While Pink Floyd became one of the greatest selling catalog bands, Supertramp haven’t dent a single Billboard chart for more than 30 years, not even sub-genre rankings. 10 of these albums were also the 10 longest runners of the Top 40. Supertramp were at #2 and #26, Dire Straits at #3 and #4, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band at #9 and #29, Electric Light Orchestra at #11 and #19, Barclay James Harvest at #14, Alan Parsons Project at #15, #22, #36, Pink Floydat #16. The late 70s progressive rock music had often a pop-oriented sound, and in this category Supertramp were kings.Īs a demonstration of the genre’s super dominance 40 years ago, we can check Germany’s top album chart starting August 13, 1979. Of course, we already studied Pink Floyd from this genre, but the UK legends are often more associated with classic rock in general by the masses, or psychedelic rock.
This immense success wasn’t only the peak of the group, but the flagship of an entire genre that was heavily popular back then, progressive rock. 40 years ago, in the summer of 1979, the whole world was crazy about the album Breakfast In America by classic group Supertramp.
