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Supertramp

Art-school chops serving FM melody—every keyboard solo feels diorama detailed.

Progressive rock
Pop rock

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Crime of the Century set orchestral drama template for 1970s transistor melancholy.

Breakfast in America mastered wry US postcard irony from British observers.

Logical Song and Give a Little Bit balance existential doubt with major-key lift.

Lossless streams expose Wurlitzer bark, clarinet lines, and roomy drums.

Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson were the songwriters behind Supertramp. Crime of the Century (1974) included Bloody Well Right and School, and Breakfast in America (1979) delivered The Logical Song, Take the Long Way Home, and Goodbye Stranger.

Hodgson left in 1983. Davies kept the band going, with Some Things Never Change (1997) and Slow Motion (2002), and Hodgson has toured on his own.

Interesting facts about Supertramp

01 British rock band formed in London in 1969 by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies among others.
02 Breakfast in America (1979) reached number one on the US Billboard 200.
03 The Logical Song (1979) topped charts in Canada and reached high US/UK peaks.
04 Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson were the band’s songwriters.
05 Breakfast in America includes The Logical Song.