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  Name Free as a Bird
  Type Album
  Artist Supertramp
  Cover Supertramp - Free As a Birdjpg
  Background orange
  Released 1987
  Recorded
  Genre Progressive Rock
  Length 43:47
  Label A&ampM
  Producer Rick Davies ,<br> Tom Lord-Alge , Supertramp
  Reviews <nowiki></nowiki>
  Last Album '' The Autobiography Of Supertramp '' <br /> (1986)
  This Album '''''Free as a Bird''''' <br /> (1987)
  Next Album '' Some Things Never Change '' <br /> (1997)


''Free as a Bird'' is the tenth Album by Progressive Rock band Supertramp , released in 1987 (see 1987 In Music ). Original vinyl album featured three color variants - blue (pictured), green, yellow. The bird in the picture was a cut-out.

The album was the first Supertramp album to feature guitarist Mark Hart.

Despite the fact "I'm Beggin' You" was a club hit and ''Free as a Bird'''s title cut was a minor hit, the ''Free as a Bird'' album did not do well peaking at #101, making it the first Supertramp album since 1971's ''Indelibly Stamped'' not to crack Billboard's Top 100 on the album charts.

The band disbanded after the tour in support of the album and would not re-convene until 1997 without Dougie Thomson.

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TRACK LISTING

All songs written by Rick Davies, except where noted

#"It's Alright" - 5:01
#"Not the Moment" - 4:37
#"It Doesn't Matter" - 4:53
#"Where I Stand" (Davies, Mark Hart) - 3:41
#"Free as a Bird" - 4:25
#"I'm Beggin' You" - 5:30
#"You Never Can Tell With Friends" - 4:18
#"Thing for You" - 4:00
#"An Awful Thing to Waste" - 7:49


PERSONNEL


Additional personnel
  • Linda Foot - background vocals

  • Nick Lane - brass

  • Lise Miller - background vocals

  • Scott Page - brass

  • Lon Price - brass

  • Steve Reid - Percussion

  • Evan Rogers - background vocals

  • Lee Thornburg - Trumpet , brass

  • Marty Walsh - guitar, background vocals

  • Karyn White - background vocals

  • David Woodford - brass



PRODUCTION

  • Producers: Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge, Supertramp

  • Engineer: Norman Hall

  • Assistant engineers: Bob Loftus, Jeff Lorenzen

  • Mixing: Tom Lord-Alge

  • Mastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina

  • Art direction: Richard Frankel

  • Design: Richard Frankel

  • Photography: Raul Vega



CHARTS

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)