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 1946 The New York Times Fiction Best Sellers of 1946 This is a list of adult fiction books that topped "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list in 1946. The most popular title was "The Hucksters" which spent much of the latter half of the year (19 weeks) at the top of the list and a total of 35 weeks among the top 15. During its reign at the top, it was challenged, but never toppled, by two recognized classics, George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men", neither of which ever reached the top spot.