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Supertramp: Some Things never Changex

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: EMI Records
Released: 2000.03.21
Time:
 70:05
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Jack Douglas, Fred Mandel
Rating: *......... (1/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.supertramp.com
Appears with: Roger Hodgson
Purchase date: 1997.08.20
Price in €: 16,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] It's a Hard World (Davies) - 9:46
[2] You Win, I Lose (Davies) - 4:31
[3] Get Your Act Together (Davies) - 4:48
[4] Live to Love You (Davies) - 5:18
[5] Some Things Never Change (Davies) - 6:26
[6] Listen to Me Please (Davies) - 4:46
[7] Sooner or Later (Davies/Hart) - 6:50
[8] Help Me Down That Road (Davies) - 4:36
[9] And the Light (Davies) - 4:40
[10] C'Est What? (Davies) - 8:16
[11] Where There's a Will (Davies) - 5:36

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


RICK DAVIES - Vocals, Keyboards
MARK HART - Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars
JOHN ANTHONY HELLIWELL - Saxophones, Woodwinds
CLIFF HUGO - Bass
BOB SIEBENBERG - Drums (except "And The Light")
LEE R. THORNBURG - Trumpet, Trombone, Background Vocals
CARL VERHEYEN - Guitars
TOM WALSH - Percussion (Drums on "And The Light")

BOB DANZIGER - Kalimbas
KAREN LAWRENCE - Background Vocals
KIM NAIL - Background Vocals

JAY MESSINA - Engineer
IAN GARDINER - Engineer, Assistant Engineer
MIKE SCOTELLA - Assistant Engineer
ROY CLARK - Mixing Assistant
BRIAN HARGROVE - Mixing Assistant
BOB LUDWIG - Mastering
DIMO SAFARI - Cover Art
RICHARD FRANKEL - Creative Director
DENNIS KEELEY - Portraits

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1997 CD Chrysalis 6121
1997 CD Oxygen 90002
1997 CS Oxygen 90002



Rick Davies, Bob Siebenberg, Mark Hart and John Helliwell re-formed Supertramp with a number of anonymous studio musicians in 1997 to record and release Some Things Never Change, their first album in ten years. And the title is correct - nothing much has changed within Supertramp's world; they're simply churning out the same sophisticated jazzy, lite-funk-inflected pop as they did in the mid-'80s. The only thing that has different is that the group can no longer write ingratiatingly catchy melodies as they did when they called it quits in the '80s, but hardcore fans will still find the instrumental interplay a joy to hear.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide


Nein, auch für die erste Supertramp-Platte nach zehn Jahren Pause kehrte Rodger Hodgson nicht zurück. Rick Davies bleibt Chef und einziges Gründungsmitglied, Bob Siebenberg und John Helliwell sind alte Bekannte, die Neuzugänge gute Musiker. Doch gerade Hodgson fehlt Davies als prägnanter zweiter Sänger, der mit seiner quäkenden, hohen Stimme einen Kontrapunkt zu Davies' bluesig eingefärbtem Rockertenor bildete. So ist das Comeback rythmischer als "Crime Of The Century", aber eben auch etwas langweiliger.

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Der Auftakt ist nicht ohne: Mit jazzig verwehten Bläsern läutet die soulige Space-Ballade "It's A Hard World" das Supertramp-Comeback ein. Auch "C'est What" zeigt, daß Rick Davies und Co. noch immer ein Händchen für hübsche Pop-Opern haben. Fast schon nach Santana klingt dann "Sooner Or Later" mit seiner Latin-Rhythmik. Hits wie der "Logical Song" sind feilich nicht in Sicht; auch das etwas unglückliche "You Win, I Loose" kann nicht recht überzeugen. Dank vertrauter Keyboard- und Klarinettenklänge kommen treue Fans aber garantiert auf ihre Kosten. ** M: 6-7

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 L y r i c s


IT'S A HARD WORLD

I live in a vacuum, no air
I'm stuck in a back room, somewhere
But it don't bother me anyway 'cos I know
I'm gonna get out soon, I got places to go
There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
But right now I'm just tryin' to survive
Livin' rough, shackin' up, hangin' tough, shapin' up

Get the picture, get the scene I paint for you
Yeah, but it's worth it, all the pain I'm goin' thru
Beat the sidewalk, hear the fast talk, everyday
I don't worry 'cos I know I'm on my way

The view from my window, it ain't too good
Should be some mail for me soon from Hollywood
When the phone rings, could be big things, anytime
Operator is there something wrong with this line

Rejections, I've had a few
Happens to the best, that ain't nothin' new
Still I keep on swingin' away
S'gonna be a breakthrough any day

Keep hanging in there, that's my philosophy
And soon I'll find my big chance, yeah just you wait and see
Some make it fast, but they just come and go
Me, I'm built to last that's one thing I know

It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world

It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world

It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world
It's a hard world

Those straight life people, they don't understand
Yeah they just want it all laid out and planned
Me, I'm not like them, I do things my own way
And I know I'll get that breakthrough anyday

Life in the city, can get you down
There's a million guys out there all snooping around
You gotta think you're the best, beat out all the rest
And fight your way up to the top of the town

There's a big world waiting for me
I just need a break, someone to believe
But right now I'm just tryin' to survive
I know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive

Dead or alive
I know I'm gonna there
Oh, I know I will
I'm going to reach for the moon
And all the stars too
I want the universe
I want all the planets
I want everything
I need a big house, I need a big car
I'm gonna get it
It's just a matter of time


YOU WIN, I LOSE

You win, I lose
I beg, you choose
You're so cool and I'm confused

Well I'm me and you're you
You're so loose and I'm uptight
You're day and I'm night

Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
But I could be wrong I don't know

You get the best, I get the rest
You pass the test, I'm just a mess
You got it made, I'm in the shade

Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

I know you're tryin' to phase me
It's gonna drive me crazy
I can't wait for the day when

I win and you lose
You beg and I choose
You're in the shade, I'm on parade

Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

Like two ships in the night in foggy weather
Just a waitin' for fresh winds to blow
Maybe we're losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know

Like two dopes in the boat, without a paddle
Just a wonderin' why it don't go
We could be losin' one another
I could be wrong I don't know


GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER

You say you're so tired, you're never satisfied
But I can't seem to make you understand
I see your point of view, life's been too good to you
Just stand up and face things like a man

You better get your act together
If you ever wanna take it out on the road
You know you can't sit around
Or those bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never gonna get to see it through

I know, things don't seem so good right now
But you gotta move along somehow
Try to do the best you can
Sure enough, things will slowly turn around
You won't always be so down
I know that it's true

It won't always be such stormy weather
It may be a cliche but the sun is gonna shine
You know you can't sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never ever gonna see it through

It don't matter where you've been
It's where you're going to
Yeah, and it won't do you no good
Just livin' in the past
Oh, you can't sit around
You know the bad times are gonna get to you
And you're never ever gonna see it through

And they're never ever gonna go
Yeah, they'll be here to stay
And it's always gonna be that way
You know what I'm saying
I think you know just what I'm saying
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes


LIVE TO LOVE YOU

The situation's clear
It's fine as long as you are here
Of that I'm really sure
I will live to love you more

They say you drag me down
They try to tell me you're around
Just to even up a score
But I will live to love you more

And they say I've been blind
That you deceive me every time
And soon our love will end
But I will live to love again

So what if they can't see
You know I'll love you endlessly
And this they can't ignore
I will live to love you more
I will live to love you more

I know they're only rumors
Although they say the truth hurts
I don't need to hear lies and
To fantasize you leaving me

But then I think it all over
Over and over
I still want you around me
You know you astound me
I couldn't live without you

If there's a price to pay
It's worth it just to hear you say
All their lies are just a bore
But I will live to love you more

The situation's clear
It's fine as long as you are here
Of that I'm really sure
I will live to love you more
Yes, I will live to love you more

I will live to love you
And put no-one above you
I will live to love you more
More and more

You know where my heart is
With you alone my every thought is
I will live to love you more, love you more
I will live to love you more

Love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore
I'm gonna... love, love you for evermore


SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE

I went back my home town
To the school and walked around
And the way it felt
Seemed just like yesterday

From the cradle to the grave
Some say we never change
No matter how we try
We try to rearrange

And like father so like son
It's as if wife we're both as one
Just as if our fate was... it was pre-ordained

In some countries far from here
You know the one's we used to fear
Are they waiting to return to
Those old evil ways

You can take a correspondence course
Be single, married or divorced
You can psychoanalyze your brain
But you know some things will never change

And what will all those people do
When Russia starts anew
They'll just stand in line
All under a different name

You can listen to those brainwash tapes
Take a Jewish, Catholic, Buddhist faith
But I'm sure it's gonna be in vain
'Cos you know some things will never change

And if their theories all come true
Then there's nothin' we can do
Where the future lies
Well it's not to hard to tell

But after all is said and done
And the world lives as one
You can bid those old taboo's
A fond fare well
Yes a long fare well
A very long fare well


LISTEN TO ME PLEASE

Well if you want some advice
You gotta listen to me
Get a hold of your life
And you can have a new dream
Forget the ups and the downs
There's a new game in town
For every turn in the road
There's a new way to go

I don't care what you say
Gonna find my own way
You just try to persuade
Everyone around you

We'll make it easy for you
Plan everything that you do
Won't have to work very hard
You'll make it big from the start
Don't have to take it from me
Here's a list you can see
Where every one of those names
Have found their fortune and fame

Well it all sound so sweet
So simple and so neat
But can I... I believe
Anything you tell me?

I know your life's a big mistake
Let's go, this music you must face

Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
Now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

You'll have a penthouse in town
You'll be the king with a crown
Live on country estate
You'll have a twenty foot gate
And getting tanned by the pool
You'll be making them drool
Taking trip overseas
Do anything that you please

I feel so alone
Where did I go so wrong?
Do you know? Can you tell?
Maybe can you help me

I know, it's hard for you to take
Let's go, this move you have to make

Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'll make your dreams come true
Now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

Your vision will be clear
Your pain will disappear
You'll know that I'll be watching over you
I'm gonna chase your blues away
So change your life today
Everything I say to you is true

Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before
I'm gonna make your dreams come true
Now all I need is you
Please believe me and all this will be yours

Your vision will be clear
Your pain will disappear
You'll know that I'll be watching over you
I'll chase your blues away
Change your life today
Everything I say to you is so true

Listen to me please
I'm down upon my knees
They'll never treat you like they did before


SOONER OR LATER

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her

You know I can't go on like this
It's just a matter of time
There'll come a day when I will wake up
Without her on my mind

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her

They say that time will heal everything
So I'm winding the clock
And waiting for the glorious moment
When my heartache will stop

She let me go
It took me by surprise
I feel out of place
Without her by my side

Sooner or later it's gonna get better
Sooner or later I'm gonna get over her
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later
Sooner or later


HELP ME DOWN THAT ROAD

I feel so close to you
'Cos you know you always do
Help me down that road

I go to sleep at night
Feeling that it's alright
'Cos you help me down that road

When I feel I've been beat
You get me on my feet
Yeah, you help me spread that heavy load

Now that I realize
Just where our friendship lies
Well It helps me down that road

You think you've seen my best
But you ain't seen nothin' yet
Since you, help me down that road

When life is bitter sweet
You mix it up a treat
Yeah, you're the best pick up I know

If I don't satisfy
Don't give me the evil eye
It won't help me down that road

When I ain't doin' so well
You don't ever kiss and tell
You just help me down that road

Just when I'm feelin' sick
You give my heart a kick
Then I don't feel so all alone

When I can't get it right
Just when the end's in sight
Yes, you help me down that road

You know I'll be really
You know I'll be steady
When you help me down that road
Help me down that road
Help me down that road
Help me down that road

I know you'll be callin'
To see you that I'm OK
I know you will always be
With me night and day

I could live in poverty
I could live in pain
I know that you'll be here with me
To you it's all the same


AND THE LIGHT

So many years have come and gone since then
Still I can't forget the past
But you and me, we'll surely meet again
And maybe find the truth at last

And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me

Well I believe, that fate will find a way
To guide us through these restless years
And yes I know, we will speak one day
With no more doubts, no more fears

And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me

So tell me now, if you can share my view
Tell me where you're comin' from
We've both had time, time to think it through
To know just where we both belong

And the light, in the night
Shines on brightly
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me

If your heart is real
Tell me how you feel
'Til then I'm saying
If it's alright with you
It's alright with me
It's quite alright with me
It's all alright with me


GIVE ME A CHANCE

In time this fire will turn to ashes
The sun will fall out the sky
Still you see no urgency
To spend some time with me
Time with me

I can't believe you haven't noticed
Just how long I've been waitin' for you
I've been such a patient man
But I still don't understand
You won't

Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
How I care

It's hard to know just what you're thinkin'
You cloak yourself in mistery
Conversations always brief
Like a sigh with no relief
You won't

Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
If you dare

Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
If you dare

You gotta give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance to show how much I care
Give me a chance to show how much I love you
Give me a chance
Give me a chance
You gotta give me a chance
You gotta give me a chance to show just how much I love you
Give me a chance


C'EST WHAT

Yes I've been waiting
Waiting patiently and waiting

Well if you're ever feeling sorry
So sorry for yourself
And they tell you not to worry
Just leave your problems up on that shelf

C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, that's what they gonna tell you
Day and night
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?

You're on the inside, looking outside
Wishing you were somewhere else
But you sit back with reservations
As you count up all your unearned wealth

C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, they're sayin' it again
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
You know it, I know it too
C'est what? What? C'est what, oh well C'est what?

Let me tell you a story
Like the one's I used to know
It's about love and all its glory
Well I'm sorry but it just ain't so
I said I'm sorry but it just ain't so
Just ain't so
Ah no, no

It took a long time just to get even
If you know just what I mean
So let's call it even Steven
In the land of broken dreams

C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, they're at it again
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
Yeah, every day and every night
C'est what? What? C'est what, oh well C'est what?
I can't take it anymore, you know I can't
C'est what? C'est what, oh well C'est what?

Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you

Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you
Gonna get it, don't sweat it
Don't apologize, it's all around you

You may never be all that you wanna be
Deep down inside you, you know it will never be
No bed of roses or walk down the avenue
Culturally, socially, people walk over you
Get with the program and make with the attitude
Life is a dream if you face it my friend
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey
Hey Hey Hey


WHERE THERE'S A WILL

Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say
A friend in need is a friend indeed
He'll be there every day
And if it's trouble that's in store
You know you're gonna hear it even more
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say

When the writing is on the wall
And you could fall
When your best ain't good enough
And life gets tough
When the land of hope and dreams
It isn't always what it seems
Where there's a will, there's a way
They'll always say

You may be sorry, you may be sad
You may be blue
You think you'll never see that sun
Cut breaking thru
You struggle morning, noon and night
But you still can't get it right
Yeah but where there's a will, there's a way
Just say it every day

Yes just say it every single day
You might as well
Mmm

So much for trouble, so much for heartache
so much for pain
You just gotta get up, you gotta reach out
You gotta try and try again
You think you'll never see it thru
But what the hell are you gonna do?
Where there's a will, there's a way
You've heard 'em say

Well I don't know nothing about this world
And all it's wrongs
And I can't tell you now
Why we all can't get along
But after all is said and done
We gootta keep on, keepin' on
'Cos where there's a... Well if you don't know by now
I don't know what to say

Thru all your sorrows, all your dreams
And all your joys
In times of sadness, in time of grief
And even times that you enjoy
As your life you live it through
You know it all depends on you
And if there's a will, there's a way
You better get right down and pray
From the cradle to the grave
You better say it every day

When the crime's above the law
When the plane's about to fall
When the mighty oceans roar
When tomorrow's at your door
Where there's a will, there's a way
That's what they'll say
Well you know that's what they'll say

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