This fourth album from British legends Supertramp arrived during a prolific and hectic time for the band. The success of their previous album, Crime Of The Century<\/i>, set expectations high for Crisis? What Crisis<\/i>, as the band assembled leftover tracks from Crime<\/i>, while adding new selections as well.<\/p>\n
The quick opener, \u201cEasy Does It,\u201d starts with a field recording before Roger Hodgson\u2019s smooth voice and warm guitar guides a soft vision of prog-rock. \u201cSister Moonshine\u201d then blends guitars, sitar, flageolet and Bob C. Benberg\u2019s punchy drums with much melody.<\/p>\n
Deeper into the first half, \u201cA Soapbox Opera\u201d showcases Rick Davies\u2019 flowing harpsichord and Dougie Thomson\u2019s skilled bass via the rich and dynamic climate, while \u201cAnother Man\u2019s Woman\u201d has Davies handling vocals for the more rugged guitar and animated keys of the driving rock delivery.<\/p>\n
Side two leads with \u201cLady,\u201d which recruits a Wurlitzer, synth and organ, in addition to John Anthony Helliwell\u2019s backing vocals, offering rich textures. \u201cPoor Boy\u201d then enlists Helliwell on bass clarinet for this playful and upbeat album highlight.<\/p>\n
The last two tracks, \u201cThe Meaning\u201d and \u201cTwo Of Us,\u201d don’t disappoint either. The former has Hodgson playing 12-string guitar, Helliwell\u2019s bright sax and Davies\u2019 synth work in an emotive landscape, and the latter benefits from organ, pump organ, harpsichord, and the moody rhythm section for a dreamy finish.<\/p>\n
Though there might have been some pressure to put this album out quickly to capitalize on the success of the previous record, it hardly seems rushed or disjointed. Apparently the band had some honest views on the effort; Hodgson seems to feel it was a slapdash moment, but still considers it one of his favorites.<\/p>\n
Now 50 years old, the LP is reissued and uses half-speed mastering at Abbey Road Studios. It\u2019s on 180 Gram Heavyweight Black Vinyl and sounds better than ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":35410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6166],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-47306","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-supertramp","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/47306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47306"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=47306"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=47306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}