I thought I would give you some insight into my process of putting together this Build Your Own Best Of Series. It should be a no-brainer really - choose an artist, listen to some tunes, list my favorite songs, publish, repeat... I use the amazing Backpack app to manage my blog post ideas so I created a handy BYOBO page and started a list of artists, along with notes about songs to include for each one.
The problem is that I seem to have overwhelmed myself with possibilities. What started as a running list of 4 or 5 has now gone completely out of control and currently contains nearly 30 artists to choose from - and that's far too many. I've really been struggling to decide who to feature next.
So this week I used the handy Randomizer to help me choose. I loaded up the list and had them put in random order. Then I had it choose a random number and matched that to the already randomized list. It was a fairly convoluted process, and I'm likely to write some sort of automated script to use in the future (oh my, did I just say that - what a tremendous geek I am)
So anyway... once again inspired by Nat at Mini-Obs, the idea is the same as always:
Pick one of your favorite bands / artists and list 10-15 songs by that band / artist to compile your own best of compilation.
So here goes - The Best of Supertramp as compiled by me:
Thursday, April 10. 2008
Build Your Own Best Of - Supertramp
- Ain't Nobody But Me - Crisis! What Crisis?
- Asylum - Crime Of The Century
- Brother Where You Bound - Brother Where You Bound
- Child Of Vision - Breakfast In America
- Crime of the Century - Crime of the Century
- Even In The Quitest Moments - Even in The Quietest Moments
- Fools Overture - Even In The Quietest Moments
- Give A Little Bit - Even In The Quietest Moments
- Goodbye Stranger - Breakfast In America
- Gone Hollywood - Breakfast In America
- If Everyone Was Listening - Crime Of The Century
- Just Another Nervous Wreck - Breakfast In America
- Rudy - Crime Of The Century
- School - Crime Of The Century
- Sister Moonshine - Crisis! What Crisis?
Most will probably not notice that I have neglected to include anything from their first 2 mostly forgettable albums,. I also don't have anything from their most recent reunion albums which honestly I am not that familiar with. The snippets I have heard don't seem to imply anything that would knock anything off of this list though.
Supertramp is a great band and both Crime Of The Century and Breakfast In America would surely fall in my Top 100.
I also very highly recommend Roger Hodgson's solo debut In The Eye Of The Storm - really a stunning album and also a favorite.
I know I missed the hits off of Breakfast In America like Logical Song but c'mon - Child of Vision and Gone Hollywood are just such better songs.
So what else did I miss? Anyone else a fan?
SB
I would have "Gone Hollywood" in there, but you have the great stuff well covered, Scott! NIce job.
Gone Hollywood is in there - you must have missed it amongst the other gems. This list is jam packed with good stuff.
Thanks again for the inspiration for this series - I so look forward to writing them.
SB
Yet, the discerning fan would not write off the debut album as completely forgetable. While the delivery and production may seem as little amateurish by today's standards, there are some great signposts to the way ahead the group would take. "Words Unspoken" is pretty enough, "Nothing to Show" is a terrific rocker, and the sentiments of "Try Again" must be familiar to any man who ever landed on the bad side of a woman's favour.
I'll side with you on the re-union stuff though, what I've heard doesn't thrill me so much when compared to say Van Der Graaf Generator's "Trisector"
Look forward to the next BYOBO
In my defense of LP #1, I did say "mostly forgettable". While it is surely of interest to me to see early seeds planted, I can't say that any of the tracks from it are really worthy of knocking off what I listed.
Not sure who is next - maybe Van Morrison?
SB
I am finding Van is really difficult - what a prolific guy - and much is great quality.
Joe Jackson is on my list - moving up to next sounds like a good idea to me
Thanks for the visit and comment
SB