(Almost) everything you need to know about Breakfast In America, Supertramp’s sixth album which is 40 years old this year
- Album: Breakfast In America;
- US Release Date: 29 March 1979 (#1);
- UK Release Date: 31 March 1979 (#3);
- US Chart Singles: The Logical Song (#6), Breakfast In America (#62), Goodbye Stranger (#15), Take The Long Way Home (#10);
- UK Chart Singles: The Logical Song (#7), Breakfast In America (#9), Goodbye Stranger (#57);
- Producers: Peter Henderson/Supertramp;
- Management: Dave Margerson, Mismanagement;
- Supertramp: Richard Davies (vocals, keyboard), Roger Hodgson (vocals, lead guitar), John Anthony Helliwell (saxophone, backing vocals), Dougie Thomson (bass guitar), Bob C Benburg (percussion).
As pivotal dates go, the 29th of March 1979 really pushed the envelope. Britain was in election mood as James Callaghan’s Labour Government lost a vote of no confidence by one vote. This would lead to a General Election on the 4th May and a Commons Majority of 40 for Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative party.
Over in Los Angeles, the 29th of March 1979 was a pivotal date for an Anglo-American rock group. One of the said group’s earlier albums may have inspired a front page headline in The Sun: Crisis? What Crisis? Which was supposedly said by the departing PM during the Winter of Discontent whilst on holiday.
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