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This discography is an overview of the musical works of the British pop / rock band Supertramp . With their successful concept of subtle texts and keyboard-oriented soft rock, the band has sold over 60 million records to date. The most successful Supertramp release is the album Breakfast in America with over 20 million units sold.

Are listed albums ( studio and live albums , compilations and unofficial albums) and singles - on vinyl records or CDs  - and videos  - on VHS - DVD - and BD -Medien as well as documentaries and film scores . Furthermore Awards named.

Albums

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1970	Supertramp A&M Records	-	-	-	-	US158 (5 weeks) US	Released July 14, 1970 Sales: + 150,000 U.S. placement from 1978
1971	Indelibly Stamped A&M Records	-	-	-	-	-	Published June 25, 1971 Sales: + 150,000
1974	Crime of the Century A&M Records	DE5 gold (123 weeks)DE	-	CH- gold CH	UK4th gold (22 weeks)UK	US38 gold (76 weeks)US	Release September 1974 Sales: + 2,190,000
1975	Crisis? What Crisis? A&M Records	DE- gold DE	-	-	UK20 (15 weeks) UK	US44 (28 weeks) US	Published September 14, 1975 Sales: + 450,000
1977	Even in the Quietest Moments ... A&M Records	DE14th gold (34 weeks)DE	-	CH- platinum CH	UK12 silver (22 weeks)UK	US16 gold (49 weeks)US	Released April 1977 Sales: + 1,260,000
1979	Breakfast in America A&M Records	DE1 platinum (87 weeks)DE	AT1 (54 weeks) AT	CH85 gold (2 weeks)CH	UK3 platinum (53 weeks)UK	US1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (88 weeks)US	Published March 29, 1979 Sales: + 20,000,000
1982	“… Famous last words…” A&M Records	DE1 platinum (48 weeks)DE	AT4 (22 weeks) AT	-	UK6th gold (16 weeks)UK	US5 gold (28 weeks)US	Released October 1982 Sales: + 1,565,000
1985	Brother Where You Bound A&M Records	DE4th gold (23 weeks)DE	AT13 (12 weeks) AT	CH2 (20 weeks) CH	UK20 (5 weeks) UK	US21 (22 weeks) US	Released May 14, 1985 Sales: + 500,000
1987	Free as a Bird A&M Records	DE23 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH14th gold (5 weeks)CH	UK93 (1 week) UK	US101 (11 weeks) US	Published October 13, 1987 Sales: + 225,000
1997	Some Things Never Change EMI	DE3 gold (18 weeks)DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH2 platinum (13 weeks)CH	UK74 (1 week) UK	-	Released March 24, 1997 Sales: + 550,000
2002	Slow motion EMI	DE17 (9 weeks) DE	AT18 (6 weeks) AT	CH6th gold (11 weeks)CH	-	-	Released March 25, 2002 Sales: + 125,000

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Live albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1980	Paris A&M Records	DE5 gold (48 weeks)DE	AT7 (28 weeks) AT	-	UK7th gold (17 weeks)UK	US8th gold (26 weeks)US	Published in September 1980, admitted to the Pavillon de Paris , Paris on November 29, 1979 Sales: + 1,065,000
1988	Live '88 A&M Records	DE50 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Released in October 1988, recorded at concerts on the 1988 tour
1999	It Was the Best of Times EMI	DE29 (7 weeks) DE	AT42 (3 weeks) AT	CH12 (7 weeks) CH	UK91 (1 week) UK	-	Released April 12, 1999, as album and double album, recording at the Royal Albert Hall , London on September 19 and 20, 1997 Sales: + 100,000

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More live albums

• 2006: live, 1997 , release 2006, EMI, re-recording of the album It Was the Best of Times
• 2010: 70–10 Tour - Live in… , published on September 2 to October 28, 2010, recording at all 37 concerts on the “70–10” tour (2010), available on USB stick immediately after concerts at that time, for a while as CD / download simfy available
• 2001; Is Everybody Listening? , Released November 6, 2001, Pilot Records (Burning Airlines), special edition licensed by A&M, recorded at Hammersmith Odeon , London on March 9, 1975

Compilations

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1984	The songs of a super group A&M Records	DE2 gold (16 weeks)DE	AT13 (8 weeks) AT	CH3 (13 weeks) CH	-	-	Publication 1984 only in DE, AT, CH Sales: + 250,000
1986	The Autobiography of Supertramp A&M Records	DE45 (4 weeks) DE	-	CH- gold CH	UK9 platinum (19 weeks)UK	-	Release July 1986 Sales: + 325,000
1987	Classics, Vol. 9 A&M Records	-	-	-	-	US- platinum US	Release 1987 Sales: + 1,000,000
1990	The Very Best of Supertramp A&M Records	DE6th gold (27 weeks)DE	AT27 gold (7 weeks)AT	CH7th × 2 Double platinum (33 weeks)CH	UK8th platinum (12 weeks)UK	-	Released June 3, 1990 Sales: + 1,600,000 UK placement from 1997
1992	The Very Best of Supertramp 2 A&M Records	DE63 (9 weeks) DE	-	CH27 gold (8 weeks)CH	UK- gold UK	-	Released November 1992 Sales: + 150,000
2005	Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology A&M Records	DE47 (4 weeks) DE	AT33 (8 weeks) AT	CH11 (15 weeks) CH	UK9 × 2 Double platinum (18 weeks)UK	-	Released October 18, 2005 Sales: + 707,500, double and single album
	Number one albums	DE2DE	AT1AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US1US
	Top 10 albums	DE8thDE	AT4thAT	CH5CH	UK6thUK	US3US
	Albums in the charts	DE16DE	AT10AT	CH10CH	UK13UK	US9US

Unofficial albums

The list of unofficial albums is a selection:

• Soap box opera ; live; 9 songs (LP; Flash 01.91.0137-33) , 1976
• Live USA ; live (LP; imt 900.129) , 1976
• Montreal Seventy Seven ; live; 8 songs (LP; TAKRL 957) , 1977
• Dreamer ; live; 12 songs (LP; CD 12008) , 1991

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1974	Dreamer Crime of the Century	-	-	-	UK13 (10 weeks) UK	US15 (14 weeks) US	B-side: Bloody Well Right
1975	Bloody Well Right Crime of the Century	-	-	-	-	US35 (10 weeks) US	B-side: If Everyone Was Listening
1977	Give a Little Bit Even in the Quietest Moments ...	DE29 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK29 silver (9 weeks)UK	US15 (18 weeks) US	B-side: downstream
1979	Breakfast in America Breakfast in America	DE23 (23 weeks) DE	AT16 (6 weeks) AT	-	UK9 silver (11 weeks)UK	US62 (8 weeks) US	B-side: Gone Hollywood
	Goodbye Stranger Breakfast in America	-	-	-	UK57 (3 weeks) UK	US15 (14 weeks) US	B-side: Even in the Quietest Moments
	Take the Long Way Home Breakfast in America	DE53 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US10 (15 weeks) US	B-side: From Now On
	The Logical Song Breakfast in America	DE12 (23 weeks) DE	AT14 (14 weeks) AT	-	UK7th silver (11 weeks)UK	US6 (21 weeks) US	B-side: Just Another Nervous Wreck
1982	It's Raining Again "... famous last words ..."	DE3 (20 weeks) DE	AT7 (10 weeks) AT	CH2 (11 weeks) CH	UK26 (12 weeks) UK	US11 (13 weeks) US	B-side: Bonnie
	My Kind of Lady "... famous last words ..."	DE74 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US31 (12 weeks) US	featuring Rick Davies B-Side: Know Who You Are
1985	Cannonball Brother Where You Bound	DE60 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH25 (4 weeks) CH	-	US28 (12 weeks) US	B-side: Ever Open Door
1987	Free as a Bird Free as a Bird	-	-	-	UK95 (1 week) UK	-	B-side: Thing for You
1997	You Win, I Lose Some Things Never Change	DE63 (9 weeks) DE	AT40 (1 week) AT	-	-	-	B-side: Some Things Never Change
	Number one singles	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US-US
	Top 10 singles	DE1DE	AT1AT	CH1CH	UK2UK	US2US
	Singles in the charts	DE8thDE	AT4thAT	CH2CH	UK7thUK	US10US

More singles

• 1971: Forever / Your Poppa Don't Mind
• 1971: Your Poppa Don't Mind / Rosie Had Everything Planned
• 1974: Land Ho / Summer Romance
• 1975: Lady / You Started Laughing (When I Held You in My Arms)
• 1976: Sister Moonshine / Ain't Nobody But Me
• 1977: Babaji / From Now On
• 1977: Dreamer / From Now On
• 1980: Breakfast in America / You Started Laughing
• 1980: Dreamer / From Now On
• 1980: Take the Long Way Home / From Now On
• 1982: Crazy / Put On Your Old Brown Shoes
• 1982: Don't Leave Me Now / Waiting So Long
• 1985: Better Days / Brother Where You Bound
• 1985: Better Days / No Inbetween
• 1985: Still in Love / No Inbetween
• 1987: I'm Beggin 'You / No Inbetween
• 1988: I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man / Just Another Nervous Wreck
• 1988: It's Alright / Where I Stand
• 1989: School (Studio) / School (Live)
• 1992: Give a Little Bit / Give a Little Bit (Live), Breakfast in America
• 1997: Live to Love You / Live to Love You (Album version)
• 1997: Listen to Me Please / Help Me Down That Road
• 2002: Over You (Edit) / Over You (Album version)
• 2002: Slow Motion (Edit) / Slow Motion (Album version)

Video albums

VHS, DVD and BD

See also : Video Home System , DVD, and Blu-ray Disc

• Live - in Munich
  Release : approx. 1983
  Recording (live): Reitstadion Riem , Munich, July 23, 1983
  (most of the concert; from the ZDF series RockPop in Concert ;
  previously available as VHS and later also as DVD from the ZDF recording service; 97 min.)
• The Story So Far
  released: 1990/2002
  (parts from Live - in Munich ; with interview;
  VHS: AMV 873/087 8733 (approx. 75 min.) / DVD: 493 457-9 (with bonus tracks; approx. 104 min.) ); both A&M)
• Inside Supertramp - 1974–1978 - An Independent Critical Review
  Released: 2003
  (DVD; Classic Rock Productions CRL 1589; approx. 68 min.)
• Live In Paris '79
  released: August 27, 2012
  Recording (live): Pavillon de Paris , Paris, December 1, 1979
  (live single DVD; 18 songs; 5  bonus tracks ; EREDV891 / BD: ERBRD5086; both Eagle Vision ; approx . 125 min.) German album charts: 16th place (9 weeks)

Film documentaries and film music

• Supertramp Portrait 1970
  Premiere: 1970
  Band documentation by Haro Senft (recording December 1969 – January 1970),
  u. a. with Supertramp version of the song All Along the Watchtower (9:29 min; PN-Club; Munich; 1970) by Bob Dylan
• Purgatory
  1971; unpublished
  soundtrack for the feature film Purgatory (87 min .; premiere 1971) by Haro Senft; with music by Supertramp and Dafydd Llywelyn
• Extremes - Excerpts from the Soundtrack
  Released: 1972 (vinyl record; Deram  SML 1095 ); June 30, 2017 (CD-DVD combo; Gonzo Multimedia  HST446DVD )
  from the film Extremes by Tony Klinger and Mike Lytton ; with songs by Supertramp -  Surely , Am I Not Like Other Birds of Prey (originally from 1970: And I Am Not Like Other Birds of Prey ), Words Unspoken from Supertramp  - as well as Arc, Crucible and Mark McCann

Awards for music sales

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Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Argentina (CAPIF)	-	-	platinum1	-	60,000	capif.org.ar ( Memento from May 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Australia (ARIA)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	60,000	Individual evidence
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	Individual evidence
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	-	-	100,000	Individual evidence
Germany (BVMI)	-	8 × gold8th	2 × platinum2	-	3,150,000	musikindustrie.de
Europe (IFPI)	-	-	2 × platinum2	-	(8,000,000)	Individual evidence
France (SNEP)	-	12 × gold12	6 × platinum6th	-	7,835,800	infodisc.fr snepmusique.com
Greece (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	50,000	Individual evidence
Israel (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	20,000	Individual evidence
Italy (FIMI)	-	gold1	-	-	250,000	Individual evidence
Canada (MC)	-	5 × gold5	8 × platinum8th	2 × diamond2	3,200,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	7 × platinum7th	-	87,500	nztop40.co.nz
Netherlands (NVPI)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	-	450,000	nvpi.nl
Norway (IFPI)	-	2 × gold2	-	-	50,000	Individual evidence
Austria (IFPI)	-	gold1	-	-	25,000	ifpi.at
Portugal (AFP)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	75,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	-	-	150,000	sverigetopplistan.se
Switzerland (IFPI)	-	6 × gold6th	10 × platinum10	-	500,000	hitparade.ch
Spain (Promusicae)	-	5 × gold5	2 × platinum2	-	450,000	promusicae.es mediafire.com ES2 ES3
United States (RIAA)	-	4 × gold4th	5 × platinum5	-	7,100,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	4 × silver4th	5 × gold5	5 × platinum5	-	2,560,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	4 × silver4th	68 × gold68	48 × platinum48	2 × diamond2

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1. ↑ Supertramp. Retrieved on July 7, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} chart sources:
   • Supertramp in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
   • Supertramp in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
   • Supertramp in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
   • Supertramp in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • Supertramp made the US charts on Billboard
3. ↑ John Doran: Supertramp Breakfast in America Review. In: BBC Music. October 29, 2010, accessed August 16, 2019 . 

Web links

• Supertramp (official homepage; English)
• Supertramp at Allmusic (English)