It Was the Best of Times is a live album by Supertramp. The title makes use of the opening line from A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. It was recorded in London at the Royal Albert Hall during the It's About Time tour in September 1997. This CD also features the song "Don't You Lie To Me" a blues song that the band had performed on their 1988 tour and the only song not written by a current or former band member. The band is augmented by additional players added for this album and tour as well as Slow Motion, the followup studio album recorded and released in 2002.
The album was pulled from performances of the band on tour to support Some Things Never Change, with vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Hart performing songs originally sung by Roger Hodgson. The Simple CD version was latter re-released under the name of "Live, 1997" in 2006.
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