"Child of Vision" is a MUST!!

"Crisis? What Crisis?" is an underrated album by Supertramp.

@Habichiwoowoo

3 жыл бұрын

I love that album!

@patrickwouters6568

3 жыл бұрын

I love that album too! ❤

@conspiracionesy

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, is great album, not as good as Breakfast in America in my opiniom, but still a great album

@kevinmcfarlane2752

3 жыл бұрын

Yep. Extremely underrated!

@Golfstar17

2 жыл бұрын

It’s rated very high actually. Wake up

Consider yourself blessed to have a wife who loves SUPERTRAMP

@NicknLex

2 жыл бұрын

I am!!!!

“Just another nervous wreck” another goodie

“Fool’s Overture” Just Do It. Saw them in concert only once. Outstanding musicianship. Each member is the real deal and the productions are top notch.And that horn/woodwind player. YEAH! The best.

@anthonyzavarella8652

3 жыл бұрын

Agree !!

@kenjones8413

3 жыл бұрын

Agree completely. Fools Overture!! From the Even in the Quietest Moments album. Terrific song.

@chuckhutton5087

3 жыл бұрын

I believe his name is John Helliwell (?), fantastic saxophonist throughout the long, illustrious career of Supertramp’s great music.

@chrislegner4816

3 жыл бұрын

Good call.

@ptrlxc

3 жыл бұрын

I saw them 3 times, twice before Roger left and once after. I preferred the group with Roger in it. Loved Fool’s Overture, loved playing it on piano. (Now I can’t remember how it goes).

Now you’re into my music world. Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, Toto….these are the songs of my life.

@tonyjforder

8 күн бұрын

Wow - you could be me.

This album is so good it's insane. If you didn't own a copy in '79 you were not with it at all!

@StevesFunhouse

2 жыл бұрын

Guess I wasn't with it then. The ONLY song I really liked by them was Bloody Well Right, and that was INSANELY good !!!

@Barbaste

2 жыл бұрын

bought it that year at 13!

@bedazzled64

6 ай бұрын

I remember the first time I heard this album, over at a friends house getting ready to go out on a double date. This album was playing and I was floored. Still my all time favorite album! I have a signed copy from Roger Hodgson that I got a few years back. Love this album so much.

@excrono

2 ай бұрын

If you don’t own a copy in 2024 you are not with it at all.

@dyldog

2 ай бұрын

@@excronoI spent two years looking for a copy at many spots (I live in Austin TX so record stores are not hard to come by) and had to settle for a 2011 picture disc, they said it was the first they’ve gotten of that LP in months and I didn’t see another one til recently

Supertramp. Back when stereo speakers were these huge flat things and we had turntables that played something called a record!! Breakfast in America was in a class by itself. Every song was awesome.

Always loved “I’m in this dumb motel, near the Taco Bell, without a hope in hell, I can’t believe that I’m still around”. What a desperate scene they painted!

@excrono

2 ай бұрын

Many of us are right there with him at this very moment.

The entire album is fantastic!

Breakfast in America was a “massive” , as the Brits like to say, hit in its day. I like Take The Long Way Home.

Brother Where You Bound is a 15 minute tour de force featuring a rare guitar solo from David Gilmour(1985)

@cortea3553

2 жыл бұрын

OMG! I didn't know this! Gotta give it a listen

I saw them live in Calgary, Alberta in1979 during their Breakfast in America tour. A great concert on a warm summer evening.

I remember driving from Florida to Maryland to my new Army Duty Station in 1979 and listening to Breakfast in America all the way up. Awesome band and awesome record 👍

"Hide in Your Shell" is one of my favorites.

I saw Supertramp Live in May 1979 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia Pa. One of the best concerts ever !!!

The album cover was genius. That is New York City behind the statue of Liberty (the waitress holding up a glass of orange juice for a flaming torch, and instead of a Bible in her left arm, a menu for an American diner where they serve "Breakfast in America") Manhattan, behind her does have the twin towers and cups and salt & pepper shakers and fork's and knives for piers around the city.

Another deep cut hidden gem off the same lp is Oh Lord, Is it Mine. Short, but very very powerful!

Simply Great stuff from the Great Supertramp guys ☝️❤️ thanks fir the reaction ❤️☝️

Supertramp is one of my favorite bands. They were so talented, and Roger Hodgson's voice only seems to get better with age. This is actually my favorite song by them, and one of my all time favorite songs by anybody, and I love Van Halen, Pink Floyd, Toto, Phil Collins, Journey, Boston, Foreigner, and many other bands. This song has a special meaning to me, that nobody else would understand, but that is OK, it is only for me.

Nick & Lex, please do "Fool's Overture" , you'll both love it. "Bloody Well Right" is great, too.

Okay! Ain’t Nobody but Me , is an excellent song!

Gone Hollywood is fantastic, too!

Gone Hollywood and Child Of Vision my two favorite songs from Supertramp

This was perhaps the best album of 1979. Punk was running rampant, and then this sophisticated shiny production came out. They shot to the top, released a respectable live album, and were never quite the same afterwards.

Every cut a shining jewel. 💎

Thanks, we would gladly adopt Supertramp 🇨🇦 , but no they are from England. I do think that my home town of Winnipeg and Montreal can take credit for breaking them in North America. The album Crime of the Century, owned Winnipeg the year it came out, shout out to the UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA FM radio station.

@laurentco

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone had Crime OTC, and Even ITQM back then in Winnipeg!

@excrono

2 ай бұрын

If you get the meaning of “Crime of the Century”, it’s a subversive album for 2024, sometimes art is created to speak directly to the future not the present.

There isnt much more I enjoy than watching young people enjoying the music of my youth after 40 years!

Don’t Leave Me Now. Great song to play along with your acoustic guitar.

I've always loved this song. It's like Yes meets the Bee Gees in a crack lounge..

Play , Another Nerves Wreak it's another deep cut from the same album. It's my favorite song by this band.

Hi guys! "Fools Overture" is an epic masterpiece from this band. From the album "Even in the Quietest Moments." Glad to see you do Supertramp. This would be considered a deep cut, but it may have been released as the "B" side of a single. I always like how Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson traded off on their vocals on their albums.

@michaelmalone3089

3 жыл бұрын

Classic 👍

@shyshift

3 жыл бұрын

What they said.

@mikeomo3235

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, "Fools Overture" is a great song

@tomvenner6030

2 жыл бұрын

And John Helliwell (woodwinds, keyboards) also sings the high harmonies.

@heathermackinnon9527

2 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this, but I knew in my heart it'd already been said. :D

"Even in the Quietest Moments" is a great, hit song that's not on their greatest hits album; however, their song "Fool's Overture" is one of their best and a great Prog song. You'll love it. And yes, they do have two singers. ❤🎹🎤

@grega8586

3 жыл бұрын

I think we'd get an emotional reaction with Even In The Quietest Moments... both for the music and lyrics ;-)

Cannonball-Supertramp-----have I ever steered you wrong yet?? haha !!

This album brings back SO many memories! One of my favorite tracks!

“I’m in this dumb motel, near the Taco Bell, without a hope in hell, I can’t believe that I’m still around” GREAT LYRICS!!!! I’m such a SUPERTRAMP FAN!!!!!

I saw Roger Hodgson in concert a couple of years ago, at the Royal Albert Hall, doing all the Supertramp hits. He's a brilliant performer and kept everyone entertained. I thought I knew Supertramp, but he played something I didn't know, 'Hide In Your Shell', and I thought it was the most beautiful song I'd ever heard. The song that got everyone up on their feet and singing was one no one ever reacts to, 'It's Raining Again'. I hope he knows how much his music is appreciated by a younger set of listeners, via reaction channels. But . . . how can I put this? Canada?????? 😲😲

Just one of the best albums ever made.

Supertramp are the kind of band that if you only know and listen to the hits, you're missing out on so much other great music. Try Even in the Quietest Moments, title track from the same named album. A left field suggestion would be a song called Profondo Rosso by an Italian prog band called Goblin, probably best known for their soundtrack work for iconic 70 's Italian horror movies.

You guys should lead the charge to get Supertramp in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

Fool's overture is a gem for sure

Supertramp is British, not Canadian( except drummer Bob Siebenberg, who's from LA)... Two vocalists, the higher octave singer is Roger Hodgson, the lower octave singer is Rick Davies Supertramp has four masterpiece albums: Crime of the Century Crisis? What Crisis? Even In the Quietest Moments Breakfast in America Two very good albums: Famous Last Words Brother Where You Bound Maybe 3 or 4 mediocre tunes, the rest very good to masterpiece To answer the last question posed by the commentators....Supertramp hasn't performed since the early 2010s....due to Rick Davies having health problems. Roger Hodgson left Supertramp in 1983 for a solo career, and there was no reunion, due to a longtime feud ( too lengthy an explanation as to why)between Hodgson and Davies.

@cometogether999

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely concur with this comment.

@Narpets2112

3 жыл бұрын

The feud is actually between their wives. They did talk about a reunion at one point but couldn't overcome their wives hating each other. Rick's wife was managing the band at the time and apparently, Roger's wife wasn't happy about that.

@ptrlxc

3 жыл бұрын

I thought there was also some creative differences, like Styx, Roger Hodgson wanted to be more theatrical and the rest of the group wanted to rock out more.

@michaelbaucom4019

3 жыл бұрын

@@ptrlxc you're not wrong...Davies and the rest of the band wanted more prog/ jazz-rock fusion, Hodgson didn't

@gdavho8778

3 жыл бұрын

@@Narpets2112 And now she's Roger's ex wife.

I heard alot of supertramp growing up but I never heard this song before it's cool thanks guys

There is not a single "pass over" song on that album! It's phenomenal.

When this album came out in 1979, I wore out my cassette tape of it on a simple tape recorder at my Grandma's house .....I was 13

Love supertramp such a great band , awesome music "crime of the century, crisis what crisis etc.

The cover art won a Grammy.. New York as a breakfast table, replete with actress Kate Murtagh as the Statue of Liberty as a waitress, 'Libby' :-)

On a personal level I find it amusing that this album by a British band really captured a feeling of Americana in this time period. I’m British and my parents used to play this album all the time when I was a kid. We moved to the States in the late 90s in my teens and I still closely associate this album with a ‘feeling’ of America. Whenever I listen to this I’m taken to a place in my head, driving on the highway through strip malls at night past diners and motels. It’s weird to have a sense of a place before you’ve actually been there, like a dreamworld becoming reality. It may also simply be the ubiquity of American culture in Britain when I was growing up.

Roger Hodgson singing mainly the higher parts and playing guitar and keys.. Rick Davies mainly the lower grittier vocals and piano / keys .. What an amazing band ..👍🏻☮❤

Give us more Supertramp reactions! Thank you!

Played the heck out of this album in high school back in the day

I have seen both Supertramp live in concert, and Pink Floyd live in concert. I think that I might have been part of a small group of people who thought that hearing Supertramp was very similar to Pink Floyd. Good call Nick.

About the album cover: The waitress represents the statue of liberty, the skyline in the background is made up of milk cartons, stacked coffee cups, salt and pepper shakers, and other things you would find on a breakfast table. I always loved the kind of tongue in cheek humor of the whole scene 😀

@erikberg5363

3 жыл бұрын

I always had this album on my iPod and never noticed that until I got the LP! Super cool cover.

@alrivers2297

3 жыл бұрын

In a freaky coincidence, if you hold up the album cover to a mirror it says 911 above the World Trade Center 🤔

@duncanparsons

2 жыл бұрын

The cover won a Grammy..

@mrsouthjersey4956

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct Ronnie. My brother and I figured out the album cover under the influence of a mega dose of LSD 1 evening during the first week of April 1979, a week after the albums release. I remember that evenings tripping very fondly with my brother and also thinking how much of a revelation that was figuring out that cover all on our own. Then again, the acid was soooo good back then, we probably could have magically figured out the complexity of the Beatles White album too.

@unluckycharmz

2 жыл бұрын

@@alrivers2297 the album prior to this was called ‘crime of the century’ check out the lyrics to the title track opener of that album.

Such a great fun album. Each song gets better than the last.

WHAT a band. There was something in the water in Britain for 3 decades at least. In my mind,our greatest gift to the world.

@rudolfbecker4313

3 жыл бұрын

But not everywhere in Britain .... some people got the wrong water and created punk and more strange stuff in the 80s :-)

This brings me back to a dark time in my life. Maybe why I had a harrd time listening to this album for a lot of years.

I worked in our school radio station when this came out. I was in first period, got this in my box, cracked open the cellophane and put side one on the turntable. I only stopped it to turn the record over. I have never before or since had EVERY SINGLE SONG on an entire album hit me as had as BREAKFAST IN AMERICA! Been collecting every thing they did and every solo project since!

“Just another Nervous Wreck” is a great song off same blockbuster Breakfast in America album. Dark and disturbing but brilliant masterpiece by keyboard virtuoso Rick Davies.

@progmeup

2 жыл бұрын

One of their more hard-hitting songs. Rick hit the apex of that with "Brother Where You Bound"

@balazsernhaft8337

Жыл бұрын

It is my favourite Supertramp song ( Just another nervous wreck on ) For me it is not " dark " at all, it is melodic rock , but the one of the best melodic rock song

@chuckhutton5087

Жыл бұрын

@@balazsernhaft8337 It certainly was overlooked by many on this classic album. It’s my favorite too. By “dark” I meant lyrics-wise. Many of Rick Davies songs had a melancholic or cynical view of life. What a brilliant musician.

@balazsernhaft8337

Жыл бұрын

@@chuckhutton5087 " Lyrics-wise " . OK . I understand . I have found on the ST fan page some remarks about this song that " it is heavy-metal song " or too heavy-song ?! To be honest I did not understand what they are talking about . Maybe that was the reason of my misunderstanding : -) . It is very underrated song , most of the fans prefers only the easy-listening , catchy pop-songs .

It's the Statue of Liberty portrayed as a waitress, holding the juice glass, and a menu in her other arm. Great album, I bought it in 1979, when I was 14. Always love you guys and your reactions!

i was 7 years old in 1979 when my sister bought this album. i was captivated by it. i was drawn to music at a very early age.

Yes, Nick caught that smooth transition from voice to sax....See now how clueless some people now look when they use the dismissive epithet of 'Dad Rock'? They have utterly no idea.... We just keep enjoying it! So rich, so beautiful....

Supertramp were an English rock band formed in London, England in 1970.

Breakfast in America is a masterpiece, is also my favourite Supertramp album, so many great songs on that album

I have this album on vinyl, love the sound coming from my turntable turned up loud

Sophisto rock at its finest

The live album called.. Paris.. It's got all the songs and it's incredible!!

The live in Paris album is killer!

Absolutely amazing

You guys actually get it! Wow 👌. The end of this song 🎵 😢 😍

Title song is catchy as well. My favorite line is "Can we have kippers for breakfast, Mummy dear, Mummy dear?"

Great son guys! Never heard it before! Thanks for sharing!

A superb album! Recorded in the village recorder in L.A !

I bought this album when it came out. I was around 14. I listened to it so many times, and I still have it. A classic for sure. I recommend Lord is it Mine and Child of Vision.

Just a big Supertramp fan here. The album Crime of the Century is for me the crown jewel... an album you listen to from start to end. Crisis what Crisis great as well but even better the album Even in the Quietest Moment. This album was for me the lightest album but enormous enjoyable. Then came two or three following albums all with beautiful songs on.

@NicknLex Yay, Supertramp! Okay, a banger is Another Man’s Woman, from Crisis What Crisis (which is my fave, by them). You will probably notice that Rick Davies (lower voice, piano) writes songs with a heavy influence from American jazz and R&B, whereas Roger Hodgson wrote from a British folk/pop background and influence. The nice thing about Supertramp is this dichotomy, specifically. Here are some others: Rudy, Bloody Well Right and title track from Crime; Sister Moonshine and Another Man’s Woman (Crisis), the Title track and From Now On (Quietest Moments). Keep ‘em coming! Peace from Toronto!

Over the years this has become one of my favorite Supertramp tracks! Even in the Quietest Moments is quite FANTASTIC!

Oh, "Brother where you bound", 16 min with Davig Gilmour solo!

Fools overture is a great song off the album even in the quietest moments

Hide In Your Shell, Also Rodger Hodgson is the main composer and voice, check out his solo work Eye Of The Storm

Supertramp, alongside Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, has delivered some of my earliest musical memories, so here's a hit and a hidden gem for your ears to enjoy: Give A Little Bit, the opening track from Even In The Quitest Moments, and Another Man's Woman from Crisis? What Crisis? Take care, stay healthy aaaaaaaand - cheerio! ...

“Even In The Quietest Moments.”

I think this is my favourite from this album. Supertramp were way ahead of their time

Supertramp have two lead vocalists Rodger Hodgson(high register) And Rick Davies(low register) theirs was a very competitive and sometimes hostile relationship. A lot of their songs are verbal wars aimed at each other, but their differences were obviously their strengths.

Love this album , they're English btw 👍🏻☮❤

@michaelbaucom4019

3 жыл бұрын

4 of the 5 are British, drummer Bob Siebenberg is from LA

@springy-2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelbaucom4019 Yeah , i was referring to Nick saying they were Canadian like Rush ..but yes they were formed in London either way they were amazing live . I only got to see them without Roger Hodgson but they were still brilliant .👍🏻☮❤

@murdockreviews

3 жыл бұрын

I think the 'they're Canadian' comes from their early years when apparently they got promotion/funding from a Canadian impressario which helped their career taking off.

@marcushull12

2 жыл бұрын

@@murdockreviews He was Dutch not Canadian .Sam August Miesegaes

@murdockreviews

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcushull12 oh, thanks for the information.

From Roger's first solo album In The Eye Of The Storm the last cut Only Because Of You is another masterpiece to check out.

@WilliamJones-sf5pt

2 жыл бұрын

I think those songs would have sounded much better as finished Supertramp productions. That is if they received a passing grade to be included. Supertramp had a lot of songs that they played live that weren't good enough to record.

@BrianCurran8

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. If he recorded those songs with the band they would’ve been overwhelmingly massive hits!

Great band. Crime of the Century was an awesome debut album

Your parents have very good taste. The band had 2 vocalists: Rick Davies, piano and harmonica player, low voice, and Roger Hodgson, guitar and keyboard player, high voice. And a phenomenal sax player: John Helliwell, who played also keyboards and miscellaneous percussion. The kitchen, as we say in Brazil (bass / drums) was played by Dougie Thomson and Bob C Benberg. Gone Hollywood is my favourite Supertramp song.

They did an album after Roger Hodgson left the band called "Brother, Where You Bound". The title song & "Cannonball" are great songs I know you will like a lot!

@oakhillfound847

3 жыл бұрын

They did several albums after Roger.left. Ironically, David Gilmour contributed his usual mesmerizing guitar to Brother Where You Bound...

@robertheckman8013

3 жыл бұрын

@@oakhillfound847 i know they did several. Its just that "Brother, Where You Bound?" is the only really good one to me.

@robertw377

2 жыл бұрын

Cannonball is the shit! Crank it up, drop the top and floor it!

@progmeup

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertheckman8013 I think "Some Things Never Change" is a great album too. More jazzy but lots of great songs such as "Listen To Me Please" or the hauntingly prescient title track. And even on their final album "Slow Motion" there is, among a couple of average tracks, a masterpiece like "Tenth Avenue Breakdown".

In always love their improves!

I want to add my support to you two reacting to 'Fools Overture'. I think that you'll both love it and have a blast...a field day...talking about it!

I had not listened to Supertramp since 1979 when I bought this LP. At that time I only listened to the pop hits(my young unexploring mind) I came across this cut about 2 years ago and now I have been totally immersed from Crime to Even In the quietest and of course the non-hits on Breakfast as well as Crisis. The 4 LP trifecta, not many bands pulled this off.

You started in the right place. First song off one of the best albums ever recorded. Go track by track now. Trust me. This is the way. ✌️❤️

Child of Vision is a must do

Has it dawned on you yet that this band we all love is English, not Canadian. If you know their songs there are many references and recordings of Winston Churchill, and the war we suffered the remnants of, and saw in our early childhood, sounds of British railway stations and steam trains, heard very much on the rhythms of tracks like "Goodbye Stranger"and "Rudy'. I know because I'm of their exact generation.

Always been a fan of Supertramp. Saw their Breakfast in America tour concert with Jean-Luc Pontie as the opening act at the Ottawa Landsdown Park for a hefty $12.00 CAD! Turned out to be the most beautiful summer evening with a light breeze for an outdoors concert. Tremendous show and the closest to the studio recording I've ever heard from a band live. Fantastic show from a fantastic band. You should listen to RUDY from the Crime of the Century album. Great piece of music.

They were not Canadian but they did score there first diamond ( 1 million units sold in Canada) album, so they always had a special affinity for the country.

Check out Cannonball Better Days Brother Where You Bound ( Lead Guitar David Gilmour).

Supertramp was an excellent band! A top 5 for me! Crime of the Century is probably a top 2 or 3 album of all time for me! Perfect record that stands next to Dark Side of the Moon for me

@NicknLex

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed on Crime of the Century, definitely in my top 5! - Lex

Real good deep cut,songs like Give A Little Bit, Even In The Quietest Moments, Logical Song !

Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies are the two vocalists who alternate as lead vocalist in the band. Very unique for a band to have more than one lead vocalist. The trail out on this song is so awesome.