Free As A Bird (Remastered 2026) Supertramp

• 1 It's Alright (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 04:57
• 2 Not The Moment (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 04:34
• 3 It Doesn't Matter (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 04:49
• 4 Where I Stand (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 03:38
• 5 Free As A Bird (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 04:20
• 6 I'm Beggin' You (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 05:27
• 7 You Never Can Tell With Friends (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 04:14
• 8 Thing For You (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 03:59
• 9 An Awful Thing To Waste (Album Version) (Remastered 2026) 07:47
• Total Runtime 43:45

Info for Free As A Bird (Remastered 2026)

"Free As A Bird", their ninth album, found the band diving more into synthesised dance beats and rhythms and stepping away from their signature progressive rock sound. It was also the first Supertramp album to feature guitarist/vocalist Mark Hart, who would later become an official member of the group in the ‘90s. It features singles “I’m Beggin’ You,” which topped the US Dance Club Songs chart, and “Free as a Bird.” Supertramp took a hiatus following the 1988 tour supporting Free As A Bird, and later reunited for 1997’s Some Things Never Change.

Brother Where You Bound and Free As A Bird join other recent seminal vinyl reissues, including new versions of 1977’s Even In The Quietest Moments…, 1979’s Breakfast in America, and 1982’s Famous Last Words… Last July, the band announced the first albums to be released in the series: 1974’s Crime of the Century and 1975’s Crisis? What Crisis? Both reissues were overseen by the band and co-producer Ken Scott.

Last September, the band’s founder, songwriter, singer, and keyboardist Rick Davies died at 81 after battling Multiple Myeloma for over ten years. “The Supertramp Partnership is very sad to announce the death of the Supertramp founder, Rick Davies, after a long illness,” a statement read. “We had the privilege of knowing him and playing with him for over fifty years. We offer our sincere condolences to Sue Davies.”

Rick Davies, keyboards, vocals, timbales
John Helliwell, saxophone, brass
Dougie Thomson, bass
Bob Siebenberg, drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
Mark Hart, keyboards, guitars, vocals
Marty Walsh, guitar, background vocals
Lee Thornburg, trumpet, brass
Nick Lane. brass
Scott Page, brass
Lon Price, brass
David Woodford, brass
Steve Reid, percussion
Linda Foot, background vocals
Lise Miller, background vocals
Evan Rogers, background vocals
Karyn White, background vocals

Digitally remastered

Supertramp
Once upon a time in 1969, a young Dutch millionaire by the name of Stanley August Miesegaes gave his acquaintance, vocalist and keyboardist Rick Davies a genuine opportunity to form his own band; he could form the band of his dreams and Miesegaes would pay for it. After placing an ad in Melody Maker, Davies assembled Supertramp.

Supertramp released two long-winded progressive rock albums before Miesegaes withdrew his support. With no money or fan base to speak of, the band was forced to redesign their sound. Coming up with a more pop-oriented form of progressive rock, the band had a hit with their third album, Crime of the Century. Throughout the decade, Supertramp had a number of best-selling albums, culminating in their 1979 masterpiece, Breakfast in America.

Breakfast in America marked their first album that tipped the scale completely in the favor of pop songs; on the strength of the hit singles Goodbye Stranger, Logical Song, and Take the Long Way Home it sold over 18 million copies worldwide. After that album, Supertramp continued to develop a more R&B-flavored style; the change in direction was successful on 1982's Famous Last Words, but they soon ran out of hits. The band continued to sporadically record and tour into the '90s. (Source: Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide)

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