Classics 9

Supertramp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 7, 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: A&M
• ASIN: B000002G90
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,159 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not your usual boring run of the mill greatest hits albums., July 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Classics 9 (Audio CD)

A Wonderful retrospective from one of the most talented and clever bands. Great selections from those classic albums of theirs but there is one question. Why are the tracks from their biggest seller Breakfast in America much shorter whereas the others aren't? "Goodbye Stranger", "The Logical Song" and "Take the Long Way Home" aren't the same unless they are heard in their entirety. If you buy this album, I highly suggest you go out and pick up the Breakfast In America album where you can experience the uncut versions of those wonderful songs.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Get "The Very Best" NOT "Classics", July 6, 2011

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Alan Houston "alanhouston-texas" (Houston, Texas, United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Classics (MP3 Download)

"Classic" Supertramp was released in 1987 when it was still common to cut a minute or two off of songs and master the CD from a 10th generation master that happened to be available. As a result, several of the songs on "Classics" have the guitar solors chopped and the poorly remastered sound quality similar to an eight track tape.

It is shameful that Amazon.com would be selling this 1987 product in 2011 when the FAR better "The Very Best of Supertramp" has the same songs in their full length versions remastered from high quality master tapes. "Very Best" has sound quality that makes it seem that you are in the studio with the band.

Yeah, the GOOD version costs $2 more...less than the cost of a hamburger to get the REAL Supertramp.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fairly decent collection, December 12, 2000

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Brian D. Rubendall (Oakton, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Classics 9 (Audio CD)

Unlike most practicioners of so-called "art rock" (bands such as Yes, Pink Floyd and King Crimson), Supertramp actually aspired to be a singles band. And for the most part they succeeded as their singles were ofthen far better than their albums. They achieved worldwide superstardom in 1979 with their "Breakfast in America" album that is represented here by "Goodbye Stranger," "The Logical Song," the title track and "Take the Long Way Home." Not surprising, since the band did not before or after "Breakfast" release an album nearly as good. The remaining highlights are "Dreamer," "Give a Little Bit" and "Bloody Well Right." The worst track is "Cannonball," which was released on the only album recorded after falsetto lead vocalist Roger Hodgson had departed for a solo career.

Overall, this is a decent anthology for the casual fan, which probably characterizes the overwhelming majority of people who listen to Supertramp.