Slow Motion (Supertramp album)

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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.<ref name="Melhuish">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="Melhuish"/> While the album credits the song to Davies and Palmer-James only, Roger Hodgson supposedly co-wrote it.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reception

Template:Album ratings AllMusic praised the songs and diversity in styles, but criticized the production and runtime.<ref name="allmusic"/>

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" (Davies, Richard Palmer-James) – 3:06
9. "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

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Chart (2002)	Position
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	34

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	118
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref name="SWIYearend">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	88