Reviews

Interview with Michael
www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews04/michaelsadlerinterview.htm

...Just like with some actors, it’s very difficult for Michael, to play another part after all these years with Saga and to make us forget his past. His voice is so undeniably linked with Saga, that everybody will always hear the Saga sound. Even his compositions will always point in that direction. But he certainly recorded a very solid solo album which will be cherished by a lot of Saga fans but also by other music lovers. It’s an album which, because of its accessibility, will often leave the closet, maybe even more than the latest Saga.
www.prog-nose.org/engels/albums_2004/sadler_michael_clear.htm

...Most of the tracks on Clear are up-tempo, but there are also a few very good ballads that somewhat remind me of Gino Vanelli. All the songs are very good and they showcase Sadler's incredible voice. This is a voice I have known for many years, but I can say I really discovered it for the first time on Clear. I guess the music style on Clear fits it better, because it took that album to make me realise that Michael Sadler has one of the purest, most powerfull and emotional voice out there...
www.proggnosis.com/MUSIC_DBArtist.asp?txtArtistID=4750

Although quite keyboard-based, like the Saga albums, it still has a flavour all its own. It puts its grips into you and keeps you hooked throughout until the end. I admit I haven’t heard the more recent Saga albums (they’re a Canadian band, but have had little success here since the 80s), but that was something I loved about Saga’s music and Sadler’s songs back in the 80s.
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Interview with Michael
www.prog4you.com/Band_Interview-06/Michael_Sadler.htm

French review in Belgium
www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=492

...I was engaged from the start by “Who’s Sorry Now”, featuring a back-up from the gospel-infused L.A. Choir. It has a driving beat and an overall attractive sound and Sadler’s voice, at times nu-romantic and at other times theatrical, finds a comfortable niche within...
www.musictap.net/Reviews/SadlerMichaelClearCD.html

ProgRock Records has pulled a major score here by gaining distribution rights for the new solo album from Saga frontman Michael Sadler. Clear is an enjoyable collection of 12 songs that mix pop, hard rock, and prog into a sound that is fresh and modern, not unlike the music of Saga, but much more accessible and commercial. Taking a look at the photos of Sadler on the CD and you can't help but notice how much older he looks these days (well, the shaved head and the chin scrubble doesn't help), but the singer sounds more at ease with his voice than he has in years. Many of the songs on Clear have melodies that will haunt you and stay with you for hours, maybe days, if you let them. Add in some rock solid music accompanyment, and you have a very strong solo album from a vastly underrated vocalist...
www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1724

Michael Sadler’s debut solo. Clear can be summed up as the more commercial side of Saga blending pop and hard rock. Clear is a wonderful collection of songs that Michael Sadler brings alive with the emotion and power of his voice. With that said, I really think that this CD is basically for the fans of Saga, a way of Michael doing music without his band mates to come up with a slightly different variation of what he normally does. I’ve noticed that Clear has a lot of “personal” songs, as if a reflection of Michael’s current stasis on life. Michael Sadler is one of the very few vocalists from the 70's that still has his voice intact. This year the fans of Saga are treated with a new release as well as Clear. I have yet to hear the new Saga but I;’m sure it’ll be a winner as always...
www.geocities.com/prognaut/reviews/michael-sadler.html

...It's hard to say if this music is prog or pop. To be precise, it's probably somewhere in between. The lengths of the songs make them accessible to a mainstream crowd. However, the presence of keyboards, orchestrations, and choirs create something beyond anything you could ever expect to hear on the radio. Also, while it's mostly modern fare, many of its elements have been heard years before during the eighties. With today's technologies, the sounds from this dashing decade have never sounded so good...
www.musicstreetjournal.com/sadlerclear.htm

Great interview
www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/12/0520.cfm