Indelibly Stamped

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Indelibly Stamped is the second album by the British rock band Supertramp, released in 1971. It marked a dramatic change in direction to a more straightforward rock sound, and by admission of the band's own liner notes, "Travelled" is the only song with any resemblance to their debut album. Like their debut, this album was a commercial failure upon release, but in later decades it went gold in France and Canada. Original editions have a colour gate-fold cover and different text for the band name and album title. The cover photograph features the tattooed torso and arms of a topless woman. This is the first Supertramp album issued in the U.S. The album was banned from a number of record stores in Australia, while others sold each copy inside a brown paper sleeve.

Cover art

The cover depicts the tattooed torso and arms of a topless woman. According to Paul Sayce, writing in Tattoo News, the model was Marion Hollier, who was extensively tattooed at the Les Skuse Tattoo Studio in the 1960s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}, July 2009.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> An article published in The People shortly after the album's release also identifies Hollier as the model, noting that she was paid £45 for the job (Template:Inflation).Template:Inflation-fn<ref name="Melhuish">Template:Cite book</ref>

Background

Roger Hodgson later said Indelibly Stamped was "the survival album to put ourselves back in the good books of our manager. There was no theme worked out for the album and we were floundering."<ref name="Melhuish"/> New members Kevin Currie and Frank Farrell were recruited shortly before the recording sessions.<ref name="Melhuish"/>

The song "Times Have Changed" evolved out of a song called "Times of Rain", which was written with Richard Palmer-James while he was still a member of the group. Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson wrote new lyrics to the song, renaming it "Times Have Changed".<ref>Fuentes, Abel (January 2011). Interview with Richard Palmer, Supertramp Soap Box Asylum. Retrieved 10 October 2012.</ref>

Supporting tours for the album began with a series of shows at the P.N. Club in Munich, which had been the site for Supertramp's first public performances. Rick Davies described their stage show at the time as "all Rock and Roll really. We used to get people up on the bloody stage and it was just chaos, hopping away doing about three encores, but there was meat and potatoes behind it. No more or less people would come to the next gig."<ref name="Melhuish"/> This was the last album Roger Hodgson played bass on during his tenure with Supertramp.

Reception

In a brief retrospective review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine says that the album is an improvement over their debut, but still indulged too much in lengthy instrumental sections.<ref name="allmusic"/>

Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, except where noted.

All lead vocals by Rick Davies, except where noted.

• "Rosie Had Everything Planned" is the only original song in the entire Supertramp catalog for which Rick Davies receives no writing or co-writing credit.

Personnel

Supertramp

• Rick Davies – acoustic and Wurlitzer pianos, Hammond organ, lead vocals, harmonica
• Roger Hodgson – acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitar (track 3), lead (tracks 2, 3, 10) and backing vocals
• Dave Winthrop – flute, saxophones, lead vocals (track 6)
• Frank Farrell – bass guitar (all tracks except track 3), piano and accordion (track 3), backing vocals
• Kevin Currie – percussion, drums

Production

• Producer: Supertramp
• Engineer: Bob Hall

Charts

Chart (1976)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="auchart">Template:Cite book</ref>	53