The Unauthorised Breakfast Item

The Unauthorised Breakfast Item
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 tracks are written by Pye Hastings, except as noted below. ^[3]

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	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"	Dave Sinclair	8:54
10.	"Linders Field"	Doug Boyle	3:38
Total length:			60:07

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	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)	Richard Coughlan, Hastings, D. Sinclair, Richard Sinclair	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

1. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album review by Dave Lynch, releases & credits". www.AllMusic.com. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
2. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album reviews by Mark Hughes & Nigel Camilleri". www.dprp.net. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
3. "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.
• Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com