Silent Knight is the third studio album by the Canadian progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Saga

Saga (band)

Saga is a progressive rock quintet, formed in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Jim Crichton and Welsh-born vocalist Michael Sadler have been the principal songwriters for Saga. Ian Crichton is the band's guitarist; apart from his work with Saga, he has recorded several solo albums as well as sessions...

 and was originally released in 1980.

The Chapters

Two of the songs, "Don't Be Late (Chapter 2)," and "Too Much to Lose (Chapter 7)," were part of a series of eight (but later sixteen) songs that Saga included within their first four albums called "The Chapters" which told the story of a young Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

. These songs were later included on The Chapters LIVE, an album that the band recorded in 2005. To date, there's been no official compilation of the chapters in their studio incarnation. Silent Knight is certified Gold in Canada. The Einstein Tower

Einstein Tower

The Einstein Tower is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany built by Erich Mendelsohn. It was built on the summit of the Potsdam Telegraphenberg to house a solar telescope designed by the astronomer Erwin Finlay-Freundlich...

 in Potsdam was used as a template for the album cover.

Side one

1. "Don't Be Late (Chapter 2)" (Ian Crichton, Jim Crichton, Michael Sadler) – 6:09
2. "What's It Gonna Be?" (I. Crichton, J. Crichton, Jim Gilmour, Steve Negus, M. Sadler) – 4:33
3. "Time to Go" (J. Crichton, M. Sadler) – 4:28
4. "Compromise" (I. Crichton, J. Crichton, J. Gilmour, S. Negus, M. Sadler) – 3:25

Side two

1. "Too Much to Lose (Chapter 7)" (J. Crichton, J. Gilmour, M. Sadler) – 4:43
2. "Help Me Out" (J. Crichton, S. Negus, M. Sadler) – 5:55
3. "Someone Should" (J. Crichton, J. Gilmour, M. Sadler) – 4:09
4. "Careful Where You Step" (J. Crichton, M. Sadler) – 4:21

Personnel

Saga:

• Greg Chadd – keyboards, vocals, Moog synthesizer, vocoder effects
• Ian Crichton – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Jim Crichton – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , Moog bass synthesizer
  Moog synthesizer
  Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
  
  
• Jim Gilmour – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , vocals, vocoder effects
• Steve Negus
  Steve Negus
  Steve Negus is a Canadian drummer and songwriter who was a member of the progressive rock band Saga for twenty-six years.-Biography:While playing at Larry's Hideaway, a club in Toronto, Steve Negus' drumming came to the attention of the Canadian rock band, Fludd. The band was searching for a new...
  
   – percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , drums
  Drum kit
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• Michael Sadler – keyboards, lead vocals, Moog synthesizer

Credits:

• Paul Gross
  Paul Gross
  Paul Michael Gross is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer and writer born in Calgary, Alberta. He is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the television series Due South as well as his 2008 war film Passchendaele, which he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in...
  
  – producer
• Alan Thorne – engineer
• Mick Walsh – engineer
• Jeff Stobbs , Lenny Derose, Robin Brouwers – re-mixing assistant engineer
• Mark Wright – re-mixing engineer