Reviews by Request: 'Breakfast in America' by Supertramp .

truth. But I give to experience things my own way, to maintain me in my youth." Other highlights: "Breakfast in America", "The Logical Song", "Take the Long Way Home" Lowlight: "Casual Conversations" (A song even Billy Joel would be mortified to put on one of his better albums) For fans of: the Bee Gees, Rush, Queen, Styx, Head East, Frankie Valli

Track-by-track score: 4.13/5 (82%) Album cover score: 3.5/5 Album title score: 3.5/5 Opening track score: "Gone Hollywood" - 4/5 Closing track score: "Child of Vision" - 3.25 (Too long and gaudy)

For a lot that formerly had a bit one album (this one) and a healthy handful of pure pop hits (including one of the better of all-time, "Goodbye Stranger"), you don`t see a whole lot about Supertramp. I`m not sure exactly why that is. I`m sure they were talked about a lot more when this album came out, but I was 3 at the time, so I don`t remember. But one thing is clear. From what I`ve gathered over the years, this is their most easily known album and it`s most likely their best. They are likewise the rare UK outfit that appear to have been a lot more popular here than they are there.

If I had to get one estimate as to why Supertramp doesn`t necessarily fall to listen when you consider of the best classic rock bands of all-time, I`d say that they probably came round a little too late. By the sentence they were in their prime-the mid-to-late 70s-most of their would-be counterparts had either disbanded or were near to and the music man was shifting. By the sentence the early 80s hit, the bulk of stone being played on top 40 radio wasn`t rock at all, but a pale imitation. But this album stands on its own as a brilliant display of what Supertramp were and what they were subject of. Maybe if they spent less time bitching with each other and more time continuing to perfect pop music, they`d be remembered among the greatest bands of all time, but regardless, this is a landmark album.

I had ever loved the 4 songs from this album that I was intimate with, but had never heard the book in full until now and other than a few misfires, the album does not disappoint. The best songs are however the ones you`ve probably already heard, but nonetheless, Breakfast in America is a passionately theatrical, jumpy, good time, pop classic.

If you`re a fan of the band, you already get this. If you care what you`ve heard and are peculiar to discover more, definitely get it. The just thing that stops this from being a masterpiece are 3 or so mediocre songs.