The Unauthorised Breakfast Item

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

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]

Track listing

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

All tracks are written by Pye Hastings, except as noted below.^[3]

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"