The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes

The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)[1]
2003 incl. bonus track[2]
2015[3]
Recorded1989
GenreProgressive rock
Length44:34
LabelSPV, Steamhammer, earMUSIC
ProducerSaga
Saga chronology
Wildest Dreams
(1987)
The Beginner's Guide to Throwing Shapes
(1989)
The Works
(1991)

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.