''Slow Motion'' is the eleventh and final

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, 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 Richard William Palmer-James (born 11 June 1947) is an English guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. He may be best known as one of the founding members of Supertramp (playing guitar and songwriter); writing lyrics for several songs by the pro ...

, and was used as the opening number in all their shows prior to ''

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''. 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 Charles Roger Pomfret Hodgson (born 21 March 1950) is an English singer, musician and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman and founding member of the progressive rock band Supertramp. Hodgson composed and sang the majority of the ba ...

supposedly co-wrote it.

Reception

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praised the songs and diversity in styles, but criticized the production and runtime.

Track listing

All songs written by

Rick Davies Richard Davies (born 22 July 1944) is an English musician, singer and songwriter best known as founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp. Davies was its only constant member, and composed some of the band's best-known songs ...

, 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" (Rick Davies,

) – 3:06 #"Dead Man's Blues" – 8:26

Personnel

;Supertramp *

– keyboards, lead vocals, harmonica *

John Helliwell John Anthony Helliwell (born 15 February 1945) is an English musician, best known as the saxophonist, secondary keyboardist, and backing vocalist for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC during the band's concerts, talking and ma ...

– saxophone, woodwinds *Lee Thornburg – trumpet, backing vocals, trombone *

Carl Verheyen Carl William Verheyen (born April 3, 1954) is an American musician best known for being the guitarist of Supertramp, the leader of the Carl Verheyen Band, and as a Los Angeles session guitarist. He was ranked ''One of the World's Top 10 Guitaris ...

– guitars *

Mark Hart Mark Hart (born July 2, 1953), is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist best known for being a member of both Supertramp (1986–1988, 1996–2002) and Crowded House (1993–1996, 2007–2016). As well as being a group member, touring ...

– keyboards, backing vocals, guitars * Cliff Hugo – bass *

Bob Siebenberg Robert Layne Siebenberg (born October 31, 1949) also known as Bob C. Benberg, is an American musician, best known as a member of British progressive rock band Supertramp, playing drums and percussion. He was the sole American in Supertramp's ...

– 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

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Supertramp albums 2002 albums Albums produced by Rick Davies EMI Records albums