Released July 1986 Length 47:10 Label A&M Records | Recorded 1974-1985 Release date July 1986 | |
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The logical song by roger hodgson former supertramp singer songwriter
The Autobiography of Supertramp is the first greatest hits album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1986.
Contents
- The logical song by roger hodgson former supertramp singer songwriter
- Reception
- Track listing
- LP album
- CD Classics Vol 9 release
- 2001 US remaster
- Personnel
- Production
- Songs
- References
As Supertramp's first greatest hits album, The Autobiography of Supertramp contains a compilation of the most popular songs from the albums Crime of the Century, Even in the Quietest Moments, Breakfast in America, ...Famous Last Words..., and Brother Where You Bound. The CD version and the 2001 remaster also include a song from Crisis? What Crisis?. The album Paris is completely unrepresented, despite its including the hit live version of "Dreamer".
The cover art shows a suit-wearing, faceless man seated in a train carriage reading a book with his own face on the cover. The view from the train window shows the platform with stylised versions of the cover art from three of Supertramp's albums.
The album was also released in the US as Classics Volume 9, part of A&M's 25th Anniversary series (1987). That version of the album includes the extra tracks listed below as part of the 2001 re-release, with the exception of "School" and no single edits.
The album was re-released as The Very Best of Supertramp in 1990 in the US with digitally remastered sound and a bonus track "School" as the first track instead of "Goodbye Stranger" which follows afterwards. It also contains the album versions of the songs "Goodbye Stranger" and "Cannonball", whereas the original release uses the edited versions from the singles instead.
Reception
Allmusic's retrospective review commented that The Very Best of Supertramp is a superior compilation with its choice of tracks.
Track listing
All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, except where noted.
LP album
- "Goodbye Stranger" (Single edit, from Breakfast in America, 1979) – 4:25
- "The Logical Song" (Single edit, from Breakfast in America) – 3:45
- "Bloody Well Right" (Single edit, from Crime of the Century, 1974) – 4:16
- "Breakfast in America" (from Breakfast in America) – 2:37
- "Take the Long Way Home" (Single edit, from Breakfast in America) – 4:03
- "Crime of the Century" (Early fade-out, from Crime of the Century)– 5:20
- "Dreamer" (from Crime of the Century) – 3:19
- "From Now On" (from Even in the Quietest Moments..., 1977) – 6:10
- "Give a Little Bit" (from Even in the Quietest Moments...) – 4:03
- "It's Raining Again" (from ...Famous Last Words..., 1982) – 4:25
- "Cannonball" (Single edit, from Brother Where You Bound, 1985) (Davies) – 4:47
CD / Classics, Vol 9. release
- "Goodbye Stranger" (Single edit) – 4:29
- "The Logical Song" (Single edit) – 3:48
- "Bloody Well Right" (Single edit) – 4:17
- "Breakfast in America" – 2:39
- "Rudy" (from Crime of the Century) – 7:19
- "Take the Long Way Home" (Single edit) – 4:06
- "Crime of the Century" – 5:33
- "Dreamer" – 3:33 / 3:19
- "Ain't Nobody But Me" (from Crisis? What Crisis?, 1975) – 5:07
- "Hide in Your Shell" (from Crime of the Century) – 6:48
- "From Now On" – 6:11
- "Give a Little Bit" – 4:08
- "It's Raining Again" – 4:23
- "Cannonball" (Single edit) (Davies) – 4:51
2001 US remaster
- "School" – 5:35
- "Goodbye Stranger" – 5:50
- "The Logical Song" – 4:10
- "Bloody Well Right" – 4:31
- "Breakfast in America" – 2:37
- "Rudy" – 7:19
- "Take the Long Way Home" – 5:08
- "Crime of the Century" – 5:36
- "Dreamer" – 3:31
- "Ain't Nobody But Me" – 5:14
- "Hide in Your Shell" – 6:48
- "From Now On" – 6:21
- "Give a Little Bit" – 4:08
- "It's Raining Again" – 4:25
- "Cannonball" (Davies) – 7:38
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Goodbye Stranger4:29
2The Logical Song3:49
3Bloody Well Right4:17