Some Things Never Change

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Some Things Never Change
Studio album by Supertramp

Publication
(s)

March 24, 1997

admission

1996-1997

Label (s) EMI Records (EMI100)

Format (s)

LP , MC and CD

Genre (s)

Progressive rock

Title (number)

12

running time

70:03 (CD)

occupation see below

production

Rick Davies (Executive Producer),
Jack Douglas (Producer),
Fred Mandel (Co-Producer)

Studio (s)

chronology
Live '88
(1988) 		Some Things Never Change It Was the Best of Times (live)
(1999)

Some Things Never Change is the 10th studio - album of the British Pop - / rock band Supertramp and their first without longtime band member Dougie Thomson . It was released on March 24, 1997 about 8½ years after Live '88 , the previous Supertramp live album.

description

For the recording of the album "Some Things Never Change", the band came back personnel changes: From the classic occupation were Rick Davies (keyboards, vocals), John Helliwell (woodwinds, saxophone) and Bob Siebenberg (drums) still in the process; the bassist Dougie Thomson had left the group after their last tour (see album Live '88 ). In addition, as in 1987/88 as the second singer and keyboardist Mark Hart (member of the band Crowded House since 1993 ), who performed the song "Listen to Me Please" with Davies and the songs "Sooner or Later" and " Give Me a Chance ”, in which he acted as a writer alongside Davies; all other songs are by Davies. In addition, the band was complemented by Cliff Hugo (bass guitar), Lee Thornburg (wind instruments, background vocals), Carl Verheyen (guitars) and Tom Walsh (percussion). Guest musicians also included: Bob Danziger (Kalimbas) and Karen Lawrence and Kim Nail (background vocals).

As with the poppy-jazzy previous album “Free as a Bird”, Supertramp delivered with “Some Things Never Change” again a quite jazzy and bluesy style of music with partly jazzy- funky accents, with Davies' staccato- like e-piano playing - as in “You Win, I Lose”, which was released as a single - was retained as the band's trademark. Some songs, such as “It's a Hard World”, the theme song “Some Things Never Change” and “Sooner or Later”, contain long instrumental passages with brass and e-piano sounds. A nice bluesy work is “Help Me Down That Road”. Hit character did not get a song.

With a few songs from the album "Some Things Never Change" and many Supertramp classics in their luggage, the band went on tour, from which in 1999 the live album It Was the Best of Times emerged .

Song list

The album "Some Things Never Change" contains 12 songs. The specified lengths refer to the original CD version ("EMI 89989 2") of the album, which is 70:03 minutes long.

  1. It's a Hard World - 9:46 - (Davies)
  2. You Win, I Lose - 4:31 - (Davies)
  3. Get Your Act Together - 4:47 - (Davies)
  4. Live to Love You - 5:20 - (Davies)
  5. Some Things Never Change - 6:26 - (Davies)
  6. Listen to Me Please - 4:47 - (Davies); Main voice: Davies and Hart
  7. Sooner or Later - 6:51 - (Davies, Hart); Main voice: Hard
  8. Help Me Down That Road - 4:37 - (Davies)
  9. And the Light - 4:42 - (Davies)
  10. Give Me a Chance - 4:23 - (Davies, Hart); Main voice: Hard
  11. C'est what? - 8:18 - (Davies)
  12. Where There's a Will - 5:35 - (Davies)

occupation

The band:

Additional staff:

Guest musicians:

admission

The album “Some Things Never Change” was recorded and mixed in these recording studios in the USA from 1996 to 1997 : The sound recordings took place at Ocean Way Studios ( Hollywood , Los Angeles , California ) and The Backyard Studios ( Encino , Los Angeles, California ) instead of. The record was mixed in the Manhattan Center Studios ( Manhattan , New York City , New York ) and the mastering was carried out in the Gateway Studios ( Portland , Maine ).

production

  • Executive Producer : Rick Davies
  • Producer: Jack Douglas
  • Co-producer: Fred Mandel (on "And The Light")
  • Sound engineer : Jay Messina
  • Sound engineer assistant:
    • Ian Gardiner (The Backyard Studios; on "And The Light"), sound recording
    • Michael Scotella (Ocean Way Studios), sound recording
    • Rich Clark (Manhattan Center Studios), mixdown
    • Roy Clark (Manhattan Center Studios), mixdown
    • Brian Hargrove (Manhattan Center Studios), mixdown
    • Bob Ludwig (Gateway Studios), mastering
  • Cover design: Hugh Sime and Dimo ​​Safari
  • Creative direction: Richard Frankel
  • Band portraits: Dennis Keeley
  • Management : Sue Davies and Richard Frankel

Chart placements

album

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 3 (18 weeks) 18th
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 5 (14 weeks) 14th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 2 (13 weeks) 13
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 74 (1 week) 1

Singles

The slowly selling You Win, I Lose was released as a single; the second song of the single is Some Things Never Change . Both are recorded in an edit and album version.

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT
1997 You Win, I Lose
Some Things Never Change 		DE63 (9 weeks)
DE 		AT40 (1 week)
AT
B-side: Some Things Never Change

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