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"Goodbye Stranger" is a song by the English rock band Supertramp; it was written by Rick Davies. [3] The song first appeared on their sixth studio album , Breakfast in America (1979). The lyrics present an "optimistic view from a drifter."
In the summer of 1997, Supertramp returned to the road, resulting in the live It Was the Best of Times (April 1999). [51] After a three-year hiatus, Supertramp released in April 2002 a new studio album entitled Slow Motion, [52] followed by a 2002 world tour entitled "One More for the Road Tour".
Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released on 16 March 1979, by A&M Records. [5] It was recorded in 1978 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles. It spawned three US Billboard hit singles: "The Logical Song" (No. 6), "Goodbye Stranger" (No. 15), and "Take the Long Way Home" (No. 10). In the UK ...
"The Logical Song" was written primarily by Roger Hodgson, the lyrics based on his experience of being sent away to boarding school for ten years. [3] It was a very personal song for Hodgson; he had worked on the song during soundchecks, and completed the lyrics and arrangement six months before proposing it to the band for the album. [4]
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Richard William Palmer-James (born 11 June 1947) is an English guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. He may be best known as one of the founding members of Supertramp (playing guitar and songwriter); writing lyrics for several songs by the progressive rock group King Crimson in the early 1970s; [1] and for writing lyrics for the 1985 hit "(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena" by Sandra.
Supertramp's lineup in 1971 From left: Roger Hodgson, Frank Farrell, Rick Davies, Kevin Currie, Dave Winthrop. The English rock band Supertramp recorded over 100 songs from 1970 to 2002. They were one of the most popular British bands in the 70s and 80s, known for their success with progressive rock. [1]
Ultimate Classic Rock critic Nick DeRiso rated it as Supertramp's 8th best song. [6] Gary Graff of Billboard rated "Take the Long Way Home" as Supertramp's 7th best song, noting its "bouncy melody awash with keyboards" and the "rich sax -and- harmonica exchange between [John] Helliwell and [Rick] Davies ."