Supertramp - Retrospectacle: The Supertramp Anthology [2CD] (2005/2018)

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Artist: Supertramp
Title: Retrospectacle: The Supertramp Anthology
Year Of Release: 2005/2018
Label: A&M Records
Genre: Art Rock, Pop Rock, Prog Rock
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 2:34:07
Total Size: 359 mb / 1 gb
WebSite: Album Preview

Considering their career spanned close to 30 years, it's amazing how condensed most people's vision of Supertramp has become. Or maybe not. Few listeners, after all, would disagree that their prime period encompassed the mere six or so years that divided Crime of the Century (their third album) from Breakfast in America (their sixth), and that the pile of vinyl on either side of that is more or less padding. Certainly Retrospectacle has no problem with that scenario. A completist's eye for affairs does permit the first two albums to enjoy a quick look-in, with one song apiece; and similar treatment is meted out to the seven albums that took the band through the '80s and beyond. The meat of the moment, however, arrives with "Land Ho," the first vinyl manifestation of the so-called "classic" 'tramp lineup, and a lost 45 from early 1974. And, from thereon in, it's all plain sailing -- five songs from Crime of the Century, four apiece from Crisis? What Crisis and Even in the Quietest Moments. . ., and a whopping six from Breakfast in America, all selected to depict the band at the peak of its creative and musical powers -- the haunted harp that opens "School," the staccato percussion that powers "Lady," the lurid harmonies of "From Now On," and on to the sheer illogical madness of "The Logical Song" -- in fact, the only weakness here is the substitution of a live "You Started Laughing" for the vastly superior studio B-side. That aside, though, Retrospectacle tells its story with as much panache as the best of Supertramp could ever demand.

:: TRACKLIST ::

Disc 1:
1. "Surely" (Edit) - Supertramp 1:03
2. "Your Poppa Don't Mind" - Indelibly Stamped 2:59
3. "Land Ho" (Single Version/Remix) Non-album single 3:54
4. "Summer Romance" (Single Version) Non-album single, B-side to Land Ho 2:51
5. "School" - Crime of the Century 5:34
6. "Bloody Well Right" - Crime of the Century 4:32
7. "Dreamer" - Crime of the Century 3:31
8. "Rudy" - Crime of the Century 7:18
9. "Crime of the Century" - Crime of the Century 5:34
10. "Sister Moonshine" - Crisis? What Crisis? 5:18
11. "Ain't Nobody But Me" - Crisis? What Crisis? 5:10
12. "Lady" - Crisis? What Crisis? 5:23
13. "Two of Us" - Crisis? What Crisis? 3:26
14. "Give a Little Bit" - Even in the Quietest Moments 4:08
15. "Downstream" - Even in the Quietest Moments 4:02
16. "Even in the Quietest Moments" - Even in the Quietest Moments 6:28
17. "From Now On" - Even in the Quietest Moments 6:20

Disc 2:
1. "Gone Hollywood" - Breakfast in America 5:20
2. "The Logical Song" - Breakfast in America 4:08
3. "Goodbye Stranger" - Breakfast in America 5:48
4. "Breakfast in America" - Davies, Hodgson Breakfast in America 2:39
5. "Oh Darling" - Breakfast in America 3:49
6. "Take the Long Way Home" - Breakfast in America 5:00
7. "You Started Laughing" (Live) - Paris 4:02
8. "It's Raining Again" - ...Famous Last Words... 4:24
9. "My Kind of Lady" - ...Famous Last Words... 5:14
10. "Don't Leave Me Now" - ...Famous Last Words... 6:20
11. "Cannonball" - Brother Where You Bound 7:39
12. "Free as a Bird" - Free as a Bird 4:21
13. "You Win I Lose" - Some Things Never Change 4:33
14. "Another Man's Woman" (Live) - It Was the Best of Times 9:35
15. "Over You" - Slow Motion 3:31

Supertramp - Retrospectacle_320.zip - 359.9 MB
Supertramp - Retrospectacle_FLAC.zip - 1000.0 MB