Slow Motion (Supertramp album) explained

Slow Motion
Type:Album
Artist:Supertramp
Cover:Supertramp - Slow Motion.jpg
Released:23 April 2002
Studio:Sonora Recorders (Los Angeles, CA)
The Backyard Studios (Hampton Bays, NY)
Genre:Progressive rock
Length:50:07
Label:EMI
Silver Cab (U.S./Canada)
Producer:Rick Davies, Mark Hart, Jay Messina
Prev Title:Is Everybody Listening?
Prev Year:2001
Next Title:Retrospectacle – The Supertramp Anthology
Next Year:2005

Slow Motion is the eleventh and final studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released in April 2002.

Overview

In North America, Slow Motion was only available via mail-order from the band's website, released on their own label.

The song "Goldrush" was actually written in the early 1970s under the first Supertramp line-up, by original guitarist Richard Palmer-James, and was used as the opening number in all their shows prior to Crime of the Century.[1] The band had tried to record it on several previous occasions, but had never before been able to recreate it in the studio to their satisfaction.[1] While the album credits the song to Davies and Palmer-James only, Roger Hodgson supposedly co-wrote it.[2]

Reception

AllMusic praised the songs and diversity in styles, but criticized the production and runtime.

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies, except where noted.

  1. "Slow Motion" – 3:50
  2. "Little By Little" – 4:30
  3. "Broken Hearted" – 4:28
  4. "Over You" – 5:06
  5. "Tenth Avenue Breakdown" – 8:57
  6. "A Sting in the Tail" – 5:17
  7. "Bee in Your Bonnet" – 6:27
  8. "Goldrush" (Rick Davies, Richard Palmer-James) – 3:06
  9. "Dead Man's Blues" – 8:26

Personnel

Supertramp

Production

Charts and certfications

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)Position
Austrian Albums Chart[3] 18
Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia)[4] 31
Dutch Albums Chart[5] 83
French SNEP Albums Chart[6] 8
German Media Control Albums Chart[7] 17
Spanish Albums Chart[8] 34
Swiss Albums Chart[9] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)Position
French Albums Chart[10] 118
Swiss Albums Chart[11] 88

Certifications and sales

Notes and References

  1. Book: Melhuish, Martin. The Supertramp Book. Toronto, Canada. Omnibus Press. 1986. 0-9691272-2-7. 101.
  2. Web site: Breakfast In Spain - Roger Hodgson and Supertramp website - JOHN HELLIWELL Interview, April 2003. 2021-11-06. mail.breakfastinspain.com.
  3. Web site: Supertramp – Slow Motion – austriancharts.at. ASP. 1 May 2013.
  4. Web site: ultratop.be Supertramp – Slow Motion. French. Hung Medien. ASP. Ultratop. 1 May 2013.
  5. Web site: dutchcharts.nl Supertramp – Slow Motion. Hung Medien. MegaCharts. Dutch. ASP. 1 June 2013.
  6. Web site: lescharts.com Supertramp – Slow Motion. lescharts.com. SNEP. French. ASP. 1 May 2013.
  7. Web site: Album Search: Supertramp – Slow Motion. https://web.archive.org/web/20150406232530/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Supertramp&title=Slow+Motion&cat=a&country=de. dead. 6 April 2015. ASP. German. Media Control. 1 June 2013.
  8. Book: Salaverri, Fernando. Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. 1st . September 2005. Fundación Autor-SGAE. Spain. 84-8048-639-2.
  9. Web site: Supertramp – Slow Motion – hitparade.ch. ASP. 1 May 2013.
  10. Web site: Classement Albums - année 2002 . Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . 1 February 2014 . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110909035309/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2002 . 9 September 2011 .
  11. Web site: Hitparade.ch - Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002 . Swedish. ASP. Swiss Music Charts. Hung Medien . 1 May 2013.

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