The Unauthorized Breakfast Item

The Unauthorized Breakfast Item is a studio album by progressive rock band Caravan, released in 2003.[3]

The Unauthorized Breakfast Item
Studio album by Caravan
Released	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 Unauthorized 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]

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).[4]

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Smoking Gun (Right for Me)"	5:36
2.	"Revenge"	5:15
3.	"The Unauthorized 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

1. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album review by Dave Lynch, releases & credits". www.AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
2. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album reviews by Mark Hughes & Nigel Camilleri". www.dprp.net. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
3. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album reviews & credits". www.ProgArchives.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
4. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album releases & credits". www.Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-02-10.

External links

• Lynch, Dave. "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) album review". Retrieved 2009-04-10.
• "Caravan - The Unauthorised Breakfast Item (2003) - Reviews, Track Listing, Clips, Credits - ARTISTdirect Music". www.artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
• Caravan - The Unauthorized Breakfast Item (2003) album to be listened as stream at Play.Spotify.com