Even in the quietest moments

EVEN IN THE QUIETEST MOMENTS – 1977 – A&M

Release Date: April 1977

Recording Date: November 1976 – January 1977 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO and Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles   Label: A&M     Time: 43:24

The album was recorded mainly at Caribou Ranch Studios in Colorado with overdubs, vocals and mixing completed at The Record Plant in Los Angeles.

Even in the Quietest Moments became Supertramp’s first Gold (500,000 copies or more) selling album in the US thanks to «Give a Little Bit«. (still on tha radios few decades later)

The great cover photo: a real grand piano was placed on a mountain top near Caribou Ranch Studios, covered with snow and photographed. The sheet music on the piano, though titled «Fool’s Overture», actually plays the «Star-Spangled Banner». What an ironical joke….pure Supertramp 🙂

Friends of the band in L.A. were invited to provide the background vocals on “From Now On” but the normally mild mannered perfectionist lost the plot a little when the assembled group persistently sang out of tune. In exasperation John’s alleged to have yelled “Why can’t these bastards sing in tune?”

This album is unique in the Supertramp discography as none of the songs feature the band’s trademark Wurlitzer electric piano. However, a Fender Rhodes piano, was used during a short section of «From Now On».

To know more about this album, read this INTERVIEW

Side ONE
«Give a Little Bit»
«Lover Boy»
«Even in the Quietest Moments»
«Downstream»

Side TWO
«Babaji»
«From Now On»
«Fool’s Overture»

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