| Even in the Quietest Moments... | ||||
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| Studio album by Supertramp | ||||
| Released | April 1977 | |||
| Recorded | November 1976 – January 1977 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 43:24 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Supertramp | |||
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| Allmusic | [1] |
Even in the Quietest Moments... is the fifth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in April 1977.
The album was recorded mainly at Caribou Ranch Studios in Colorado with overdubs, vocals and mixing completed at The Record Plant in Los Angeles and was Supertramp's first album to use engineer Peter Henderson, with whom the band would work for the rest of Roger Hodgson's tenure.
Even in the Quietest Moments reached #16 on the Billboard Pop Albums Charts in 1977 and within a few months of release became Supertramp's first Gold (500,000 copies or more) selling album in the US thanks to "Give a Little Bit" being a US Top 20 single and reaching number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] While "Give a Little Bit" was the big hit, both "Fool's Overture" and the title track also got a fair amount of FM album-rock play.
A remastered CD version of the album with full original artwork, lyrics and credits restored (including the inner sleeve picture of the band absent from the original CD) was released on 11 June 2002 on A&M Records in the US. The cover photo is not doctored – a grand piano was placed on a mountain top at a ski area near Caribou Ranch Studios, covered with snow and photographed. The sheet music on the piano, though titled "Fool's Overture", is actually the Star-Spangled Banner.
In 1978, Even in the Quietest Moments... was ranked 63rd in The World Critic Lists, which recognised the 200 greatest albums of all time as voted for by notable rock critics and DJs.[3]
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All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, lead vocals by Hodgson unless otherwise stated.
This album is unique in the Supertramp discography as none of the songs feature the band's trademark Wurlitzer electric piano. However, a Fender Rhodes piano was used during a short section of "From Now On".
This is the first album in which Rick Davies does not play a harmonica on any of the tracks.
The 1997 and 2002 A&M Records reissues were mastered from the original master tapes by Greg Calbi and Jay Messina at Sterling Sound, New York, in 1997 and 2002. The reissues were supervised by Bill Levenson with art direction by Vartan and design by Mike Diehl, with production coordination by Beth Stempel.
Both the 1997 and 2002 remasters are heavily criticized by audiophiles who claim they were mastered too loud as part of the "loudness war" mastering trend. Also the song "Lover Boy" was edited and is missing a couple of bars.
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1977 | Pop Albums | 16 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1977 | "Give A Little Bit" | Pop Singles | 15 |
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