''Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology'' is the first comprehensive

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by the English

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, released in October 2005.

Overview

As Supertramp's first career retrospective, ''Retrospectacle'' contains a compilation of the most popular songs, live tracks and favourite album tracks from all of their albums from ''

'' to ''

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'', including the live albums ''

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'' and '' It Was the Best of Times''. It was released as either a single disc or a double album. Also, ''Retrospectacle'' marks the first appearance on an album of the single "Land Ho" and its

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"Summer Romance". The version of "Land Ho" used on the compilation is the 1975

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which the band intended to use on ''

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'' but left off at the last minute, while "Summer Romance" is the original mix from the single. "Land Ho" was later rerecorded by

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for his 1987 solo album '' Hai Hai'' (with new lyrics). ''

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'' ranked ''Retrospectacle'' the 12th greatest compilation album of 2005.. ''

''. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk

Track listing

All songs are written by

Rick Davies Richard Davies (born 22 July 1944) is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp. Davies was its only constant member, and composed some of the band's best-known songs ...

and

, except where noted.

Single Disc Edition

Two Disc Edition

Disc one

Disc two

Production

*Compilation producers: Rick Davies, Bill Levenson *Producers: Supertramp, Ken Scott, Peter Henderson, Jay Messina, Jack Douglas, David Kershenbaum and Rick Davies. *Mastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina *Art Direction: Richard Frankel, Vartan. *Cover Art: Bruno Budrovic

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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