Supertramp - Crime of the Century
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Free Music Notes for Crime of the Century
Free Music Review: CRIME OF THE ..............................................
Hit: 5 Stars
THIS ALBUM IS FANTASTIC. IT'S ACTUALLY THE 2ND SUPERTRAMP I PURCHASED BUT IT IS MY FAVORITE(I ACTUALLY HAVE EVERY STUDIO RELEASED ALBUM OF SUPERTRAMP). I REALLY LOVE "HIDE IN YOUR SHELL"(MY FAVORITE SUPERTRAMP SONG). I'VE LISTENED TO THIS CLASSIC SONG 10 TIMES IN A ROW IN ONE SITTING. IT'S A SONG THAT YOU JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH. I ALSO REALLY LIKE SCHOOL, RUDY, DREAMER & ASYLUM. THEY TEND TO BRING OUT YOUR EMOTIONS. RICK DAVIES & RODGER HODGSON WERE QUITE A DUO. PLEASE DO YOUR FANS A FAVOR & TOUR AGAIN. DO ME A FAVOR & STOP IN KC.
THANKS VERY MUCH!
TOM B
Free Music Review: anthologic moment of synfonic pop
Hit: 5 Stars
i've listen this album for thousndas twices and always i like it.'school' and 'crime of the century' are insuperables.
Free Music Review: should have bought breakfast in america
Hit: 3 Stars
a little too cerebral for someone new to Supertramp like myselfFree Music Review: Making Statements with Finesse
Hit: 4 Stars
A variant of progressive rock that some have called sophisto-rock, Supertramp never really broke any new ground - beginning with Century, they just produced a consummate trio of albums confirming that meaningful music doesn't have to be obscure and that listen-ability is preferable to the pursuit of originality for the mere sake of originality.Century wasn't their first album. I still have the vinyl versions of their eponymous debut and their follow-up "Indelibly Stamped". However, Century was the first album to bridge prog for the masses, mixing the layered instrumental harmonics of the prog genre with the hooks and melodies of mainstream rock. The result is an album that progerati will often denigrate as a "sellout", "prog lite" or "dumbed down". Ignore such arrogant snobbery. Century is an inspired album with some truly captivating songs. It starts with one of the most sublime of album intros: "School" is not only a brooding musical statement with a memorable instrumental midsection, but provides an intelligent counterpoint to that other prog anthem, Floyd's "The Wall", making a more thoughtful protest than the trite, "...We don't need no education". Throughout their careers, Supertramp railed against the creativity-stifling straightjacket of rote schooling, but there is a stark clarity and clean simplicity to "School" that sets it above their later efforts in tracks like the "Logical Song".
The remaining songs are just as well crafted. Hide In Your Shell, Dreamer and Rudy decry the isolation that pervades modern culture. Bloody Well Right attacks bloody mindedness. Crime of the Century, the titled album track, rounds things off with a biting indictment: "Who are these men of lust, greed and glory?/Rip off the masks and let's see./But that's not right - oh no, what's the story?/There's you and there's me/That can't be right..."
Want to make the world a better place? Start with the face you see in the mirror.
Any band willing to confront hypocrisy this frankly is worth listening to. And when the message is combined with such fine musicianship, the result is an album of major stature.
A final note on the quality of the recording: make sure you purchase this digitally remastered version. I own both the older A&M disk and the newer one and the difference is like night and day. The murky sludgy sound of the prior effort was a terrible insult to the vinyl original, but this new one sounds, if anything, better than its progenitor.
Free Music Review: No Crime in this Re-release
Hit: 5 Stars
The high fidelity of the remastered "Crime of the Century" is astounding... it sounds as if it were recorded yesterday! Because the record has so many low slung, atmospheric and moody parts, this remastered version is really essential. Keyboard interludes on "School," "Bloody Well Right" and "Crime of the Century" are brought to the forefront and the intricate percussion sections seem more isolated than before (being a good thing). This is classic material from an overachieving band, sort of (Pink) Floydian is it's celebral aspirations. What more can be said? Oh yeah, love the cover art!