals
==Production==
* Produced by Jim Crichton & Saga * Music Supervisor – [[Spencer Proffer]], [[Cherry Lane Music]] * Recording Engineer – Jim Crichton * Recording Engineer (Keyboards) – [[Steve Negus]] * Mixed by Mike Ging * Recorded and mixed at Goodnight L.A.B., Van Nuys, California * Art Direction & Design – Vivid Images * Front Cover Concept – Penny Crichton * Photography – Penny Crichton * Front Cover Images – Joannis and Stephen Jacaruso for Vivid Images * Steel Umbrellas by Heidi Coyle
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1994) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Germany|65|artist=Saga|album=Steel Umbrellas|id=1837|rowheader=true|access-date=July 20, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|29|artist=Saga|album=Steel Umbrellas|rowheader=true|access-date=July 20, 2024}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|39|artist=Saga|album=Steel Umbrellas|rowheader=true|access-date=July 20, 2024}} |}
==References== <references/> {{Saga}}
==External links== * {{discogs master|392580}}
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