It Was the Best of Times

It Was the Best of Times is a live album by Supertramp. The title makes use of the opening line from A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall during the It's About Time tour in September 1997. The Simple CD version was latter re-released under the name of "Live, 1997" in 2006.

Track listing (1-CD version)

1. "You Win, I Lose" - 4:44 (Rick Davies)
2. "Listen To Me Please" - 5:03 (Rick Davies)
3. "Sooner Or Later" - 7:35 (Rick Davies/Mark Hart)
4. "Free As A Bird" - 4:49 (Rick Davies)
5. "Cannonball" - 7:52 (Rick Davies)
6. "From Now On" - 7:44 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
7. "Breakfast In America" - 2:47 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
8. "And The Light" - 5:03 (Rick Davies)
9. "Take The Long Way Home" - 5:10 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
10. "Bloody Well Right" - 6:58 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
11. "The Logical Song" - 4:04 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
12. "Goodbye Stranger" - 7:24 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
13. "School" - 6:32 (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)

Track listing (2-CD version)

Disc 1

1. "It's A Hard World" (Rick Davies)
2. "You Win, I Lose" (Rick Davies)
3. "Listen To Me Please" (Rick Davies)
4. "Ain't Nobody But Me" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
5. "Sooner Or Later" (Rick Davies/Mark Hart)
6. "Free As A Bird" (Rick Davies)
7. "Cannonball" (Rick Davies)
8. "From Now On" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
9. "Breakfast In America" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
10. "Give Me A Chance" (Rick Davies/Mark Hart)
11. "Rudy" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)

Disc 2

1. "Downstream" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
2. "Another Man's Woman" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
3. "Take The Long Way Home" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
4. "Bloody Well Right" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
5. "The Logical Song" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
6. "Goodbye Stranger" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
7. "School" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)
8. "And The Light" (Rick Davies)
9. "Don't You Lie To Me" (Hudson Whittaker)
10. "Crime Of The Century" (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)

The Band

• Rick Davies - vocals, keyboards, harmonica
• Bob Siebenberg - drums, percussion
• John Helliwell - saxophone
• Mark Hart - vocals, keyboards, guitars
• Cliff Hugo - bass guitar
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet
• Carl Verheyen - guitars
• Jesse Siebenberg - percussion