Supertramp Debut Album Songs Ranked

Supertramp is the self-titled debut album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in July 1970. The first UK press was released under the title “And I’m Not Like Other”, but this title was printed on the labels only. In some countries it was released under the titles Surely (Singapore), and Now and Then (Spain). It was not released in the United States until late 1977, but available through importers and was usually carried in record stores that specialised in British imports. The 1977 issue reached No. 158 on the US Billboard 200. Here are all of Supertramp Debut Album songs ranked.

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10. Surely

“The band concludes with a longer version of “Surely,” and it’s a fine album-closer. From beginning to end, the band’s chemistry here is superb. Hodgson’s falsetto voice, like always, is wonderful, and he plays a mean bass on this one. Rick Davies has yet to show the world his vocal abilities, but his keyboard/organ playing throughout is awesome.”

9. Home Again

“This is certainly an album worth picking up because you won’t be disappointed with the quality of the songwriting. In fact, the songwriting is so strong you can just go ahead and call this a lost classic. It probably is. Is it better than “Crime of the Century”? Probably not, but it’s not far off.”

8. Shadow Song

“This is an excellent album. Admittedly, most of the songs are longer than most of the band’s tunes, which were usually brief and succinct and thus easily playable on the radio. And the overall upbeat feeling of much of their later songs is not always present; often, there’s a bit of melancholy within much of the songs and the way they’re played.”

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7. Surely (Reprise)

“What people complain about this album is exactly why I love it so much. This album (1st) and their second album Indelibly Stamped are who they were before they found their “sound”. These two albums were the grit of the band, the backbone that you do not see in later albums.”

6. Words Unspoken

“This is a fantastic spin that is stylistically somewhat similar to other English rock bands lumped under the “progressive” umbrella in 1970 that were interested in pushing boundaries (including Spring). In short, very moody and haunting rock, with some attention paid to things like arrangement and dynamics.”

5. Aubade and I Am Not Like Other Birds of Prey

“I was really impressed by this debut album by Supertramp and like it just as much as any of the other early experimental English bands like Spring, Gracious!, and Cressida. Although I have a tendency to give a lot of albums five star ratings (I really can’t help myself), this album definitely deserves it.”

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4. Maybe I’m a Beggar

“Of all the Supertramp’s records I own, this one is definitely the least accessible & pop; it is also among the most progressive ones. The tracks can be pretty loaded too, and it is hard to recognize Supertramp when there are no vocals, if you are familiar with their most successful music.”

3. It’s a Long Road

“”It’s a Long Road” is a pretty good rocker. It seems to be surrounded by very pleasant vocal melodies. In fact, if the album has one problem, it’s that it’s probably slightly hard to separate some of these great melodies and try to match which songs the vocal melodies are coming from. It’s just one extremely pleasant-sounding song after another.”

2. Nothing to Show

“Nothing To Show” is a real powerhouse number in particular, incidentally revealing Roger Hodgson to be a heck of a bass guitarist (call me a nut, but later on, you never really got to hear the guy’s instrumental prowess that fully; on this LP, you do, both on bass, acoustic guitar and recorder)”

1. Try Again

“Sure, it sounds tentative in places, a bit uneven (it’s still interesting to me how the track “Try Again” completely breaks down before the final refrain, but those wandering, odd moments before it starts back up again work so well!), but the album works as a mild masterpiece of sorts.”