Editing Breakfast in America

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Breakfast in America
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Supertramp]]
| cover      = Supertramp - Breakfast in America.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 16 March 1979
| recorded   = May–December 1978
| studio     = [[The Village (studio)|The Village Recorder]] (Studio B)  ([[Los Angeles]])
| genre      = 
*[[Progressive pop]]<ref name="AllMusic"/><ref name="Fisher"/> 
*[[art rock]]<ref name="Holden"/> 
*[[soft rock]]<ref name="Pinfold"/>
| length     = 46:06
| label      = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| producer   = 
*[[Peter Henderson (record producer)|Peter Henderson]]
*Supertramp
| prev_title = [[Even in the Quietest Moments...]]
| prev_year  = 1977
| next_title = [[Paris (Supertramp album)|Paris]]
| next_year  = 1980
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Breakfast in America
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[The Logical Song]]
 | single1date = March 1979
 | single2     = [[Breakfast in America (song)|Breakfast in America]]
 | single2date = June 1979
 | single3     = [[Goodbye Stranger]]
 | single3date = July 1979
 | single4     = [[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]
 | single4date = October 1979
}}
}}
'''''Breakfast in America''''' is the sixth studio album by the English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Supertramp]], released on 16 March 1979, by [[A&M Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/1067-13-2|title=BPI certification}}</ref> It was recorded from May to December 1978 at [[The Village (studio)|The Village Recorder]] in Los Angeles. It spawned three US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] hit singles: "[[The Logical Song]]" (No. 6), "[[Goodbye Stranger]]" (No. 15), and "[[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]" (No. 10). In the UK, "The Logical Song" and the title track were both top 10 hits, the only two the group had in their native country.<ref name="UK">{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/33163/supertramp/ |title=Supertramp {{!}} full Official Chart History |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=3 April 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217162315/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/supertramp/ |archive-date=17 February 2011}}</ref>

At the [[22nd Annual Grammy Awards]] in 1980, ''Breakfast in America'' won two awards for [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Album Package]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Non-Classical Recording]], as well as nominations for [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]].<ref name="Grammy80" />  It became Supertramp's biggest-selling album, being certified [[Platinum (RIAA certification)|4x Platinum]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for more than 4 million copies sold in the US. It has also sold more than 3 million copies in [[France]] (the country's fourth ever best-selling album). It was No. 1 on ''[[Billboard 200|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|Pop Albums Chart]] for six weeks, until 30 June 1979.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-06-30 |title=US Chart info |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=30 June 1979}}</ref> The album also hit No. 1 in [[Norway]], [[Austria]], [[West Germany]], [[Netherlands|the Netherlands]], [[Spain]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and [[France]].

==Background==
As with ''[[Even in the Quietest Moments...]]'', [[Rick Davies]] and [[Roger Hodgson]] wrote most of their songs separately but conceived the theme for the album jointly. Their original concept was for an album of songs about the relationship and conflicting ideals between Davies and Hodgson themselves, to be titled ''Hello Stranger''. Hodgson explained: "We realized that a few of the songs really lent themselves to two people talking to each other and at each other. I could be putting down his way of thinking and he could be challenging my way of seeing life [...] Our ways of life are so different, but I love him. That contrast is what makes the world go 'round and what makes Supertramp go 'round. His beliefs are a challenge to mine and my beliefs are a challenge to his."<ref name="Melhuish">{{Cite book|last=Melhuish|first=Martin|title=The Supertramp Book|place=Toronto, Canada|publisher=Omnibus Press|year=1986|isbn=0-9691272-2-7|pages=139–161}}</ref>

This idea was eventually scrapped in favour of an album of "fun" songs, and though Davies initially wanted to keep the title ''Hello Stranger'', he was convinced by Hodgson to change it to ''Breakfast in America''. Hodgson commented later: "We chose the title because it was a fun title. It suited the fun feeling of the album."<ref name="Melhuish"/> Due to the title and the explicit satirising of American culture in the cover and three of the songs ("Gone Hollywood", "[[Breakfast in America (song)|Breakfast in America]]" and "Child of Vision"), many listeners interpreted the album as a whole as being a satire of the [[United States]]. Supertramp's members have all insisted that the repeated references to US culture are purely coincidental and that no such thematic satire was intended.<ref name="Melhuish"/> Hodgson has described the misconception as a parallel to how ''[[Crime of the Century (album)|Crime of the Century]]'' (1974) is often misinterpreted as being a concept album.<ref name="Melhuish"/>

"Gone Hollywood" is the opening track of ''Breakfast in America''. Written by Rick Davies, the song tells about a person who moves to [[Los Angeles]] in hopes of becoming a [[movie star]], but finds it far more difficult than he imagined. He struggles and becomes frustrated, until he ultimately gets his break and becomes "the talk of the [[Hollywood Boulevard|Boulevard]]". The lyrics were originally more bleak, but under pressure from the other band members, Davies rewrote them to be more optimistic and commercially appealing.<ref name="SOS"/> ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' writer David Farrell felt that, other than Davies' lead vocal, the song sounds like a [[Queen (band)|Queen]] song.<ref name=closeup>{{cite news|title=Closeup|newspaper=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=8 July 2020|date=31 March 1979|page=166|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1979/Billboard%201979-03-31.pdf}}</ref>

"Child of Vision" is the closing track. Much like "[[The Logical Song]]", it uses a [[Wurlitzer electric piano]] as the main instrument. After the lyrical part, the song goes into a long solo played on the [[grand piano]] alongside the original melody on the Wurlitzer. The track fades out with a short saxophone solo by [[John Helliwell]]. Roger Hodgson has said that the song was written to be an equivalent to "Gone Hollywood", looking at how Americans live, though he confessed that he had only a limited familiarity with US culture at the time of writing.<ref name="Redbeard"/> He also said there is a slight possibility that he subconsciously had Rick Davies in mind while writing the lyrics.<ref name="Redbeard"/>

Each song was credited to a single musician on the inner sleeve, but on the central vinyl label was printed "Words and Music by Roger Hodgson & Rick Davies", combining the two and confusing the issue of composition credit. Roger Hodgson's management has described "The Logical Song", "Breakfast in America", "[[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]", "Lord Is It Mine" and "Child of Vision" as 'Roger's songs';<ref>{{YouTube|IfB3O4eDXos|Child of Vision – Roger Hodgson, Writer and Composer}}. Retrieved 30 April 2012. See video description.</ref> however, this apparently does not mean he necessarily wrote them by himself, for Hodgson has credited Davies with writing the vocal harmony on "The Logical Song".<ref name="SOS"/> Davies has referred to "The five songs that I did on Breakfast",<ref name="Melhuish"/> but has not specified which ones.

==Recording==
The album went through two rounds of [[Demo (music)|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 electronic piano|Wurlitzer electric piano]].<ref name="SOS">Buskin, Richard (July 2005). [http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jul05/articles/classictracks.htm Classic Tracks: Supertramp's 'Logical Song'], ''[[Sound on Sound]]''.</ref> The second were [[Multitrack recording|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.<ref name="SOS"/>

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.<ref name="SOS"/>

Tensions between Hodgson and Davies were reportedly almost non-existent on the album. Engineer [[Peter Henderson (record producer)|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 Records|A&M]]'s response to them."<ref name="SOS"/> 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.<ref name="Redbeard">(2009). [http://www.inthestudio.net/ 30th Anniversary Breakfast in America Feature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208014251/http://www.inthestudio.net/ |date=8 February 2014}}, ''[[In the Studio (radio show)|In the Studio]]''.</ref> ''[[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."<ref name="Melhuish" />

==Packaging==
The album's front cover resembles an overlook of [[Manhattan]] through an aeroplane window. It was designed by Mike Doud and [[Mick Haggerty]]. The image depicts [[Kate Murtagh]], dressed as a waitress named "Libby" from a diner, as a [[Statue of Liberty]] figure holding up a glass of orange juice on a small plate in one hand (in place of the torch on the Statue), and a foldable restaurant menu in the other hand, on which 'Breakfast in America' is written. The background features the [[Financial District]] within the New York City borough of [[Manhattan]], with the Lower Manhattan skyline represented through a cornflake box, ashtray, cutlery (for the wharfs), pancake syrup bottles, egg crates, salt and pepper shakers, coffee mugs, ketchup and mustard bottles, etc., all spray-painted white. The twin [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] towers appear as two stacks of boxes, and the plate of breakfast represents [[The Battery (Manhattan)|The Battery]], the departure point for the [[Staten Island Ferry]]. The back cover photo, depicting the band members having breakfast while reading their respective hometown newspapers, was taken at a diner called Bert's Mad House.

''Breakfast in America'' won the 1980 [[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package]], defeating albums by [[Fear of Music|Talking Heads]] and [[In Through the Out Door|Led Zeppelin]], among others.<ref name="Grammy80">{{Cite web|url=http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1980-228.html|title=Grammy Award Nominees 1980 – Grammy Award Winners 1980|website=Awardsandshows.com|access-date=9 August 2019}}</ref>

==Commercial performance==
''Breakfast in America'' topped the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] for six weeks and became Supertramp's biggest selling album, while producing four hit singles: "[[The Logical Song]]", "[[Goodbye Stranger]]", "[[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]" and the [[Breakfast in America (song)|title track]].<ref name="Larkin" /> In Japan, the album reached number 1 on the [[Music Labo]] chart in [[1979 in Japanese music|1979]].<ref>Billboard. 20 October 1979, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT90#v=onepage&q&f=false p 63]. 6 October 1979, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=TCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT83#v=onepage&q&f=false p 68].</ref> ''Breakfast in America'' would become Supertramp's most popular album. By the 1990s, it had sold in excess of 18 million copies worldwide.<ref name="AllMusic" /> By 2010, the album had sold well over 20 million copies.<ref name="bbc" />

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| title = Retrospective professional reviews
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/breakfast-in-america-mw0000308462 | title = Supertramp Breakfast in America Review |access-date=11 July 2011 |last = Erlewine | first = Stephen Thomas | author-link = Stephen Thomas Erlewine |work=[[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[Rovi Corporation]]}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = C+<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: S|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=S&bk=70|access-date=March 13, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Larkin"/>
| rev4 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]''
| rev4score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin Charles|author-link=Martin C. Strong|title=The Great Rock Discography|publisher=[[National Academies Press|The National Academies]]|year=2002|isbn=1-84195-312-1|chapter=Supertramp}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Review: Breakfast in America|work=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]|location=London|date=December 2010|page=123}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Pinfold" >{{cite news | title = Supertramp – Breakfast in America:Deluxe 2-Disc Edition| work = [[Record Collector]] | date = December 2010 | first = William | last = Pinfold | issue = 382| url = http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/breakfast-in-americadeluxe-2-disc-edition |access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Sheffield"/>
| rev8 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev8score = 8/10<ref name="SmashHits">{{cite news|last=Starr|first=Red|title=Albums|work=[[Smash Hits]]|issue=19 April – 2 May 1979|page=25}}</ref>
| rev9 = Sputnikmusic
| rev9score = 3/5<ref name="Fisher"/>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Staunton|first=Terry|title=Supertramp ''Breakfast in America''|work=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|location=London|date=December 2010|page=102}}</ref>
}}

In a positive review for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine, music critic [[Stephen Holden]] viewed ''Breakfast in America'' as an improvement over the "swatches of meandering, [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]-like esoterica" on Supertramp's previous albums, and called it "a textbook-perfect album of post-[[the Beatles|Beatles]], keyboard-centered English [[art rock]] that strikes the shrewdest possible balance between quasi-symphonic classicism and rock & roll ... the songs here are extraordinarily melodic and concisely structured, reflecting these musicians' saturation in American pop since their move to Los Angeles in 1977."<ref name="Holden">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/breakfast-in-america-255426 |title=Supertramp: Breakfast in America|last=Holden|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Holden|date=14 June 1979|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|location=New York|access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref> ''[[Village Voice]]'' critic [[Robert Christgau]] was less impressed, saying that the "hooky album" evokes "random grunts of pleasure" but lacks emotional substance because of "glib" lyrics and no "vocal personality (as opposed to accurate singing) and rhythmic thrust (as opposed to a beat)".<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=2 July 1979|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv6-79.php|title=Consumer Guide|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|location=New York|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref>

[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]], writing in the ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' (2006), said that the "faultless" album "elevated" Supertramp to "rock's first division".<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2006|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|page=857|volume=7|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=0195313739|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>

In a retrospective review for [[AllMusic]], [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] praised the album's "tightly written, catchy, well-constructed pop songs" and described it as the band's "high-water mark".<ref name="AllMusic"/> John Doran of [[BBC Music]] said that the songwriting has an "unbeatable quality" and asserted that "any of the ten tracks could have been hit singles".<ref name="bbc">{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/bb28 | title = Supertramp Breakfast in America Review |access-date=13 June 2011 |last = Doran | first = John | date = 29 October 2010 | publisher = [[BBC Music]]}}</ref> Sputnikmusic's Tyler Fisher said that its singles are mostly the highlights because of their "catchy hooks", and found the ballads "absolutely terrible".<ref name="Fisher">{{cite web|last=Fisher|first=Tyler|date=2 July 2006|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8084/Supertramp-Breakfast-in-America/|title=Supertramp - Breakfast in America (album review)|website=Sputnikmusic|access-date=11 June 2013}}</ref> [[Rob Sheffield]], writing in ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' (2004), also felt that its "nice moments" were the highlights, including "the jolly 'Take the Long Way Home,' the adjectively crazed 'Logical Song,' [and] 'Goodbye Stranger.'"<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite book|author=Sheffield, Rob|editor1-first=Nathan|editor1-last=Brackett|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett|editor2-first=Christian|editor2-last=Hoard|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|edition=4th|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/797 797]|display-authors=etal|author-link=Rob Sheffield|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide}}</ref> William Pinfold of ''[[Record Collector]]'' considered the album "a classic example of flawlessly-played and -produced late 70s transatlantic soft rock".<ref name="Pinfold" />

=== Accolades ===
In the 1987 edition of ''The World Critics List'', music historian [[Joel Whitburn]] ranked ''Breakfast in America'' the fourth-greatest album of all time.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20121223205039/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/world_critics_lists.htm ''The World Critics List'']}}. 1987</ref> In the 1994 edition of [[Guinness World Records|The Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums]], ''Breakfast in America'' was voted No. 207 in the all-time greatest rock and pop albums,<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120629191316/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/larkin1000_94.htm Guinness: All-time top 1000 albums]}}. 1994. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk</ref> and it was voted the 69th-greatest British rock album of all time in a 2006 ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' industry poll.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120628233705/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/steveparker/classicrock2.htm "100 Greatest British Rock Album Ever"]}}. ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''. April 2006. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk</ref> [[Triple M]] listeners voted the album No. 43 in the "100 Greatest Albums of All Time".<ref>[http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/100-greatest-rock-albums 100 Greatest Albums] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227114732/http://www.triplem.com.au/melbourne/music/100-greatest-rock-albums |date=27 February 2011}}. [[Triple M Melbourne]] Retrieved 18 June 2011.</ref> Recognising the band's disfavour among music critics during their career,<ref>[[Dave Marsh|Marsh, Dave]]. "Sez Who? Bands & Singers Critics Love to Hate". ''New Book of Rock Lists''. [[Sidgwick & Jackson]]. 1994.</ref> [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] ranked ''Breakfast in America'' second on its "Records it's OK to Love" list in 2006.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060224054627/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm Guilty Pleasures!: Essential Playlist of the 115 Records it's OK to Love]}}. [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]]. September 2006. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk</ref>
In 2000 it was voted No. 294 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=124}}</ref>

"The Logical Song" won the 1979 [[Ivor Novello Awards|Ivor Novello Award]] for "Best Song Musically and Lyrically".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/pop-ballads-bite-back-in-lyrical-fashion-david-lister-charts-a-sea-change-away-from-rap-towards-memorable-melodies-1438995.html |title=Pop ballads bite back in lyrical fashion: David Lister charts a sea change away from rap towards memorable melodies |access-date=21 March 2012 |last=Lister |first=David |date=28 May 1994 |work=Independent.co.uk |publisher=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs credited to [[Rick Davies]] and [[Roger Hodgson]]. Listed below are the respective writers.

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Gone Hollywood
| length1 = 5:19
| writer1 = Davies
| extra1 = Davies and Hodgson
| title2 = [[The Logical Song]]
| length2 = 4:07
| writer2 = Hodgson
| extra2 = Hodgson
| title3 = [[Goodbye Stranger]]
| length3 = 5:46
| writer3 = Davies
| extra3 = Davies
| title4 = [[Breakfast in America (song)|Breakfast in America]]
| length4 = 2:37
| writer4 = Hodgson
| extra4 = Hodgson
| title5 = Oh Darling
| length5 = 3:43
| writer5 = Davies
| extra5 = Davies
| total_length = 21:32
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title6 = [[Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp song)|Take the Long Way Home]]
| writer6 = Hodgson
| extra6 = Hodgson
| length6 = 5:08
| title7 = Lord Is It Mine
| writer7 = Hodgson
| extra7 = Hodgson
| length7 = 4:08
| title8 = Just Another Nervous Wreck
| writer8 = Davies
| extra8 = Davies
| length8 = 4:22
| title9 = Casual Conversations
| writer9 = Davies
| extra9 = Davies
| length9 = 2:56
| title10 = Child of Vision
| writer10 = Hodgson
| extra10 = Hodgson and Davies
| total_length = 23:58
45:30
| length10 = 7:24
}}
{{Reflist|group=nb}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition, disc 2
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = The Logical Song
| note1 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer1 = Hodgson
| extra1 = Hodgson
| length1 = 4:06
| title2 = Goodbye Stranger
| note2 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer2 = Davies
| extra2 = Davies
| length2 = 6:11
| title3 = Breakfast in America
| note3 = live 1979 at Wembley
| writer3 = Hodgson
| extra3 = Hodgson
| length3 = 3:05
| title4 = Oh Darling
| note4 = live 1979 in Miami
| writer4 = Davies
| extra4 = Davies
| length4 = 4:21
| title5 = Take the Long Way Home
| note5 = live 1979 at Wembley
| writer5 = Hodgson
| extra5 = Hodgson
| length5 = 4:48
| title6 = Another Man's Woman
| note6 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer6 = Davies
| extra6 = Davies
| length6 = 7:32
| title7 = Even in the Quietest Moments
| note7 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer7 = Hodgson
| extra7 = Hodgson
| length7 = 5:36
| title8 = Rudy
| note8 = live 1979 at Wembley
| writer8 = Davies
| extra8 = Davies and Hodgson
| length8 = 7:29
| title9 = Downstream
| note9 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer9 = Davies
| extra9 = Davies
| length9 = 3:28
| title10 = [[Give a Little Bit]]
| note10 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer10 = Hodgson
| extra10 = Hodgson
| length10 = 4:03
| title11 = From Now On
| note11 = live 1979 at Wembley
| writer11 = Davies
| extra11 = Davies
| length11 = 6:53
| title12 = Child of Vision
| note12 = live 1979 at Pavillon de Paris
| writer12 = Hodgson
| extra12 = Hodgson and Davies
| length12 = 7:32
}}

==Reissues==
;1990 Remaster
In June 1990, [[MFSL]] re-released a remaster on Ultradisc™ 24 KT Gold CD from their "Original Master Recording" Collection.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Supertramp-Breakfast-In-America/release/1608139 |title=Supertramp - Breakfast in America (CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=June 1990 |website=discogs.com |access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref>

;2002 reissue
On 11 June 2002 [[A&M Records]] reissued ''Breakfast in America'' with full original album art, plus the label art from side one recreated on the CD. It was mastered from the original master tapes by [[Greg Calbi]] and Jay Messina at Sterling Sound, New York, 2002. The reissue was supervised by Bill Levenson with art direction by Vartan and design by Mike Diehl, with production coordination by Beth Stempel. It makes limited use of [[dynamic range compression]] and peak limiting, rejecting the [[loudness war]] trends of modern CD releases.

;2010 deluxe edition
A deluxe edition was released on 4 October 2010, including a second disc with songs recorded live in 1979, in particular songs not appearing on the live album ''[[Paris (Supertramp album)|Paris]]''.

;2010 super deluxe Edition
A super deluxe edition, which was released on 6 December 2010, includes the 2-disc deluxe edition CD, vinyl LP, poster, DVD, hardcover book, and other memorabilia.

;2013 Blu-ray high definition disc
A&M offers a High Definition Blu-ray Disc of the album. It contains the album in three different sound formats: 2-Channel PCM 24bit/96&nbsp;kHz, 2 Channel DTS-Master Audio 24bit/96&nbsp;kHz and 2-Channel Dolby True-HD 24bit/96&nbsp;kHz. This High Definition Blu-ray Disc is playable in all Blu-ray Disc players.

;2018 Remastered Hybrid SACD
On May 17, 2018, [[MFSL]] re-released a remaster on [[Super Audio CD|hybrid SACD]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Supertramp-Breakfast-In-America/release/12050380 |title=Supertramp - Breakfast in America (SACD, Hybrid, Stereo, Album, Numbered, Reissue, Remastered, Special Edition) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 17, 2018 |website=discogs.com |access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mofi.com/product-p/udsacd2189.htm |title=Supertramp - Breakfast in America Hybrid SACD |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=mofi.com |access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref>

==Personnel==
'''Supertramp'''
*[[Rick Davies]] – vocals and keyboards including [[clavinet]] on track 2<ref name="soundonsound.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-supertramp-logical-song | title=CLASSIC TRACKS: Supertramp 'The Logical Song'}}</ref>
*[[Roger Hodgson]] – vocals, keyboards and guitars including acoustic [[12-string guitar]] on track 2<ref name="soundonsound.com"/>
*[[John Helliwell]] – woodwinds, backing vocals 
*[[Bob Siebenberg]] (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – drums
*[[Dougie Thomson]] – bass

'''Additional personnel'''
*[[Dick Hyde (musician)|Slyde Hyde]] – [[tuba]] and [[trombone]]
*Gary Mielke – [[Oberheim]] programming

'''Production'''
*[[Peter Henderson (record producer)|Peter Henderson]] – producer, engineer
*Supertramp – producer
*[[Lenise Bent]] – assistant engineer
*Jeff Harris – assistant engineer
*[[Greg Calbi]] – remastering (2002)
*Jay Messina – remastering (2002)
*Russel Pope – concert sound engineer
*Mike Doud – art direction, cover art concept, artwork
*[[Mick Haggerty]] – art direction, cover design
*Mark Hanauer – photography
*[[Aaron Rapoport]] – cover photo

==Charts==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
===Original Album===
====Weekly charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Breakfast in America''
!Chart (1979-80)
!Position
|-
! scope="row"| Argentinian Albums<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-07-14.pdf |title= International Best Sellers |publisher=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|page=38|issn=0008-7289 |access-date=17 February 2023}}</ref>
|align="center"|5
|-
! scope="row" | Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |publisher=Australian Chart Book |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| 1
|-
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=4743a|refname=CAN1|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 23
|-
!scope="row"| French Albums ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |archive-date=22 October 2014}} ''Select ''Supertramp'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref>
| align="center"| 1
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|1|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|chartid=3265|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums (''[[Musica e dischi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php|title=Classifiche|work=[[Musica e dischi]]|language=it|access-date=January 5, 2025}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Supertramp".</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 2
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([[AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st |date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}<!--|access-date=26 January 2011--></ref> 
|1
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|2|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|3|date=19790506|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Supertramp|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (2000-05)
!Position
|-
{{album chart|Spain|77|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|85|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (2010-15)
!Position
|-
{{album chart|France|105|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Italy|26|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (2019)
!Position
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|109|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast in America|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|77|date=20190301|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|}
{{col-2}}

====Year-end charts====
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Breakfast in America''
!Chart (1979)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums Chart ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart" />
|1
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums ([[Ö3 Austria]])<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://austriancharts.at/1979_album.asp 
 |title=Austriancharts.st – Jahreshitparade 1979 
 |publisher=Hung Medien 
 |language=de 
 |format=ASP 
 |access-date=4 October 2011 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011232120/http://austriancharts.at/1979_album.asp 
 |archive-date=11 October 2011
}}</ref>
|2
|-
{{album chart|Canada|1|chartid=6920|refname=CAN2|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums ([[SNEP]])<ref name="frayearend">{{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1979.php |title=Les Albums (CD) de 1979 par InfoDisc |language=fr |format=PHP |publisher=infodisc.fr |access-date=11 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221165657/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1979.php |archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPYearend79">{{cite web|url=http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1979.html|date=1979|work=年アルバム年間ヒットチャート|title=Japanese Year-End Albums Chart 1979|publisher=Oricon|language=ja|access-date=12 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203121715/http://entamedata.web.fc2.com/music/music_a1979.html|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|29
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref name="UKYearend">{{cite web
 |url=http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html 
 |title=Complete UK Year-End Album Charts 
 |access-date=4 October 2011 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519050548/http://chartheaven.9.forumer.com/a/complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21.html 
 |archive-date=19 May 2012
}}</ref>
|4
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref name="USYearend">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSQEAAAAMBAJ&q="Supertramp"&pg=PT59|title=Billboard.com – Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200|last1=Nielsen Business Media |first1=Inc|access-date=4 May 2013|date=22 December 1979}}</ref>
|5
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
!Chart (1980)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0275&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0275.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0275|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1980|website=[[Library and Archives Canada]]|access-date=16 March 2025}}</ref>
|44
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard 200]]''<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GyUEAAAAMBAJ&q="Supertramp"&pg=PT79|title=Billboard.com – Year End Charts – Year-end Albums – The Billboard 200|last1=Nielsen Business Media |first1=Inc |date=20 December 1980}}</ref>
|21
|}
{{col-end}}

===Deluxe Edition===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!Chart (2010)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|86|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast In America - Deluxe Edition|rowheader=true|refname=Wallonia86|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Spain|62|artist=Supertramp|album=Breakfast In America - Deluxe Edition|rowheader=true|refname=Spain62|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|}

== Certifications and sales ==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Breakfast in America''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Australia|award=Gold|relyear=1979|certyear=1980|certref=<ref name="gold awards">{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22double+gold+in%22 |first=Joseph|last=Murrells|publisher=[[Barrie & Jenkins]]|page=482|date=31 December 1984|access-date=1 May 2013|isbn = 9780713438437}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Belgium|award=Gold|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|certref=<ref name="gold awards"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Canada|award=Diamond|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|salesamount=1,500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-04-12.pdf|title=Anne Murray Nabs 4 Junos In Top Canada Competition|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|via=World Radio History|first=David|last=Farrell|page=62|date=12 April 1980|accessdate=3 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Denmark|award=Gold|id=14981|certyear=2025|access-date=3 February 2025}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=France|award=Platinum|source=infodisc|certyear=1980|salesamount=3,200,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/soir/quel-est-le-disque-le-plus-vendu-en-france-de-tous-les-temps-25-09-2020-12625130.php|publisher=[[Le Télégramme]]|title=Quel est le disque le plus vendu en France de tous les temps ?|author=Steven Leroy|date=25 September 2020|language=french|accessdate=3 August 2022}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Germany|award=Platinum|relyear=1979}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Greece|award=Gold|salesamount=50,000|salesref=<ref name=GR/>|relyear=1979|certref=<ref name=GR>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1980/CB-1980-03-01.pdf|title=Supertramp Gets Gold|magazine=[[Cash Box]]|via=World Radio History|page=45|date=1 March 1980|accessdate=30 November 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Israel|award=Gold|salesamount=20,000|type=album|artist=Supertramp|title=Breakfast in America|relyear=1979|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1979/CB-1979-10-27.pdf|title=Supertramp - Gold in Israel|publisher=Cash Box|page=56|date=27 October 1979}}</ref>|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciQEAAAAMBAJ&q=israel+gold+20,000+billboard&pg=PT88|title=Israeli Awards|publisher=Billboard|page=57|date=27 August 1982|access-date=14 November 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=Supertramp|title=Breakfast in America|relyear=1979|note=1979 sales|certyear=1979|salesamount=500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite news|title=Ai re del disco, oro, argento e platino |newspaper=[[La Stampa]]|page=17|date=15 December 1982|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,15/articleid,1045_01_1982_0275_0017_15039307/|first=Marinella|last=Venegoni|language=it|quote=gli è andato 11 ■disco di platino», destinato a chi ha raggiunto il mezzo milione di copie vendute... mentre il «Disco d'oro» (che sta invece a significare le raggiunte 250 mila copie di vendita)|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,7/articleid,0958_02_1988_0088_0007_25010679/|publisher=[[La Stampa]]|title=Carri, vecchi Supertramp|author=Marinella Venegoni|date=11 April 1988|accessdate=30 November 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=album|award=Platinum|artist=Supertramp|title=Breakfast in America|relyear=1979|note=sales since 2009|certyear=2021|accessdate=March 15, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan (Oricon Charts)|nocert=yes|salesamount=178,000|salesref=<ref name="Jachart2">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=[[Roppongi]], [[Tokyo]]|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9<!--|access-date=26 May 2010-->}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Netherlands|award=Platinum|relyear=1979|certyear=1979|access-date=July 14, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|id=1979-07-13|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|relyear=1979}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Norway|award=Gold|relyear=1979|certref=<ref name="gold awards"/>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Portugal|award=Gold|number=2|relyear=1979|certref=<ref name="gold/platinum awards">{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22double+gold+in%22 |first=Joseph|last=Murrells|publisher=[[Barrie & Jenkins]]|page=482|date=31 December 1984|access-date=1 May 2013|isbn = 9780713438437}}
*{{cite book|title=Million selling records from the 1900s to the 1980s: an illustrated directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Spain+and+Portugal%22 |first=Joseph|last=Murrells|publisher=[[Barrie & Jenkins]]|page=493|date=31 December 1984|access-date=1 May 2013|isbn = 9780713438437}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Supertramp|nocert=true|salesamount=100,000|title=Breakfast in America|salesref=<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1980/Music-Weel-1980-04-19.pdf|journal=[[Music Week]]|title=CBS's Klintebergoptimistic|page=Supplement 8|date=19 April 1980|accessdate=23 December 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Switzerland|award=Gold|relyear=1979}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=United Kingdom|award=Platinum|relyear=1979|id=1067-13-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1979}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Europe|nocert=true|salesamount=4,000,000|note=1978-1985 sales|salesref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1985/BB-1985-06-08.pdf|title=International Viewpoint|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Mike|last=Hennessey|via=World Radio History|page=9|date=9 June 1985|accessdate=30 November 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Breakfast in America|artist=Supertramp|type=album|region=Worldwide|nocert=true|salesamount=20,000,000|salesref=<ref name="bbc"/>|accessdate=30 November 2021}}
{{certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}}

==Awards==
'''[[Grammy Awards]]'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:550px;"
|+ Grammy Awards for ''Breakfast in America''
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Category
|-
!scope="row"|1980
|[[Grammy Award for Best Recording Package|Best Recording Package]]
|-
!scope="row"|1980
|[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical]]
|}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:550px;"
|+ Grammy Award nominations for ''Breakfast in America''
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Category
|-
!scope="row"|1980
|[[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]]
|-
!scope="row"|1980
|[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals|Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals]]
|}

==See also==
* [[1979 in music]]
* [[List of best-selling albums]]
* [[List of best-selling albums in France]]
* [[List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 1979|List of ''Billboard'' 200 number-one albums of 1979]]
* [[List of Canadian number-one albums of 1979]]
* [[List of number-one albums in Australia during the 1970s#1979|List of number-one albums in Australia in 1979]]
* [[List of top 25 albums for 1979 in Australia]]

== References ==
{{notelist-ua}}
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/how-supertramp-made-the-classic-breakfast-in-america|title=How Supertramp made the classic Breakfast In America|work=Loudersound (Prog)|date=27 March 2020}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/supertramp-breakfast-in-america-album-roger-hodgson-rick-davies-a9476271.html|title=Why Supertramp's Breakfast in America goes beyond cheese|first=Mark|last=Beaumont|work=Independent|date=23 April 2020}}
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=188–189|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}
*{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/supertramp-breakfast-in-america/|title=When Supertramp Blew Up With 'Breakfast in America'|first=Jeff|last=Giles|work=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=29 March 2016}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/supertramp-breakfast-in-america|title="There have never been fisticuffs in this band… Just tense silences": How Supertramp made the classic Breakfast In America|first=Paul|last=Lester|work=Loudersound (Prog)|date=16 March 2024}}
*{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/supertramp-breakfast-in-america-911-conspiracy-theory/|title=Did Supertramp's 'Breakfast in America' Cover Art Predict 9/11?|first=Dave|last=Lifton|work=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=7 March 2016}}
*{{cite web|url=https://english.elpais.com/culture/2023-06-05/how-hit-album-breakfast-in-america-proved-supertramps-undoing.html|title=How hit album 'Breakfast In America' proved Supertramp's undoing|first=Carlos|last=Marcos|work=El Pais|date=5 June 2023}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/cereal-conspiracy-theories-911-curious-legacy-supertramps-breakfast/|title=Cereal, conspiracy theories and 9/11: the curious legacy of Supertramp's Breakfast In America|first=Neil|last=McCormick|work=Telegraph|date=18 June 2020}}
*{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/supertramp-breakfast-in-america-anniversary-8504750/|title='Breakfast in America': On the Album That Turned Supertramp Into Superstars (And Triggered Their Dissolution)|first=Corbin|last=Reiff|magazine=Billboard|date=29 March 2019}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/supertramp-breakfast-in-america-album/|title='Breakfast In America': Supertramp Dine At Rock's Top Table|first=Paul|last=Sexton|work=Udiscovermusic|date=29 March 2024}}

== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|25362|type=album}}

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