The Very Best of Supertramp 2 | |
Type: | greatest |
Artist: | Supertramp |
Cover: | Supertramp-Best_of_Vol2.jpg |
Released: | November 1992 |
Recorded: | 1974–1987 |
Genre: | Progressive rock, pop, art rock |
Length: | 76:27 |
Label: | A&M |
Producer: | Peter Henderson, Ken Scott, Supertramp, Rick Davies |
Prev Title: | The Very Best of Supertramp |
Prev Year: | 1990 |
Next Title: | Some Things Never Change |
Next Year: | 1997 |
The Very Best of Supertramp 2 is a best of album by the English rock band Supertramp originally released by A&M Records in November 1992.
This compilation features 13 tracks from their five "prime" albums Crime of the Century, Crisis? What Crisis?, Even in the Quietest Moments..., Breakfast in America and ...Famous Last Words... as well as the title track from their 1987 album Free as a Bird. The cover depicts the starry backdrop and grate from the cover of Crime of the Century, the hand carrying the glass from the cover of Breakfast in America, and the orange umbrella from Crisis? What Crisis?.
In his retrospective review, AllMusic's Jon O'Brien noted that this second collection contains less-familiar songs, including only five which had been released as singles, none of which were significant hits in the U.K. or U.S.