Label: A&M Records (US), CD-3708
Style: Pop Rock, Soft Rock, Progressive Pop
Country: London, England
Time: 45:58
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 300 Mb
Charts: UK #3, AUS #1, CAN #1, FRA #1, GER #1, NL #1, NOR #1, SWE #2, SWI #1, US #1. SWI: Gold; UK, FRA, GER & NL: Platinum; US: 4x Platinum; CAN: Diamond.
The album went through two rounds of demos. The first were home demos, each of which consisted of the chief songwriter (either Rick Davies or Roger Hodgson) singing and playing either acoustic piano or Wurlitzer electric piano. The second were eight-track demos recorded at Southcombe Studios in Burbank, California during late April and early May 1978. It was in recording these demos that the band worked out the backing track arrangements for all the songs (with the exception of "Take the Long Way Home") and determined the order in which they would appear on the album.
In order to avoid spending a lot of time on mixing, the band and their production team devoted a week to experimenting with different sound setups until they found the perfect arrangement. The effort proved to be wasted, as the engineering team would end up spending more than two extremely stressful months searching for the right mix, and were finished after that length of time only because the deadline had arrived, not because they felt at all satisfied with the results.
Tensions between Hodgson and Davies were reportedly almost non-existent on the album. Engineer Peter Henderson recalled: "They got along fantastically well and everyone was really happy. There was a very, very good vibe and I think everyone was really buoyed up by the recordings and A&M's response to them." Hodgson contested this, saying that he and Davies had increasingly different lifestyles, and that he felt that Davies disliked many of his songs and kept quiet about his displeasure only because he sensed that he would be voted down. Melody Maker journalist Harry Doherty offered a third take on the duo's interactions during the album sessions: "In three days with the band, I don't think I saw Davies and Hodgson converse once, other than to exchange courteous greetings."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakfast_in_America)
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog. D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Gone Hollywood (05:19)
02. The Logical Song (04:11)
03. Goodbye Stranger (05:50)
04. Breakfast In America (02:39)
05. Oh Darling (03:48)
06. Take The Long Way Home (05:09)
07. Lord Is It Mine (04:09)
08. Just Another Nervous Wreck (04:25)
09. Casual Conversations (02:58)
10. Child Of Vision (07:25)
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