Crime of the Century

Just too prog rock and Pink Floyd lite for my taste. I prefer their more commercial stuff.

Really nice mix of prog and pop. Fun and engaging listen! Will definitely be returning to this in the future

the epitome of 70s organ rock. This is not good at all. It's not country music bad, so I'll give it 2 stars, but it's really annoying.

Just incredible. Perfect mix of pros, pop, rock and nostalgia. 4.5

Love this album. Manages to blend pop and prog effortlessly, lots of high points here such as School, Hide in your Shell, If Everyone was Listening and the title track.

The sound mixing of this album (or maybe it's just spotify) made it so quiet on all the vocals. This is ok, 2*
Enjoyed: dreamer

They were clearly inspired by Pink Floyd when making some of these songs. Good use of keyboards and wind instruments. Just sounds very 70’s. Favorites were Bloody Well Right, Hide In Your Shell, and Dreamer.

It was completely fine. But I listened to it yesterday and already can't remember much from it.

Das Album fängt mit einem für die 70er hervorragendem Stück „School“ an mit einem mix aus Mundharmonika und Piano.Dieses Level kann das Album nicht ganz halten.“Hide In Your Shell“ ist ordentlich, „Dreamer“ das zweite Highlight der Platte, „Rudy“ ausdrucksstark und „Crime of The Century“ ein furioses Finale 😊.

Honestly, only really heard their Breakfast In America album before, and the lonesome harmonica this opened with really belies the shit you're about to get into. Yes, its MOR Prog Rock, but it is very well produced MOR Prog Rock, its not pulling itself at the seams like some Prog Rock of the 70s was doing, nothing overstays its welcome, its quite punchy in comparison to the 10 minute+ sweeping epic songs Pink Floyd and Rush were doing

This wasn't bad, it was just kind of bland rock to me. Unlikely to return even though it might need a few more plays to click. 2.5/5

Is it OK to like Supertramp? Are they not-prog enough, too dad rock? Either way - GIVE ME MORE SYNTHS

Dreamer is a great track, apart from that I didnt really enjoy the album at all.

This is not one I would listen to again.

4.5 it's a shame that so many tracks are missing from this album. No matter what streaming service you use. Making a note to pick up the LP.

So light and airy. Excellent prog rock. Bloody Well Right and Dreamer are both fantastic

Favourite songs: Bloody Well Right, Dreamer, Asylum

Least favourite songs: School

3/5

Boomer Rock. Don't care.

It’s no Breakfast in America but still better than most !

Proggy pop combined with big dumb 70s rock, so: big synthy riffs and spaceship tones. Having the electric piano at the forefront makes for a kind of showtune feel. Like a copy of the more annoying side of David Bowie. All the maximalist tendencies but little of the creative energy, and done on the cheap. They sound like a filler band on one of those compilations they used to advertise on TV like "ALL THE RADIO HITS OF THE 70s YOU KNOW AND LOVE!!!! (except for the good ones)"

I don't normally do this, but I'm going to complain about the 1001 Albums book picking the wrong album. Breakfast in America is THE quintessential Supertramp album and is so much better than Crime of the Century. I buy that Crime of the Century was the band's breakthrough, but Breakfast in America is their best album, with the Logical Song, Goodbye Stranger, Breakfast in America, and Take the Long Way Home. Plus, it just sounds better. Crime of the Century sounds like a band that still hasn't entirely figured out who they are. There are plenty of good moments, especially Bloody Well Right, but this is a case where the 1001 missed the mark. Giving it a 4 more because I like Supertramp and would listen again, but it's more like a 3.5.

In one ear and out the other. Nothing to complain about though.