They are well respected and appreciated. They are regarded as classics. Not by the punk and indie and "connoisseur" crowd but certainly they are well loved and fondly remembered by most public and media.
The UK original press with the sparkly A&M label ? I had one of those. Whenever I see used copy in the "record exchange" I always check if it has it, not seen one in years.
Can't recall anything off-hand that'd qualify. Only similarity would be great sound quality and great production. Madman Across The Water is a little longer and has a bit of a jam section in the middle. Maybe that's what you heard?
The 90's remaster is a bit peak limited, it has the levels typically boosted up, the original sounds much better, more natural.
AFAIK One old worldwide mastering for this great album on compact disc. Few of the later US re-issues were manufactured with the rear art flipped up-side down, geesh
I've seen him perform three times, and I find it very impressive he can still sing great. It would be hard for anyone to be able to sing the songs he wrote for Supertramp, especially in that high register.
They both talk about the same thing, more or less ; how teachers mold students into drones and rob them of their innocence.
ken scott worked with elton john as well .... https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2019/08/14/ken-scott-elton-john/
What a spine tingling moment it is when the title track kicks in. And then the sax solo: it just builds and builds... That’s not right.
I just can't help but saying that it's just me that hear almost a ripp-off from "Man With A Harmonica". Kudos to them anyway! Needless to say the Tramp guys actually had good taste if that's true...
I mentioned in another thread that Waters must have listened verrrrry closely to CoftC when writing The Wall
LOVE this album! I did a semi-re-evaluation of the "Tramp and some of their albums a few years back and I'm really taken with "Crime" and also "Brother Where You Bound", but "Crime" is certainly a classic especially for the 70's lineup. Favorites are "Rudy", "Dreamer", "Asylum" and of course, the radio hit, "Bloody Well Right". Big fan of Rick Davies, Rodger is great too and they complimented each other well, but sometimes I dig Rick's material just a little more. I'll have check out other ones such as "Crisis, What Crisis?" and "Even in the Quietest of Moments". "Breakfast in America" I owned a long time ago because of my love for "Take the Long Way Home"(still a favorite to this day) and "Goodbye Stranger" and I do think this album is pretty good with their other 70's output, but "Crime of the Century" is the tops for now...
The label on the copy I had the lower part of the label had a sort of metalic effect that sparkled (for want of a better description) when moved around, almost holographic.
The label's design uses very small squares or diamond shapes over the entire surface. The colour tones blend into one another with this pattern being consistent over the entire surface. The space between these square shapes appear to be linear and lighter in tone to the squares so there are parallel lines that run perpendicular to each other Light from a source seems to illuminate the lighter areas between the squares causing a glimmer (sparkle) effect that is attenuated by the laminate on the label. The effect is not holographic to my eyes but there is a definite specular pattern of light. I hope I made myself clear. Looking so closely at my UK first pressing is wrecking my already poor vision!
By Crime of the Century songs, only School has that atmosphere which is on Breakfast in America the album.
Disagree. If anything, it'd be Dreamer but even then, it's a bit more of a story than a real pop song.
Nope. School. I mean, that moody atmosphere that has addored entire Breakfast in America the album can be heard in School the song.
