Crisis? What Crisis? (studio album)
by Supertramp

Crisis? What Crisis? by Supertramp
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 2,088th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 235 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (32nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (390th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,088th)

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Crisis? What Crisis? is ranked 4th best out of 20 albums by Supertramp on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Supertramp is Crime Of The Century which is ranked number 268 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,239.

Supertramp album bestography « Higher ranked (1,318th)
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This album (2,088th)
Crisis? What Crisis?
Lower ranked (4,100th) »
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77/100 (from 235 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.

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95/100
From 02/17/2023 09:36
A great collection of songs that really highlights the different writing styles of Davies and Hodgson. The instrumentation and arrangements are more varied on 'Crisis?' than any of their other albums which gives it a less cohesive feel and the production is not as crisp as it is on 'Crime of the Century' or the albums that followed it. The original LP version I have has an abrupt end to 'The Meaning' which is so much better than the fade out of the CD version I've got.
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From 07/26/2020 13:14
It’s arguably my favourite Supertramp album, with many great songs that shouldn’t be overlooked.
#256236 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
From 09/30/2019 01:48
First listen I was really surprised ! Nobody told me this album was this good !! I like all the songs from Easy Does It to Lady. However, I find the last tracks not as good and this is why I think it’s less consistent than BIA, COTC and EITQM. It misses a great closer like Crime of the Century, Child if Vision or Fool’s Overture.

Standouts: Ain’t Nobody but Me, A Soapbox Opera, Another Man’s Woman
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From 08/07/2018 10:14
This might be Supertramp's best album. There are some OK songs in here, but most of them are outstanding. 9+/10.
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From 11/09/2017 16:14
Why are people disappointed with this album? For me it is almost at par with Crime of the Century and above Breakfast in America. In songs like "A sopabox opera", "Another man's woman" or "Just a normal day" Hodgson and Davies keep a dialogue in which their voices shine between the piano, the violins and the saxophone, with different crescendoes and releaxing moments with keep the album entertaining and at the same time musically interesting.
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From 03/14/2015 23:08
Not on par with Breakfast or Crime.
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From 04/15/2014 17:22
The best supertramp album!!
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From 11/30/2013 20:36
Good
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
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6. Another Green World by Eno
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