Crisis? What Crisis? (studio album)
by Supertramp
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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 6,177.
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Crisis? What Crisis? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 12/07/2025 04:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,279 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 14:50 | Araldo | 1,469 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/10/2025 05:38 | ootsp | 136 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2025 03:09 | lanadeleswift | 3,523 | 87/100 |
| ! | 10/15/2025 11:00 | Filipe | 155 | 78/100 |
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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 77.3/100, 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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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.
It’s arguably my favourite Supertramp album, with many great songs that shouldn’t be overlooked.
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
luigybetis 08/07/2018 10:14 | #219357
This might be Supertramp's best album. There are some OK songs in here, but most of them are outstanding. 9+/10.
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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junodog4 03/14/2015 23:08 | #136831
Not on par with Breakfast or Crime.
arthur237 04/15/2014 17:22 | #109310
The best supertramp album!!
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