Free as a Bird (album)
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- This article is about the Supertramp album. For the Beatles song, see Free as a Bird (song).
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| Studio album by Supertramp | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Recorded | 1986 | |
| Genre | Progressive Rock | |
| Length | 43:47 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Producer(s) | Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge, Supertramp |
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| Supertramp chronology | ||
| The Autobiography of Supertramp (1986) |
Free as a Bird (1987) |
Some Things Never Change (1997) |
Free as a Bird is the tenth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). Originally, the vinyl album featured three color variants - blue (pictured), green, yellow. The bird in the picture was a cut-out.
The album was the first Supertramp album to feature guitarist Mark Hart.
Despite the fact "I'm Beggin' You" was a club hit and Free as a Bird's title cut was a minor hit, the Free as a Bird album did not do well peaking at #101, making it the first Supertramp album since 1971's Indelibly Stamped not to crack Billboard's Top 100 on the album charts.
The band disbanded after the tour in support of the album and would not re-convene until 1997 without Dougie Thomson.
A remastered CD version of the album was released on July 30, 2002 on A&M Records. The remastered CD comes with all of the original album artwork, lyrics and credits. Currently out of print again as it is the least selling of the remastered Supertramp CDs.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Rick Davies, except where noted
- "It's Alright" – 5:01
- "Not the Moment" – 4:37
- "It Doesn't Matter" – 4:53
- "Where I Stand" (Davies, Mark Hart) – 3:41
- "Free as a Bird" – 4:25
- "I'm Beggin' You" – 5:30
- "You Never Can Tell With Friends" – 4:18
- "Thing for You" – 4:00
- "An Awful Thing to Waste" – 7:49
[edit] Personnel
- Rick Davies - keyboard, timbales, vocals
- Mark Hart - guitar, keyboard, vocals, background vocals
- John Helliwell - saxophone, brass
- Bob Siebenberg - drums
- Dougie Thomson - bass
Additional personnel
- Linda Foot - background vocals
- Nick Lane - brass
- Lise Miller - background vocals
- Scott Page - brass
- Lon Price - brass
- Steve Reid - percussion
- Evan Rogers - background vocals
- Lee Thornburg - trumpet, brass
- Marty Walsh - guitar, background vocals
- Karyn White - background vocals
- David Woodford - brass
[edit] Production
- Producers: Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge, Supertramp
- Engineer: Norman Hall
- Assistant engineers: Bob Loftus, Jeff Lorenzen
- Mixing: Tom Lord-Alge
- Mastering on original LP: Bob Ludwig
- Remastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
- Art direction: Richard Frankel
- Design: Richard Frankel
- Photography: Raul Vega
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1987 | The Billboard 200 | 101 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1987 | "I'm Beggin' You" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 1987 | "I'm Beggin' You" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 3 |
| 1988 | "I'm Beggin' You" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 48 |
| 1988 | "I'm Beggin' You" | Adult Contemporary | 42 |
| Supertramp |
| Rick Davies | Roger Hodgson | Bob Siebenberg | John Helliwell | Dougie Thomson |
| Richard Palmer |
| Discography |
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| Albums: Supertramp | Indelibly Stamped | Crime of the Century | Crisis? What Crisis? | Even in the Quietest Moments | Breakfast in America | ...Famous Last Words... | Brother Where You Bound | Free as a Bird | Some Things Never Change | Slow Motion |
| Live albums: Paris | Live '88 | It Was The Best Of Times | Is Everybody Listening? |
| Compilations: The Autobiography of Supertramp | Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology |
