Free as a Bird
Album by Supertramp
Released	1987
Recorded	???
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	43:47
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge, Supertramp
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (5/5) link
Supertramp chronology
The Autobiography of Supertramp (1986) Free as a Bird (1987) Some Things Never Change (1997)

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The album was the first Supertramp album to feature guitarist Mark Hart.

Despite the fact "I'm Beggin' You" was a club hit and Free as a Bird's title cut was a minor hit, the Free as a Bird album did not do well peaking at #101, making it the first Supertramp album since 1971's Indelibly Stamped not to crack Billboard's Top 100 on the album charts.

The band disbanded after the tour in support of the album and would not re-convene until 1997 without Dougie Thomson.

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies, except where noted

1. "It's Alright" - 5:01
2. "Not the Moment" - 4:37
3. "It Doesn't Matter" - 4:53
4. "Where I Stand" (Davies, Mark Hart) - 3:41
5. "Free as a Bird" - 4:25
6. "I'm Beggin' You" - 5:30
7. "You Never Can Tell With Friends" - 4:18
8. "Thing for You" - 4:00
9. "An Awful Thing to Waste" - 7:49

Personnel

• Rick Davies - keyboard, timbales, vocals
• Mark Hart - guitar, keyboard, vocals, background vocals
• John Helliwell - saxophone, brass
• Bob Siebenberg - drums
• Dougie Thomson - bass

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• Linda Foot - background vocals
• Nick Lane - brass
• Lise Miller - background vocals
• Scott Page - brass
• Lon Price - brass
• Steve Reid - percussion
• Evan Rogers - background vocals
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet, brass
• Marty Walsh - guitar, background vocals
• Karyn White - background vocals
• David Woodford - brass

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Production

• Producers: Rick Davies, Tom Lord-Alge, Supertramp
• Engineer: Norman Hall
• Assistant engineers: Bob Loftus, Jeff Lorenzen
• Mixing: Tom Lord-Alge
• Mastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
• Art direction: Richard Frankel
• Design: Richard Frankel
• Photography: Raul Vega

Charts

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