JEAN MARC BAILLEUX CHRONICLE MAGAZINE ROCK & FOLK N ° 155 December 1979 Page 89/92 5 ° 33 rpm albums 1977 Ref: A & M AML 64634 The people of the "profession" still have in mind a memorable concert at the Bataclan three years after that of HEC. And for good reason! they were there alone, them to speak, to the presence close to a half-dozen knowledgeable fans and a few onlookers dredged last minute on Voltaire Boulevard sidewalk. They were alone, but they took the slap and that they made the group one could easily predict her a successful future. Perfectionism Supertramp, already legendary since the advent-event "Crime Of The Century" took on a new dimension; this was not the sound of the disc, it was better than the disk; a dazzle of light and sound, staging a ball played with such professionalism that had been taken for spontaneity. It was won. In fact, a few months later "Even In The Quietest Moments" has since its release the powerful support from radio stations. Yet "Give A Little Bit" was a relatively minor title that offered less attractive to the media and originality that the masterpieces of "Crime Of The Century" or "Crisis? What Crisis?" (Especially "Sister Moonshine", which he took up, faded, many characteristics). Nevertheless Supertramp is finally found and instantly propelled to the top of the French charts. As time passes, the success assertive, exponential, the universe is illuminated: the obscure and enigmatic pockets succeeds lighter imaging. After "Crisis? What Crisis?" Supertramp moved to the US, and since the beginning of his American period he seems to ward off the crisis which he was a feint to deny that with the humor more or less ironic or bitter that crosses its production. We find the sense of contrast; after prison gates sailing in the clouds, sunbathing under the smokestacks, here is the piano under the snows of Colorado (where the disc was recorded at Caribou Ranch Studio). "Even In The Quietest Moments" is the most subtle of Supertramp albums. He preaches a soft feel the need to feel good about yourself and in the community, to let flourish the vital feelings ("Give A Little Big", love ("Love Boy"), friendship, . This fraternity is the time when Hodgson spawning with a guru ("Babaji") and it has on him the same soothing and somewhat debilitating effect on Santana or Mc Laughlin; influence to which Richard Davies, while dealing similar subjects, seems happily escape. While Roger Hodgson indulges in a mysticism gentillet ("Even I, The Quietest Moments" - the song - which one will find a part of interrogations and inspiration in the "Lord Is It Mine" next disc). Davies keeps feet on the ground and deal with its intimate chronicle of the movements of the soul. If Hodgson proceeds by static shots and gives sas songs more of generality and abstraction, Davies is the man tracking shots ("One From Now") and flashbacks ("Downstream").
