Talk:Supertramp

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"This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources" --- what a silly, silly pedantic comment. This is a great and useful article, which someone generously took their time to write. It's an article about a ROCK BAND, not brain surgery. It is really silly and pedantic to call for sources for such an article. 81.149.36.207 13:09, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Supertramp broke the boundaries on Progressive Rock, along with bands like Pink Floyd. There are few other bands that, even today, recieve constant radio play of more than one song. 'Take The Long Way Home,' 'Good-Bye Starnger,' 'The Logical Song,' 'Dreamer,' 'Give A Little Bit,' and 'Bloody Well Right' are but a few brilliant songs that are still heard on the air today. Davies, Hodgson, Halliwell, Siebenberg and Thompson are brilliant musicians with an exceptionally outstanding catalogue writen by Davies and Hodgson. Simply brilliant band!!

Other may disagree. However, would you like to comment on the article, which is what talk pages are for? Graham 23:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Not like really breaking boundaries, both supertramp and pink floyd are like the pop side of progressive rock more than anything.

This band reminds me of Pink Floyd combined with the Beatles for some reason. Give A Little Bit is so Beatlesque that it isnt even funny (in a good way though), meanwhile School sounds like a Pink Floyd song in the beggining and then starts to be more Beatles/60s like nearer the end. --insertwackynamehere 00:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I removed this from the Trivia section. The critic is not notable and the comment is so strong as to be more of diatribe than anything else. It does not seem like trivia:

• Australian rock journalist and critic Toby Creswell named them as "probably the worst rock and roll group" in his 2005 compendium 1001 songs. --Anon Y. Mouse 23:40, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Very Best of Supertramp

Why is this album not in the lists? I got it, so it's definitely for real. --80.63.213.182 14:08, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Take the short way home

Edited "take the short way home" to read the correct title of song, take the LONG way home.

[edit] Discography

The Discography links Crime of the Centuary to a disambiguation page rather than the actual album page. I can't figure out how to fix that 216.208.84.121 17:32, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Capital Radio

A bit of original research from me, so I haven't put it in the main article - but Supertramp were broken in the UK by Capital Radio. They recorded Crime of the Century in Euston Studios, in the same building where Capital Radio were based. The then fledgling Capital Radio played Dreamer pretty remorselessly before its release, Nicky Horne being the main promoter if I recall correctly. Capital Radio also pushed the boundaries of UK radio at the time by playing Bloody Well Right which was risque at the time - what larks! This affiliation also helped define a different approach to music on Capital than their only real competitor at the time, BBC Radio 1 Spenny 23:27, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed 'Beatlesque Pop Songs'

Removed the uncited reference to Supertramp's later music being 'Beatlesque' - the comment was opinion and doesn't adequately define the breadth of the groups work.

[edit] Contentious Comment on Stardom

Despite chart success, the band never attained superstardom in the UK (although they did in Canada, the United States and the rest of Europe).

I think that needs some justification (in fact I'm very tempted to delete it). It all depends on the definition of super-stardom, but Supertramp were very well known artistically, and Breakfast in America was treated as a big event when it was released. Their albums were successful in the UK. They were never a U2 anywhere in the world, but they were successful in the UK and they still receive airplay today.

Put another way, apparently Crime of the Century reached #4 in the UK album charts, Crisis what Crisis #20, Even #12, Breakfast #3 - all better placings than the US charts. [1] though I'd want a better site for citing UK chart positions.

Is this just a way of saying they wanted more recognition than they got? If so, say so :)

[edit] "Lady" from Crisis, What Crisis in singles chart

I am pretty sure that the track "Lady" from the album Crisis?, What Crisis? was a successful single in the UK in 1975, possibly top 10. Doesn't seem to be in the singles list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.1.48 (talk) 13:50, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirects

A number of the Supertramp songs (Bloody Well Right, Crime of the Century, School, at least) redirect to this page. It's confusing be be on an album page and click on a link and get sent to the band page. These should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.186.209.19 (talk) 02:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)