Supertramp

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About the record

You already know this record. You just might not know it's one record.

"The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger", "Take the Long Way Home" and the title track all live here, side by side. Supertramp were a British band who had moved to Los Angeles, and this is the album they made there. It came out in March 1979, went to number one in the United States and stayed for six weeks.

Two songwriters share it, and they rarely wrote together. Roger Hodgson is the high voice and the bright melodies. Rick Davies is the low voice, the blues and the sarcasm. Listen for the way the record keeps switching between them, and for the Wurlitzer electric piano that holds it all together.

Give it the full 46 minutes. The last track, "Child of Vision", runs past seven, and it's worth staying for.