A new line-up was put together. Helliweg and Thompson had both played with The Alan Bown Set previously. Bob Siebenberg (also known as C. Benberg) had been with Bees Make Honey. In a make or break gambit A installed the group in Southcombe (a farmhouse in Somerset) and assigned first rate producer Ken Scott to work with them. The resulting album, Crime Of The Century, a semi-concept affair, excellently produced, brought them into the big time. It developed what became a distinctive electric piano rhythm-based sound epitomised by Dreamer, which was taken from the album, put out on 45 and peaked at No 13 in the UK. In the US(Bloody Well Right) the flip side to Dreamer in the UK made it to No 35. The follow-up Crisis? What Crisis was very similar in style and achieved a comparable level of success. It also climbed to No 44 in the US. Indeed as we reach the end of 1976 the band's best days were still to come. Breakfast In America was their magnum opus spawning no less than four hit singles, but it was all down hill after that although they stumbled along into the nineties
Side one
"Surely" – 0:31 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
"It's a Long Road" – 5:33 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
"Aubade"/"And I Am Not Like Other Birds of Prey" – 5:17 lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
"Words Unspoken" – 3:59 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
"Maybe I'm a Beggar" – 6:44 Lead vocals: Richard Palmer and Roger Hodgson
"Home Again" – 1:15 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
Side two
"Nothing to Show" – 4:53 Lead vocals: Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson
"Shadow Song" – 4:23 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
"Try Again" – 12:02 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson and Richard Palmer
"Surely (reprise)" – 3:08 Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
Richard Davies – organ, harmonica, piano, electric piano, vocals
Roger Hodgson – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, cello, flageolet, vocals
Bob Millar – drums, percussion, harmonica
Richard Palmer – acoustic guitar, balalaika, electric guitar, vocals
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