A HERVÉ GUILLEMINOT SPECIAL PRESENTATION VA - Supertramp, A 60 tracks Panorama (A Hervé Guilleminot Special Presentation) (3 x CDs)

A HERVÉ GUILLEMINOT SPECIAL PRESENTATION

A TRIBUTE TO RICK DAVIES. R.I.P.

VA - Supertramp, A 60 tracks Panorama (A Hervé Guilleminot Special Presentation) (3 x CDs)

Supertramp were a British rock band formed in London in 1970. Marked by the individual songwriting of founders Roger Hodgson (vocals, keyboards and guitars) and Rick Davies (vocals and keyboards), the group were distinguished for blending progressive rock and pop styles. The classic lineup, which lasted ten years from 1973 to 1983, consisted of Davies, Hodgson, Dougie Thomson (bass), Bob Siebenberg (drums) and John Helliwell (saxophone), after which the group's lineup changed numerous times, with Davies being the only constant member throughout its history.

Supertramp found no success with their first two albums, but after a lineup change into what became their classic lineup, their third album, Crime of the Century (1974), was their breakthrough. Initially a more experimental prog-rock group, they began moving towards a more pop-oriented sound with the album. The band reached their commercial peak with 1979's Breakfast in America, which yielded the international top 10 singles "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", "Goodbye Stranger" and "Take the Long Way Home". Their other top 40 hits included "Dreamer" (1974), "Give a Little Bit" (1977) and "It's Raining Again" (1982).

In 1982 Supertramp released ...Famous Last Words..., the last album to feature Hodgson, who left in 1983 to pursue a solo career. The band continued with Davies as the sole leader and released two more albums until 1988. After this, they disbanded for a time and periodically reformed in various configurations (always with Davies, and without Hodgson), recording and touring two further albums, Some Things Never Change (1997) and Slow Motion (2002).

Supertramp attained significant popularity in North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia. Their highest sales levels were in Canada, where they had two diamond-certified (ten-times platinum) albums (Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America), and their only number one singles anywhere ("The Logical Song" and "Dreamer") aside from "It's Raining Again" which reached number one in France. As of 2007, Supertramp album sales exceeded 60 million.

Davies died of cancer on September 6, 2025. (Wikipedia)

In 1979, at the time Logical Song/Goodbye Stranger exploded in Europe, I was only 12 years old, and I was then discovering, in successive waves of listening, the new Anglo-Saxon pop-rock on the radios in the main waves of the time: RTL and Europe 1 in particular. I opened up at that time to the "adult" pop of Supertramp, Dire Straits, Billy Joel, Steely Dan or Paul Simon. 

The subsequent bombardment of It's Raining Again or Cannonball frankly distanced me from the group, while at the same time I was discovering with a ferocious appetite the new wave of the fashionable quartet Cure/Depeche Mode/U2/Simple Minds. 

Today, after the death of Rick Davies, I wanted to take stock of this group. I discovered a near-perfect band in the 70s, up to Famous Last Words. Then it really goes downhill, apart from an honest "Some things never change" (1997). I added quite a few excerpts from Roger Hodgson's good discography. 

Was he the real melodist of the band? The question is asked, I would tend to answer in the affirmative. 

I wish you lots of good discoveries. I had fun putting these tracks together.

Once again, I realize the immense happiness and satisfaction of having lived, even from afar, these wonderful 70s years, which give me, with each passing day, intense discoveries and constantly renewed pleasures.

(Hervé Guilleminot)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Argosy ft. Roger Hodgson - Mr. Boyd 2:39

02 Argosy ft. Roger Hodgson - Imagine 2:47

03 Supertramp - Surely (Edit) 1:01

04 Supertramp - Words Unspoken 3:59

05 Supertramp - Maybe I'm A Beggar 6:43

06 Supertramp - Nothing to Show 4:46

07 Supertramp - Shadow Song 4:22

08 Supertramp - Travelled 4:10

09 Supertramp - Rosie Had Everything Planned 2:57

10 Supertramp - Aries 7:33

11 Chick Churchill ft. Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson - You and Me 4:39

12 Chick Churchill ft. Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson - Reality in Arrears 7:06

13 Chick Churchill ft. Rick Davies & Roger Hodgson - You're Not Listening 2:34

14 Supertramp - Land Ho 4:03

15 Supertramp - School 5:33

16 Supertramp - Bloody Well Right 4:31

17 Supertramp - Hide in Your Shell 6:43

18 Supertramp - Asylum 6:36

19 Supertramp - Dreamer 3:32

20 Supertramp - Rudy 7:14

21 Supertramp - If Everyone Was Listening 3:59

22 Supertramp - Crime of The Century 5:24

CD2

23 Supertramp - Easy Does It 2:15

24 Supertramp - Sister Moonshine 5:12

25 Supertramp - A Soapbox Opera 4:51

26 Supertramp - Another Man's Woman 6:11

27 Supertramp - Lady 5:20

28 Supertramp - Poor Boy 5:06

29 Supertramp - Just A Normal Day 3:58

30 Supertramp - Give A Little Bit 4:04

31 Supertramp - Lover Boy 6:45

32 Supertramp - From Now On 6:13

33 Supertramp - Fool's Overture 10:47

34 Supertramp - The Logical Song 4:04

35 Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger 5:43

36 Supertramp - Breakfast in America 2:35

37 Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home 4:46

38 Supertramp - Child of Vision 7:19

39 Supertramp - It's Raining Again 4:17

40 Supertramp - Bonnie 5:31

41 Supertramp - Know Who You Are 4:55

42 Supertramp - Don't Leave Me Now 6:14

CD3

43 Roger Hodgson - Had A Dream (Sleeping With The Enemy) 8:22

44 Roger Hodgson - In Jeopardy 5:53

45 Roger Hodgson - Lovers in The Wind 4:09

46 Roger Hodgson - Only Because of You 8:31

47 Supertramp - Better Days 6:05

48 Roger Hodgson - Every Trick in The Book 5:52

49 Roger Hodgson - Don't You Want to Get High^ 4:07

50 Roger Hodgson - Melancholic 4:30

51 Roger Hodgson - Time Waits for No One 9:07

52 Supertramp - You Win, I Lose 4:28

53 Supertramp - Listen to Me Please 4:41

54 Supertramp - Sooner Or Later 6:46

55 Roger Hodgson - Along Came Mary 6:11

56 Roger Hodgson - The More I Look 4:47

57 Roger Hodgson - The Garden 2:13

58 Roger Hodgson - Death and The Zoo 7:26

59 Roger Hodgson - For Every Man 4:33

60 John Helliwell ft. The Singh String Quartet - It Seemed That Life Was So Wonderful 6:52

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