- rock, art rock, progressive rock, pop rock
- 46 min
- 10 tracks
- A&M Records
Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Supertramp, released on 16 March 1979, by A&M Records. It was recorded from May to December 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned three US Billboard Hot 100 hit singles: "The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger", and "Take the Long Way Home". In the UK, "The Logical Song" and the title track were both top 10 hits, the only two the group had in their native country.
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Spare, character-led, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC+
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography7/10
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Record Collector3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Smash Hits8/10
- Sputnikmusic3/5
- Uncut3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Gone Hollywood5:20
- A2The Logical Song4:10
- A3Goodbye Stranger5:50
- A4Breakfast in America2:39
- A5Oh Darling3:48
- B1Take the Long Way Home5:10
- B2Lord Is It Mine4:10
- B3Just Another Nervous Wreck4:26
- B4Casual Conversations2:59
- B5Child of Vision7:26
10 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Supertramp
- Label
- A&M Records
- Released
- 1979
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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