Artista: Supertramp
Álbum: Crime Of The Century
Año: 1974
Género: Rock Progresivo
Duración: 43:25
Nacionalidad: Uk
Año: 1974
Género: Rock Progresivo
Duración: 43:25
Nacionalidad: Uk
Lista de Temas:
1. School
2. Bloody Well Right
3. Hide in Your Shell
4. Asylum
5. Dreamer
6. Rudy
7. If Everyone Was Listening
8. Crime of the Century
1. School
2. Bloody Well Right
3. Hide in Your Shell
4. Asylum
5. Dreamer
6. Rudy
7. If Everyone Was Listening
8. Crime of the Century
Alineación:
- Bob C. Benberg / batería y percusión
- Roger Hodgson / voz, guitarras y pianos
- John Anthony Helliwell / voz, saxofón y clarinete
- Dougie Thomson / bajo
- Richard Davies / voz, teclados y armónica
- Roger Hodgson / voz, guitarras y pianos
- John Anthony Helliwell / voz, saxofón y clarinete
- Dougie Thomson / bajo
- Richard Davies / voz, teclados y armónica
Crime of the Century es el tercer
álbum de estudio de Supertramp, este es junto con Breakfast In America uno de los
picos mas altos de esta banda, fue el primer CD que tuve a comienzos de lo 90’
(lo había tenido en Vinilo) y lo que sorprende es que aparte de ser un trabajo
de excelente nivel la mezcla que se realizo en ese momento lo hace hoy sonar
con una actualidad que tienen pocas bandas de los 70’.
Un álbum conceptual excelente, una obra maestra que roza el pop desde el sonido progresivo, sin querer realizar comparaciones odiosas en un nivel este trabajo es a Supertramp lo que Dark Side.. fué a Floyd o Machine Head a Deep purple, su momento creativo de mayor esplendor, una mezcla de estilos unida por el concepto de un álbum excelente desde el contenido hasta el arte de tapa.
Un álbum conceptual excelente, una obra maestra que roza el pop desde el sonido progresivo, sin querer realizar comparaciones odiosas en un nivel este trabajo es a Supertramp lo que Dark Side.. fué a Floyd o Machine Head a Deep purple, su momento creativo de mayor esplendor, una mezcla de estilos unida por el concepto de un álbum excelente desde el contenido hasta el arte de tapa.
Altamente recomendable para
quienes no conozcan esta banda y para quienes no lo tengan y lo quieran en una versión
AAD (creo que una de las primeras) sin la molesta compresión de la actualidad.
Supertramp came into their own on their third
album, 1974's Crime of the Century, as their lineup gelled but, more
importantly, so did their sound. The group still betrayed a heavy Pink Floyd
influence, particularly in its expansive art rock arrangements graced by
saxophones, but Supertramp isn't nearly as spooky as Floyd -- they're snarky
collegiate elitists, an art rock variation on Steely Dan or perhaps a less
difficult 10cc, filled with cutting jokes and allusions, best heard on
"Bloody Well Right." This streak would later flourish on Breakfast in
America, but it's present enough to give them their own character. Also present
is a slight sentimental streak and a heavy fondness for pop, heard on
"Dreamer," a soaring piece of art pop that became their first big
hit. That and "Bloody Well Right" are the concise pop moments on the
record; the rest of Crime of the Century is atmospheric like Dark Side of the
Moon, but with a lighter feel and a Beatles bent. At times the album floats off
into its own world, with an effect more tedious than hypnotic, but it's still a
huge leap forward for the group and their most consistent album outside of that
1979 masterwork, Breakfast in America.
Stephen
Thomas Erlewine
Supertramp
began as the wish fulfillment of a millionaire rock fan. By the late 1970s, the
group's blend of keyboard-heavy progressive rock and immaculate pop had yielded
several hit singles and a few platinum LPs.
In the late
1960s Dutch millionaire Stanley August Miesegaes heard Rick Davies in a band
called the Joint. When that band broke up, Miesegaes offered to bankroll a band
if Davies would handle the music. Davies placed classified ads in London
newspapers for a band. The first response was from Roger Hodgson, who was to
split songwriting and singing with Davies in Supertramp, the name they took
from W.H. Davies' 1938 book, The Autobiography of a Supertramp. Drummer Bob
Miller suffered a nervous breakdown after their first LP's release; he was
replaced by Kevin Currie for the next, but like the first, it flopped.
After a
disastrous tour, the band (except Davies and Hodgson) broke up. Davies and
Hodgson recruited Bob Benberg from pub rockers Bees Make Honey, and John
Helliwell and Dougie Thomson from the Alan Bown Set, and A&M sent them to a
rehearsal retreat at a seventeenth-century farm. Their next LP, Crime of the
Century, was the subject of a massive advertising/promotional campaign, and
went to #1 in the U.K. but didn't take off commercially in the U.S., though it
did sow the seeds of a cult following.
In 1975 the
singles "Dreamer" and "Bloody Well Right" from Crime
achieved some chart success in both the U.K. and the U.S. Supertramp toured the
U.S. as a headliner, with A&M giving away most of the tickets. Crisis?
failed to yield a hit single, but was heavily played on progressive FM radio
and solidified the band's audience base, as did Even in the Quietest Moments
(#16, 1977), which included "Give a Little Bit" (#15, 1977).
Supertramp's breakthrough was Breakfast in America, a #1 worldwide LP, which
eventually sold over 4 million copies in the U.S. and contained hit singles in
"The Logical Song" (#6), "Goodbye Stranger" (#15), and
"Take the Long Way Home" (#10). The Paris live double LP hit #8; and
". . . famous last words . . ." included another hit, "It's
Raining Again" (#11, 1982). In early 1983 Hodgson announced he was leaving
the group for a solo career. His first solo release, In the Eye of the Storm
(#46, 1984), contained his only charting single to date, "Had a Dream
(Sleeping With the Enemy)" (#48, 1984). His subsequent work was not as
well received.
The group's
next album, Brother Where You Bound (#21, 1985), contained Supertramp's last
charting single to date, "Cannonball" (#28, 1985). Late in 1985
Supertramp embarked on a six-month tour of the United States. Hodgson briefly
rejoined to promote the U.K. Top 10 compilation The Autobiography of
Supertramp. Free As a Bird (1987) missed the Top 100 by one and included a
dance hit, "I'm Begging You." In 1997 Davies, Helliwell, and Benberg
regrouped Supertramp —minus Hodgson —and, with the aid of studio players, released
Some Things Never Change.
This
biography originally appeared in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock &
Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001).
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