The Unauthorised Breakfast Item

2003 studio album by Caravan

Studio album by

Caravan

Released

2003 (2003)

Genre

Progressive rock, Canterbury scene

Length

60:07

Label

Eclectic Discs

Producer

Julian Gordon Hastings

Caravan chronology

Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974
(2002)

The Unauthorised Breakfast Item
(2003)

The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
DPRP	^[2]

The Unauthorised Breakfast Item is the thirteenth studio album by progressive rock band Caravan, released in 2003.

Track listing

All songs by Pye Hastings, except "Nowhere to Hide" (Dave Sinclair), "Linders Field" (Doug Boyle) and "For Richard... Live in Quebec City" (Richard Coughlan, Pye Hastings, Dave Sinclair and Richard Sinclair).^[3]

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Smoking Gun (Right for Me)"	5:36
2.	"Revenge"	5:15
3.	"The Unauthorised Breakfast Item"	4:44
4.	"Tell Me Why"	6:16
5.	"It’s Getting a Whole Lot Better"	8:56
6.	"Head Above the Clouds"	7:21
7.	"Straight Through the Heart"	4:40
8.	"Wild West Street"	4:47
9.	"Nowhere to Hide"	8:54
10.	"Linders Field"	3:38
Total length:		60:07

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Smoking Gun (Right for Me)... Live in Japan"	7:56
2.	"The Unauthorised Breakfast Item... Live in Japan"	6:16
3.	"Tell Me Why... Live in Japan"	5:45
4.	"Revenge... Live in Japan"	5:42
5.	"For Richard... Live in Quebec City"	14:22
Total length:		40:01

Personnel

Pye Hastings – lead vocals, guitars
Geoffrey Richardson – viola, banjo, ukulele, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Doug Boyle – lead guitar
Jan Schelhaas – keyboards, backing vocals
Jim Leverton – bass, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Nowhere to Hide"
Richard Coughlan – drums

Additional personnel

Jimmy Hastings – tenor and soprano saxophone, flute
David Sinclair – keyboards on "Nowhere to Hide"
Simon Bentall – percussion
Ralph Cross – additional percussion on "The Unauthorised Breakfast Item"

References

^ "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album review by Dave Lynch, releases & credits". www.AllMusic.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
^ "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album reviews by Mark Hughes & Nigel Camilleri". www.dprp.net. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
^ "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album releases & credits". www.Discogs.com. Retrieved 10 February 2013.

External links

Lynch, Dave. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album review". Retrieved 10 April 2009.
"Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) - Reviews, Track Listing, Clips, Credits - ARTISTdirect Music". www.artistdirect.com. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
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