#3 Best Albums of 1979- Breakfast in America

I love supertramp, and this is by far their best album.  Where their other good albums fail (Crime of the Century, Quietest Moments), this one succeeds:  filling all of the gaps and maintaining high quality throughout.  Although obviously, there are highlights:  Logical Song, Child of Vision, Goodbye Stranger, the title track, and Nervous Wreck stand out; Take the Long Way Home is the best though.  While they had had two hit singles before this (Give a Little Bit; School), this album was their major breakthrough, scoring hit single after single.  And with good reason:  the great blend of pop and progressive rock which they had been working their way towards for quite some time, the high calibre of songwriting, the bright and not-as-dated-as-you-might-imagine electirc piano, and of course their always-great instrumentation make this by far their best album.  -Ian, 5/5