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Bom álbum. Algumas músicas são excelentes. Moondrop May.
Everything that sucks about 70s music distilled into one album
Fine, but it can be dangerous to write classics when most of your songs are only fine
Totally uninteresting, but not actively bad
Quite liked this, kinda like a proggy 10cc. Will definitely be coming back to this!
No note. Just classic tunes
It was pretty good. Kinda let it play in the background because it has some great instrument solos
Brought back wonderful memories of my teenage years
I always confuse Supertramp with Supergrass. That’s on my though because sometimes one of me few brain cells goes to sleep. This was a fun album though, and it enjoyable from front to back. Supertramp have a style that seems hard to find in any other bands, toeing into prog just enough to be wacky, but never far enough to get real weird with it. This is a pleasant, fun album, and Dreamer is sand very frequently in our home.
Good musicianship but a bit too cheesy for my taste
A really good record… for forty seconds.
Prog rock lite. It's okay I suppose but it lacks the inventiveness and theatricality of better prog rock bands. Hard to believe this and Pink Floyd's Animals are considered to be in the same genre.
idk super tramp just doesn't do it for me. I appreciate them but don't find myself going back.
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.
Witty
Enjoyed it.
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.
Innocent!
great album!
Fine
It took an age for me to find Breakfast In America on CD. One reason why I was, once upon a time, a big endorser of streaming. Halcyon days… Oh, yeah, this. So so.
Probably one of the most important albums of my life. I've been listening to it since I was 13 or 14, and I still love it. Supertramp is one of the most important bands I've taken with me from the '70s anyway. Full marks, because nostalgia also plays a huge role with Supertramp.
I like it
Interesting - never listened to them before
I find it so hard not to enjoy Supertramp. I didn't start this project a fan, but I may very well become one by the time I'm through. While this isn't Supertramp's best record, it still has great vocal harmonies and fun songs. "Dreamer" is the clear high point here.
88/100. A great art rock album with jazzy undertones. The atmosphere and overall vibe are captivating, unique yet oddly familiar. It's a distinctive record that really leaves an impression.
אלבום די משעמם השירים לא מיוחדים במיוחד והם די חוזרים שיר מועדף - Crime of the century
Prog for people who don't like to be challenged. I still thought it was alright. Not everything has to push you. 7.5 out of 10. So I'll have to round it up to 4.
This was actually quite good. I’ve listened to very little supertramp but I quite enjoyed this. Very Pink Floyd which wasn’t what I was expecting
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.
classic good rock. Supertramp gets the panties!
Heck yeah Sonic Voyagers. You're bloody well right this album kicks ass. Years ago I had a friend gift me a nice collection of albums. They had 5 or 6 Supertramp albums in there and I really enjoyed them all. I would add this to any discussion of 'perfect' albums. Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this again.
missing a bit of punch at the end. is a solid listen. 3/5
É incrível como eles forçaram esse piano em todas as músicas e ele não se encaixa em nenhuma.
Kinda weird, kinda silly, kinda liked it.
I love to see that some people hate this record because it sounds like a mix of Queen, Pink floyd, Elton John and Steely Dan, and that's exactly the reason why I like it! First time listening to it, I found it incredible, from start to end. And it sounds amazing, top notch production
never heard of them before but enjoyed the music. quiet eclectic with dramatic arrangements. will revisit. close to giving it a 4.
Prog rock sucks. A better project for this album would be deciding who is worse, Supertramp or Rush. The only good Supertramp song is Goodbye Stranger. This is awful music, Hide In Your Shell could be titled Representative Awful Supertramp Song and it would be more accurate. Listening to an entire album of this is making me like Goodbye Stranger less because it sounds too much like the rest of this. How can some of these albums keep getting worse when they start out so terribly. Dreamer is the hit and it is awful. I guess the lesson this album teaches is that things can always get worse. Crime of the Century is like the worst Pink Floyd cover band you can imagine. 70s dad rock Floyd...no one is filling a planetarium to see a laser light show for that. Even the album cover looks like a Pink Floyd ripoff.
Banger album. Only heard Dreamer before, decent song, but the entire album as a whole was great. Intro kicked it into space, felt like Pink Floyd inspired? Not sure about the timeline. Use of all the different instruments was amazing to listen to.
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.
The first track was promising but the rest was boring
Supertramp can be a hit or a miss for me. This one is a definite hit. Great from start to finish and well recorded.
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
Never listened to Supertramp (knowingly, at least) in my life until now. This was actually pretty cool. Like yeah, it's corny, but I don't know. It's perfectly enjoyable. I'm not sure when I'll come back to it but I enjoyed the ride. I felt like I was at a white dad's barbecue, but in a good way. He can grill.
Fantastic. 4.5
1. zchool - 1.5 2. bloody - 1.5 3. zhell - 0 4. azylum - 1 5. dreamer- 1.5 6. rudy - 1 7. liztening - 1.5 8. crime - 1
superfun!
2.5 stars
Me ha gustado mas que el de ayer, tiene melodías y junta instrumental de una forma muy guay. Según lo que he leído es rock sinfónico, me gusta este tipo de rock, mezcla diferentes estilos musicales. 7/10
Not my type of music
Not memorable but fine. 2 stars
Frequently rocked and was often strange. Excellent beginning to end
Really good stuff. Rips all the way through.
bom album. mas não é meu gosto
Decent listen. Couple great tunes.
I couldn't get too excited about this album, but I can't really put my finger on why that is. It was just OK.
It’s no “breakfast in America” but it’s still solid
Absolutely a banger 5/5
Amazing as just a straight up vibes album. Could listen to this on repeat for hours.
I should likely own this. Likely will pick it. Not my thing normally, but its cultural impact is unmistakable.
Enjoyable throughout. Cool soundscapes. None of the songs particularly jumped out, mind.
Perfectly cromulent radio psych rock but nothing stands out enough for me to be ranked any higher.
The sax fill in Hide in Your Shell kinda sounds like who can it be now by Men at Work Hearing the piano breaks always brings a smile to my face, wish we could get Breakfast in America soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jspCAfZeDqc
ruined by classic rock radio
Godt album lyttede sammen med Frede. Det er åbenbart et band som tog inspiration fra en masse af de store i 70’erne og lavede det meget cleanly produced og derfor er det heller ikke så populært blandt kritikere fordi det ikke rigtig som sådan gør noget unikt, men det gør det stadig godt non the less. Til gengæld banede det vej for at normalisere konceptuel albums.
This was a tedious listen. I have no idea how it made the list.
Not bad
I didnt know they did all those hits, only one on here imo
Love it. Great song.
Enjoyed the album and many of the songs.
pretty cool
Surprisingly like this.
I had never heard of this group or album, so far as I can remember, but I’ve heard the song “Dreamer” in commercials. It’s not a bad song, but it’s not even one of the best here. There is a Pink Floyd influence without imitation, but also more of a grinding, melodious element. Pleasant surprise here.
Han marcado una época, con pocas piezas muy bien logradas, con seguridad están entre los músicos del siglo. Dos, tres o cuatro temas, trascienden los años fácilmente.
Lord what an album. How odd and spacey and fun. Technically high-level without being a dick about it. Supertramp in the morning is a rad way to kick off a week.
It's a nice detour into prog-rock. However, "Crime of the Century" is nowhere near as good as the likes of Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree. I suppose some people really love it. The outro of the title track makes a classic conclusion to the album. Other than that, there's nothing to say about it. 3 stars for "Crime of the Century".
Excellent concept album.
Pretty good album, it took several songs to get used to it but overall a memorable prog rock entry I hadn't listened to before. Notable tracks that stood out to me were Asylum for the stage show feeling presentation, Rudy had elements that felt ahead of its time, and the title track felt like something I should hear on the radio more but don't. I enjoyed it, but I don't know if it will be in my constant rotation.
Their 3rd album. Rock / Prog. Struggled with this one. I'm just not into this type of prig stuff. They're a tight band and it's well produced but meh.
Pretty solid prog-pop. A classic in Bloody Well Right, but the rest didn't really hit me. Couple songs that I didn't like (Hide In Your Shell and Dreamer). They got a kinda silly, childish sound that I feel like a lot of 70's prog bands would dip into and I'm not a fan. Overall though, baffles me this album was picked over Breakfast in America, which has way more hits on it. Not that this record doesn't deserve it, but BiA should have been put in before Crime of the Century was even considered.
Christgau in Village Voice memorably described Supertramp as ’Queen without the preen’, which is cute but not quite right. Supertramp have much more respect for the values of a good straightforward pop rock song, and are only proggy in that they can actually play their instruments. There’s not too much of the baroque or excessive on this album, it’s mostly just classic early seventies pop rock. It was the decision to turn their back decidedly on prog in favour of pop for this very album which saved the band from obscurity. Good pop song writing, musical ability and some decent originality in arrangements combine to make this album more than just a throwaway pop release but an album which combines commercial appeal with genuine creativity.
I listened to this while I was running and I don’t remember feeling anything (positive or negative) about it.
Some parts were pretty enjoyable, more parts felt a little derivative / forgettable. Nothing was actively unpleasant
Trumpet goes hard same with piano. Limited vocals
Great stuff. Surprised by the Pink Floyd vibes
Hugely popular in my first year at uni, played it loads and tried hard to love it. A fine album clearly but maybe a little too close to prog rock for me...
Nice, but nothing that really grabbed me and made me want to listen.
Tricky. I kinda enjoyed it but I have already forgotten it.
I enjoy supertramp, breakfast in america has bee in my playlist for some time. Crime of the century is not quite as catchy but it has very similar strength, beautiful piano, philosophical lyrics and nice progressions . It lacks enough catchy and top tier songs for me to rate it in top albums but very enjoyable
It’s okay. Kind of hokey 70’s dad band. Not totally my jam
Enjoyed this, it felt creative although similar to other prog rock. A few overindulgent aspects but overall enjoyed.
Supertramp have a lot of songs I know and enjoy, though they seem to be spread among albums. The intro to School is pretty great. Dreamer is a classic. Bloody Well Right is fun! Good to hear some Sax. The electronic vibes throughout add a different dimension to their music, too. Album is very good.
Yea i mean, I can see the complexity and difficulty and originality of what's here. But I think its also very forgettable for the most part
Good album, really liked the first 3 songs. Fun use of dynamics in Asylum, like someone in the booth is turning down the volume knob. Dreamer is kind of annoying to listen to. Rest of the album is ok, title track is a little boring but I like the reprise of the harmonica from the first track school.
A vibe but not much variation
Enjoyable 70s prog rock time capsule, has aged well
This album is very Pink Floyd, not even just the music, they went for a space cover a year after DSOTM 🤨 if you're gonna have an influence might as well make it a good one I guess I did enjoy this, some of these tracks have a nice build and the brass is cool when they appear. The typical prog lack of structure puts me off slightly. Also as I go to do the rating the next day, I realise I didn't find a lot of it memorable. So 3 seems fair
I genuinely liked this album more than I thought I would. Closer to ELO than ELP.
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.
Geweldig album
I'm a fan of prog rock, some of my favourite bands are prog rock bands. However, I found this album slow and boring.
I didn't think it was too bad. Listened all the way through with no complaints really. The only song I knew was "Dreamer" because of some commercial that it's on. Although I've heard of Supertramp, I've never been exposed to their music.
I wasnt in the mood for this but it won my respect for being a big grand sound
no redeeming qualities
Good album all the way through. Classic 70s rock.
Pretty good. Very 70s in a dramatic movie soundtrack sort of way that reminded me of, like, Xanadu or the Beegees Sgt Pepper movie. So maybe not good? But I liked it. Crime of the Century was good.
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
So nice, I listened twice 🤘
It's good old-head stuff, but I've been overexposed to this type of music due to many years of riding around in a crew van with the radio tuned to the classic rock station.
I am admittedly ignorant to the intricacies of music production. But man, why don't more albums sound this good? The mixing is fantastic.
Solid album with some hits. Going to be a little tough and put it on the three side of a 3.5.
The hits were a nostalgic and enjoyable listen, and the rest of the album held up? Not too shabby, Supertramp!
There's not a ton of progressive rock on this list, so I was happy to see this one come up. This is a nice album, very atmospheric in sound. I was already familiar with some tracks, but I enjoyed all of them. I would listen again.
I enjoyed this. The songs were a little samey and it sounds a little dated but a lot of these songs had a great vibe to them and there’s no bad songs.
Supertramp have a sound —springy organ synth, choral harmonies, loopy 58-pound weakling lead singer— that I don’t hate. But even though each song is internally creative, they all sound similar — that Supertramp sound is pervasive. This whole album, while somewhat entertaining, sounds derivative of itself. It’s like every song could be in a sonic sequel to Tommy.
Crime of the Century sounds like your standard issue 70s rock album — well-produced, decent musicianship, but nothing that really jumps out or sticks with you. It’s not bad by any means, just kind of... there. If you’re a big Supertramp fan, I’m sure it hits differently, but for me, it just blended in with a lot of other albums from the era.
eig ganz geiles Album chillig und unique fav track -Hide in your shell
Solide Top: Scool
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.
"well it's not as though he's fat, no there's more to it than that" lol what
muzycznie świetnie, vibe mi nie do końca odpowiada. trudno określić czemu
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Started off excellently, wore me down the more the album went on. Dreamer was a song that was completely lost on me.
Valeur sûre
Just my kinda thing. I can see it being annoying for some people, but this is what I hope from a prog album.
25/04/2025 This isn't their best work, I'm just hoping more of their albums pop up.
I think there's been a mistake. I believe this one is from that other list - 1,001 Albums No One Should Ever Have to Hear Again.
Nope. Never liked them.
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.
2 excellent songs amid a lot of forgettable material.
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?
Oooh, I’m having fun so far! It’s impressive! The style is so cool, and not something I’ve really listened all that much to before. I feel like I can hear a mesh of different styles and influences; I can pick out some Beatles influence, but it also sounds very modern for 1974. Almost akin to The Police, perhaps. I wasn’t even aware people were making music like this in the early 70s!! Really easy to listen to. I’m having a ton of fun with it so far. Almost soothing to my ears, as my head has been hurting so much for the past little while before putting this record on. Excited to see where the rest of it goes, on Asylum now. :)) A bit of the way through Rudy now, and I can definitely see myself going back to listen through this entire album again in the future!! I think I understand what prog rock is now lol. Ooh okay, I’m REALLY, really liking this album, which is not surprising, per se, but is a pleasant and exciting treat. Okay! All right! Very, very enjoyable album!! A solid 4 stars for me! :) Also sort of introduced me to a new subgenre that I wasn’t necessarily all that aware of/familiar with.
Boring as hell
Prog-rock that is great with headphones. I was familiar with “Bloody Well Right” and “Dreamer” from the radio, but giving these songs (and the album) full attention made me like them even more. I like how the two singers alternate tracks. The Wurlitzer is featured heavily and I love how these songs always take a different, interesting direction.
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.
i was impressed at the beginning - first track fucks, second track fucks... then crash. has some other highlights throughout though.
It's nice, will listen to it more, but it's not like insanely good to get 5 stars
Honestly, it feels like if someone tried to redo 60s Who songs in a 70s prog style.
Bloody Well Right -- ok it's a classic Asylum -- sounds like it wants to be in a musical. Bleh Dreamer - don't hate it but I wouldn't add it to a playlist Rudy - technically good but boring Crime of the Century - another one out of a musical Didn't finish. I never loved the group that much. Now it seems over-produced and looking to be a rock opera but without the passion and story of something like Tommy
Not my thing
Ymmärrän, miksi levy on päässyt listalle. Monipuolista soitinten käyttöä, ja kyllä tätä mielellään kuunteli koko levyn läpi. Sellaista positiivista perus settiä, en vaihtaisi radiokanavaa. Ei ehkä tule kuitenkaan omaan levyhyllyyn ostettua.
Oikein hyvä!
Ok
Tämähän oli mukavan positiivinen yllätys. Biiseissä käytettiin monipuolisesti eri instrumentteja esille.
Ihan tämmöstä perus rockia, menevämmät biisit oikein jees. Voi soida taustalla tai olla soimatta mutten kuuntelisi aktiivisesti. Vähän Beatles-viboja. Joitakin outoja kohtia siellä täällä ja kehnonpuoleinen laulaja.
Used to listen a lot to Supertramp and I still like some of the tracks on this album (e.g. School and Dreamer) but I wasn‘t in the mood to listen to it all the way through.
This really grew on me. I wouldn't consider myself a fan of easy listening or however else this could be defined as, but this album has a nice groove and the horn playing holds it all together. 3.25/5.
VERY of its time. Feels like it’s trying too hard to be epic. At least it dials back (some of) prog’s worst indulgences.
Quirky weird 70s
I'm not a supertramp fan in general... I don't enjoy the singles at all. Dreamer specifically is a stain upon this earth that i hope is someday scrubbed away. Turns out I also don't like the deep cuts. This album felt like a mix of shitty The Wall-era Pink Floyd and shitty Elton John. The nicest thing I have to say about it is that occasionally there's a cool instrumental passage like the piano bit in the middle of School. I swear I've heard it in a movie and it's just an awesome little piano interlude rammed in the middle of a shitty song. I wish it was it's own song. I swear this is probably the album that upset angry teens in the 70s so much that they decided to invent punk to try and kill it. Why won't it die?
I really don’t care much for this record, but I do think ‘School’ is a cool way to kick it off.
i found this kind of charming (if deeply unserious) and mostly tolerable in the same vein as ELO and certain songs by queen, but it pushed the limits of my good graces for going on for far too long. it’s like a 2.75 really.
did not like this. theater kid ass music. i didn’t have high expectations but i do like “goodbye stranger” so i went in hoping there would be at least something enjoyable on here but everything was too shmaltzy (especially the saxophone-heavy songs) and just not that interesting.
Good progressive album. Not wow but ok
I didn't think I'd save any tracks from this album but I saved "Dreamer". Classic rock isn't really my jam.
Dad Rock at tit's finest
=The Beatles
Ok, but nothing outstanding or that memorable beside a couple of the hits. 5/10
Good hot tub music
Big jamming
It would probably grow on me. I will listen to it more in future
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.
I REALLY enjoyed the start of this album. Periodically really cool. Easy listen but nothing that breaks into my playlists. Instrumentally this album is AWESOME
If EVERY song was like School (the first one) this would get a 4, but they progressively got a little stranger. That's 70s rock for you, I guess.
5/5. Favorite album so far overwhelmingly
Kind of forgettable again, but Bloody Well Right and Dreamer are real good.
The best
There must be a reason I didn’t have Supertramp in my music collection. Two songs are okayish - the rest didn’t age well.
I thought this album artwork said 'Supertrump' at first. 😆 Pretty fun album!
I sometimes wonder why they didn’t do better in America. W mean we were fine with other British bands, the Beatles, the Stones etc. I think it’s because the others didn’t use phrases like “Bloody well right” which brings out our inherent xenophobia. I give it a four. Three for the music and one for the nostalgia
Another 'okay' album. I'm not a huge fan but it doesn't hurt me when it's in the background. I recognized 'Dreamer'. 'School' was a pleasant discovery. Unfortunately, it was the first track. After that, I found it a bit plain.
I always like a piano-centric record, and this album stands out in that regard. If Everyone Was Listening sounds straight out of an Elton John compilation. The title/final track introduces the heartbreaker combo of high piano, high strings, high sax, and slow 6/8 time. It's a great way to end the album on a grand "impending-doom" note, though it would be significantly better with an actual ending rather than a fade-out. There are also a few mildly suspect tracks that could reasonably be described as filler - most notably Dreamer, which is more of a silly novelty track. One of the singers' voices is pretty goofy. It's most noticeable in Dreamer during the solo vocals. Sounds a bit like the higher range of early-career David Bowie. The backing vocals give an extremely retro feel (almost like something you'd hear from the Four Seasons) that really creates an odd feel, because the instruments heavily imply a mid-70s sound. That being said, the music itself is excellent. A solid combination of multi-part prog, 60s rock, and groovy modern blues. One of the best examples of the latter genre is Bloody Well Right, which is instantly likeable. The keys are the highlight. I love the gritty, positive classic rock feel in that track. 4/5 Key tracks: School, Bloody Well Right, Crime Of The Century
Varied, catchy, layered, fantastic.
This album was a must in my youth. I often listened to the LP at friends' houses until I finally saved up the money for it. Then the album was often on the turntable. And listening to it again now after a long time, I realize that yes, the album is really good. 5/5
Great piano based bangers
Never heard it before, but this was great. Essential prog rock. Like a funky and poppier Dark Side of the Moon.
PRE LISTEN: Not entirely sure what to expect. I know very few Supertramp songs. LISTEN: Kinda hard to pinpoint what’s going on, but I like it alright. The vocalist has more interesting a voice than I had remembered.
This is a fun one
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.
This is such nerd music - almost as bad as Steely Dan.
Not something I normally listen to but I enjoyed it.
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C'est quand même très bon. Mais il y a une différence marquées dans les chansons des deux compositeurs. Les chansons de Hogdson sont de loin mes préférées tandis que ceux de Davies, je les trouve longues et trop dramatique pour leur bien. Somme toute, ça reste une un album qui contient des chansons que l'on doit avoir entendu dans sa vie.
Cet album est comme une tour Jenga où il n'y a plus de move possible. Changer un seul bloc de place entraînerait un écroulement total.
3.3.
This felt like the 70s. Personal enjoyment: 3/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5
This is great. Going in the rotation
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This will be good to listen to. Considering "Breakfast in America" was a great album to listen to with Dad growing up, I am looking forward to this. Opens with school: Classic harmonica from this band. Really love how the bass drops after that slow intro. Bloody well right: I thought that this was on "Breakfast in America" but it's a great song nonetheless. Distorted guitar work is solid. There's also a lil hard rock vibe thrown in there (similar to bad company). Dreamer: Absolute classic banger. There's even a little Pink Floyd in Crime of the Century. Was this revolutionary when it came out? What an album! - 5 stars.
Meh. It's ok. Not really something I'd reach for again.
school- 5 bloody well right- 5 hide in your shell- 5 asylum- 5 dreamer- 5 rudy- 5. im not listening to all that if everyone was listening- 5 crime of the century- 5 most boring shit ever
Like it. Has some banging surprises!
I very much so enjoyed this, the opening track was awesome and even gave me a fright because my headphones were so loud haha. “asylum” and “if everyone was listening” are other highlights for me
Surprisingly great. Proggy, punky in places, with a great range of tones and timbers, and only occasionally lapsing into parody (the theremin on track 3 was a bit much). Possibly lacking in memorable tunes, but a fun listen. A high 3/low 4, pushed into 4 because "Bloody well right" was too fun.
Dope bass lines.
I wasn’t familiar with this group, and I actually liked their sound a lot. Very groovy, blues-y when they wanted to be, and even quite dramatic at times. This album had relatively few tracks for its listening time, and they definitely make you work for it as you listen, since there are lots of lulls and random rises back to volume. It felt very mysterious, and even after two and a half full listens I still felt like some songs were beyond my comprehension.
Great sound but the songs didn't really do anything to me. They could have used more work.
Feel like this had potential to be awesome all the way through. Let down.
Had high expectations, was let down. A couple great songs but the rest was very meh
Not my kinda jam
Great classic rock album for a drive or relaxing.
Did not enjoy.
Music was good. I like some of their songs off other records. Nothing really stuck out to me here.
Good sound. One hit.
OH MY GOSH “Asylum”???? CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT BRIDGE?!?! genuinely AMAZING instrumentals, their music is so passionate and emotional and loud and impactful and perfect. not a lot else to say other than i really liked this album. one goofy ahh song TOTAL. 4/5.
Very surprising! Liked this one quite a bit.
Quite a mix of genres on this one, the whole 70s are contained on a single album apparently. There are pop, prog, rock and art elements on here. Not sure I if listened to something like this before. Despite the interesting and changing song structures, this album can't be categorized as pure prog rock, at least in my opinion. There are way more elements of pop on here. Maybe progressive pop? Nevertheless, this is a really fun album to listen to, you never know what's coming next. There are great melodies throughtout, on piano, guitar, but also on winds for example. The album features two different singers, which makes the songs even more unexpected and different. This is a quality album, it's really well done, the production is good, nothing is overly aggressive. Everything is polished, from the music itself, to the mix. I just have to mention that harmonica into, it's one of the best album intros I've heard. A pretty cool album. Wasn't sure if I wanted to give it a 3 or 4. This could be one of the best pop albums I ever heard, just for the sheer musicianship and craftsmanship. Giving it a 4 for that.
This album was always our go-to for demonstrating or testing our studio and sound reinforcement system. Absolutely stellar production and dynamic range.
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
Queen's bombacity meets Pink Floyd's prog, Supertramp is awesome. This album is musicially great and exploratory. It's corny at times, but that just adds to charm in my opinion. I love how funky it can be between It's pop choruses, and the solos throughout a re a ton of fun. Hide In Your Shell is my favorite here, such a dynamic song.
I guess I have a soft spot for early-70s British prog rock. I really enjoyed the album, there are moments on "School" that immediately grabbed me, and I loved "Hide in your shell". The whole album is great, and will probably enter frequent rotation.
Mér hefur alltaf fundist eitthvað sjarmerandi við Supertramp. Gaman að hlusta á lögin þeirra en ég sækist samt ekkert í það. Það sama á við núna. Þetta er hin fínasta plata en ég býst ekki við að ég hlusti á hana aftur.
Feels like the instrumentals often overpower the vocals, it appears "hide in your shell" was the (finger quotes) emotional song on the album but the lyrics still take a backseat. Dreamer sounds like the Supertramp I am familiar with, with the keyboard and vocals, which makes sense as this was 3 full albums before breakfast in america. Everything i read about this album talks about how great it is at talking about "young adult confusion" and while the production is good and the use of sax/piano/keyboard is really cool, the "message" is kind of lost in translation for me. Idk, maybe it's something that was more "emotional" back then when people didn't talk about their feelings as much, the lyrics i've read aren't bad just not as like "deep" as i expected. Overall, would I listen again? I do not think so, if i had to replay a song i'd pick school or dreamer, overall, i'd rate it 6.5/10.
***An ok album
I love how loud the bass is on this album. The true winners of this record are the bass and keyboards. This felt a lot like ELO, not in a bad way. Very fun record and would definitely listen again. I also didn’t realize “blood well right”—a killer song—was Supertramp.
Craptastic
You know, I actually liked this more than I thought I might... I know and like Supertramp just fine, but I mostly just know the hits and the later stuff. I never heard this early album beyond School on the radio. They are definitely easy listening and definitely not something I would put on, but this was a great album to put on while I worked my way through today's to-do list.
Good weird, but no Goodbye Stranger
Neither here nor there. Some enjoyable tunes, but nothing memorable.
Copy-paste what was written in Levine part 2.
Steely Dan meets David Bowie or Yes in all the wrong ways. Not for me.
Nice
Pretty good, didn’t sound like a basic rock album
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.
i just know these guys have long hair
Pretty fun prog album, reminded me of classic albums from Rush and Yes
A nice sound, and some interesting structure, but nothing really popped for me, or made me say wow.
Schon die Sounds von "Even in the quietest Moments", welches ich dann doch besser und gereifter finde.
удивительно как память за ночь очищается. без сильных впечатлений
Думаю, если бы я послушал этот альбом раза три, тогда это был бы оллтаймер, но пока звучит как приличный прогроцк британского происхождения без чего-то такого уж яркого и выделяющегося. Лучшая песня - Crime of the Century.
Nice MOR feel. A bit dated but still some nice tracks
mmm
As 3/5 of an album a 3/5 album can be. Musically great with a lot of talent, but just not my thing. Asylum and Crime of the Century stand above the rest, though, but not enough to carry, sadly. The cover is majestic, tho. ⭐⭐⭐
the songwriting is trite. meh.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this.
These songs come off as so cheesy.
I like. Slightly soulful funky rock, a bit heavy on the organ and slightly… dated? If that’s the word.
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.
My AM radio childhood is all coming back to me. No complaints--these are classic tunes. Also a good reminder of what an epic tune Crime of the Century is.
Not great. Not terrible.
Jag vill verkligen ge det här albumet en 5a. När det är som bäst är det så fantastiskt men det har också några svagare passager. Har svårt att bestämma mig men får bli en 4a idag.
2/5
Excellent discovery 😁
Hits the spot
Not bad overall. Even if some of it sounds like elevator music.
"Bloody Well Right" ... eh, OK. Want more yacht, less prog.
Average … pleasant enough but won’t listen again.
not my cup of tea
this has that 70s sauce. great jams listening to more supertramp now
Jaime tiene un buen gusto: 5 Nuria no tanto: 3
This is what the sex pistols were complaining about. It's awesome.
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
Lite Pink Floyd-vibe?
Yes. This was great. Amazing ending to a really solid album. Loved it.
I quite liked this, which was nice.
Some interesting melodies going gon
A few good tracks in a nostalgic "I remember this from when I was a kid" way, but not a "Oh yeah - this is my jam" way.
I really like this album, it's a fun listen and the sound has that 70's charm that I have a soft spot for. Another important thing is it felt cohesive. Definitely not for everyone though, you kind of just have to like this type of music and sound.
i'm having an absolute blast rediscovering this album
English 70s rock. Commercial breakthrough. Very pleasant opo rock, upbeat. Sound a bit like Elton.
A Supertramp album full of Supertramp songs I had never heard. And it was good! Rudy was a surprise fave with its funk driven guitar riffs and horns in the middle of the track.
I really loved the three hits "School", "Bloody Well Right" and "Dreamer" right from the start. To get used to the rest of the album I needed a few runs. But unfortunately for me there are still a few weaker moments. (screaming on "Asylum", "Rudi"... , "If Everyone Was Listening", "Crime Of The Century") 3,5
It doesn't quite have the same range and edge as «Breakfast in America» but in addition it has a atmospheric prog sound that I quite enjoy. In terms of playing, writing and production, this is solid.
Lot of people dont even know this album exist. Crime of the Century.
Haven't heard of this band before, gave me ELO vibes, which I did enjoy.
I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. It's fine and all -- but it didn't break a lot of new ground for me. I know the hits here -- and there are a couple of other decent tracks (Asylum, Rudy), but for the most part, it left me cold.
Great album…
An all time fave!
Meh.
Ah yes the music of bell bottoms, pretty guitars and many drugs. The string orchestra is a nice touch
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.
C’était super en vrai, je n’étais pas familière avec supertramp excepté certaines chansons, mais c’était totalement différent de ce que j’attendais j’aime bien
It was pretty good. Older than what I usually listen to
welcome son of The Who and Pink Floyd
It was 70's music. Nothing stood out to me as amazing and nothing was bad. Good vibes and a decent album.
This is an album that's worth a few listens. I really like how they shift gears through the songs. Lots of great builds and changes. Sometimes grooving with the sax and keys, other times the drums and guitars kick in and take the front. Really great interplay between the instruments. The songs don't really grab my ear in an instant catchy way, but this is music that I can give several listens and discover new things. I like it more each time I listen to it. Especially liked Hide in Your Shell and Crime of the Century.
My only knowledge of Supertramp is Breakfast In America, and specifically The Logical Song and Goodbye Stranger…two songs so wildly overplayed on classic rock radio that I have absolutely no interest in listening to either of them ever again. This was a refreshing listen as I don’t know any of these songs, so I’m approaching it as if Supertramp is a band that I’ve never heard before. These songs meander a bit, and usually start off unsure of where they want to go. Otherwise, the instrumentation is amazing, the singing is emotive and passionate at times, and ultimately the drama of the song structures makes it worth coming back to. Another bonus point is that it was released a week after I was born, so we are nearly the exact same age. I like this!
I'm a big fan of Supertramp's hits, so I was excited to hear a whole album of theirs, especially one with lesser known songs. I enjoyed it! Their lyrics are great, and the instrumentation and compositions were creative and fun.
couples tunes
My dad is a huge Supertramp fan, so I might be biased but I thought this was GREAT. They're such a dramatic band in the best way. Jam band-y but not in an obnoxious or indulgent way. Also a cool album cover. Bloody Well Right, Dreamer & If Everyone Was Listening were the standouts for me. A 4 only because the hits off of Breakfast in America are even better!
Some decent pop music that holds up OK, but was only OK 3-star music 50 years ago. This is what you get with too much emphasis on synthesizers.
Better than yesterday’s live album but still, prog rock is just not for me.
I think I knew 3 of the songs but I'd never listened to the entire album. It was better than I expected. Not quite prog rock, but also not the lightweight music I was expecting. It reminded me of Peter Gabriel era Genesis. Some of the theatrical feel was there. I especially liked the title track.
I don't think I've ever heard these songs before, but I liked the album more each time I played it today. The last song was the highlight for me. What a cool groove to end on and the horn parts sounded cool!
Cheeky, needy, full of cliches
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.
This didn't do much for me. Would only listen for the singles, but even then I probably won't come back to it.
Not terrible but not my thing
I don't have much to say, this was just really nice to listen to. Why better than I expected given the album cover and band name. 4/5
Love it. Everything the reviews complain about are my favorite parts-piano, saxophone, Rodgers Hodgson's voice! 10/10
Trotz langer Lieder
Pretty nice tunes.
70s pop prog joy, yay yay