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| 1. School |
| 2. Bloody Well Right |
| 3. Hide In Your Shell |
| 4. Asylum |
| 5. Dreamer |
| 6. Rudy |
| 7. If Everyone Was Listening |
| 8. Crime Of The Century |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Supertramp's superb breakthrough 30 years on,
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This review is from: Crime Of The Century (Audio CD)
When English rockers Supertramp released their third album Crime of the Century in October of 1974, the band had been together for almost four years and went through hardships before recording this album. The only holdovers from the original Supertramp lineup in 1969 were the two main songwriters and vocalists, guitarist and occasional keyboardist Roger Hodgson and keyboardist Rick Davies. In late 1973, Hodgson and Davies reformed the group which featured fellow Englishman John Helliwell on saxophones, woodwinds and occasional keyboards (he would also bring along his excellent sense of humor to the band and like Hodgson and Davies was an Englishman), a Scotsman named Dougie Thomson on bass guitar and drummer Bob C. Benberg(Siebenberg), whom hailed from Southern California, USA. The new lineup of the band went into Ramport Studios(owned by The Who) with producer Ken Scott(whom worked with artists like David Bowie, Elton John and The Beatles) and created their first masterpiece. The album kicks off with Hodgson's School with a classic Hodgson guitar riff and the haunting harmonica by Davies and complete with school kids playing. Next is Davies' Bloody Well Right which has a memorable chorus and was Supertramp's first American Top 40 hit in early 1975. Hide in Your Shell is my fave Hodgson track on this album and has a synth effect played by a saw with a violin bow. The first half concludes with my favorite Davies track on Crime entitled Asylum, which is about the character of Rudy going insane and complete with cuckoo clocks at the end and Davies saying he's mad mad mad. Side two(the second half) kicks off with Dreamer, which was Supertramp's first UK Top 20 hit and a classic Hodgson track. Next, is the album's tour-de-force Rudy, which is a classic Rick Davies composition. If Anyone Was Listening is next and has a Beatles kind of vibe to it since Hodgson was a Beatles nut. The album concludes with the title track which had Davies' blues and jazz influences and the lyrics summed up the album in a nutshell. Crime was the beginning of the classic Supertramp era and was the first album to hit the US Top 40 and eventually went Gold(it would hit Gold after the success of Even in the Quietest Moments in 1977). Today, this album stills holds up 30 years after its release, especially with the remastering superbly done by Greg Calbi and Supertramp engineer Jay Messina, whom painstakingly remastered this album in 2002.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW!!,
By pety brawl (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Crime Of The Century (Audio CD)
I am only 31 years old (only 2 when this album came out!!!) After hearing this album, I must say this is a masterpiece!!!! for 1974, WAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME!!! Beyond Words!!!!!! I am surprised this doesn't stand in the same ranks as Pink Floyd's "The Wall" or "Dark side of the Moon".....So incredible!!!!! Beautiful, emotional, transcendent!!!!! A SHEER MASTERPIECE!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another Great From SUPERTRAMP,
By Luap Van Horn "THE NOSE" (Niagara Falls, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Crime Of The Century (Audio CD)
I loved ALL the songs on this CD. I can't descripe each one but overall, they have done a fantastic job on this one! Van Horn.
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