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"The Logical Song" is a song by English rock group Supertramp that was released as the lead single from their album Breakfast in America in March 1979. It was written primarily by the band's frontman Roger Hodgson , who based the lyrics on his experiences being sent away to boarding school for ten years.
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]
Breakfast in America topped the US Billboard 200 for six weeks and became Supertramp's biggest selling album, while producing four hit singles: "The Logical Song", "Goodbye Stranger", "Take the Long Way Home" and the title track. [14] In Japan, the album reached number 1 on the Music Labo chart in 1979. [15]
The following is intended to be the complete discography of the British progressive rock band Supertramp. Over the years they have released 11 studio albums, four live albums, five compilation albums and 28 singles.
The album spawned four successful singles (more than their first five albums combined): three of Hodgson's songs, "The Logical Song" (number 1 Canada, number 6 US, number 7 UK), "Take the Long Way Home" (number 4 Canada, number 10 US, not released in UK) and "Breakfast in America" (number 9 UK, not released in the US or Canada) and Davies ...
John Helliwell recounted that "we recorded the album in a way that Supertramp never had and that was by all going into the studio together and doing it as a much more live thing." [ 4 ] The album features the single " You Win, I Lose ", which was a minor hit in Germany and also received considerable airplay in Canada. [ 5 ]
...Famous Last Words... (stylised in all lowercase) is the seventh studio album by English rock band Supertramp, released in October 1982.It was the studio follow-up to 1979's Breakfast in America and the last album with vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Roger Hodgson, who left the group to pursue a solo career.
"Breakfast in America" is the title track from English rock band Supertramp's 1979 album of the same name.Credited to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, it was a top-ten hit in the UK [3] and a live version of the song reached No. 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1981.