Take The Long Way Home
	Produced by Supertramp and Peter Henderson
	Released on October 6, 1979
	US CHART POSITION #10 (charted Oct. 13, 1979 for 15 weeks)
	Find it at GEMM
2193-S wo. picture sleeve [high resolution scan]

A ppearing in mid-album, “Take The Long Way Home” served as Breakfast’s mid-life assessment. I couldn’t tell you whether the song is autobiographical, but it’s written from the perspective of a rock and roll star whose real life is falling apart. Very Kinksian in its self-effacing presentation of the rock & roll star (shades of Soap Opera). The promo (which I own) features an edited version where about a half-minute each is shaved from the intro and outro, plus the original long version. Despite the missing minute, the edited version doesn’t lose a thing except unnecessary weight. “Rudy” is a disco epic that dates back from Crime of the Century.

2193-S promo single

TRACK LISTING

UK 7-inch single

1. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME
2. FROM NOW ON
   
   US 7-inch promo
   
1. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (EDITED VERSION)    (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)    4:03
2. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (LONG VERSION)    (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)    5:02
   
   US/CAN/FRA 7-inch single
   
1. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME    (Rick Davies/Roger Hodgson)    5:02
2. RUDY    (Roger Hodgson/Rick Davies)    5:40
   
   US 7-inch single reissue
   
1. TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME (EDIT)
2. IT'S RAINING AGAIN

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