Rick Davies Solo Albums and Supertramp Discography
Rick Davies co-founded Supertramp in 1969 and remained the only constant member through lineup changes and label shifts. The band's studio albums include Supertramp (1970), Indelibly Stamped (1971), Crime of the Century (1974), Crisis? What Crisis? (1975), Even in the Quietest Moments (1977), Breakfast in America (1979), Paris (1980), ...Famous Last Words... (1982), Brother Where You Bound (1985), Free as a Bird (1987), Some Things Never Change (1997), Slow Motion (2002), and the compilation album Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology (2005). Davies released the solo album Rick Davies' Private Parts & Pieces (1984) and Private Parts & Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion (1987), followed by the compilation album The Best of Rick Davies (2020) on streaming platforms Apple Music. The Supertramp catalog generated over 50 million album sales worldwide, with Breakfast in America certified 4× Platinum in the United States by the RIAA and 3× Platinum in the United Kingdom by the BPI. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart, driven by the singles "The Logical Song," "Goodbye Stranger," and "Breakfast in America."
Rick Davies' solo work has charted on the Billboard Independent Albums and UK Independent Albums charts, though with lower unit volumes than the Supertramp releases. Private Parts & Pieces reached the top 10 on the UK Independent Albums chart and has been reissued on vinyl and digital formats by Esoteric Recordings. The album's sales are tracked by Luminate and reported in the Official Charts Company's independent label data. Davies' catalog generated an estimated 2.1 million on-demand audio and video streams per month across Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube as of the latest Luminate mid-year report, with Breakfast in America accounting for roughly 40 percent of total Supertramp streams.
Album Sales, Certifications, and Chart Rankings
Breakfast in America is the best-selling Rick Davies album, with over 4 million copies sold in the United States alone, earning 4× Platinum certification from the RIAA. In the United Kingdom, the album has shipped over 900,000 units, qualifying for 3× Platinum status under the BPI scheme. Other Supertramp albums with RIAA certifications include Crime of the Century (2× Platinum), Even in the Quietest Moments (Platinum), and ...Famous Last Words... (Platinum). The album Even in the Quietest Moments reached number 1 on the Canadian RPM Albums chart and number 2 on the Billboard 200, while Crisis? What Crisis? peaked at number 1 on the Australian Kent Music Report albums chart.
Rick Davies albums have appeared on year-end Billboard 200 charts in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with Breakfast in America ranking at number 4 on the 1979 year-end chart and number 11 on the 1980 year-end chart. The album has spent over 100 weeks on the Billboard 200 cumulative chart. Supertramp's catalog has been managed by A&M Records, Interscope Records, and BMG Rights Management across different territories and reissue