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Crime of the Century

The breakthrough album, recorded after the Dorset rehearsals.
Supertramp, 1974

Ken Scott produced with the band, John Jansen engineered and Richard Hewson arranged the strings. Six tracks were first recorded for the 1971 film Extremes; the joint credit to Davies and Hodgson is due to a contract, though some songs were written individually. Robert Christgau called it Queen without preening, Yes without pianistics and meter shifts, and Classic Rock's Paul Elliott a progressive rock masterpiece. Rolling Stone ranked it 27th among the greatest prog albums in 2015, and it was certified Diamond in Canada. A 2014 deluxe edition added the Hammersmith Odeon show of March 9, 1975.

Track listing

  1. School5:35
  2. Bloody Well Right4:32
  3. Hide in Your Shell6:49
  4. Asylum6:45
  5. Dreamer3:31
  6. Rudy7:17
  7. If Everyone Was Listening4:04
  8. Crime of the Century5:36

More from Supertramp

Supertramp (1970), Indelibly Stamped (1971), Stereo Pop Special-93 (1975), Crisis? What Crisis? (1975), Even in the Quietest Moments... (1977), Breakfast In America (1979), Paris (1980), "...Famous Last Words..." (1982), Brother Where You Bound (1985), Superstar Concert Series (1985), Free As A Bird (1987), Some Things Never Change (1997), Slow Motion (2002), Big Crimes In Inglewood (2024)

Sources

  1. Crime of the Century (album), Wikipedia
  2. Supertramp, Wikipedia