Supertramp never had the lothario reputation of, oh, the Rolling Stones or Steel Panther, but Davies’ lighthearted ode to road romance indicates there were a few shenanigans in this camp, too. A chiming 12-string acoustic guitar and Hodgson’s keening vocals launched an anthem whose hippie ethos rings resonant in troubled times 10 years later. The lead track from 1977’s Even In The Quietest Moments… was a keeper even before Goo Goo Dolls’ hit 2004 remake. Tom Petty's 20 Greatest Songs: Critic's Picks Here’s a list of the 10 best Supertramp songs. Davies led Supertramp through four more albums and occasional tours, but the real magic is still to be found in that period between 1974-79, when the group, er, indelibly stamped its reputation as clever, original and refreshing songsmiths… The heyday came to end when Hodgson left the group in 1983. For a time, during the campaign for 1979’s Breakfast In America, Supertramp could even lay some claim to being the biggest band in the world at that moment. Thanks to a judicious lineup change and the exemplary song cycle Crime Of The Century in 1974, Supertramp became a global hitmaker for the better part of eight years, blending pop, progressive rock, blues and jazz while founders Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies engaged in a kind of ongoing lyrical dialogue, each commenting, sometimes loosely, on what the other had to say via alternating songs.
Now wouldn’t THAT have been the crime of the century? There was a minute during the early ’70s when it seemed that Supertramp would be over before it even really started.
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