STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - SUPERTRAMP - CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS ?

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Good morning Wednesday warriors and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 76th Birthday of  English musician, singer and songwriter , founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertrampm Rick Davies. Happy Birthday Rick ! With him in mind, we spotlight their fourth studio album, Crisis? What Crisis? . Crisis? What Crisis?  was released September 14, 1975 on the A&M label and produced by the band with  Ken Scott. It peaked at #44 on the Billboard 200, #12 in Canada, and #6 in New Zealand. The tracks "Lady" (#15 Ireland) and "Ain't Nobody But Me" (#64 Canada) were released as singles. The LP has been certified Platinum in Canada.

1. "Easy Does It" Hodgson 2:19

2. "Sister Moonshine" Hodgson, Davies 5:15

3. "Ain't Nobody but Me" Davies 5:14

4. "A Soapbox Opera" Hodgson 4:54

5. "Another Man's Woman" Davies 6:15

Side two

6. "Lady" Hodgson 5:26

7. "Poor Boy" Davies 5:07

8. "Just a Normal Day" Hodgson, Davies 4:02

9. "The Meaning" Hodgson 5:23

10. "Two of Us" Hodgson 3:27

Rick Davies – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano (Tracks 3, 5, 7, 8), Wurlitzer piano (Track 7), harmonica (Track 2), organ (Tracks 2, 3, 6, 10), harpsichord (Tracks 4, 6, 10), synthesizers (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9)

Roger Hodgson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9) 12-string guitar (tracks 1, 2, 9, 10), acoustic piano (Track 4), Wurlitzer piano (Track 6), flageolet (Track 2), cello (Track 7), pump organ (Track 10), marimba (Track 6), electric sitar (Tracks 1, 2)

John Anthony Helliwell – saxophones, clarinet and bass clarinet (Track 7), backing vocals (Tracks 3, 6, 7, 10)

Dougie Thomson – bass guitar

Bob Siebenberg (credited as Bob C. Benberg) – drums, percussion

Ken Scott - producer
Supertramp - producers
Greg Calbi - remastering
Jay Messina - remastering
John Jansen - assistant
Ed Thacker - assistant
Richard Anthony Hewson - arranger
Fabio Nicoli - cover design
Paul Wakefield - cover design
Dick Ward - cover design