Crime Of The Century

This might be more impressive, but Breakfast in America has all the bops. I should get into prog maybe.

Mid 2

Starts off fun, peaks at track 2 and then just becomes quite annoying.

It's fine. Very theatrical. This genre doesn't resonate with me.

I was originally going to compare this to a 70s musical meatloaf (lower case "m"). It's got elements of Pink Floyd, Genesis, Zeppelin, Bowie, even Bread - not so much as influence but straight up sections in a song before switching modes. It's certainly sound nice. But in the end it'snot very satisfying. So less meatloaf - which consists of throwing a bunch of stuff in a bowl of grond beef and baking it. In the end it make be overcooked but you know you've eaten something. This i was just left feeling like I wasn't sure what I was supposed to feel. Songs start to go somewhere and then don't. Some songs even sound nice - in the moment. So it's more KFC Famous Bowl then meatloaf.

It was fine, pretty standard 70s rock. Nothing that really stood out to me, nothing I’ve ever really revisit.

Bland. Uninteresting music. Not for me.

Very dynamic remaster. I love the production quality as it sounds and feels like microphones in a room capturing real humans on real instruments.

Wasn’t terrible but don’t think I’d listen to it again

Thought I would like this more! Very meh.

Just not my thing

Cheese

Sort of epic/psychadelic rock, reminds me of Pink Floyd a bit. Kinda mid, banging sax solo in "Crime of the Century". 3/10

Okay but nothing special

A mixture of prog and pop that would work better if it wasn't so stuck to certain definitions of both of those genres. Its idea of prog is long songs that jump between ideas, and its idea of pop is big choruses. These make for strange bedfellows; most of these songs start out as quiet and piano-driven before bursting abruptly into the choruses. The slow parts are uninspired and forgettable. The choruses are the best thing about the album: the horns on "Hide In Your Shell," the groove on "Rudy," the climax on the title track. Given the overwrought lyrics and unnecessary prog passages it feels like this was trying to be more than it needed to be - it could have just been a good pop album. As it is, the pop parts are the only thing saving it from getting a 1. (Granted, "Dreamer" is the one song that sticks to just being pop, and it's the most obnoxious, so maybe that's not true.)

Nope

4/10 I didn't want to be bored today, but here we are. 10-13-2025

This was probably pretty interesting stuff to the meat and potatoes crowd back in the day, but it's pretty boring now. I'm also not much of a Supertramp fan, so I'm biased. I've always found their vocalists' voices to be really grating. Plus the tunes are just boring soft rock that was let to get out of hand.

At its best it sounds like bad The Who.

meus sogros foram num cover de supertramp em cachoeira do campo eu fiquei curioso e fui escutar n achei bom de primeira de segunda eu tive certeza

I enjoyed the first few songs and then my interest tapered off as the album went on. But I liked it more than I expected to.

Once again, I'm surprised by how little I liked the album. I am, of course, familiar with all the big singles from Supertramp. I know I've heard parts of Breakfast In America and liked it. This one, though, didn't like it. Opening with a song about not liking school was kind of an eye roll right away. Things didn't seem to get much better from there. "Dreamer" is still a classic, but wasn't enough to save the album.

Supertramp never really did anything for me, I have known people who absolutely love them. In 2025, Supertramp still does nothing for me.

I tried to like this one, but I couldn't really get into it. It's a proper example of Brit prog rock from the early '70s... and I can see how it might have influenced others... but I simply didn't find it enjoyable. I think they hit a better stride 5 years later with the "Logical Song" era, frankly. They're finding their footing here, but they're also waffling about. The riffs are experimental and there's some soaring bits in there, but at no point was I wowed by it. I'm rather particular about vocalists, and I didn't look forward to the singing at any point during the album. I give it credit for effort, for the time it was produced in, but I think I've been spoiled by bands from later eras that try to do the same thing, but better.

Etter første gjennomhøring har jeg ikke egentlig lyst til å høre gjennom en gang til. Overfladisk og kjedelig. Noen fengende riff og soloer, men samlet sett forglemmelig og på en måte litt flaut. Ville ikke høre flere ganger.

Plodding and kind of boring. Maybe I'd feel differently if I was sitting on my porch smoking a fat one.

perusmeininkiä hitaanlaisesta hoilotuksesta

The biggest hit, School, was somewhat annoying and not that great. I'm familiar with Breakfast In America, which I prefer to this album. Not really my style

Crime of Supertramp: far too cheesy, unserious music discordant with the subject matter. And the songwriting is not good enough to pass it off as "urggg Bri'ish humour".

I've heard enough supertramp hits to know what an album would sound like. It didn't disappoint. Or rather it did a little.

Standouts School

Gives me Queen vibes

(38/100)

Sounds like Sherbet doing pink Floyd covers. I appreciate this is "good music" but it's not music I like. Not offensive but I won't be listening to it again

I feel that prog rock is so much effort (musically) for such little payoff (in terms of spark and feeling). This is album is no exception.

Aside from the iconic songs from Breakfast in America (notably "Goodbye Stranger," which I LOVE), I know next to nothing about Supertramp. There's a throwaway line in High Fidelity where John Cusack dismisses his ex's new boyfriend as a "Supertramp fan." I didn't even know they were British. This isn't grabby like Breakfast in America, but definitely offers a peek into their proggier early days. Not my thing, but a worthwhile listen.

Found this a bit boring after a while. Some of the songs were too long and Roger Hodgson’s voice started to annoy me after a few tracks.

This was a a surprising miss for me. I love classic rock and have enjoyed the supertramp and have enjoyed the few songs of theirs I have heard but this left me kinda blah. I can't even really put my finger on why. I may have to go back at another time and give it a second chance.

I think the instrumental bits were the best part of this album, but besides that (and I don’t typically use this word when describing albums) I thought the album as a whole was a bit weird. Like—I kept picturing the Muppets Show for some reason during these songs. Like, that kind of weird. If that makes any sense.

No soul. Orchestral arrangements not earned. I don’t ever want to hear these songs again.

None of the album really caught on for me.

it was okay, very 70’s sounding

Otro disco que musicalmente esta ok pero que no me llama la atención ni un poco, me faltaban 2 o 3 temas y lo deje porque me aburrió

Boring

Good, but very boring.

Kind of weak Some interesting sounds at times but like others said, it’s prog lite, or yacht prog, or like if Chicago tried to be cool and failed spectacularly

The first song surprised me, and I thought I was in store for an unexpected listen. But as it dragged on, I was disappointed. The Supertramp keyboard sound gets old.

To quote Lard: 70s Rock Must Die. I have always found prog rock/aor/this stuff boring. Unsurprisingly, I find this boring too. The band are great composers and musicians (so they get one additional star) but they should have learnt how to finish songs succinctly, rather than endless fadeouts after the next additional jazz odyssey. Please don't let there be more Supertramp in this list. 45 minutes of my life I won't get back, which felt like 4.5 hours.

The real "Crime of the Century" is that this album filled with generic lite-prog 70s rock is on this list over a different Supertramp album, Breakfast in America (which is at least a 4). Much like with Foo Fighters, the guide got this artist wrong and could've given them much better representation.

it's okay. i'm not gonna go out of my way to save this and listen to it more often.

For some reason I can't get it out my head that Supertramp are a 90s band, I think I've saved them in the same bit of my brain as Supergrass. With this incorrect assumption I was impressed that they'd pulled off this homage to Pink Floyd, it's not my thing but they'd really nailed the sound of the time. In actual fact it's just a band ripping off dark side of the moon which was released a year before. Consequently it had a lot of the issues I have with Floyd (dad rock with the bass turned up too high), though it was fairly listenable for one spin.

This was ok in parts, I just find it all a bit bland. Not interesting, unique, or good enough for this list. I knew dreamer, but I couldn't have told you it was supertramp. Think there were better tracks. 2.5ish for me. Think other bands have done it much better

Y'a yink du Styx pis du Supertramp. Jesse tu es HORS du band!

it's good but probably won't think about it again, dunno that this warrants being on this list

I love the instrumentals.

Kind of boring, it was fine.

No Logical Song :( Not a lot of fun and funky anything here, really.

Has good elements to it. But it lacks the humor and melody of early 10cc, the popcrsft of Roxy Music, and the muscle of King Crimson. More Yes than those bands, not a positive for me

Grest

Seemed farcical at best

I dont love prog rock. But apparently I don't love prog light either.

Super tramp was the nickname Len Houmous gave his 21st wife, Barbara. 2.4 2/8 Bloody Well Right

Though I'm included to say the 70s is the best decade for music based on my experience with this project so far, it also offers stuff like this. The soft, edgeless rock sound of this record that was prevalent in this period is just fundamentally intolerable to me.

The Crime of the Century is including this album on the 1001 list. Presumably Breakfast in America is coming later so I guess we're doing two Supertramp albums. I came to this primed to enjoy this album because the song Goodbye Stranger is a banger so I was rather disappointed for what was mostly an unforgivingly boring album full of songs that are escalators to nowhere. I'll start with a two because it's not gratingly terrible like Tommy but I reserve the right to revise this down to a one at a later date.

Sorry, I just find this super cheesy.

this was ok I suppose. Nothing at all stuck out but I didn’t hate it. It’s music.

Supertramp never really was a group that did much for me. The standouts if you want to call it that were "Bloody Well Right" and "Dreamer".

It's non-offensive and non-interesting

I wonder if Dan Bejar digs Supertramp. Probably.

Never been very drawn to Supertramp, and nothing in this album led me to regret that sentiment.

As luck would have it, just two or three weeks ago I decided I needed to listen to the whole of Supertramp’s classic album “Breakfast in America,” because I never had. If that’s on the list, that’ll be a 4/5 debate when it comes up. But bad luck for this album, I think, because I was expecting another collection of non-stop bangers and this ain’t it. Just okay.

Downcast. Theatrical. Sincere. Prog is the lowest genre, it smothers music in musicianship. This is near the top of prog, for what it's worth. "The nicest of the damned", in the words of a band not on this list. The songs with the good melodies are also from the ridiculous singer.

Listened in the truck via Amazon music. Soundscape was awesome but songs were not. Highlights were the guitar and key sounds.

Wrong (wrong), you're bloody well wrong, you got a bloody right to say this was a PASS

Not a big fan of yacht prog.

There’s nothing that tries so hard and yet does so little as 70s prog

The album that saved Supertramp...a couple of strong singles but the album is a bit boring. It may have been seen as great in the early 1970s, but by 2025 it's just nostalgia. An annoying example of prog-light pop.

Everything that sucks about 70s music distilled into one album

Totally uninteresting, but not actively bad

Good musicianship but a bit too cheesy for my taste

PRE-LISTENING: I am very vaguely familiar with the music of Supertramp but cannot imagine that this truly is an album I need to listen to before I die. I don't recognize any of the song titles but we shall see if any of it sounds familiar... LISTENING: The opening track ("School") does not sound even remotely familiar. Wikipedia says it was released as a single and was kind of a hit, which is wild to me. Wikipedia calls Track 2 ("Bloody Well Right") their "breakthrough hit" and again it doesn't sound remotely familiar. I have MAYBE heard "Dreamer" before? (Or more likely, it just sounds like generic Supertramp to me.) POST-LISTEN: Absolutely not an album anyone NEEDS to listen to.

While the album is undeniably Supertramp, it is a a certain showing of their progression toward Breakfast in America. It sounds more like a refinement, a demo album, than a noteworthy album.

Really liked the opening track and the piano solo but the rest of the tracks not something id revist maybe bloody well right. However not a bad album just felt the other tracks were flat & I see the effort put into this album with the different melodies and drum patterns just it didnt do it for me.

É incrível como eles forçaram esse piano em todas as músicas e ele não se encaixa em nenhuma.

Some good vocal parts. Some nice instrumentals at times. Periods where not a lot seemed to happen, and songs on the longer side. Not a huge fan overall.

Of it's time not sure if they wanted to be a prog band or more pop. Some good songs on it even the ones that reminded me of genesis

Not memorable but fine. 2 stars

Perfectly cromulent radio psych rock but nothing stands out enough for me to be ranked any higher.

ruined by classic rock radio

This was a tedious listen. I have no idea how it made the list.

I listened to this while I was running and I don’t remember feeling anything (positive or negative) about it.

Nice, but nothing that really grabbed me and made me want to listen.

It’s okay. Kind of hokey 70’s dad band. Not totally my jam

Meh. Not for me.Bloody Well Right is the best song. Asylum is an interesting song. Musically they great musicians its just not my bag.

Good production and instruments, but boring songs.

I'm a fan of prog rock, some of my favourite bands are prog rock bands. However, I found this album slow and boring.

Very Tommy-esque (derogatory). Last song was a banger tho

4/10

It's really late as I'm listening to this so I'm honestly not expecting much. Gonna try to be as objective as possible despite the non ideal hour. Supertramp is a band I know of from their "Breakfast in America" album which came out a few years after this. Expecting something very 1970's. Hoping for some catchy tunes and an accessible experience. School Cinematic opening. Promises something dramatic. Seems to be building up to something in the first verse. Kinda proggy. A dynamic track with some complexity to it, has a lot of really distinct parts and passages that are characterized by entirely different compositions. None of the verses repeat a single melody and the tempo changes a lot throughout the track. Love the extended piano passage. Interesting track, though perhaps a bit too ambitious, feels a bit unfocused. Decent. 3.5/5 Bloody Well Right Jazzy opening. The keys create a groove all on their own. Has some edge to it with the heavy distortion on the guitars. The at times yachty vocals don't really do much for me. Theres a certain underlying blues feeling to the track, it seems to hide under layers of instrumentation. Feels like it's missing something, though I can't quite place what it is. Fine. 3/5 Hide In Your Shell Sleepy vibe from the keys. I don't love the vocals, they a bit underdeveloped. The instrumental is a bit too loud, especially the bass. Extremely 1970's. Comes across as cheesy and dated, and not in a charming way. A bit lame. Does not have enough going for it to justify being almost seven minutes long. The climax of the song just comes of as wailing and desperate with unconvincing backing vocals to go with it. Did not like. 2/5 Asylum The first verse reminds me of a melodramatic B-list musical. Terrible mixing. Very jarring drop in volume. The sound is very empty and hollow, the variations in volume does not help with this, genuinely just makes the song distracting. I don't like the vocals at all, feels like a raving madman on an especially bad bender trying to start a fight with the instrumental. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 Dreamer Wow that's annoying. Sounds like a children's song at times. The keys in the background add nothing positive to the track. I can't see the intention behind this song, is it supposed to be inspiring? I feel like I'm being mocked by some irritating toddler. Strongly dislike. 1.5/5 Rudy The piano intro is pleasant. It's not entirely terrible. There are some pretty cool guitar riffs, and at points the vocals come through a few memorable melodic lines. The bassline is also pretty consistently good. Though the first half of the song meanders a lot, dragging you along through a boring journey. It starts picking up later on bringing a pretty dynamic conclusion to the whole ordeal with a more energetic climax before wrapping up with a decent enough conclusion. Suffers from the first half being stretched too thin. Average. 2.5/5 If Everyone Was Listening Fairly dramatic with a hint of theatricality in the performance. Suits the lyrics well. Love the flute. The violin also adds a nice dramatic effect. Decent. 3.5/5 Crime of the Century I don't buy it. Attempys to be dramatic, but it feels a bit manifactured. The guitar solo however is quite good. I enjoy the atmosphere set up by the dueling piano notes and the bass. Has the potential to grow on me. Is a pretty okay closer. Decent. 3.5/5 That was a bit mediocre if I'm being honest. Some songs sorta worked, but there was also plenty of unflattering melodramatic slop, which while not being directly out of ideas came off as goofy and lame. Some songs were overly long, slow and grating. Possessing unpleasant vocals and strange production choices that made them difficult to listen to. It's not entirely hopeless however, as many of the ideas present in the instrumentation were well executed. There's some good guitars, well paced piano passages and strongly implemented moments of flute and violin. The drums were also mostly fine, providing power and intensity to some tracks, but I feel like they sometimes were victims of some not great mixing where they sounded a bit hollow. The proggier more experimental tracks were probably the highlight on here, with a dynamic sound and some fresh ideas. Otherwise a lot of this album strays into yacht rock territory where the slow, calculated songs offer little of value. 2/5 Fave track. School Least fave track. Dreamer

I mean, fine. Another one that just didn’t really hit for me, but there’s nothing wrong with it. Some cool moments that made me think of Elton John or something, but probably not a band I’ll revisit. Asylum was my favourite track.

I'd never heard any pre-Breakfast in America (not on this list, shockingly) Supertramp, and you can see the roots of the irritating earworms in among the noodly prog. But all in all, no thanks.

Maybe this was amazing in it's time, but listening now it's like a mix of Elton John Piano and David Bowie. The only song that really stuck out was Dreamer, but that might be because it was in a movie?

Boring as hell

Not a fan of prog rock in general, but find it especially torturous when it gets theatrical and this album went there. It wasn't even that long of an album and I kept checking how much time was left only to learn I was on the 3rd song.

Honestly, it feels like if someone tried to redo 60s Who songs in a 70s prog style.

Not my thing

I really don’t care much for this record, but I do think ‘School’ is a cool way to kick it off.

Ok, but nothing outstanding or that memorable beside a couple of the hits. 5/10

Overall kinda meh. Had some good parts but it kept tricking me before switching it up. Not bad compared to most other albums so far though.

There must be a reason I didn’t have Supertramp in my music collection. Two songs are okayish - the rest didn’t age well.

4/7/25. Interesting but just okay. Doesn't stack up to the other progressive records of the era for me, but still a good listen.

formulewerk

Meh. It's ok. Not really something I'd reach for again.

Not my kinda jam

Good sound. One hit.

Well. This is certainly an album. With musical instruments such as guitar, piano and drums. And with lyrics. Which are sung. With a human voice. It glided right past me. Granted, my eyes glaze over as soon as I read the word "prog", but there's really nothing here that I found particularly interesting or memorable or noteworthy.

Hit and mostly miss yacht rock

Good weird, but no Goodbye Stranger

Neither here nor there. Some enjoyable tunes, but nothing memorable.

Steely Dan meets David Bowie or Yes in all the wrong ways. Not for me.

I feel like this is an album that can only be enjoyed in soft times. It's like, too whimsical to be enjoyed in 2025.

A nice sound, and some interesting structure, but nothing really popped for me, or made me say wow.

the songwriting is trite. meh.

These songs come off as so cheesy.

another MEH!

Some cool stuff going on here and there. Don’t have much of an opinion

Had never listened enough to to know they are progish. A couple of nice songs but not super

A melange of Pink Floyd, the Who, Elton John, and a pinch of saxophone. I only knew “Breakfast in America” and “Bloody Well Right” by this band before I listened to this album. I was pleasantly surprised, though I can’t imagine revisiting it.

Not great. Not terrible.

2/5

Average … pleasant enough but won’t listen again.

Bloody well right is a banger, and overall the album has all what you hear of super tramp, but besides bloody well right nothing really speaks to me. Just a solid rock album, but I'd rather listen to the other supertramp album =D

Meh.

This is so 70s. Every song is bigger than it needs to be. There’s nothing outstanding except for the tracks where they chose to sing like a Monty Python character for no reason. No thanks.

Supertramp isn’t my jam. It’s a decent album but their music has always felt cheesy to me. Just not a fan. Middle of the road on the tolerance scale.

Not terrible but not my thing

never been a fan of supertramp and listening to this don’t change my mind. i found this album tedious... the music is mostly boring and the singer’s voice is annoying.

I like Breakfast in America. I didn’t care for this one.

School is a classic song, rest pretty average...

goofy asl…..prog lite

ELO without the juice? (not saying much) i'm generally not one for the prog pop style unless the songwriting is super compelling & i just don't find that to be the case here. the consistent 5:30+ minute song length doesn't do this any favors either. appropriately synthy & spacey but there isn't much that sticks out past a couple vocal moments. excited for Brunch in Tanzania or whatever its called

Not a huge fan, felt like a he musical equivalent of twiddling your thumbs, it was just kinda boring

Without Dreamer and Bloody Well Right this album would rate even lower on my scale. I’m not even sure those songs are even that good but they have a strong nostalgia factor from the radio as a youth. They would have been old even then but were still on our limited options for rock radio stations. I’ll be happy to stumble along those two tracks in later years for the same reasons but I would not seek out anything more from this album or the album as a whole.

Saved 1 song to the playlist. Okay listen.

Not the best I’ve heard but ok

I only know Supertramp from the hits, so went into this with an open mind. The first two songs inspire much more headbanging than I expected before hitting play; lots of big, chunky power chords in lockstep with the rhythm section. Eventually – and after third track “Hide In Your Shell” (a loud, quiet, loud banger) has all but thrown away the best chorus of the album by adding a theremin – the Pink Floyd via the Monkees schtick collapses in on itself; a high budget piece of regional theatre backed by an eccentric patron (not far from the truth, of course…) or the Dorking Community Players staging The Nightman Cometh.

Classic rock that is not bad. I've heard it so many times in pop culture that it kind of blends in. It's sort of hard for me to remember listening to it because some of these songs are played somewhat regularly on a classic rock station that my coworkers listen to. I don't regret listening to the whole thing and it's not unpleasant just not memorable.

Sure it has some cool moments, but it veers strongly towards the flavor of prog I'm very much not interested in. Too poppy and bright, it just isn't doing it for me at this moment when I'm not in the mood for this kind of music. Also some parts of this album just feel like they are oddly quiet on streaming, it becomes jarring when it hits the longer songs and it suddenly goes quiet

Soft yellow shite

Er det en paodi på puddel rock? Det lyder ihvertfald for dumt til at være seriøst. - Dog ikke mulig at komme igennem.

Not terrible. I think it hasn't aged well, though, and now sounds like a band who didn't know what they wanted to be: pop, rock, prog. I mean I guess they knew at the time, that's just how it sounds 50 years later. There's so much great music around from 1974, but this isn't.

This was less interesting than I had thought it would be. Nothing really to say about it.

Didn’t really touch me

Epitome of one of those Chilled 70s Dinner Party playlists. Crime of the Century has some interesting moments but on the whole is pretty inoffensive. Its not a bad album per say... however it's not exactly a good one either.

Seuraavana päivänä en muista tästä enää mitään… se ei ole hyvä merkki. Tunnejälki on haalea, ”ihan ok”. Hieno albumin nimi kyllä, ja muistaakseni lähti ihan suht lupaavasti mutta ei noussut mitään hyvää koukkua.

Kiinnostavan sympaattista: bändi rokkaa kuin joukko hämyjä, jotka eivät jaksa kehitellä huilukuvioita. Vaikka biisit eivät olekaan loisteliaita, useammasta saa kiinni. Kokeile esim. viimeistä raitaa.

There is something so goofy about this. A fake rock band for a broadway musical about count from sesame street.

Not their best album - prefer Breakfast in America. Some nice sections but by the end of the album it seems like everyone has gone to bed and they have been told to turn the music down. Reminds me of going to the prog rock concerts with Larry - not always hits but we listened anyway.🙂

I like it slightly more than some other albums of this genre, but it’s still not my jam… 2 stars

Combining the worst of jazz and rock we aren't off to a good start with a prog album... Overall says nothing that Pink Floyd hadn't in the preceding decade. Bloody Well Right has moments of groove ruined by tenor sax noodling. Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson's love of the keyboard. Hide Your Shell is years behind Bowie, who was already looking past glam with Diamond Dogs. Listening to this you can literally hear John Lydon straining to rip it up and start again. Asylum is an over orchestrated ballad mitigated only by some wild vocals by Davies at the end. The album single Dreamer is the standout, with a catchy hook leaning into their London accents. Nonetheless the structure of the track betrays it, the lack of verses means it cannot claim its place as a successful straight pop song. Rudy has some great classic rock moments but ultimately repeats the mistakes of Bloody Well Right, occasionally sounding like Kenny G had wandered into the wrong studio before quickly exiting. If Everyone Was Listening and the Title track are pointless prog ballads. Like all prog most of the tracks are needlessly over 5 minutes with over-complicated structures and are in desperate need of a producer with a razor blade.

Kinda cheesy, kinda corny, kinda good at times. Not my fave

Very 70s

70s. Enough said.

It was a chore to get through. I just don't get it. One extra point for ”Rudy” and the piano part in ”Crime of the Century” that was sampled in Dance2Trance's ”Hello San Francisco”.

didn't impress me much.

Shit Pink Floyd. I like the outro to the last song, but it's a real slog.

Meh

Had a few good moments, but overall just didn't care for it. Was mostly waiting for it to finish.

It’s not exactly my cup of music

Lame

Well played and very good in parts, but ultimately I find the vocals completely devoid of soul and melody

If Breakfast In America is also on this list I swear to fucking god man. Still no Seger.

Wanted to like it more than I did

Very self indulgent, why do bands in the 70s need to include "listen to me play my instrument" parts on every song.

This is at best nothing. It doesn't rock hard enough for rock, and it's pop enough for pop.

Just too prog rock and Pink Floyd lite for my taste. I prefer their more commercial stuff.

My uncle used to be a bit of an audiophile back in the day. He had a fancy turntable and big speakers, and when we went round, he’d put records on to show off how good it sounded. This was one of those records. Technically fine, but lacking anything that grabbed me in any way. This is typically overblown 70s pop prog and I couldn’t tell you what any of the songs were about. I did like the ‘bloody well right’ bit and I think ‘Dreamer’ must have been a single.

I dont get it

the epitome of 70s organ rock. This is not good at all. It's not country music bad, so I'll give it 2 stars, but it's really annoying.

bored

Ok

This album reminds me in many ways of Talking Heads: I get that they're doing some original, weird stuff, but it's not the right type of weird for me. It gets points for creativity and musicianship, but I ultimately didn't enjoy listening to it very much. 2.4

It was fine, but I doubt I would have missed it.

ポップなロックと言う感じ。好みかと言うと、そうでもない。聴き流しにはいいかも。

Wrong album AGAIN

wanted more from this

Probably supposed to like them more based the production of their tunes, but unsure if I would give this another listen.

Yeah, no.

I was all excited to listen to a new album by a band whose hit songs I liked. But now I know the hits are the only good ones. Songs that are almost good get ruined by silly voice singing.

Not what I expected or like from Supertramp. Almost a knockoff Pink Floyd vibe.

The sound mixing of this album (or maybe it's just spotify) made it so quiet on all the vocals. This is ok, 2* Enjoyed: dreamer

I would have thought they had better albums.

Like a shittier, camper version of Pink Floyd's The Wall. Not for me.

Weird how this turned up after watching a video on tik tok about the artist. Some good moments but not my jam. 5/10

It was ok Not really my thing.

I could see this being someone's favorite prog record. I was just kind of bored by it.

Sort of disco rock

freaky ash album cover songs are kind of orthodox but not original and sometimes that’s good but super tramp sound like they’re trying to be like bands that already make this typa music it’s a below average album i love rudy tho

Ok so this album put me to sleep like legitimately I took a 40 min nap in the library The fact the songs are so LONG completely ruins anything good about them, because I feel like I’m listening to the same chorus over and over and I’m like guys I get it 😂😂 Like it’s not BAD but it lowkey gave Pink floyd vibes but if pink floyd was recreated by a bunch of emo 17 year olds I liked bloody well right cuz of the silly accent 2/5

Wish version of dark side of the moon, with a couple hits that still suffer the indulgent, unwarranted floyd influence.

Didn't really tickle my pickle

A little (very) confused as to why this is listed here and not Breakfast in America? This was fine, but not great.

Sadly not a fan of this one. A couple of nice moments including the closing track but they were few and far between. Not a fan of the singer's voice and wish it was proggier.

this is not the prog for me could i write poetry to this? n

It's okay-ish, I guess. Kind of sounds like they are a group of Wings wannabes... "Bland on the Run."

Color me surprised that Supertramp is considered progressive rock. After listening to "Crime of the Century," I guess I can agree in the sense that they're like Yes if Yes sucked like REO Speedwagon. I can't stand Roger Hodgson's voice and that Wurlitzer piano sound makes my skin crawl. Look, I'm not saying these guys are bad at their instruments, I'm saying their music sucks. Supertramp has one good song, and it's not in this album.

I just can’t connect with this type of music even though it’s pretty close to my interests. 2/5

Only crime here was listing this in place of breakfast in America

This wasn't bad, it was just kind of bland rock to me. Unlikely to return even though it might need a few more plays to click. 2.5/5

If you combined the worst elements of twee 70s pop (think Gilbert O'Sullivan) and 70s prog then you'd get something like this. I will grudgingly admit that Goodbye Stranger (not on this album) is a tuune but this is a worst of both worlds.

Not my cup of tea

better than expected, didnt like his voice tho

very bland

Jeez, long songs are long. I don’t mind them but not full albums of them. This was one of the lesser enjoyed albums I’ve had on this list so far, 40 albums in. It does sound more modern than it is but I really wanted it to be over much quicker than it was. And it was only 8 songs!

Accurate album title

If I'm going to be honest, I have disliked Supertramp since the 1970s when they were actually a thing. You can see why here. The two biggest hits off this album are a master's class in terrible pop music. Bloody Well Right might play for UK audiences but to an American it sounds campy at best, irritating at worst. Then there's Dreamer. The vocals sound like a child screaming - high pitched with a hint of whining. Unfortunately, this is not just a bad first album that the band would just as soon forget. Instead, it's the template for their followups.

Oh man, this one was a surprise and not in a good way. Really like Supertramp, especially their 'Breakfast in America ' album, but this was boring at best. A few songs I actually didn't like and was ready for them to be over. A few where some good jams with good musicality, but few and far between.

i wish i had more time to listen to this. i think there's something really good here, i just haven't found it yet.

Mid

Boomer Rock. Don't care.

Not sure that this blend of lower-level prog with 70s pop is really doing it for me. The first track, School and the final track were pretty decent, but the majority of songs didn’t hold my attention.

Meh!

I never realized how much I hate Supertramp. I mean, I always either begrudgingly tolerate their one or two songs on the radio, or switch the station, but this is the first time I've listened to an entire album of Supertramp, and... wow, no thanks. This is not prog-rock. This is repetitive, predictable, boring drivel with saxaphones and terrible backup singing. It's like they were trying to marry The Who, Elton John, and Pink Floyd and ended up with the worst high school band ever. The Who rocks. Elton John has incredible melody (and also rocks). The Floyd are creative and unpredictable. Supertramp is not any of that. And now I have goddamn Bloody Well Right stuck in my head.

Eh, it's ok. Feel like I should know lots of Supertramp songs, but I can't bring any to mind. Any I think are them turn out to be by ELO. That keyboard sound that's everywhere here just keeps making me want to listen to Mr Blue Sky. Not sure the first track ever turned into a song. I like the cover. I didn't even massively like Dreamer, apparently the big song here, through most of the record I couldn't help but try to recall a different song most of this was reminding me of. Ah I see, all the hits came on the follow up record in America. Not for me

this did not work for me i think i am not a supertramp guy. there were some fun moments but it was just not my world

Found this listen boring and forgettable

Muzikaal niet de misdaad van de eeuw, maar ook niet echt goed ofzo.

70s studio pop that forgot to bring hooks to the studio

Sounds like a mix of Pink Floyd and ELO. Okay I guess.

Ehhhhh weeeeel mah buh

Like a slightly less annoying version of the wall. Not a fan of the 70s rock opera esque albums that pop up on here. 2*

Slow groove fusion with rock. Some echos of Queen's rock-ballad influences. Nothing that was particularly memorable.

I thought I liked Supertramp. Clearly not because of this album.

If nothing else, a fairly interesting album

Definitely not something I’d normally listening to. Very weird.

For much of this listen I felt like the dude attached to the hands of the prison bars floating through space on the cover. I found myself either looking at the bar to see how long was left in the track or tapping back to the song list to see how many tracks were left, incarcerated by wanting to preserve the integrity of the 1001 experience. Outside of the two mainstream hits, other than annoyance not much else here.

It was kind of boring and sounded pretty samey. I did end up liking “Rudy” and “Dreamer” though.

2/5

Not one song I liked all the through. All over the place. Some tunes started to go somewhere and then abruptly went in another direction. Very very dull album. Dissapointed as I expected to like it more.

Sounds like chicken sex Didnt care much for

While there are some great guitar lines present on this LP, they’re swimming in a sea of 70s indulgence that’s a slog to get through. Copious layers of organ, unnecessarily long track lengths, and a wandering tonal center - it’s 70s alright, just not the good kind.

Nice to see Supertramp had more than the one album. I do prefer the one I own, Breakfast in America. This was not as alluring, but that could be due to less familiarity.

Prog rock is really boring to me and this wasn't any different.

If this is what the 70s sounded like and I'm glad I didn't have to live through that mess. 4/10

It was ok

Meh. Too proggy.

Not for me. Entirely forgettable.

Not my thing.

There’s some pleasant piano on this, but the whole thing is just too overblown for my taste. I’m sure that if I were 10 years older stuff like Supertramp might be exactly my thing. There are hints of stuff I like - that piano and there are little snatches of actual prog sounds. And then the sax starts or it all gets a bit too soft rock bollocks. Not offensive as such, just a bit boring.

Too slow

Just Okay. Not a fan of piano-driven groups. Basic, but fine.

Not really my jam.

Boring and generic

I found this boring

Not as good as other albums from the same era, could be better

Why is this here instead of Breakfast in America? It's not SO bad but it's not really good either.

The only crime of the century was having to slog through this. While I can appreciate the production and ideas, I felt I was listening more to a new musical only because “Jesus Christ Superstar” was sold out. This was as if ELO and Moody Blues had a kid but deep down probably wished Meatloaf was the father. Clearly an example of all the concept albums happening at the time. I was always a much bigger fan of their later stuff like “The Logical Song”, or “It’s Raining Again” or even “Give a Little Bit” (which oddly enough was covered nicely by the Goo Goo Dolls).

What type of rock are we progressing towards with this? Truly a tough listen, and I’m a little upset this likely poisoned my algorithm.

I dig it but a little too progressive for my tastes. Def interesting.

Totally fine and average. Not really prog enough or rock enough for my liking. Deserving of a half star based on Crime of the Century track that I enjoyed. 2.5/5

Listened to this album 4 times, I remember nothing 🤣🤣😂😂😭😭😭 I don't know, kinda feels like the whole thing was a super long intro.

Jätti fiiliksen että taitelijat kurkottaa tähtiä taivaalta, mutta etäisyys riittää juuri alimpaan ilmakehään. Kerta riitti.

Alku oli hyvä, mut sit keskinkertaistui ja keskittyminen kuunteluun katosi

Was ok. Recognised some songs. Others were a bit meh.

Bloody well right to give this a 2. Not enough tempo.

Just not my thing

as soon as I finished the album, spotify auto-played breakfast in america, reminding me of how much better supertramp can be than this album

Otroligt spretigt. Queen fast utan bra röst och med vidrig saxofon i tid och otid.

Too cheesy and typical of the time. I like Breakfast In America better.

Nothing special

Supertramps sämsta album.

This list has too much white people music.

Supertramp is not my cup o tea

I liked asylum. that was it. 2

There was only one decent tune on this album and it’s their most popular one too! The rest wasn’t worth listening to.

Rating: 5/10 Mixed bag album. It starts off very strong with the first two tracks and then falls off after that. The first two tracks are interesting and fun to listen to whereas the rest of the album is very meandering and boring musically, the exact opposite of what progressive music should be. Every track after the first two is very forgettable musically, I won't be returning to this album. The production, mixing, and dynamics were excellent throughout and what makes this album listenable. Favorite songs: School, Bloody Well Right. Worst songs: Hide In Your Shell, If Everyone Was Listening.

This wasn't terrible, but it was largely forgettable. I listened to this yesterday and can't recall at all what it sounded like. I remember not hating it, but that's it.

Great keyboard. Harmonica and sax were a tad corny for me, though.

Had it in the background as I worked and didn't really "hear" much of it. Probably wouldn't listen to it again but didn't actively dislike it.

Also Pink Floyd

Meh.

It was boring, but I didn't completely hate it. I just wish the challenge had been Breakfast in America instead of this. Oh well.

Crime of the Century is the third album by the English progressive rock band Supertramp. Critically acclaimed, this is Supertramp's commercial breakthrough album since it charted incredibly well around the world. This art rock / progressive rock album is certified diamond in Canada, platinum in France & New Zealand, and gold in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK & the US. This is a great rock album from the mid-70's and was a much needed success for the band. It reminds me of Queen, but without the over-produced song structures. Any fan of progressive rock should enjoy this album.

sounds like some Pink Floyd shit but with harmonica

uck!

Mostly forgettable except dreamer. Crime of the Century is an epic end but nothing id want to revisit again.

Nääh, ei lähtenyt

I was not a fan of Star Wars type galactic rock. 7/10

Not really my jam

I really like some of Supertramp's songs, but as for their albums? Good songs are too far apart. 50 years later on, Supertramp is best experience through compilations.

I was stoked for this one because I love Breakfast in America, but I’ve never listened to any other Supertramp. Big disappointment. Most of this sounds like bad Pink Floyd and I’ve never really liked Pink Floyd. Mostly dull, but the high spots are Bloody Well Right, Dreamer, and Crime of the Century, especially the stings and sax that come in at the end of the last one. I’ll also give them some credit because Just Blaze took a piano riff from Crime and made the Fabolous track Breathe, which is a better song than anything on here. Overall, I was so down on this I had to go back and listen to Breakfast in America again to make sure I wasn’t misremembering how much I liked that one. Much better album.

I'm hoping to understand the appeal of Supertramp some day.

Not really my thing

Det är ju inte Breakfast in America.

I just don't really think Supertramp is for me. I don't particularly enjoy the keyboard/piano sounds and playing style within the context of the album, and its constant use undermines the bits of the album that I do enjoy. The lyrics are witty and whimsical, but constantly. I feel that those two elements should've been used with more moderation. Notable Tracks: Asylum Crime of the Century

It’s ok

Not really into this style of music

Just some easy listening, would probably have on in the background while at a barbecue. Don’t really care to listen to it any other time though.

We deserve better, don't we?

Not terribly far off from being decently enjoyable. Just not my thing.