Supertramp – Even In The Quietest Moments…
(A&M Records 1977 AMLK64634)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Vinyl in Nr MINT- condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a few light crackles at the very start of side 1)
Supertramp (known as Daddy in 1969–1970) are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they later incorporated a combination of traditional rock, pop, and art rock into their music. The band’s work is marked by the songwriting of founders Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson and the prominent use of Wurlitzer electric piano and saxophone.
While the band’s early work was mainstream progressive rock, they would enjoy greater commercial success when they incorporated more conventional and radio-friendly elements into their work in the mid-1970s, going on to sell more than 60 million albums. They reached their commercial peak with 1979’s Breakfast in America, which has sold more than 20 million copies.
Though their albums were generally far more successful than their singles, Supertramp did enjoy a number of major hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Hodgson’s songs “Give a Little Bit”, “The Logical Song”, “Take the Long Way Home”, “Dreamer”, “Breakfast in America”, “It’s Raining Again”, and Davies’ songs, “Bloody Well Right”, “Goodbye Stranger”, and “Cannonball”. The band attained significant popularity in the United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Australia. Since co-founder Hodgson’s departure in 1983, Rick Davies has led the band by himself.
Even in the Quietest Moments… is the fifth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in April 1977.
Even in the Quietest Moments… was recorded mainly at Caribou Ranch 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, who would work with the band for their next three albums as well.
Even in the Quietest Moments… reached number 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. In addition, “Give a Little Bit” became a US Top 20 single and reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart.[1] While “Give a Little Bit” was the big hit, both “Fool’s Overture” and the title track also got a fair amount of FM album-rock play.
The cover photo is not doctored – a grand piano was placed on a mountain top at Eldora Mountain Resort (a ski area near Caribou Ranch Studios), covered with snow and photographed. The sheet music on the piano, though titled “Fool’s Overture”, is actually the Star-Spangled Banner.
In 1978, Even in the Quietest Moments… was ranked 63rd in The World Critic Lists, which recognised the 200 greatest albums of all time as voted for by notable rock critics and DJs.
Track listing
All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, with lead vocals by Hodgson unless otherwise stated.
Side one
- “Give a Little Bit” – 4:08
- “Lover Boy” – 6:49
- Lead vocals: Rick Davies
- “Even in the Quietest Moments” – 6:26
- “Downstream” – 4:00
- Lead vocals: Rick Davies
Side two
- “Babaji” – 4:51
- “From Now On” – 6:21
- Lead vocals: Rick Davies
- “Fool’s Overture” – 10:52
Production
- 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
Personnel
Supertramp
- Rick Davies – keyboards, vocals
- John Helliwell – saxophones, vocals, clarinet, melodica on “From Now On”
- Roger Hodgson – guitars, keyboards, vocals
- Bob Siebenberg (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – percussion, drums
- Dougie Thomson – bass
Additional musicians
- Gary Mielke – Oberheim programming
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