The Autobiography of Supertramp

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The Autobiograpy of Supertramp
Greatest hits by Supertramp
Released	July 1986
Recorded	1974 - 1985
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	47:10
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Ken Scott, Peter Henderson, David Kershenbaum, Supertramp.
Professional reviews
All Music Guide
Supertramp chronology
Brother Where You Bound (1985)	The Autobiography of Supertramp (1986)	Free as a Bird (1987)

For the book see The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp

The Autobiography of Supertramp is the first greatest hits album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1986.

As Supertramp's first studio greatest hits album, The Autobiography of Supertramp contained a compilation of the most popular songs from the preceding albums Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even in the Quietest Moments, Breakfast in America, ...Famous Last Words..., and Brother Where You Bound.

This album's unique cover art showed a suit-wearing, faceless man seated in a train carriage reading a book with another man's 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 previous albums.

The album was also released in the US as Classics Volume 9, part of A&M's 25th Anniversary series. That version of the album included the extra tracks listed below as part of the 2001 re-release, with the exception of "School".

The album was re-released as The Very Best of Supertramp in 2001 in the US with digitally remastered sound and a bonus track School plus tracks restored to original album length.

(see 1986 in music).

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.

-- Original issue --

1. "Goodbye Stranger" – 4:25
2. "The Logical Song" – 3:45
3. "Bloody Well Right" – 4:16
4. "Breakfast In America" – 2:37
5. "Take The Long Way Home" – 4:03
6. "Crime Of The Century" – 5:20
7. "Dreamer" – 3:19
8. "From Now On" – 6:10
9. "Give A Little Bit" – 4:03
10. "It's Raining Again" – 4:25
11. "Cannonball" (Davies) – 4:47

[edit] Track listing on 2001 US remaster

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

1. "School" – 5:34
2. "Goodbye Stranger" – 5:50
3. "The Logical Song" – 4:10
4. "Bloody Well Right" – 4:31
5. "Breakfast In America" – 2:37
6. "Rudy" – 7:19
7. "Take The Long Way Home" – 5:08
8. "Crime Of The Century" – 5:36
9. "Dreamer" – 3:31
10. "Ain't Nobody But Me" – 5:14
11. "Hide in Your Shell" – 6:48
12. "From Now On" – 6:21
13. "Give A Little Bit" – 4:08
14. "It's Raining Again" – 4:25
15. "Cannonball" (Davies) – 7:38

[edit] Personnel

• Rick Davies - keyboard, vocals
• John Helliwell - saxophone, vocals, woodwind
• Dougie Thomson - bass
• Bob Siebenberg - percussion, drums
• Roger Hodgson - guitar, keyboard, vocals

[edit] Production

• Producers: Ken Scott, Peter Henderson, David Kershenbaum, and Supertramp.
• Mastering: Bernie Grundman, Norman Hall - Bernie Grundman Mastering, Inc.
• Cover design: Richard Frankel, Norman Moore.
• Photography: Ron Slenzak
• Poster Illustrations: Holly Hollington