The Very Best of Supertramp 2

Overview

This compilation features 13 tracks from their five "prime" albums Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even in the Quietest Moments..., Breakfast in America and ...Famous Last Words... as well as the title track from their 1987 album Free as a Bird. The cover depicts the starry backdrop and grate from the cover of Crime of the Century, the hand carrying the glass from the cover of Breakfast in America, and the orange umbrella from Crisis? What Crisis?.

Reception

In their retrospective review, Allmusic noted that this second collection contains less-familiar songs, including only five which had been released as singles, none of which were significant hits in the U.K. or U.S.

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies except where noted.

1. "Lady" - 5:24
2. "Oh Darling" - 4:01
3. "Even in the Quietest Moments" - 6:39
4. "Waiting So Long" - 6:32
5. "Babaji" - 4:49
6. "Gone Hollywood" - 5:14
7. "If Everyone Was Listening" - 4:01
8. "Just Another Nervous Wreck" - 4:22
9. "Don't Leave Me Now" - 6:25
10. "My Kind of Lady" - 5:12
11. "A Soapbox Opera" - 4:50
12. "Downstream" - 4:00
13. "Fool's Overture" - 10:51
14. "Free as a Bird" - 4:20 (Davies)

Track origins

Track 7 from Crime of the Century (1974)

Tracks 1 and 11 from Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)

Tracks 3, 5, 12 and 13 from Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)

Tracks 2, 6 and 8 from Breakfast in America (1979)

Tracks 4, 9 and 10 from ...Famous Last Words... (1982)

Track 14 from Free as a Bird (1987)

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