Slow Motion is the eleventh and final studio album by the British 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. 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. While the album credits the song to Davies and Palmer-James only, Roger Hodgson supposedly co-wrote it.
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.
"Slow Motion" – 3:50 "Little By Little" – 4:30 "Broken Hearted" – 4:28 "Over You" – 5:06 "Tenth Avenue Breakdown" – 8:57 "A Sting in the Tail" – 5:17 "Bee in Your Bonnet" – 6:27 "Goldrush" (Davies, Richard Palmer-James) – 3:06 "Dead Man's Blues" – 8:26
Personnel Supertramp Rick Davies – keyboards, lead vocals, harmonica John Helliwell – saxophone, woodwinds Lee Thornburg – trumpet, backing vocals, trombone Carl Verheyen – guitars Mark Hart – keyboards, backing vocals, guitars Cliff Hugo – bass Bob Siebenberg – drums Jesse Siebenberg – percussion, backing vocals
Production Producers: Rick Davies, Mark Hart, Jay Messina Engineer: Jay Messina Mastering: Greg Calbi Pro-tools: Seth McClain Photography: Jean Ber, Richard Frankel
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2002)PositionSpanish Albums (AFYVE) 34
Year-end charts Chart (2002)PositionFrench Albums (SNEP)118Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 88
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