Disco de Supertramp: “Very Best Of II [Remaster]”

Volume 2 of the very best of supertramp features the songs which got left behind and b sides.This is a terrific compilation which gets my highest possible recommendation.five stars

Supertramp are amongst the best bands ever and anyone who hates them needs to see a shrink.I cant stop stressing how good this album is.Get this before it gets sold out.five stars.

As other critics have written, Vol.2 beckens the question of was this trip really necessary? It feels like it has this self conscience need to justify itself, especially with non-hit tracks from "Final Last Words". "Waiting So Long" is highly uninteresting. "Don't Leave Me Now" is passionate, but the most interesting stuff doesn't happen till the end. "My Kind Of Lady" is a pleseant shuffle number, but hardly a must-have. If one were looking for reasons to get it, it would only to find some of the older and still worthy material in one CD. "Just Another Nervous Wreck" and Oh Darling" from Breakfast In America are gems, "If Everyone Was Listening" from Crimes... and "A Soapbox Opera" from Crisis? What Crisis? are all strong tracks. But instead of searching for this imported collection, you should have Crime Of The Century and Breakfast In America. They have most of the hits and are outstanding complete albums.

For a long time I wondered why this group only seemed to have two songs played on the FM. I bought the first compilation and found the two usually there and was not overwhelmed. I received this compilation and could not find anything else to like. Too bad.

The second Supertramp best of entitled The Very Best of Supertramp Volume 2 was released in most countries (save the US) in 1992.

Following the success of the first Very Best of Supertramp compilation, it was only fitting that a second volume would eventually be released.

Unlike the first volume (which has the same cover but with white background and featured all of the band's biggest hit singles and key album tracks), this second volume of The Very Best of Supertramp contains the tracks that were left off the first volume due to time constraints and were mainly album tracks (only two of the tracks here were released as singles) and most of these tracks are all now on the 2005 compilation Retrospectacle (except as noted).

"If Everyone Was Listening" (which does not appear on Retrospectacle) is the only track from 1974's Crime of the Century on The Very Best of Supertramp Volume 2 (luckily "Asylum" was not on either of the compilations, if it were included then why bother owning Crime of the Century). The brilliant "A Soapbox Opera" (which does not appear on Retrospectacle) and the minor UK hit single "Lady" represent 1975's Crisis? What Crisis?. 1977's Even in the Quietest Moments is represented by its sublime title cut, the excellent "Downstream", the superb "Babaji" (also not on Retrospectacle) and the best song they ever did, the masterpiece "Fool's Overture" (sacriligeously left off of Retrospectacle). We then have "Gone Hollywood", the excellent "Oh Darling" and the classic album track "Just Another Nervous Wreck" (which is conspicuously absent from Retrospectacle) all representing 1979's Breakfast in America (if "Child of Vision" was included in the compilations, one would not need Breakfast in America). 1982's Famous Last Words is represented by the US Top 40 hit "My Kind of Lady", the superb "Waiting So Long" (which was not on Retrospectacle) and the epic "Don't Leave Me Now". Lastly, 1987's disappointing Free as a Bird is represented by its title cut.

If you don't know where to start on Supertramp, this 15 song best of (and its Volume 1 counterpart) are your best bet but if you either already have the albums or choose to by Retrospectacle then don't bother. I say buy this and Volume 1 (as I'm not a fan of the post-1987 material).

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