Crisis? What Crisis?
Album by Supertramp
Released	November 1975
Recorded	summer through autumn 1975
Genre	Progressive Rock
Length	47:24
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Ken Scott, Supertramp
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (5/5) link
Supertramp chronology
Crime of the Century (1974)	Crisis? What Crisis? (1975)	Even in the Quietest Moments (1977)

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

The title was taken from a quote in the 1973 Fred Zinnemann motion picture, "The Day Of The Jackal"

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. The Apollo, Hammersmith, London has been a rock venue for decades, and was originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon. ...

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

Personnel

• Rick Davies - keyboard, vocals
• John Helliwell - saxophone, vocals, woodwind
• Roger Hodgson - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Bob Siebenberg (credited as C. Benberg) - percussion, drums
• Dougie Thomson - bass

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Production

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

Charts

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