Crime Of The Century

School tiene que ser top 10 intros oat

Didn't realize I liked Supertramp. But I suppose I do!

Reminded me of The Who at their most proggy. Decent but nothing that seemed that new or different.

pretty average + boring but has some listenable on background tracks

perfectly listenable ... but that's about it.

My rating is 3.5, so I will round it up to 4...I'd never heard of Supertramp until this album, but I'm glad I was given this one to listen to as my first piece of work by them. The instrumentals are classic of that 70s rock feel, but at the same time, they feel so out there. The addition of sax in some of the pieces creates a sort of stand-out cinematic feel in places throughout the album. The piano throughout is never dull, most of the time setting the feel for the song, be that slightly jazzy or cinematic. The vocals feel very elegant and almost theatrical. There are some stand-out songs in here for me, but with that also comes some tracks that I feel were in the sort of background and didn't do an awful lot for me. I am a firm believer that an album should finish how it started. If your first track is dance/jazz/heavy, etc., then so should your final track. I like how this album takes that one step further, however. 'School' (Opening track) starts with a solo harmonica melody leading into the song. The harmonica is then rarely heard throughout the rest of the album... until the last 10 seconds or so of the final track. This gives a nice call-back feel to the start of the album. I just personally found that really interesting. Stand-outs: Asylum Dreamer Rudy If Everyone Was Listening Crime Of The Century (specifically the long jazz-influenced instrumental)

A little more hard edged than other stuff from them that I've heard. It still works. Favorite track: Bloody Well Right

La sintesi delle migliori cose di S&G. Title track da brividi ancora adesso. Capolavoro di equilibrio e buon gusto. Peccato per il seguito della loro carriera che non è stato più all’altezza.

A 4.

I love the piano on this album. As other reviewers have said this album is a bridge between prog and rock. I knew Bloody Well Right and Dreamer. I enjoyed the rest of the album

You're Bloody Well Right. imo some of the best of Supertramp lacking the oft overplayed goodbye stranger and give a little bit (not my favorite songs of theirs)

Remember this one well from highschool

Frankly, the songs are kind of boring. It's not a bad album, but neither is it something I'd listen to again. Just too mid.

feels like I don't get it

Crime of the Century could quite easily be criticized for its derivativeness, its pop sheen diluting the more "serious" art-rock pretensions of their contemporaries. But at the same time it is an excellent album in both songwriting and execution, and listening to it to the backdrop of the popular music of that has been made since makes one wonder, what criticism would really be left it this were to be treated that harshly? I'll tell you, not fucking much.

School is a strong start that the album doesn't live up to.

Ok album. I think I need to listen to this another time as the first time just flew by me. There were interesting things and sounds that worked well.

Hit repeat immediately after finishing it

vibeeeee pero no pude escuchar ni la mitad por yt 4/5

4.25

I really liked this, I am aware of Supertramp but I am not aware of ever listening to them with the exception of Blinded By The Light. Lots of good books, tight groves and poppy ear worms considering their prog AOR labelling. Happily put this on in the car again and do another end to end listen. 3.7

I like this a lot. Interesting songs without being overly self indulgent. One of those bands that I always meant to check out more and this has definitely got me on board.

Meh

It's been forever since I listened to Supertramp. I remember enjoying Breakfast in America when I was in my 20's. This album is completely new to me and I think I only recognize one song on the album. So far it's pretty meh, a bit too soft rock for my taste.

Very 70s and felt like I should be worshipping every second of this but it was kind of just cheesy and not really what I expected? Not sure I’d be desperate to listen to it again but can appreciate some of its qualities. Rating: 3.

6 / 10 - 70s Rock - Einige Pink Floyd Einflüsse? - Die rockigen Parts sind ziemlich cool, der Rest (ruhiger, poppiger, experimenteller) sind meist nur okay ... Favs: - Bloody Well Right - Crime Of The Century

Maybe I came into this expecting it would be whimsical and zany like 'Breakfast in America.' Of course I never made an effort to know more about Supertramp, so it seemed aggravating that 'Crime' was so humorlessly self-serious, trying to unironically present another British rock opera like 'Tommy.' Fine musicianship. Anyway, I tried listening a couple of times and just felt irritable.

This is a superb album.

Interesting album. Liked the title track

Rocky and Bullwinkle

I could not get through this. Generic 70s rock

8/10

good

Supertramp suenan a 70´s y sus dos obras más conocidas son este Crime of the century y Breakfast in America, ambos con portadas icónicas (junto a la de Even in the quietest moments o Crisis? what crisis?). De este ¿debut comercial? son Dreamer y Bloody Well Right las mejores canciones aunque la incial School con Davies y Hodgson en las voces es otro tema excelente, más cercano al progresivo que al pop pero con buenas melodías y desarrollo como Hide in your Shell menos gastada que Bloody....

Love it. What a great 70s album.

I'm always torn between whether I should like Supertramp more or less than I do. Some weird ass songs on here but also some smooth 70s AM Gold which is my stock in trade. It's no Breakfast of Champions but it is 3.5 rounded down.

No había escuchado nada, muy bueno

Really enjoyed this one, felt slightly prog rock without being too overblown, will listen again

What a lovely afternoon

Classic I'm very aware off, but somehow isn't logged in my last.fm. probably listened at a friend's in vinyl

Pretty good album. Listed as Prog Rock - does feel that way. I wasn’t familiar with Supertramp outside of there couple of hits. I was pleasantly surprised by this album. Notable tracks include Bloody Well Right, Asylum, Rudy, If Everyone Was Listening, Crime of the Century.

Some very nice poppy 70s prog rock, with killer keyboard work all throughout! The piano solo in School was a particular highlight.

This was all fine and good (excellent keyboard playing was my highlight despite some weird mixing that made it often sound far away and significantly lower than everything else) HOWEVER WHY WAS THIS ON THE LIST AND NOT BREAKFAST IN AMERICA?????

This is some excellent prog that I simply don't see myself revisiting! Instrumentally, there are numerous *moments* that are phenomenal, but there are just as many passages that feel forgettable. Then there's the singer's boomer-rock accent -- I might be petty, but it grates me just enough that the album falls short of the 4-star! Standouts: School • Dreamer • If Everyone Was Listening

I am not sure what sauce this album is missing, but I cannot abide by Breakfast in America being excluded from this list when it is obviously their best work. This is just missing something. There is a dead zone in the middle of this album and it is strong at both ends. Also, why is the volume level so low?

Some big hits but a lot of meh too

Estuvo ok. No soy muy fan del rock definitivamente. Musicalmente interesante pero nada que me haya volado la cabeza y querido guardar.

Didn’t give this album a super close listen but reads as a classically solid early 70s Beatlesque record, nothing too crazy or standout but far from disappointing, too. Favorite track: School

Amazing

Supertramp. Is good music 👍🏻👍🏻

Very listenable.

Smashing.

Peak

A very good album.

Buenísimo

Hat mich leider sehr enttäuscht.. hatte irgendwie Erwartungen, weil ich hier und da schonmal was von der Band gehört habe.

Ich hatte mehr erwartet, insgesamt ist mir das deutlich zu sprunghaft und drüber - erinnert teilweise im negativen Sinne an Queen.

Hatte für mich etwas Musical-haftes, wie oft die Motive in den Songs wechseln. Mir ist es jedoch häufig einfach zu drüber und dir Songs mit zu vielen Ideen vollgestopft, die mir dann noch in Summe häufig zu seicht sind. Die ersten beiden Songs sowie der abschließende Titeltrack (bekannt aus Samples in Songs von Fabolous und Moonbootica) haben mir am besten gefallen. Die wirklichen Hits sind hier aber noch nicht zu finden.

Zeitreise zu meinen Eltern. Die waren zu ihrer Jugend große Fans. Ich sollte irgendwann mal die CDs raussuchen bzw. kaputte neukaufen. Das war ganz spannend, habe aber nicht wirklich reingehört. Umso spannender jetzt. Es fühlte sich an wie ein auf Harmonie und Glätte gemachtes Album. Manche Stellen fand ich künstlich in die Länge gezogen wie bspw. direkt der Start bei school. Nichtsdestotrotz kann ich mir den Einfluss ganz gut vorstellen - auch berechtigterweise.

Ich fand es okay, mehr aber auch nicht - einige wenige Songs ausgenommen.

In der Mitte ein kurzer Durchhänger, sonst ist das mehr als solide

Mid

An eclectic, sophisticated album with elements of pop, jazz and even prog rock

Album #78 Supertramp: Crime of the Century It was only 10 albums ago, on album number 68, when I started losing faith in the quality of this list. I had received one too many 90s electronic albums, one too many mediocre rap albums, and one too many “decent but not essential” old British albums, but then something started to change. Over my last 10 albums, I haven’t given out a score less than a four. I’ve been greeted with old favourites such as Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello, and have been introduced to new favourites like Sade, and easily my favourite new album that I have discovered from this list, Sigur Rós. After listening to Ágætis Byrjun, I thought that surely my luck would end; there is no possible way to keep the momentum rolling in a forward progression. Then today, for my 78th album, I received my favourite album of all time, by my favourite band of all time: Crime of the Century by Supertramp. It’s hard for me to speak about Supertramp objectively because of what they have meant to me. Growing up, I never really connected with music. The popular music of the time was mostly rap/trap music, and that seemed to be all anyone I knew listened to. I tried to engage with it and understand, but ultimately, it made me feel nothing, and since that was the only music I was surrounded by, I just had the assumption that I wasn’t a big music guy. Along with that, during elementary school, I actually failed music class, my only ever time failing a class, because my music teacher had such resentment towards me that I began to associate my distaste for her with the prospect of learning music. It wasn’t until my transition into high school that I started to actually establish a relationship with music. I finally got my first phone, and shortly after, I downloaded Spotify. Since I knew I didn’t relate to modern popular music, I decided to listen to Classic Rock playlists (something that I knew I liked because of Grand Theft Auto radio), since I couldn’t afford premium, I was at the whim of Spotify to decide what I listened to. I amassed a collection of hit songs from The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Boston, etc, but never did I venture too far out of greatest hits. I even added Supertramp’s most famous track, “Give a Little Bit”, to my playlist, but it wasn’t until I heard “The Logical Song” for the first time that my mind was truly blown by music. I had never heard anything like it, the piano and saxophone creating such a unique collision of sound which is impossible to find on any other classic rock record, Roger Hodgson’s eternally relatable lyrics about the struggles of conformity, even the dynamic album cover seemed to pop out like no other; everything about the music just seemed to stand out, like a bright star in a dying universe. For almost a year, I listened exclusively to Supertramp and memorized every song from their five prime albums, though for that period my favourite of the bunch was Breakfast in America. As time has gone on, I have found myself leaning towards Crime of the Century as their masterpiece. This review has already dragged and I haven’t even discussed the music, but that is because for me this band/album has become part of my identity, so I often think of the music in my memories rather than through an analytical lens. What I will say, though, is that no album has ever portrayed the transition into adulthood quite like this one. Finding yourself seems to be the theme for many Supertramp songs, Breakfast in America, of course, with the Logical Song, Child of Vision, and Gone Hollywood to name a few, mostly centred around finding your identity in and amongst how others view you/ how the world expects you to be. Even in The Quietest Moments, with songs like Fool’s Overture, Babaji, and Downstream, Roger’s songs tend to focus on finding one’s identity through spirituality, and Rick’s songs are more about finding one’s identity through love. Crime of the Century, to me, however, is where Supertramp perfected the sonically equivalent to an identity crisis (what crisis?). I view the album as a concept album, with each song expanding on the next, focusing on what it is like for the average person to find their way in this world. The opening track, School, tells of someone who never fit in at school; he simply wasn’t good enough or smart enough, to the point where his schooling has abandoned him. Bloody Well Right‘s opening line, “So you think your schooling is phony”, immediately branches off of that, and the rest of the song represents the anger around how artificial success is when it comes to school (and life in general), saying it depends on nepotism and politics. If Bloody Well Right was the representation of rage towards one’s circumstance, then Hide in Your Shell is the defence mechanism; potentially one of the most beautiful-sounding songs of all-time, it encapsulates the feeling of being beaten down by the world so much to the point where you strip yourself of all ambitions as to not let it hurt you anymore. Asylum and Dreamer are both songs which present the world trying to keep you in that state, saying you are crazy and it is your fault, and that you would simply be a dreamer to strive for anything and to stay in your lane. Rudy is where the album reaches its climax, a harrowing tale of depression, our subject gets an identity, a man named Rudy, who serves to be the everyman. He’s on a train to nowhere, his life directionless and meaningless. The line “after all the hours he’s wasted, still he needs time” is the key to unlocking the album for me. This is a concept which the vast majority of folk born into nothing can understand; living in your head to escape your reality, dreaming of another life but having no idea how to achieve it. We are all Rudy, every one of us who was meant for more but instead spent the years riding a train with no destination. Suddenly, the song stops painting him as a pitiful scourge and instead attempts to light a fire within him to escape his situation, an anthemic chant encourages him to gain control, and finally, we feel as though we can escape this purgatory! But suddenly, the optimism fades, Rudy walks out of the movie and simply gets back on his train. Though this album sonically is very bright at times, the lyrics remain comfortably pessimistic. The last two tracks tie it all together; If Everyone Was Listening tells of suffering through the play that is life as an actor, until eventually meeting your demise: being the last clown on stage when the curtain falls. By the time the closing track hits, we are already dead, our lives amounting to nothing; thus, the closure serves as an epilogue. It tells of the men in power who have created such a tragic dichotomy of existence, who have “raped the universe”, the fact that some men can live so low, while others feed off of their misery. But Supertramp put a face to these larger-than-life figures, for they remove their masks in the closing lines of the album, and who is found beneath? You and me. Human beings are all capable of greatness, and we are also all capable of nothingness, but that should be up to us to decide; the fact that those born into power control the lives of others is the universe’s greatest injustice, or rather, the crime of the century. Best Songs: All of them Worst Song: None Score out of 10: 11

Original artistic a sonic beauty

Including this really felt like some sort of sick joke.

"Bloody Well Right", "Dreamer" are the two stand out tracks for me. I like Supertramp but not at album length. Single by single I like them.

Not a fan. Barely made it past the first 2 tracks—interesting sound and aesthetic though.

I know a few Supertramp songs, but none of the ones on this album. It was good. Nothing blew me away, but it wasn't a chore to listen through.

There's really nothing else that sounds like Supertramp. I guess Queen is kind of close, but there's something about this mix of spectacular harmonies, clever lyrics, fantastic arrangements, and great performances that stands apart. This album is full of bangers - "Bloody Well Right", "Hide In Your Shell", "Dreamer", "Rudy", and the title track - and none of the other tracks are weak. It's all good stuff.

para nosotras las pianistas AME

La armónica y el piano de School compensa cualquier falencia que tenga el álbum. En la primera y segunda escucha lo disfruté mucho y pensé que iba a ser un album que iba a seguir escuhando, sin embargo casi no escucho las canciones en el día a día. Aunque me parece un álbum sólido de principio a fin, y para ser mi primer acercamiento a la banda, me dejó con ganas de escuchar más

Liked this more than most recent rock albums. Playful at times, which I liked. Toe-tapper.

2/5 - This may be teaching me that I'm not the biggest fan of prog rock. This was... Fine? No real interest in listening to it again.

Probably the best boomer music I’ve ever heard, if I’m honest. Instrumentation is a proper 10/10. It doesn’t have the gravitas (or for that matter, angst) of Dark Side in my opinion, but the level of pizazz here is just stupendous. I’ve never heard a single track on this album before, but I’ll definitely do a cover to cover again in the future.

I definitely had a preconceived notion that Supertramp was an 80s synth pop band. Relieved to be wrong, but this didn’t leave a very lasting impression either. I’ll probably forget I listened to this and go on thinking they’re an 80s pop group.

least annoying Supertramp album I guess

Classic

Screw it, this album is fun. I wasn't expected this from a mid-70s prog rock album, but it was a ton of fun to listen to this album. The bombastic (and frankly onanistic) nature of prog rock normally forces me to buckle into what I'm about to listen to. There are only so many space-age instrument sounds, guitar solos, and self-congratulatory/juvenile one can be ready for. But what I heard instead was an album whose music sensibilities never get in the way of of the fact that music can be fun to listen to. Yes, the lyrics are large and philosophical, guitar rifts suitably shredding, and the use of piano and woodwind instruments are odd but beautiful at times. But whereas other bands may attempt to push an image that they want to create for themselves, Supertramp sounds honest in their eccentricities here. And I've grown to really appreciate honestly when listening to conceptual albums like this, because without it I might as well be listening to 5 philosophy undergrads sniffing their own farts. Plus, Bloody Well Right's chorus has been stuck in the back of my mind since I was a kid. That should count for something. Go listen to this album. It's prog rock, but far more accessible than what I was expecting. Highlights are School, Bloody Well Right (as previously mentioned) and If Everyone was Listening (love a good theatre metaphor).

Not forme

I thought the album as a whole was decentish but a couple of songs were a bit grating. The songs School and Dreamer were both pretty good so this offset the rating a bit

I think this is the first Supertramp album I have went front to back, which I did many times yesterday. Liked it. ELO vibes at times. Pink Floyd others. Cool shit, will come back to this one

Fun album, with a couple certified "Classic Rock" radio station hits. The prog rock-ness makes it just quirky and weird enough to keep it interesting.

Quite like the sound of this one. Enjoyed the production. Thought it may not be an actual rock opera, I'd park this with records like Pink Floyd and The Who...there's an exploratory (self-indulgent?) attitude in the music that somehow comes across. For either that or some other mysterious reason I'm not getting swept up on the ride. The song that I was vaguely familiar with ("Bloody Well Right") surprised me with it's non-conventional pop form. I applaud the risk-taking and wish more artist would. Not really my thing, but clearly is for plenty of others. Popular music really has gotten more and more same-y!

This sounds like someone took left-over scraps from Steely Dan and Pink Floyd and squished it together to make a sad creation meant for people that hate music.

School and Bloody Well Right are fantastic openers. Bloody definitely better of the two for me personally, as I like the groove better, though I understand School is supposed to take on more of a ballad type of a role.

The first song in the Album "School" was so good that got me hyped up for the rest of the album, was so disappointed to be bored

It was ok, nothing really stuck.

7 / 10

Quite different from the Supertramp I was familiar with but still enjoyable

Prog-pop, fairly interesting. Some nice piano and saxophone interludes.

Wasn’t a huge fan. Pretty songs, kind of Elton John esque. The last song was better than the rest of the album

Pretty solid. Might need to relisten tbh

Coolio. Right, ya bloody well right. Good album, songs felt all unique from eachother which was cool. Music compositions are just good straight up so idk, yeah it's been nice to lsiten to this one.

This album is a goated album in my book. Nostalgic factor, but I find the songwriting to be so catchy. Big fan

Qué buenas canciones son los singles de Supertramp, escuchar un disco completo, somnoliento como en este caso.

Man, the days of rock operas. Bring them back.

There's just something about Supertramp that I love. The tenor of the lead vocals. The skills of the musicians. The song craftmanship. The epicness of their songs without being 15 minute opuses. It just works for me.

This album is quite uneven, I don't think that Supertramp are great album makers but some songs just hit hard (school, crime of the century, dreamer). The song's schemes are quite similars. But School, come on... 2.5

There are moments where the album really wows me and gains my attention, only for it to go right back to mediocrity. Not a bad background album and some wow moments.

This gets off to a strong start with "School" and "Bloody Well Right" but then deflates like a balloon. It just seems like Pink Floyd lite. Part of it was that I was listening on a plane and the constant back and forth of soft to loud didn't work well in that environment. Still, many of these songs are forgettable and go nowhere. And, if there's a concept to it, it was lost on me. I love their album "Breakfast in America" and that's the one that should be on this list.

Felt like I should've liked this one more than I did, ticks a lot of the same boxes of stuff I usually go for. Just didnt click, found it often pretty boring. Too many different ideas at once or something, felt unfocused. Good musicianship but not for me

Good boring prog rock. Breakfast in America clears this so hard we better have that too id much rather listen to that than this. I can see a world where this is someone’s favorite album but it sure isn’t mine.

Though I’m not suddenly a Supertramp superfan, this was undoubtedly better than I was expecting. I didn’t realise this was so early in the 70s and it’s more progrock than the progpop I thought I was in for. I will listen to this again, and that’s about the best I could’ve hoped for. I went from 2 Yes albums to 10 last year, so who knows, maybe I’ll end up with some Supertramp on my shelves.

Mycket underligt men najs typ ändå haha. Får ta o lyssna på deras album "Breakfast in America" nån gång som verkar ha massa kända låtar från dem. Supertramps låtar på detta album är lite regellösa och experimentella i min syn. Jag försökte verkligen att försöka fokusera på att lyssna igenom alla låtar, men nästan varje låt var 5-6 minuter, 3 stycken som var typ 7 minuter långa. Jag trodde efter att de två första låtarna att jag skulle uppskatta detta album mer men sen gick det åt ett annat håll som jag inte föreställde. Hade uppskattat om det var mer korta låtar som uppgjorde albumet, men men man kan inte få allt. Inget superduper i min smak men kan uppskatta det till viss del ändå med deras arrangemang och komposition av låtarna. 5/10

Not to be eye-rolled at, which I totally did before. They’re actually kinda great. With the piano they even have an Elton John-thing going on.

Imagine the scene. You're a hard bitten cop. You've had a long hard career. You've done your time. It's your last week on the job. You get a call that fills you with dread. Some lunatic has gone off the deep end and is holding a small aprtment block hostage. He's already a few hours in, thratening all sorts. It's your job to sort it out. Quite frankly, you're out of shits to give. You want this done quick. You know exactly what to do. You call in the truck with the big speakers. It pulls up in front of the buidling. You pause for a second. What you're about to do is going to end spectacularly ... you're just not sure if that's good or bad. Yet. Playing 'Crime of the Ceuntry' - which is an ironic title, come to think of it - at maximum volume for hours on end is going to impact an already unhinged man's mind. He will either last a few plays and take the whole building down, probably literally. Or he is going to be on the phone demianding the refomation of the band and a personal performance. Let's face it, it's probably the former. But I refer you to the earlier number of shits given. Either way the end will be quick. 2 points.

the second best Supertramp album

Kinda lost me after the first two tracks.

got this on vinyl and never listened

Very fun to listen to and talked about different topics than normally found in music

Good 70s band, brought back memories

I liked this

Only song I knew on here was "Dreamer," and I don't like it. Still don't like it, but I like all the other ones!

all in all some songs are just too long and slow for my taste. Solid album though

Not as pedestrian as expected but unlikely to be a go to album

It’s like if Randy Newman was the lead singer of Pink Floyd.

You see glimpses of what they become, but still raw

Supertramp fucks

Might be more known for their later albums, but this one ain't half bad, either. 4.5 bumped down to 4.

I’m at a 10. I mean, it’s just because “Crime of the Century” feels like a perfect closing track for the whole thing. The entire album’s crusade against authority with Rudy leading the way, only to realize that he was alone in that crusade the whole time, with everyone else upholding the status quo in their own ways… it’s really well done, and “Crime of the Century” as a sort of dour closing instrumental with a lot of weight behind it, built up brilliantly over the course of the album, makes its somber little sax solos & percussive drops feel like punches to the gut, in a good way. I’ve only ever really known Supertramp as the “Goodbye Stranger” band, and I was fully expecting to see “Breakfast in America” on the list, given the acclaim it has. I’m very glad the book’s editors picked this one (although “Breakfast in America” could’ve probably still been in, I dunno), as it’s a really strong showcase of some Pink Floyd-esque prog rock. It’s not as conceptually tight as “Dark Side of the Moon” is, given the loose tissue connecting these tracks & a minimal amount of transitions, but it more than makes up for it with some clever writing & allegories. “Bloody Well Right” feels prescient as hell in a world of incompetent nepo babies & evil billionaires, and the monologue that starts “Crime of the Century” feels especially apt given some recent revelations about online astroturfing in a certain set of files. The strength of the writing just really makes each track that much better to me. It also helps that these are fantastic instrumentals. Sure, there’s not a crazy sick / iconic guitar solo I can point to here (though there are some really good piano / sax solos), but this album knows when to lift up instrumentals & drop them perfectly, in a way where the pacing of each track feels more thought out & intentional at points. Getting that push/pull right in a way that gives the listener some heavy dopamine is something a lot of ‘70s albums have struggled with, and thankfully, it’s something that most prog bands seem to get right. In this case, with Supertramp, it’s honestly comparable to Yes’s “Close to the Edge”, though on a smaller & less bombastically technical scale. Ironically, this album is longer than “Close to the Edge”, but that’s just a testament to how good Yes is. Of course, I’ve probably overanalyzed this album in my own way, as it never takes itself THAT seriously while listening, which is honestly another point toward the album. “Dark Side” isn’t pretentious or anything, not by a long shot, but that feeling of “art rock” never fully shakes itself, especially with the reputation it has. This is just really fun prog rock with loosely serious theming behind it, but relatively lighthearted tones throughout. When it wants to feel deeper, it knows how to reach that point musically; it never stays in it for too long to feel obnoxious, and it always lifts back up to touch the soul in just the right way. Ultimately, I think it’s an album that knows what it wants to say & says it very well. I’m more inclined to enjoy things that feel definitive & answered, and perhaps that’s part of the reason while I feel more inclined to give this a 10 as opposed to Dark Side getting a “something above a 5”. Dark Side has a million different interpretations within its framework of a life well lived, but this album seems to have a pretty clear one: overreaching authority sucks, try to fight it the best you can, and even if you feel like you can’t truly win against it, someday, if everyone is listening & trying to fight it, maybe there’s hope to get it done in the future. Past that, it’s just a really fun 44 minutes, and I can’t say there’s a bad track here. The floor is a 3 if you just don’t like prog to begin with, but for me, it feels like a deserved 10. It just clicked with me really, really well. Thank goodness it’s on the list.

Бесконечно люблю супертрамп, познакомилась с ним при просмотре фильма круелла. Очень нравится все музыкальные приемы, сочетание звуков, музыки и вокала. Однозначные 5 из 5. Этот альбом стал моим лучшим утром

Tästä(kään) ei jäänyt oikein mitään mieleen.

Not too shabby. I've never listened to an album of theirs and I enjoyed driving around running errands with this on in the background. I probably won't seek it out but if it happens to come on, I won't turn it off. How's that for a review? Standout (that's not Bloody Well Right): Dreamer 02-04-2026

The album tracks are good but forgettable. I was not expecting elements of prog rock. Worth another listen.

Pretty fun

1: Dreamer 2: Bloody Well Right 3: If Everyone was Listening

Dang ok this album rocks love nearly all the songs. Some of them are ungodly long but many of them are worth it.

I knew many of these songs but never realized they were on the same album. The song Crime of the Century is a completely underrated gem.

Great album, School and Dreamer are my favourites. Need a new copy though, my LP has to much noise.

Chill

Just what I needed. Not my fave of theirs but still Supertramp… 3.5

It's a cool album! Some really interesting themes but it also doesn't take itself too seriously. Would absolutely revisit this. Favourites: School Dreamer If Everyone Was Listening Crime Of The Century

Rather bland. 5/10

Bloody Well Right is fun. Everything else is awful - goopy, overly-dramatic, 70's Air Supply crap.

Awesome vocals and piano rock but all the songs on this album sound the same

sounded super 1970s

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/supertramp/crime-of-the-century/ I likey! For now a 4, but will definitely listen to this more often!

Revisited this album after many years of not hearing it. Very British. Kind of proggy. Kind of poppy. Slight menace which does help. I did like it. Title track is the highlight and a great album closer. I can see why people may not care for it but too each their own.

2 stars Forgettable. I had heard “Bloody Well Right” years ago and thought it was annoying. I think I would mix “Dreamer” up with The Who’s “A Quick One.” But yeah, I overall couldn’t care for it.

Funky in a good way. School is a great start to an album, and I really enjoy the last 20 mins of the album. Album flows well.

Prachtig, top album, zeker een must listen

2/8 bekannt 6,5/10 Beste Songs: dreamer, school, crime of the century

Bootleg led zeppelin. Maybe will listen more but not hugely interested

quality rock but not to my liking

"bloody well right" and "Dreamer" are so good i've never heard of this album , some of these deserve a spot on 'sur la route'

ну нормальный трамп, пойдет всегда нравились челики, повод послушать больше чем их самый хитовый альбом

It's ok, instrumentals are very nice

Some really interesting ideas and parts but just on the whole found it struggling to find anything like outstanding from it. I'm sure it might just be a personal thing but the album kind of just felt like a lackluster can't buy a thrill and whilst there were interesting parts of songs but nothing that made me stop and really appreciate it. Not a bad album by any means but for me just also nothing amazing personal standouts were "asylum", "school" and "bloody well right"

Western start - perfect who dun it music Slow grind with a wurli organ If a crime series was a musical x vampire

didn't like the first couple songs but then got into it. only listened to about the first half

its ok, nothing special for me

A few good tracks but for the most part bland and boring.

Didn’t hate it. Didn’t love it.

Not for me. 1/5

tisane chez alma

Not so guilty, guilty pleasures!

Soms is muziek maken gewoon therapie, en dat idee krijg je bij Supertramp best vaak. Alle frustraties en twijfels moeten eruit. Maar dan wel in een sublieme vorm. De heren hadden ook op de sofa bij de psycholoog kunnen gaan liggen, maar kozen ervoor om een lekker potje muziek te maken, in de beste traditie van melodieuze jaren zeventig-rock. Ik moet erbij zeggen dat de hits me het fijnst in het gehoor liggen, de andere nummers vallen minder op. Dat geldt trouwens ook voor hun andere succesplaat Breakfast in America, die ik ook nog maar even gedraaid heb. Daar had ik misschien nog wel een 5 voor kunnen geven, deze blijft net iets lager steken.

Supertramp. Toch een naam waar ik vooraf nieuwsgierig naar ben. Ik ga er dus even voor zitten. Maar...muziekbarbaar die ik ben, verspringt mijn aandacht van de muziek die opstaat naar de rave-nummers die dit gesampeld hebben. Dat doet mij twee dingen beseffen. Ten eerste is het vrij bijzonder dat zulke theatrale muziek zo makkelijk naar de achtergrond valt. Bij de Sparks had ik dit ook al. Daar kreeg ik het niet over mijn hart om het vergeetbaar te noemen. Dat is ook niet het juiste woord. Eigenlijk waardeer ik het dat die theatrale muziek zo toegankelijk wordt gemaakt. Ten tweede zijn die meeste rave-nummers, die samples van dit album gebruikte, vrij matig. De elementen die gebruikt zijn lenen zich helemaal niet voor ander gebruik. Eerder schreef ik eens dat muziek zich kan bewijzen als het in volledig andere vorm tot zijn recht kan komen. En dat denk ik nog steeds. Maar een muzikant kan zich juist bewijzen door iets waar niemand anders muziek van kan maken, heel toegankelijk te maken. Vanuit beide ideeën kom ik dus tot de conclusie dat het draait om de toegankelijkheid en dat Supertramp hiermee een klein doordacht kunstwerkje heeft neergezet.

Goh, nu pas de eerste keer Supertramp in deze lijst. Dat is een opmerkelijk feit, want dit lijkt me typisch zo'n band die er vaker in staat. Dit album is nog geen half miljoen keer over de toonbank gegaan in Murica schijnbaar. Oh, zijn ze dan niet zo groot geweest daar ofzo? Ah toch wel, Breakfast in America is natuurlijk het grote album van deze band, met wereldwijd 20 miljoen exemplaren. Kijk, daarmee kom je in de lijstjes van bestverkochte albums aller tijden. Dus dat album zullen we ook nog wel krijgen in deze lijst ... toch? Toch?!? ... ... dit is echt weer zo'n moment dat ik denk om te stoppen met deze debiele, idiote snobberij. Het is dat ik geen twitter (voormalig X) account heb, anders zou ik nu misschien anoniem allerlei verwensingen naar Robert D sturen. Niet dat ik nu zo'n grote Supertramp fan ben hoor, het is niet dat ik het uit mezelf nu zo vaak opzet. Maar het luistert erg lekker weg, die 70s progrock. En verdient absoluut een notering in de lijstjes. Dus dan snap ik echt niet waarom het compleet genegeerd wordt door onze gehate snobs. En we wel 38000x Morrissey krijgen. Ik ga een 5 geven voor dit album en Breakfast in America. En een dikke 1 voor de zoveelste dubieuze snobkeuze.

I thought it was alright. some of the songs were great

Something about Supertramp has always clicked with me. I find them very easy to enjoy. You can throw them on the background and catch yourself tapping your toes or you can lock in and just appreciate the technical abilities and quality vocals from two completely different singers. Their best album comes five years later but Crime of the Century is still strong.

Thought Supertramp was a punch line band but then I really listened... Love Breakfast in America obviously and was surprised to see that not listed and Crime of the Century in its place. Naturally, I was suspicious. But here's the thing, it's really good too. One of those 70s bands that knew how to sketch up an irrestiable composition.

Not my favorite album I liked the different elements you don’t hear too often such as snapping and keyboard heavy songs but it’s just not my style. Saved none.

Great songs with excellent orchestration. I definitely perfer Davies' songwriting and vocals to Hodgson's, and thus his songs were the highlights of this record. Standout Tracks: Bloody Well Right, Asylum, Rudy.

I enjoyed this!

Falder lidt mellem classic rock og prog rock stolene men det lyder udmærket. Synes det er endnu et skørt albumvalg, men jeg går ud fra at Breakfast in America kommer senere?

Har altid tænkt på Supertramp som goofy far-prog-rock men har aldrig rent faktisk hørt det. Ked af at melde ud at it slaps, virkelig fed plade!

Classic rock.

A high 3 but not a 4

No

Worst yet. Get this off the list.

Sehr cooles Album!

Old school aber doch fresh

Almost every song on this is a banger honestly. Great production too, and lush theatrical instrumentation. Faves: School, Bloody Well Right, Hide In Your Shell, Dreamer

Y'a rien à jeter chez Supertramp, d'office, et là on est quand même sur leur album qui contient le plus de chansons cultes.

Oui, oui et re oui. Album culte, groupe culte, beaucoup de sons bangers. C’est un peu mélodramatique, un peu comedia del Arte. J’ai beaucoup d’images qui apparaissent dans ma tête en écoutant. J’aime trop. Petite question : avons nous plus aucune patience sur les autres albums parce qu’en face il y a des groupes comme supertramp ? Est-ce ce que les autres trucs sont vraiment bien mais on n’est plus du tout objectif ?

C'est Supertramp, impossible de mettre autre chose que 5

bloody well right!! It's a record that I haven't been exposed to, but I've listened to their Breakfast in America record. I don't think it's as good, but there's a lot to love here. Considering when this came out, 1974, I imagine this was quite the change in direction. It somehow has rock/prog influences while simultaneously being pop? Maybe that's what they were going for? It's a 3.5

Very good

A great little prog rock album that is an enjoyable listen throughout.

Not a genre I enjoy

3/5 - Somewhere between a 3 and 4. I really liked parts of it that felt really unique and interesting and fun to listen to, but there were multiple songs that I didn't get on with at all

Solid, I liked it but breakfast in America is better

Dienstag, 20.01.2025 ~ Vom frühen Nachmittag bis spät in die Nacht ~ Nachmittags im Seitensprung, Superfit Europacenter, allein beim Kochen, spät abends in der Küche - zu zweit. Mochte ich sehr

Donnerstag, 22.01.2026 Im Studicafe "Seitensprung" am Nachmittag, In der Küche um 23h beim Pfannkuchen machen, in der Küche um 1 mit Nicole

there were one or two brilliant songs but overall not my fave ever album

I liked it a lot. My favorite song was “Hide in Your Shell”.

Album exceptionnel, je ne connaissais que Breakfast in America mais celui là va clairement revenir dans mes playlists !

An album full of wannabe epic tracks that ultimately come off as pretty boring. The whole time I was wishing this was Breakfast in America instead. Dreamer is the only standout and saves this from being a one star album.

A good, but I would not consider a great album. My favorite track was the hooks, particularly when the orchestral bits come in on "Crimes of the Century" (even with its politically simpleton lyrics) CRIME OF THE CENTURY is definitely more focused than their first 2 albums. Improved songwriting kept the songs from sprawling quite so often. The subject matter is a bit cynical for my taste. I tend to prefer my prog rock albums to explore the personal, the mythological, the philosophical, but not the overtly political, which is why when I feel like I could go for some prog rock, I typically throw on a Rush record instead, as they tended to have more of the former than the latter. Having said all that, CRIME OF THE CENTURY is a long way off from the perfection of BREAKFAST IN AMERICA, so BIA's absence on this list is baffling. On the positive side, most of Supertramp's 70s records are, in my opinion, more enjoyable than the Genesis records from the same period. Genesis, for me, doesn't in itself become interesting until the 80s, along with all of its members (Phil Collins, Peter Gabriel, Mike and the Mechanics) solo efforts, which were delightful during the 80s and also suspiciously missing from this list, which I have come to realize after reviewing well over 700 albums, basically sucks with only an occasional bright spot.

Rubbish

I was aware of Supertramp, and knew the obvious hits, but this is the first time I have listened to an entire studio album of theirs, and it's awesome. Supertramp straddle the line between Prog Rock and contemporary Pop, and focusing a great deal on keyboards. Already the opener, School, is extremely gripping, but every single song on here is its own thing, variation is great. School, Dreamer (of course), and Rudy are just a few songs I'd recommend, and Crime of the Century's Keyboard Riff is living in my head rent free; it's so good. The mood is melancholy and, at times, reminds me of the early Marillion albums. This is the kind of stuff stuff why I'm doing this project. 5/5

Didn't really care to much for this although some of the arrangements were decent.

A lot of half songs and stop-starts. More of a jam session than an album. Impressive but not very enjoyable to listen to.

Criminally funky

Classic alright album! Like, obviously these guys are good and know what they’re doing and I know for some people this shit works for them. And I never hated this album, I just wasn’t super invested in it. It’s fine!

Heard Before? - Yes, too many times, unfortunately. Notes: This list has WAY too many guitar albums for my taste, so it's nice to hear some decent keyboard work, even if it is on yet another overplayed classic rock thing. Production is lovely: drums have that wonderful 70s sound, vocals aren't too loud. The arrangements make the best of the individual talents of the members, even when the songwriting fails to deliver. Verdict: Prog-pop for normies. Still more interesting than most of classic rock radio, with deep cuts that are worth your time. Listen Again? Probably, but not for a long time.

Grand, theatrical.

I don’t care for prog-rock.

These guys sure know how to build to the big sing-along chorus. Surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Had never heard Hide In Your Shell before. Loved it!

Va det dårlig? Nei. Fikk æ mye mer lyst til å høre låta «Crime of the Century» av Shania Twain (fra debutalbumet for her i huset føkke vi bare med pre-1997 Shania Twain, takk)? Ja. Man har den smaken man har, ass.

It's ok.

Extremely unique and creative use of instruments

started off strong but lost me in the end.

Pretty good! Very theatrical and long instrumental jams.

Lowkey theatrical.

3.5/5. Enjoyed this

Nothing special but an enjoyable watch.

Supertramp is one of those "whatever happened to" bands. This album is ok. I recognized a couple of hits. Didn't love it.

I think British 60s/70s rock just may not be my jam. Why is every song 8 minutes long though?? I don’t have the attention span or appreciation for that. Again, I feel like uncultured swine for not appreciating this album more but at least I’m consistent I guess?

I love supertramp, multiple bangers on this album with that Supertramp sound…

British progressive pop. Great musicians led Roger Hodgson's voice and Rick Davies. I enjoy the longer more progressive songs like School and Rudy.

I didn’t realize Supertramp was a quasi-progressive band and this album was an enjoyable listen.

very rush sounding

I enjoyed this one!

Not bad at all

Only got partial tracks.

The reason I signed up for this in the first place was to broaden my horizons and discover gems I didn't know existed. I've heard so much about Supertramp over the years so thought I was in for a real treat. Sadly this album fell WELL short of my expectations. Just boring, bad singing, nothing going on. Not a fan.

proc je vetsina unavailable?? hudbou pripominajici bowieho (asylum) a queeny, not bad, neco jsem uz slysela, ale do playlistu to nejde..

A Proggasm. Progtacular. Progtrocity. Operatic Prog, Rock Prog, Jazzy Prog. Prog. Decent mind.

A case where the principle of the sound I seem too quite like.  They just seem deft at ruining it from time to time.  "Bloody Well Right" is not good and its up and down from there.  Their USP is generating some engaging melody that gives it some real depth, and I really really like that.  Maybe it's the complex layers, but I can imagine this would be good building a scene up in a film.   "Hide in Your Shell" was a glimpse at getting the vocals to match the drama and even went Elton John like in the middle with some interesting piano moodiness. Ultimately not bad at all and I listened to this loads as background (it was short).  Ironically the songs I knew are the sole reason why I only gave this a 3 and I also liked it way more than expected and included some excellent songs.     

Great name, great album cover and I can see how this album would have sold well when it was released because it would have piqued my interest in a record shop. Unfortunately, I would have got it home and spun it up to ultimately be underwhelmed. It's prog-rock, but with a heavy emphasis on the prog. The opening track was pretty good, if a little soft. There was evidence of a little more bite here and there, for example the heavier bridge of 'Bloody Well Right', which got me momentarily excited before it dropped back into a Elton-Johnesque prog-pop blend. Generally far too soft for me. I'd like more rock with my prog, please.

I've decided to rate everything subjectively rather than objectively as these all have plenty of critic ratings out there. This is of course a super solid classic rock album, excellent mastering and dynamics, big impact. Down a star simply because for me it's a bit of a slog style wise outside Bloody Well Right, Asylum and the title track. Was a good listen though and it had been a long time since I'd heard it.

6.5/10

Gostei.

This was ok, but I didn't love it. (3)

It was okay

Good but not something I'd add to my rotation and I'm not super keen to listen to more from this artist.

Feels like if I ran a Merry-Go-Round and wanted to use 70’s themed music, I’d pick this. Can’t imagine coming back to this much but it isn’t the worst.

All of the songs blended and felt like one unit to me, which enjoyed. The one that jumped out was Dreamer. It sounded louder and a tad different- it was also the one song I knew before listening to the album. I enjoyed the sound, and I like Supertramp.

I liked the album. It sounded amazing but it felt like it was missing something. Like it was really close and then it just didn’t find it.

A lot of fun! not great, but good Best Song: Crime of the Century Rating: 7.5/10 Stars: 4

Just a bit too proggy for me, but I did smile at the thought of an American trying to make it all the way through ‘Bloody Well Right’.

This was very very good. It sucks youtube music only has part of the album available, but someone else just uploaded the entire album as a video and I just listened to that. Very cool album. Really into it.

i’ve gotta be real sports fans: idk if i’m a big fan of prog rock. this is not bad, but it’s not for me.

3/3. Heard this album many times growing up, still love it today. Hodgson and Davies voices contrast so well, the keyboards are top-tier, as are the arrangements. Some really groovy songs and thoughtful lyrics as well. A classic for sure.

If the ratings were more granular this is probably between a 3 and 4 I didn't like it as much as I thought I would, but it was stilly a really fun art rock/rock and/or roll record. I preferred the straight up rock moments more than the more artsy moments, which I wouldn't have expected. I found some of the longer songs dragged as the arrangements weren't interesting enough to justify the length. Still a bunch of really good stuff on here.

Supertramp is criminally forgotten by most people. They had a number of forgettable albums but this one is just fantastic

Eh, boring mostly.

Supertramp is so engrained in me from my years of working a terrible retail job where Supertramp played so much. Bloody Well Right and Dreamer take me right back to the days of restocking adult diapers in a drug store. Glory days. Liked Tracks: Dreamer

Raspberry ripple. Veins of great taste running through mostly bland and homogeneous vanilla stuff. It became background music after 3 songs. Dreamer came and went and I was gone again before the end.

Love Dreamer, though hasn't realised it was Supertramp! Was not so familiar with the other tracks, but I loved listening to this most 70s of albums...

Between this and Breakfast in America it's hard to escape Supertramp at hifi shows. That said, it's for good reason that these albums are used to show off audio equipment. Superb musicianship and songwriting and these album just seems to flow.

Has the popular screaming song that was trending on TikTok for a while and sounds haunting. Quite groovy album

Loved Dreamer

I never confuse supertramp with supergrass. Bloody well right. Dreamer is under appreciated

Good, but prog rock isn't my thing

Fine, but kind of boring (adequate but slow)

Too slow to warrant a band name like Supertramp. It’s fine, but not what I was expecting. Kinda boring

070126 11:06 3.5

Somewhat contemplative, classic pop-rock

I was at a party that turned out to be a Sith party. I don't remember much now but Cobra was there and the Jedi were fighting both. Idk where G.I. Joe was

superrrr underrated again another album i havent heard any songs from before! i love this genre/ type of music its so unique in my opinion

I absolutely loved this. The themes of alienation and loneliness and the exploration of fear of differences is so interesting and is explored through instrumentals and lyrics that perfectly match the theme. While listening to the title track I genuinely had a moment where I audibly said “this may be the best song I have ever heard”. The only album so far that I have immediately started again after first listen. Definitely one of, if not my favourite album on this journey yet. Wow

four in the morning and im zoning

School y el title track fueron mis favoritos, de nuevo algo que no se si escucharía pero me gusto mucho la verdad.

Lwk I’d listen to a few songs again

This album was actually excellent; yt men serving a lot of cunt for the sake or art.

Nothing grabbing me but fun

Trippy

Cool funky album, recognised dreamer but didn't realise how many tunes this band had (logical sign etc)

It was just okay… the first half just… existed… Dreamer reeled me in a bit for the latter half but it just wasn’t my jam. Some really neat music and sound at times but overall didn’t keep my attention / focus.

If 70s brown was a sound, It would be this.

I actually liked this album, along with the song ‘Dreamer’

Really, really awesome. It’s great to listen to this album start to finish, as most songs are quite long.

def relisten so good

Great album

I feel like I should like this album, but I just didn't.

absolutely incredible!! loved so many songs on this album

A uniquely 70s prog rock sound with a couple big hits. Not bad.

good

One of the songs Hide in your shell really reminded me of the song Fairy of Shampoo covered by TxT. I do not quite know if I like this album it is quite boring and it reminds me of queens music like the ensemble chorus in the background. Actually maybe that might me the first few songs Hide in your shell is a bop. It reminds of Space Odessey.

A surprisingly great album

me han gustado mucho las melodías aunque no haya entendido ninguna letra

I hear the prog rock. It’s okay. There are so many different things I hear as I listen to I hear some Bowie as I listen some Elton John and it all kind of works. I knew the name Supertramp more than I knew the music. Is it my favorite? No. Is it good? yes. I’m not going to add it to my playlist though. I’m glad I heard it.

Listened to this while reading substack and didn’t even realise the album replayed itself three times, 8/10 would recommend as background music for any creative endeavours.

quietLOUDquietLOUD for the love of god just set your volume in a certain range and let me actually listen to a song without being unable to hear or having my ears blown out by the sudden volume shift. Dreamer is obviously an absolutely killer song but also not that especially different to anything else on the album. This left me somehow both bored while craving more?

Intelligent music

More piano-centric Pink Floyd meet Bee Gees vibes. Enjoyed a few songs

188/1001 :: Supertramp - Crime of the Century Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Rating: 6 Listen before you die: No I’m pretty sure that if you looked up “70’s Rock” in the dictionary there’d be a picture of this album cover starring back at you. I didn’t love it but didn’t hate it. Some of it was pretty cool but also felt like it ran long. My guess is if I was in a rock band this would be good reference material…

Like if Elton John wrote musical about the Beatles

Favorite tracks: School, Hide in Your Shell This started out decently enough, but got old very quickly. Not unpleasant, but this was maybe the most dad rock/generic 70's soft rock band I've heard

A very nice easy listening progressive rock album. The keyboard is a main stand out in a lot of the songs, setting the tone for most the album as uplifting, but with heavy guitar riffs from time to time keeping it engaging & interesting. I also love the way the bass builds slowly in ‘Dreamer’, it’s a perfect display of prog rock. I think the production value of this album is what makes it stand out so much to me. Whether this album is for you or not, you could not argue that it doesn’t sound absolutely spot on. It’s laughable how British they sound in ‘Bloody Well Right’. Favourite tracks are: ‘School’, ‘Bloody Well Right’, & ‘Dreamer’.

At first, I was like ehhh this is so randomly orchestrated I don’t think I’m going to like this but it’s definitely not bad. But then I don’t know what happened but it became so beautifully done instrumentally. I genuinely can’t believe how much better the second half of this album is and how much it made my opinion change. Will be listening in the future.

I loved the drama of this album. It felt grandiose in its compositions. I loved the symphonic elements combined with the builds!

High production value and catchy songs that are fun

I always forget how much I like Supertramp. This was a good listen and a good reminder to play more of their music.

This is standard 1970s Supertramp, Including the hits “Bloody Well Right” and “Dreamer”. Those are good tracks which we all heard on the radio, while the remainder of the album was decent but not memorable. Let’s give it a solid three stars.

Space rock? :D? I know this is a famous band, but I've only ever heard 'Goodbye Stranger' before (not on this album). They're OK. Kind of a Pink Floyd/Queen/Don McLean hybrid. A little bit guitar-heavy for my preference. Highlight: 'Hide in Your Shell' (nice horns)

ここでいま初めて知ったバンド。このアルバムはプログレをポップに格調高くしたような感じかな。 悪くはないけど、涸れたようなボーカルがあまり好みではなかった。また、音色や展開に対して、悪く言うと古臭い時代性を感じた。 今のところ好みではないけど、聞きやすくはあったので、再訪して好きになる余地はあるかもしれない。

Wonderful

Meh2

The Good: We are going to witness a crime! Of the century no less! The Bad: We’ve been duped, as there is no crime to be found… The Ugly: My supertramp outfit… I mean, it’s bad… Back in my college days I befriended someone who, I found out later, had this knack for creating mixed tapes for friends. The opening track of this album was the first track on Side 2 of the mixed tape made for me. Somewhere in my disasterous belongings, there is a cassette case that should include this mixed tape… my only worry is that I will find it, because that will mean I must go shopping for a cassette player so that I can listen to this tape and reminisce about those good old days… The fact that this album is on this list makes me more than happy, though I was confused when I saw it as my immediate thought was “where’s Breakfast In America”?… which, to my horror, is NOT included on the 1001 list of albums I need to listen to. Needless to say I continue to question the rational for an album to be included in the list… Oddly enough, getting the album presented on my list meant it was the first time for me to listen to it… and what a joyful listen it has been. So joyful that I’ve listened to it daily for the past week, twice a day if the presented album turns out to be a turd… Hurray Supertramp, you get 5*

Kinda Elton Jenesis

Enjoyed this, very 70s. Not familiar with much Supertramp but could see myself investigating their back catalogue.

3.5 if I could. Really liked the start, lost me a bit near the end

First time I’ve given supertramp a proper listen and I’ve been missing out

Original 70’s edm/rock