The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes

The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
Studio album by Saga
Released	December 1989; 2003 incl. bonus track; 2015
Recorded	1989
Studio	Picture This Studios; Pilot Studios
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	44:34
Label	SPV, Steamhammer, earMUSIC
Producer	Saga
Saga chronology

ReleasedDecember 1989^[1]
2003 incl. bonus track^[2]
2015^[3]

Recorded1989

StudioPicture This Studios
Pilot Studios

GenreProgressive rock

The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes is the eighth studio album by Saga, originally released in 1989.^[4] It is also the second album recorded by the band without longtime drummer Steve Negus and keyboardist Jim Gilmour, who temporarily left the band over management concerns.

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"How Do I Look?"	4:33
2.	"Starting All Over"	4:01
3.	"Shape"	5:10
4.	"Odd Man Out"	4:54
5.	"The Nineties"	4:16

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Scarecrow"	4:20
7.	"As I Am"	5:15
8.	"Waiting in the Wings"	4:55
9.	"Giant"	7:10

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wind Him Up" (Live)	5:46
2.	"The Flyer" (Live)	4:17

v t e Saga
Michael Sadler Ian Crichton Jim Gilmour Mike Thorne Dusty Chesterfield Jim Crichton Brian Doerner Steve Negus Christian Simpson Peter Rochon Gregg Chadd Rob Moratti
Studio albums	Saga Images at Twilight Silent Knight Worlds Apart Heads or Tales Behaviour Wildest Dreams The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes The Security of Illusion Steel Umbrellas Generation 13 Pleasure & the Pain Phase 1 Full Circle House of Cards Marathon Network Trust 10,000 Days The Human Condition 20/20 Sagacity Symmetry
Live albums	In Transit Detours The Chapters Live Worlds Apart Revisited Contact - Live in Munich Heads or Tales Live Spin It Again! Live in Munich Live in Hamburg So Good So Far - Live at Rock of Ages
Videos	Silhouette All Areas - Live in Bonn 2002 Worlds Apart Revisited Contact - Live in Munich Spin It Again! Live in Munich So Good So Far - Live at Rock of Ages
Compilations	The Works How Do I Look Best of - Now and Then - The Collection The Polydor Legacy
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