Breakfast In America by Supertramp...Episode #15

About this episode

In this episode of Classic Rock Album Olympics music historians Gary Wenstrup and Robert Rodriguez order up Supertramp’s Breakfast in America and select their gold, silver and bronze medal winners.  Released in March 1979, it’s the album that transformed the band from a respected British art-rock group into an international pop phenomenon. Medal Winners The Logical Song Child Of Vision Just Another Nervous Wreck Casual Conversations Goodbye Stranger Take The Long Way Home After years of crafting long, introspective, and sometimes progressive records, Supertramp entered the late 1970s looking to refine their sound into something more immediate, melodic, and accessible.  The result was Breakfast in America, a bright, hook-filled collection recorded with precision and ambition.  By the time they began work on the album, Supertramp—Rick Davies, Roger Hodgson, John Helliwell, Dougie Thomson, and Bob Siebenberg—were operating at the height of their collective chemistry. The band had built a strong following through albums like Crime of the Century (1974) and Even in the Quietest Moments (1977), known for lush production, wry lyrics, and the attractive blend of Hodgson’s soaring