For his part, Scott mixed the 13 bonus live tracks from the original tapes of the band's gig at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on March 9, 1975. Mobile Fidelity's 1978 Original Master Recording LP was indeed something to behold-but I've also come to appreciate the nuances of the remastering job done for vinyl and cut by Ray Staff at Air Studios in London that was used with A&M's multi-format reissues that honored the album's 40th anniversary in 2014. The Mobile Fidelity version was indeed good, but still not as good as the original CBS version." "That was done through the CBS classical division, so it was the best vinyl you could get-and it was absolutely phenomenal. "The best pressing of anything I'd ever worked on was the initial pressing of Crime of the Century," Crime's original producer Ken Scott confirms. I wore out my original 1974 A&M LP before the '70s wound down-and then I discovered better Crime wax existed in Europe. "What you don't play is just as important as what you do play." "The art of space in our recordings can't be over- looked," he tells me. No one knows it better than Supertramp vocalist/guitarist/pianist Roger Hodgson. The band's uncluttered arrangements let each Crime song truly breathe-and that was no accident.
Over the course of eight songs, Supertramp took full advantage of the dynamic range of tracks like "School" (punctuated by multiple piano bursts and yelping schoolchildren), "Bloody Well Right" (its razor-sharp guitar line wafting from back- ground to foreground and back like a talkbox in a tsunami), and the ascendant, power-packed rage of the title track (with a final lyrical twist worthy of the last episode of The Prisoner). After two middling misfires, the British quintet's third LP, September 1974's Crime of the Century, vaulted them into the big leagues where progressive-leaning tendencies met not-so-subversive pop sensibilities head-on. Type Retrospectacle in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.The third time was truly the charm for Supertramp. Select Platinum in the Certification field. ^ "British album certifications – Supertramp – Retrospectacle".Select Albums under "Chart", enter 2007 in the field "Year". ^ "Spanish album certifications" (in Spanish).Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. ^ "Årslista Album – År 2006" (in Swedish).^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2005".^ " – Supertramp – Retrospectacle - The Supertramp Anthology".^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100".
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Art Direction: Richard Frankel, Vartan.Producers: Supertramp, Ken Scott, Peter Henderson, Jay Messina, Jack Douglas, David Kershenbaum and Rick Davies.Compilation producers: Rick Davies, Bill Levenson.It Was the Best of Times, 1999 originally from Crisis? What Crisis? Paris, 1980 originally the B-side to the "Lady" single, 1975 Track listing Īll songs are written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, except where noted. "Land Ho" was later rerecorded by Roger Hodgson for his 1987 solo album Hai Hai (with new lyrics).Ĭlassic Rock ranked Retrospectacle the 12th greatest compilation album of 2005. The version of "Land Ho" used on the compilation is the 1975 remix which the band intended to use on Crisis? What Crisis? but left off at the last minute, while "Summer Romance" is the original mix from the single. It was released as either a single disc or a double album.Īlso, Retrospectacle marks the first appearance on an album of the single "Land Ho" and its B-side "Summer Romance". As Supertramp's first career retrospective, Retrospectacle contains a compilation of the most popular songs, live tracks and favourite album tracks from all of their albums from Supertramp to Slow Motion, including the live albums Paris and It Was the Best of Times.