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Better by Far

Released

July 1977

Recorded

March - April 1977

Studio

Utopia Studios, London

Length

43:25

Caravan chronology

Blind Dog at St. Dunstans
(1976)

Better by Far
(1977)

The Album
(1980)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Better by Far is the eighth studio album by Canterbury scene rock band Caravan.

Track listing

All songs composed by Pye Hastings, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Feelin' Alright"		3:31
2.	"Behind You"		5:04
3.	"Better by Far"		3:27
4.	"Silver Strings"	Geoff Richardson	3:58
5.	"The Last Unicorn"	Richardson	5:52

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Give Me More"		4:40
2.	"Man in a Car"	Jan Schelhaas	5:43
3.	"Let It Shine"		4:27
4.	"Nightmare"		6:23

Personnel

Vicki Brown – vocals on "Give Me More"
Fiona Hibbert – harp on "Man in a Car"
Tony Visconti – recorders on "The Last Unicorn"; electric double bass on "Man in a Car"

Caravan

Caravan
Pye Hastings Geoffrey Richardson Jan Schelhaas Jim Leverton Mark Walker Richard Coughlan Richard Sinclair Dave Sinclair Steve Miller Derek Austin Stuart Evans John G. Perry Mike Wedgwood Dek Messecar Doug Boyle Simon Bentall Jimmy Hastings
Studio albums	Caravan If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You In the Land of Grey and Pink Waterloo Lily For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night Cunning Stunts Blind Dog at St. Dunstans Better by Far The Album Back to Front Cool Water The Battle of Hastings The Unauthorized Breakfast Item Paradise Filter It's None of Your Business
Live albums	Caravan and the New Symphonia Live at the Fairfield Halls, 1974 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert Live: Canterbury Comes to London Songs for Oblivion Fishermen Ether Way: BBC Sessions 1975-77 Surprise Supplies Green Bottles for Marjorie: The Lost BBC Sessions
Compilation albums	The Show of Our Lives The Best of Caravan – Canterbury Tales Travelling Man All Over You...Too The Show of Our Lives – Caravan at the BBC 1968–1975 The World Is Yours – The Anthology 1968-1976
Related bands	Bruford Camel Delivery Earthworks Egg Gong Hatfield and the North In Cahoots Khan Matching Mole National Health Soft Heap Soft Machine Uriel The Wilde Flowers

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