| Even in the Quietest Moments... | |||||
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| Studio album by Supertramp | |||||
| Released | April 1977 | ||||
| Recorded | November 1976-January 1977, 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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Even in the Quietest Moments... is the fifth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in April of 1977 (see 1977 in music). The album was recorded mainly at Caribou 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 whom would work with the band for the rest of Roger Hodgson's tenure with the band. 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. 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 June 11, 2002 on A&M Records in the US. The cover photo is not doctored - a grand piano was placed on a mountain top at Caribou Studios, covered with snow and photographed. While "Give a Little Bit" was the big hit, both "Fool's Overture" and "Even in the Quietest Moments" got a fair amount of FM album-rock play.
Track listing
All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.
- "Give a Little Bit" – 4:08
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
- "Lover Boy" – 6:49
- Lead vocals: Rick Davies
- "Even in the Quietest Moments" – 6:28
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
- "Downstream" – 4:01
- Lead vocals: Rick Davies
- "Babaji" – 4:51
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
- "From Now On" – 6:21
- Lead vocals: Rick Davies
- "Fool's Overture" – 10:52
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
Personnel
- Rick Davies - keyboard, vocals
- John Helliwell - saxophones, vocals, woodwind, melodica on From Now On
- Roger Hodgson - guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Bob Siebenberg (credited as C. Benberg) - percussion, drums
- Dougie Thomson - bass
- Gary Mielke - oberheim
Trivia
- This album is unique in the Supertramp discography as none of the songs feature the band's trademark Wurlitzer electric piano.
- The sheet music on the album cover is labelled "Fool's Overture", but the notes play "The Star Spangled Banner."
- "Fool's Overture" was used for many years as the theme song on the Canadian television show "W5" [1]
Production
Original Release
- Producer: Supertramp
- Engineers: Peter Henderson, Russel Pope
- Assistant engineers: Tom Anderson, Tom Likes, Steve Smith
- Mixing engineer: Geoff Emerick
- Remixing: Tom Anderson
- Mastering on original LP: Frank DeLuna
- Re-mastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
- Programming: Gary Mielke
- Orchestral arrangements: Michel Colombier, Supertramp
- Art direction: Mike Doud
- Design: Mike Doud
- Photography: Kenneth McGowan, Bob Seidemann
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
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 |
| Supertramp |
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| Rick Davies | Roger Hodgson | Bob Siebenberg | John Helliwell | Dougie Thomson |
| Richard Palmer |
| Discography |
| Albums: Supertramp | Indelibly Stamped | Crime of the Century | Crisis? What Crisis? | Even in the Quietest Moments | Breakfast in America | ...Famous Last Words... | Brother Where You Bound | Free as a Bird | Some Things Never Change | Slow Motion |
| Live albums: Paris | Live '88 | It Was The Best Of Times | Is Everybody Listening? |
| Compilations: The Autobiography of Supertramp | The Very Best Of Supertramp | Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology |
