Supertramp “Live in Paris ’79” Album Coming

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The blockbuster Breakfast In America album hit #1 in the U.S. on May 12, 1979.

In 1979, Supertramp was one of the biggest bands in the world, following the release and extensive tour for the album Breakfast In America. It spawned the hit singles “The Logical Song,” “Goodbye Stranger” and “Take the Long Way Home,” went on to win two Grammy Awards and earned Platinum sales levels around the globe. Following the album’s release, the band embarked on a 10-month tour. Their complete set at the 8,000-seat Pavillon de Paris in December of that year, on the third of four sold-out nights, will be released as Live in Paris ‘79 on February 28, 2025, via Mercury Studios. The title, available on 3-LPs or 2-CDs is available to pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.

The performance features the classic lineup of members Rick Davies (singer-songwriter-keyboardist) and Roger Hodgson (singer-songwriter-guitarist-keyboardist) with John Helliwell on sax, woodwinds, vocals and keyboards and a rock-steady rhythm section of bassist Dougie Thomson and drummer Bob Siebenberg capturing Supertramp performing at the peak of their career.

Unlike the previously released 1980 “Paris” live album, featuring selections from earlier shows of this Paris run, the new set features the complete Supertramp show from the tour, compiled from recordings during two of the December shows.

The London-based band started in 1969 and reached stardom in 1974 with the release of its third album Crime of the Century. Breakfast in America took them to a whole new level of success as the LP became the top-seller in the U.S. in 1979.

Performing such Supertramp favorites as “Bloody Well Right,” “The Logical Song,” “Breakfast In America,” “Goodbye Stranger,” “Asylum,” “Even In The Quietest Moments,” “Give A Little Bit,” “Dreamer,” “Rudy,” “Take The Long Way Home,” “Fool’s Overture” and others amounted to nothing short of a celebration. Drummer Siebenberg says, “looking back at that period, it really was the experience of a lifetime…the best of times.” Saxophonist Helliwell notes, “those Paris shows were a definite high point for us because you could feel the audience reaction. You can actually hear the volatility in the French crowd. They sound a little mad!”

Supertramp Live in Paris ’79 2-CD Track Listing
Disc 1
1. School
2. Ain’t Nobody But Me
3. The Logical Song
4. Goodbye Stranger
5. Breakfast In America
6. Bloody Well Right
7. Hide In Your Shell
8. From Now On
9. Child Of Vision
10. Even In The Quietest Moments
11. You Started Laughing (When I Held You In My Arms)

Disc 2
1. A Soapbox Opera
2. Asylum
3. Downstream
4. Give A Little Bit
5. Dreamer
6. Rudy
7. Take The Long Way Home
8. Another Man’s Woman
9. Fool’s Overture
10. Two Of Us
11. Crime of the Century