Generation 13

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 generation, with a generation occurring every 20 –25 years from the American Revolution.

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)


 * 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