Crisis? What Crisis?

For the British newspaper headline, see Winter of Discontent.

Crisis? What Crisis?
Studio album by Supertramp
Released	November 1975
Recorded	summer through autumn 1975 A&M Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	47:24
Label	A&M
Producer	Ken Scott, Supertramp
Supertramp chronology
Crime of the Century (1974) Crisis? What Crisis? (1975) Even in the Quietest Moments (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

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

The album was recorded in Los Angeles – Supertramp's first album to be recorded in the United States of America.

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 1975 and were included on the 2001 release "Is Everybody Listening?".

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 were not on previous issues of the album.

Record Mirror included Crisis? What Crisis? on its end-of-year list for 1975, recognising the best albums of the year.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, with lead vocals by Hodgson unless otherwise stated.

Side one

1. "Easy Does It" – 2:18
2. "Sister Moonshine" – 5:15
3. "Ain't Nobody But Me" – 5:07 (Lead vocals: Rick Davies)
4. "A Soapbox Opera" – 4:54
5. "Another Man's Woman" – 6:15 (Lead vocals: Rick Davies)

Side two

1. "Lady" – 5:26
2. "Poor Boy" – 5:07 (Lead vocals: Rick Davies)
3. "Just a Normal Day'" – 4:02 (Lead vocals: Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson)
4. "The Meaning" – 5:23
5. "Two of Us" – 3:27

Personnel

• Roger Hodgson – vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Bob C. Benberg – drums, percussion
• Dougie Thomson – bass
• John Anthony Helliwell – wind instruments, vocals
• Rick Davies (credited as Richard Davies) – vocals, keyboards

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.

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1975	UK Albums Chart	20[3]
1976	Billboard Pop Albums	44

References

1. ^ Crisis? What Crisis? at Allmusic
2. ^ End Of Year List. Record Mirror. 1975. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk
3. ^ Supertramp in the UK Charts, The Official Charts. Retrieved July 26, 2011.