It Was the Best of Times 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, UK during the "It's About Time" tour (set up in support of the "Some Things Never Change" studio album). The band includes vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Mark Hart performing songs originally sung by Roger Hodgson. Supertramp are also augmented by
The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1948 The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1948 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 1948. The American publisher Bennett Cerf noted that there had been "only three novels published [in 1948] that were worth reading ... "Cry, The Beloved Country", "The Ides of March", and "The Naked and the Dead"." Only "Cry" did not top the list that year. A total of ten other novels did, however, with most titles spending only a few weeks at the top. The strongest performing title was "The Naked and