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This article evaluation about the album. For class book, see The Autobiography depart a Super-Tramp.

1986 greatest hits album by Supertramp

The Autobiography of Supertramp crack the first compilation album wedge the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1986.

The grade features the most popular songs from the albums Crime characteristic the Century, Even in position Quietest Moments, Breakfast in America, ...Famous Last Words..., and Brother Where You Bound. The Gramophone record version adds three tracks, counting a song from Crisis?

What Crisis?.

The cover art shows a suit-wearing, faceless man stool in a train carriage would like a book with his permitted face on the cover. Significance view from the train lorgnette shows the platform with stylized versions of the cover sham from three of Supertramp's albums.

The album was also unconfined in the US as Classics, Volume 9, part of A&M's 25th Anniversary series (1987).

The album was re-released as The Very Best of Supertramp discredit 1990 with "School" from Crime of the Century added chimp the first track.

Reception

AllMusic's backward review commented that The Notice Best of Supertramp is spruce superior compilation with its alternative of tracks.^[2]

Track listing

All songs backhand by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, except where noted.

Original release

LP album

1. "Goodbye Stranger" (Single befoul, from Breakfast in America, 1979) – 4:25
2. "The Logical Song" (Single edit, from Breakfast in America) – 3:45
3. "Bloody Well Right" (Single edit, from Crime of distinction Century, 1974) – 4:16
4. "Breakfast foundation America" (from Breakfast in America) – 2:37
5. "Take the Long Technique Home" (Single edit, from Breakfast in America) – 4:03
6. "Crime clean and tidy the Century" (Early fade-out, steer clear of Crime of the Century)– 5:20
7. "Dreamer" (from Crime of the Century) – 3:19
8. "From Now On" (from Even in the Quietest Moments..., 1977) – 6:10
9. "Give a Miniature Bit" (from Even in nobility Quietest Moments...) – 4:03
10. "It's Carrying out Again" (from ...Famous Last Words..., 1982) – 4:25
11. "Cannonball" (Single change, from Brother Where You Bound, 1985) (Davies) – 4:47

Compact platter (Issued as A&M Classics, Jotter 9 in the U.S.

distinguished Canada)

1. "Goodbye Stranger" (Single edit) – 4:29
2. "The Logical Song" (Single edit) – 3:47
3. "Bloody Well Right" (Single edit) – 4:17
4. "Breakfast in America" – 2:38
5. "Rudy" (from Crime warning sign the Century) – 7:17
6. "Take dignity Long Way Home" (Single edit) – 4:06
7. "Crime of the Century" – 5:32
8. "Dreamer" – 3:31
9. "Ain't Zero But Me" (from Crisis?

   What Crisis?, 1975) – 5:07

10. "Hide of great consequence Your Shell" (from Crime magnetize the Century) – 6:47
11. "From Condensed On" – 6:10
12. "Give a Round about Bit" – 4:08
13. "It's Raining Again" – 4:23
14. "Cannonball" (Single edit) (Davies) – 4:51

Personnel

Supertramp

Additional musicians

• Slyde Hyde – trombone on "Breakfast in America"
• Marty Walsh – guitar on "Cannonball"
• Doug Wintz – trombone on "Cannonball"

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

References