Supertramp Album: “Even in the Quietest Moments [Remaster]”

...they kicked out this very cool album featuring a strong crossover orchestral rock/accoustical piano flavored gem. This album spent most of freshman year on my turntable, and on that of the guy across the hall, and the guy down the hall....

It's terrific to hear it again, and even if the CD seems a bit more "juiced" than the old LP...well it isn't too scratchy either! Yep, Who, Floyd, Zep, Yes fans will appreciate Hodgson and Davies. And any album with Winston Churchill on it can't be all bad. "Never surrender!"

Love the piano on the mountaintop!

First, let me say that the 2 stars are not for the musical contents of the CD. That would have been 5-plus stars of course.

No, the 2 stars are for the terrible job the folks at A&M have done digitally remastering this album. Or should I say de-analogizing? The sound is much too harsh, and too loud. Just compare the first minute of "Give a little bit" with the original (LP or CD) release and you'll know what I mean.

I had the entire remastered collection in my "save for later" basket, but decided to delete them all after listening to this

one. I'll stick to the more analog sounding (and still very defined) first releases.

For the record: I listened to this CD on my Electrocompaniet EMC1 with 24/192 upsampling, with the Rogers E40a and a pair of

LS3A's with AB1 subwoofers.

I was surprised when I discovered some of the Supertramp albums had been remastered. I thought A@M did a great job on their material way back then. However, this being my favourite Supertramp album, I decided to buy it and compare to my origional copy. Well...the mid range is improved and the volume output has been increased but other than that I don't see much difference. I don't think I'd replace any more of their albums for the remastered copies. Would like to see a boxed set of their music.

Hardly a duff track on this record, which makes a welcome change from the band's other works. I used to listen to Supertramp at college many many years ago and this is about the only album which has stood the test of time. The title track is a superb song

This cd is just an awesome 70s album. Each track is very detailed, and although there are only 7 tracks, the cd clocks in at a generous 44 minutes. The opener, Give A Little Bit, was the bands hit song, and deservedly so. It's extremely catchy and has a spirited and uplifting vibe to it. Lover boy starts off like a broadway theme song, but there's a progressive Yes-like feel towards the latter half of the extravagance. The title track, Even In The Quietest Moments, brings Pink Floyd to mind with its meandering psychedelia and nebulous charm. Downstream sounds similar to early Elton John recordings, with heartfelt lyrics and lilting piano. Babaji is a dramatic ballad sounding like a precursor to a lot of other 80s songs that would sound very similar to this authentic track. Track 6, From Now On, is my favorite on the cd. It reminds me of Billy Joel, but is much longer and more intricate than any of his songs. The entire song is great, but around the 2 minute mark, the refrain "Living in a fantasy, that's the way its got to be, from now on" resounds gloriously with a choir of backround vocals in an ebullient, timeless fashion. The lengthy Fool's Overture provides a wonderful closing to a classic recording. This song has elements of just about every band imaginable from their era. At times, it sounds a bit like Kraftwerk, and at other's, like the Beatles experimental track from the White Album, #9. The track is also comparable to some Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Tarkus). To sum things up, this is just a beautiful, florid album, coalescing brilliant originality with popular musical elements of the time, offering an incredible, unique album that I recommend to everyone.