Supertramp - Crisis? What Crisis?
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Free Music Notes for Crisis? What Crisis?
Free Music Review: In Japanese the Word Crisis is the Same Word as Opportunity
Hit: 4 Stars
Throw all your preconceptions out the door. This is not really "rock" because there is really nothing to protest or be angry about. It's not "pop" because what Supertramp sings about is highly personal and complex.
This music shows people at their most vulnerable. Who of us growing up did not feel being completely isolated and misunderstood? It's so poignant and sad, but it never gets sappy.
I still don't know how Roger Hodgson can sing a song like "The Meaning" or a 7 minute masterpiece like "Hide in Your Shell" off the Crimes of the Century album, and keep me "right there" with him the entire time. It's inexplicable.
Also, you have Rick Davies on keyboard, who has a more sarcastic, abrasive voice, and which is a perfect counterpoint for Roger's voice. It's kind of like Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who. They're able to express the full gamut of young male adult emotions.
Sit back and enjoy!
Free Music Review: Supertramp's sadly overlooked classic 32 years later
Hit: 5 Stars
English art rockers Supertramp's fourth album entitled Crisis? What Crisis? was released in November of 1975.
Like its predecessor, 1974's Crime of the Century, the album was once again co-produced by the band and Ken Scott.
Crisis? What Crisis? was the second album by the band's classic lineup which were the two singer-songwriters Rick Davies( keyboards) and Roger Hodgson (guitars and occasional keyboards), saxophonist/woodwind expert John Helliwell, bass player Dougie Thomson and drummer Bob C. Benberg. This new lineup did a superb job fleshing out the sound and managed to do a great job of embelishing the prog pop sound that Davies and Hodgson had developed.
Hodgson's interest in spiritual themes comes to the fore with this album (although it was hinted at previously). Roger's guitar driven one-two punch of "Easy Does It" and "Sister Moonshine" kick the album off in full throttle. The latter track is called by some as the lost sequel to The Beatles' Here Comes The Sun (Hodgson is a huge Beatles nut). Hodgson also contributed the lovely "A Soapbox Opera", "Lady", "Meaning" and the acoustic-tinged closer "Two of Us".
Davies crafted four songs on this album starting with the shuffling "Ain't Nobody But Me" (a minor hit when released). That track was the first in a long string of Davies sung songs that played with the traditional pop love song in new and surprising ways. The playing on this particular track showcased the strengths of the band's new sound. Despite its quirkiness (and had an instrumental arrangement that matches the quirky, anti-love song sentiments) but doesn't try to coast on just that single merit. Rick's other tracks like the rocking "Another Man's Woman", the ballads "Poor Boy" and "Just a Normal Day" (which had Roger sharing vocals) are also great tunes.
Although Crisis tanked upon its release, peaking at a dismal #51 compared to Crime's Top 40 peak, Crisis sounds stunning today.
The remastering, done painstakingly by Greg Calbi and Jay Messina made the album sound much better than it did when first released.
Highly recommended!
Free Music Review: As good as it ever was
Hit: 5 Stars
I first bought this album when it came out on vinyl in the 70's. I became a Supertramp fan back then and am still so now nearly 30 odd years on. I guess soft rock is one of my favourite music genres and "Crisis? What Crisis?" fills the bill admirably. I'm happy that I was able to obtain a copy on CD.
Free Music Review: A Classic
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this album along with Crime of the Century in a fit of nostalgia but have certainly not regretted it. These are the two definitive Supertramp albums and fit my definition of "Classics". A good classic should sound good now, it may have some associations with the times it was released but has to rise above the comment "good example of the genre". These do. Free Music Review: Every Bit As Good As Crime of the Century
Hit: 5 Stars
There is a perception out there that Supertramp took a step backward from Crime of the Century with the release of this album. I disagree. It is another 5 star classic. I put it right up there with Crime, and there are times I'll put this CD on first if I want a Supertramp fix.
The vocals from Hodgson and Davies are top notch again. Not many bands can claim to have two high quality lead singers. The "environmentally and spiritually conscious" theme of the CD make this one especially relevant even today.