Paris (Supertramp album)

Paris
Live album by
Supertramp
Released26 September 1980[1]
Recorded29 November 1979
VenuePavillon de Paris, Paris, France
GenreProgressive rock, pop rock, art rock
Length94:44
LabelA&M
ProducerPeter Henderson, Russel Pope
Supertramp chronology
Breakfast in America
(1979) 		Paris
(1980) 		…Famous Last Words…
(1982)
Singles from Paris
  1. "Dreamer"
    Released: September 1980 (US)
  2. "Take the Long Way Home"
    Released: September 1980 (UK)[2]
  3. "Breakfast in America"
    Released: November 1980 (US)[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Billboard(unrated)[5]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Paris is a live album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1980. It was recorded on Supertramp's Breakfast in America tour in Paris, France, with most of the tracks taken from a 29 November 1979 show at the Pavillon de Paris, a venue which was once a slaughterhouse.[8] The album was originally going to be called Roadworks.[8] Paris reached number 8 on the Billboard 200 in late 1980 and went Gold immediately,[9] while the live version of "Dreamer" hit the US Top 20.

  1. ^ "BPI certification".
  2. ^ "Supertramp singles".
  3. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. Canongate Press. p. 804. ISBN 9780862415419.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Paris at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Review: Supertramp – Paris" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 40. 4 October 1980. p. 108. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 857. ISBN 0195313739.
  7. ^ Sheffield, Rob; et al. (2004). Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 797. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ^ a b Melhuish, Martin (1986). The Supertramp Book. Toronto, Canada: Omnibus Press. pp. 163–5. ISBN 0-9691272-2-7.
  9. ^ "Searchable Database Results". RIAA. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.