Slow Motion [Import]

Supertramp | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000060K0Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,508 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #38 in Music > Imports > Classic Rock

Track Listings

1. Slow Motion

2. Little By Little

3. Broken Hearted

4. Over You

5. Tenth Avenue Breakdown

6. A Sting In The Tail

7. Bee In Your Bonnet

8. Goldrush

9. Dead Man's Blues

Editorial Reviews

2002 studio album for the UK rock act. The nine song opus features classic Supertramp sounds as well as cleverly crafted, jazz-influenced compositions. Highlights include, 'Over You', 'Little By Little', 'Tenth Avenue Breakdown', 'Broken Hearted' & 'Dead Man's Blues'. EMI. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Shift to bluesier/jazzier sound for Supertramp, July 8, 2002

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This review is from: Slow Motion (Audio CD)

Let's stop comparing Supertramp Mark 2 to Mark 3. This edition of Supertramp has recorded a fine collection of music that has a bluesy edge that was only hinted at on previous recordings. The shift to a bluesier sound actually works. Sure, there's the trademark Supertramp sound but that's missing the point. Every Supertramp album sounded a little bit different from the one before. The template that Davies (and Roger Hodgson for that matter) always used for Supertramp was the Beatles. None of The Beatles albums sounded quite the same.

Is Slow Motion a success? Partially, yes particularly on the numbers that don't look to the past. The closing track Dead Man's Blues manages to recall the extended prog rock closers by the band in both its length and the solos. Beyond that, though, this track (which is stunning and the best piece on the album)along with most of the record really doesn't have much to do with the band that recorded Breakfast in America. Slow Motion is an elaboration on the style and sound of Crime of the Century.

I have to give Rick Davies and his band mates credit for trying something daring and new. Yes, there are times it does recall previous attempts to go down the same road (Some Things Never Change, Famous Last Words or parts of Free As A Bird), but Slow Motion is at its most successful when it abandons the very things that made Supertramp successful in the past.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure !, May 1, 2002

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Musikliebhaber (Celle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slow Motion (Audio CD)

I cannot understand some of the lousy reviews about this album! But I think it's typical for customer who espect Supertramp as it was in the seventies. For the last 20 years this band has changed its style. Nevertheless they do not lose the typical Supertramp-elements (wurlitzer; sax; distinctive voice). Sometimes I also miss the good old days of Supertramp but I accept that Rick Davies prefers R&B. Today the music of Supertramp therefore is R&B and jazzy. If you like this kind of music you will love this CD. If you don't like R&B/Jazz you will probably hate it. For me this album is simply perfect and one of the best Supertramp-albums at all. Favourite tracks are "Little By Little" (an earwig with a nice melody) and "Tenth Avenue Breakdown" (dramatic and varied). Try this CD and listen to it carefully at least three times. I predict you will love it the more you listen to it !

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Tramp? Maybe... but the old sound is still there., April 29, 2002

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Roberto (Barcelona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slow Motion (Audio CD)

There's a time in your life when you can understand lyrics like "Because we need to draw the line, because we need to make the time, because we need to sip the wine...", for what they really mean. Supertramps' new (?) sound is basically an understanding of the human condition. Life goes on, they're getting older and the world is rushing around them, and still have the heart (and guts!) to put out an inteligent, musical record, inviting us to slow down and think/ feel a little.
And to listen to "Slow Motion", you have to pay attention because it's not as ear-friendly as "Breakfast..." or as powerful as "Crime.." Even when "Crime" was released,Supertramp were intelligent musically, and while we miss Roger Hodgson, this new material deserves being listened to because it has style and shows that Rick still has the Supertramp feel. Don't give up on Supertramp, this record really sounds good, but you have to listen a couple of times to let it grow on you.

Fave tracks:
"Slow Motion" - Old poppy Tramp, with that characteristic Fender Rhodes plinky-plonk sound. Haunting sax solo.
"Over You" - Melancholic 50's type sound. Great horns!
"Tenth Avenue Breakdown" - One of those 7 minute Supertramp anthems.

Overall, definitely worth having if you enjoy intelligent music and like the Supertramp sound. It's in there if you listen carefully...