With
Breakfast in America
,
Supertramp
had a genuine blockbuster hit, topping the charts for four weeks in the U.S. and selling millions of copies worldwide; by the 1990s, the album had sold over 18 million units across the world. Although their previous records had some popular success, they never even hinted at the massive sales of
. Then again,
's earlier records weren't as
pop
-oriented as
Breakfast
. The majority of the album consisted of tightly written, catchy, well-constructed
songs, like the hits
"The Logical Song,"
"Take the Long Way Home,"
and
"Goodbye Stranger."
still had a tendency to indulge themselves occasionally, but
had very few weak moments. It was clearly their high-water mark. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine