CD Essentials

I am featuring something new here at "Bored at the Beach". It's called CD essentials. Each week I am going to feature a couple of CD's that I feel are essential for all music collections. Some of the music I will feature on here you may own and I am looking forward to your remarks. For those of you looking for something to listen to that perhaps you have not heard before, this will be a great place to get to know a band that maybe you aren't that familiar with and get a little insight on the CD and what it's all about. I am starting CD essentials off with:

"Breakfast in America" by Supertramp.
Released: March 1979
Chart Peak: #1
Weeks Charted: 88
Certified 4x Platinum: 11/14/84


"Breakfast" That's Great Any Time Of day! 

With Breakfast in America, Supertramp had a genuine blockbuster hit, topping the charts for four weeks in the U.S. and selling millions of copies worldwide; by the 1990s the album had sold over 18 million units around the world. Although their previous records had some popular success, they never even came close to the massive sales of Breakfast in America. Then again, Supertramp's earlier records weren't as pop-oriented as Breakfast in America. The majority of the album consisted of tightly-written, catchy, well-constructed pop songs, like the hits "The Logical Song," "Take the Long Way Home," and "Goodbye Stranger." It was clearly the band's high-water mark.

"The Logical Song" is my favorite. I am sure we can all relate to these lyrics:

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily,
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world’s asleep,
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man.
Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am.

Now watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical,
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Won’t you sign up your name, we’d like to feel you’re
Acceptable, respecable, presentable, a vegtable!

At night, when all the world’s asleep,
The questions run so deep
For such a simple man.
Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am.