The Best from SUPERTRAMP
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Topic: The Best from SUPERTRAMP
Posted By: aglasshouse
Subject: The Best from SUPERTRAMP
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 16:55
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The lovable group of Englishman who call themselves Supertramp have come to make a name for themselves throughout all the years they've active. Even while being in a surge of bands from their country and time period, they still managed to stand out. What is your favorite from them? ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 17:05
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I'm holding back on my vote for now; Crime of The Century probably is their best, but I really love Breakfast In America and I'll see where the votes fall on those two and the two inbetween them and really think it over. -------------  
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 17:22
| Not a big fan, but I've always adored Logical Song. Memories, memories ... |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 17:33
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Third comment and no vote yet? Gave it up to Crime of the Century, the most probable winner here. I also enjoy Even in the Quietest Moments and Brother Where You Bound. Never got into Breakfast in America much. The album, that is, I eat breakfast every day, and sometimes second breakfast like a Hobbitt. Never have I had kippers, though. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 17:53
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No contest. Crime of the Century is a bit over-hyped, but it is a solid 4* album and clearly their best. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 18:09
 Breakfast in America... miles better than any other album they did. I'm not sure what you all are listening to...  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 18:17
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Crime was my favorite for quite awhile but then Breakfast started to grow on me. Eventually, Breakfast took over the favorite slot.
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Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 19:10
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Even In The Quietest Moments for me. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 19:13
Do you consider yourself logical? ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
hellogoodbye wrote:Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 20:43
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Crime followed by Even in the Quietest Moments and Brother Where You Bound. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 22:28
| My hedonistic ears vote Breakfast in America |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 22:29
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Even in the Quietest Moments for me |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 22:32
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Even in the Quietest moments Crime Breakfast Brother where you bound the one's I like and I like the band----
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Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 22:37
| My favourite will always be the debut. |
Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: August 14 2015 at 23:16
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Crime, then Quiet, then Crisis, then Breakfast. I have to say I think Crisis is underrated. ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 01:06
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I'm with the masses on this one. Thyme of the Lavatory! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 03:14
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Best album: Brother Wre You Bound closely followed by Crime of the Century. Best song: Fool's Overture. ------------- 
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 03:33
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I really like all middle four albums, the debute, Indelible, and Brother, but ile vote for Crisis, its good art rock album with some faboulus acousitc twelve string pieces, and quite varied in sounds -------------  
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 04:39
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COTC of course, followed (tied) with the début and Brother where you bound... But yesterday, I voted the début album, coz I thought it wasn't going to get a vote |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 06:07
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Crime... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 08:44
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Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 09:32
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isn't it obvious??..............Breakfast in AmerAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO; it's the Crime, man! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 09:36
| Breakfast in America |
Posted By: Eleanor
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 11:20
| Goodness, what an almost impossible question to answer. I would have to say anything with co-founder Roger Hodgson, or any album pre-1983. So many gems on each of these from Roger and he plays them all at his shows. Can't wait to see him perform Breakfast in America in New York in November - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODaH_fGtMY |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 11:39
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I was never a big fan of Crime, is little overrated, but my fav remaining Crisis? What Crisis? (1975) followed by Breakfast |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 12:34
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Went with 'Even In The.....', though I have always thought that Tramp was prog lite and imho an overrated band . ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 12:38
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Even In the Quietest Moments was the most well-crafted for my money, and probably not the obvious choice here for others. It's the one I can listen to all the way through without skipping a number. ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: August 15 2015 at 16:19
Damnit man why you gotta pull that card on me ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 06:41
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Crime of the Century ------------- |
Posted By: the lighthouse keepe
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 06:52
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Couldn't vote.Like all first five albums equally.Big mention to superb live record Paris,one of my favourite live albums. ------------- "Hello sun.Hello bird. Hello my lady. Hello breakfast.May I buy you again tomorrow?" |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 08:26
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My favourite is Crime of the Century, followed by the overlooked debut. Overlooked, because when it was released it flopped, and not many people know the album, unfortunately. My favourite song is 'Fool's Overture' (on Even in the Quitest Moments). The live album Paris is also one of my favourite live albums. ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 11:06
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Alright, it's Breakfast time. -------------
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Posted By: Cailyn
Date Posted: August 16 2015 at 23:37
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Crime, hands down. The title song, Rudy, and Bloody Well Right remain favorites of mine even after all these years. ------------- http://www.cailynmusic.com |
Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 01:43
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Soft spot for the first one, and Crime has some great tunes, but Crisis is less bombastic, less "epic" than Crime and more focused than the first. Crisis also has a more stripped down sound.....the instruments seems to blend better, smooth interplay.....just an excellent feel from the cover to the songs. Now my questions is: Why can't I get into ...Quietest Moments? ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 02:31
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"Do you consider yourself logical ?" No, criminal.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 02:40
That's part of why COTC is soooo great... If I hadn't loved that album from the first spin onwards (it was my first album bought with my own money- from newspaper delivery), I probably wouldn't have gone "prog" As for Quietest Moments, I don't know why you don't get into it, because it's a mix of Crisis's stripped down attitude (Give a Little, Loverboy, Downstream) and Crime's more passionate and dramatic "epicry" (Fool's, Babaji, t/t). =============== Another I find really awesome is Brother: Somhow, once Hodgson left, Davies never had it so good... as if to prove that he didn't need Roger, despite leaving an Ever-Open Door for him to come back (the last track on the album). I mean, there is only one weaker song on it (the turgid Still In Love) Clearly Hodgson's relatively good Eye of The Storm (which howled his pains and aches) was twharfed by Brother - whose title could be Davies' bewilderment at why Hodgson really wanted to leave. It's obviously Rodger's moaning and bitching about the use of "his songs" (how could Supertramp not do them in concert) that shut the door between them. |
Posted By: aglasshouse
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 09:48
A vegetable. ------------- http://fryingpanmedia.com |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 14:08
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Hmmm. ...I re-listened to Crime yesterday because it had been about a month since I played it. The first 6 tracks are pretty darn good though I have to say that the last two seemed very mediocre to me. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 14:42
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^You're bloody well right! ------------- "It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 14:44
Fantastic album  ! In my opinion, on a par with the older Supertramp stuff, but many people seem to dislike it because of Hodgson's absence. |
Posted By: John McIntyre
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 15:43
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Can't vote cos "Crisis.." and "Crime.." are equally good. I've got "Indelibly..." in my collection - heard them on the radio in 1971 and thought they were good, so I bought the album. It's rubbish, including the sleeve! Haven't heard anything else of there's. By the way Bob C Benburg is the brother-in-law of Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorman, unless there's been a divorce. ------------- I am one of only about 1,800 people in the world with an original M400 Mellotron! |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: August 18 2015 at 17:11
Me too lately.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 03:16
A friend of mine always wanted to compile Brother's best tracks with Eye Of The Storm's best track. We disagreed about mainly the 16-mins t/t 's presence on the xould-be album (I wanted it on) |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: August 19 2015 at 17:24
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Crime of the Century. Like this one a lot and actually it's the only Supertramp album in my collection. |
Posted By: symphonicman
Date Posted: August 24 2015 at 19:04
Crime of the Century.------------- Master James of St. George. Of the fields and the sky. He used to build castles of stone, steel, and blood. But lines get broken down. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: August 24 2015 at 19:13
| Crime is easily the best from a pretty mediocre lot |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 26 2015 at 16:31
| Crime of the Century (1974) |