It Was the Best of Times selections from Supertramp's career to that point, still eschewing their first two LPs, without really adding anything to the portrait painted by the slimmer edition." All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, except where noted. It Was the Best of Times It Was the Best of Times is the third live album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 1999. The album title makes use of the opening line from "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens. "It Was the Best of Times" was recorded in September 1997 at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England,
The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1961 The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1961 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 1961. The most popular titles of the year were "Hawaii" by "James Michener", "The Agony and the Ecstasy", by Irving Stone and "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger with respectively 12, 27 and 10 weeks at the top, "Hawaii" continuing from a very long run in 1960, and "Franney and Zooey" continuing into 1962 at the top of the list. The only other book to top the list that year was "The