Description: Welcome to Classic Cadillac Records! I visually grade all my records as accurately as possible and will never grade anything above Near Mint unless it's still sealed. Please note that a visual grade can differ from a play grade, and am happy to spot check a record upon request. All orders are shipped within 1 business day (usually sooner) and packed with extra care to ensure fast, safe arrival. Please look closely at all pictures, read all relevant details and ask any questions you may have before buying. I offer a full 30-day return policy on everything I sell, so buy with confidence! And most importantly, thanks for looking!Crisis? What Crisis?Studio album by SupertrampReleased14 September 1975RecordedSummer 1975StudioA&M, Los AngelesRamport and Scorpio, LondonGenreProgressive rockLength47:24LabelA&MProducerKen Scott, SupertrampSupertramp chronologyCrime of the Century (1974)Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977)Crisis? What Crisis? is the fourth album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in 1975. It was recorded in Los Angeles and London – Supertramp's first album to have recording done in the US.A remastered CD version of the album was released on 11 June 2002 on A&M Records. The remaster features the original artwork and credits plus lyrics to all of the songs, which the original release lacked.Record Mirror included Crisis? What Crisis? on its end-of-year list for 1975, recognising the best albums of the year.Background and recordingHaving achieved commercial success with Crime of the Century (1974), the pressure was on for Supertramp to deliver a followup, and the record company pushed them to begin work as soon as the touring for Crime of the Century was finished. While touring the west coast of North America, Supertramp unintentionally gained extra time: Hodgson injured his hand, forcing the band to cancel the rest of the tour and leaving them with nothing better to do than work on the album. Despite this, the band still had no time to rehearse for the album, and much like Indelibly Stamped (1971), songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson had no vision for a completed album worked out. Furthermore, the band's busy touring schedule had left no time for writing songs, and so they entered A&M's Los Angeles recording studios with only leftover songs from Crime of the Century (or even earlier) for material. Due to shortage of material, production had to be halted at one point so that Davies and Hodgson could write two new songs, one of which was "Ain't Nobody But Me".Four of the songs ("Sister Moonshine", "Another Man's Woman", "Lady", and "Just a Normal Day") were performed live before the tracks were recorded and released, as documented on the BBC recorded performance of the band playing at The Hammersmith Odeon in London in March 1975 and were included on the 2001 live release Is Everybody Listening?.Hodgson was unhappy with the album, describing it as a rushed job with none of the cohesion of Crime of the Century. Bassist Dougie Thomson concurred: "We thought that the Crisis album was a little bit disjointed and the band as a whole at that time didn't really like the album."In the mid-1980s, however, Roger Hodgson called it his favorite Supertramp album.ArtworkBoth the title and the concept of the cover were conceived by Davies, as John Helliwell recounted: "It was Rick that came up with the name Crisis? What Crisis? and one day, when we were sitting around Scorpio Studio, he came in with this sketch of a guy in a deck chair under an umbrella with all this chaos going on around him." "Crisis? What Crisis?" is a line in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). The phrase was used as a headline in The Sun newspaper in 1979 to convey a popular impression of the UK government at the time. Artist Paul Wakefield returned after his work in Crime of the Century, photographing the backgrounds at the Welsh mining valleys, which were later composited with a model shot in the studio afterwards.Critical receptionProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusicRolling Stone panned the album in their brief review, ridiculing the lyrics in particular.AllMusic commended the album in its retrospective review, praising Rick Davies's keyboard work, Roger Hodgson's vocals, and John Helliwell's saxophone. They especially noted the emotionally powerful songwriting, which they felt gave the album a "warm personality and charmingly subtle mood."Track listingAll songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.Side oneNo.TitleLead vocalsLength1."Easy Does It"Hodgson2:192."Sister Moonshine"Hodgson, Davies5:153."Ain't Nobody but Me"Davies5:144."A Soapbox Opera"Hodgson4:545."Another Man's Woman"Davies6:15Side twoNo.TitleLead vocalsLength6."Lady"Hodgson5:267."Poor Boy"Davies5:078."Just a Normal Day"Hodgson, Davies4:029."The Meaning"Hodgson5:2310."Two of Us"Hodgson3:27Total length:47:24
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Artist: Supertramp
Speed: 33 RPM
Record Label: A&M
Release Title: Crisis? What Crisis?
Material: Vinyl
Edition: Reissue
Type: LP
Record Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Format: Record
Release Year: 1988
Sleeve Grading: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Record Size: 12"
Features: Import
Genre: Rock
Country/Region of Manufacture: Brazil