The Chapters Live is a live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by 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...

. It compiles live recordings of The Chapters, which were originally released over eight studio albums starting in 1978. The studio versions were originally released over a 28 year period in a mixed-up order to create a conceptual puzzle.

The story was inspired by the Cold War

Cold War

The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...

, and the preservation of 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...

's brain, which was kept by Thomas S. Harvey, M.D.

Thomas Stoltz Harvey

Thomas Stoltz Harvey was a pathologist who conducted the autopsy on Albert Einstein in 1955. Harvey studied at Yale University as an undergraduate and later as a medical student under Dr. Harry Zimmerman...

  There are also science fiction themes, such as aliens

Extraterrestrial life

Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...

 being concerned with humanity's self destruction, and the resurrection of the dead through technology.

Track listing

DISC 1

1. "Images (Chapter 1)" – 5:03
2. "Don't Be Late (Chapter 2)" – 6:27
3. "It's Time (Chapter 3)" – 4:09
4. "Will It Be You? (Chapter 4)" – 6:27
5. "No Regrets (Chapter 5)" – 3:48
6. "Tired World (Chapter 6)" – 6:36
7. "Too Much to Lose (Chapter 7)" – 3:18
8. "No Stranger (Chapter 8)" – 6:23

DISC 2

1. "Remember When? (Chapter 9)" – 5:24
2. "Not This Way (Chapter 10)" – 2:57
3. "Ashes to Ashes (Chapter 11)" – 4:37
4. "You Know I Know (Chapter 12)" – 4:01
5. "Uncle Albert's Eyes (Chapter 13)" – 4:55
6. "Streets of Gold (Chapter 14)" – 4:11
7. "We'll Meet Again (Chapter 15)" – 5:40
8. "Worlds Apart (Chapter 16)" – 6:44

Personnel

• Ian Crichton - Guitars
• Jim Gilmour - Keyboards & Vocals
• Michael Sadler - Vocals & Keyboards
• 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...
  
  - Drums
• Jim Crichton - Bass & Bass Keyboards