Crisis? What Crisis?

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Crisis? What Crisis?
Crisis? What Crisis? cover
Studio album by Supertramp
Released November 1975
Recorded summer through autumn 1975
Genre Progressive Rock
Length 47:24
Label A&M
Producer Ken Scott, Supertramp
Professional reviews
Supertramp chronology
Crime of the Century
(1974)		 Crisis? What Crisis?
(1975)		 Even in the Quietest Moments
(1977)
For the British newspaper headline, see Winter of discontent.

Crisis? What Crisis? is the fourth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music).

The album was Supertramp's first album to be recorded in America in Los Angeles.

The title was taken from a line in the 1973 Fred Zinnemann motion picture, The Day of the Jackal, although Rick Davies stated on the US rock radio show Rockline that he had the title of the album written down in one of his books because they couldn't come up with a proper title for the album.

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 of 1975.

A remastered CD version of the album was released in June 11, 2002 on A&M Records. The remaster features the original artwork and credits plus lyrics to all of the songs which were not on previous issues of the album.


[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.

  1. "Easy Does It" – 2:18
  2. "Sister Moonshine" – 5:15
  3. "Ain't Nobody But Me" – 5:14
  4. "A Soapbox Opera" – 4:54
  5. "Another Man's Woman" – 6:16
  6. "Lady" – 5:24
  7. "Poor Boy" – 5:07
  8. "Just a Normal Day'" – 4:02
  9. "The Meaning" – 5:23
  10. "Two of Us" – 3:27

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Producers: Ken Scott, Supertramp
  • Remastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
  • Assistants: John Jansen, Ed Thacker
  • Arranger: Richard Hewson
  • Cover design: Fabio Nicoli, Paul Wakefield, Dick Ward

2002 A&M reissue:
The 2002 A&M Records reissue was mastered from the original master tapes by Greg Calbi and Jay Messina at Sterling Sound, New York, 2002. The reissue was supervised by Bill Levenson with art direction by Vartan and design by Mike Diehl, with production coordination by Beth Stempel.

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums 44
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Richard Palmer | Robert Millar | Frank Farrell | Kevin Currie | Dave Winthrop | Roger Hodgson | Dougie Thomson | Marty Walsh | Steve Reid | Brad Cole | Tom Walsh
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