Indelibly Stamped (album)
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Indelibly Stamped is the second album by progressive rock
band Supertramp
, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music
). Like their début, this album was also a commercial disappointment, which resulted in the loss of their financial supporter and the ultimate break-up of the band at the time. Original editions have a colour gate-fold cover and different text for the band name and album title. The cover photograph features the tattooed torso and arms of a woman. This is the first Supertramp album issued in the US; the cover was in colour (in 1971), but A&M pasted two gold stars over the nipples.
, but still indulged too much in lengthy instrumental sections.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Supertramp
Supertramp
Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...
, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music
1971 in music
-Events:*February 1 – after months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.*February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music...
). Like their début, this album was also a commercial disappointment, which resulted in the loss of their financial supporter and the ultimate break-up of the band at the time. Original editions have a colour gate-fold cover and different text for the band name and album title. The cover photograph features the tattooed torso and arms of a woman. This is the first Supertramp album issued in the US; the cover was in colour (in 1971), but A&M pasted two gold stars over the nipples.
Cover art
The cover depicts the tattooed torso and arms of a woman. It is commonly believed that the model for the cover was Rusty Skuse, largely due to a tattoo on the left arm which names "Bill" and "Rusty", however a comparison between the album cover and photographs of Skuse's tattoos show that this is not the case. According to Paul Sayce, writing in Tattoo News, the model was Marion Hollier, who was extensively tattooed at the Les Skeuse Tattoo Studio in the 1960s.Reception
In their brief retrospective review, Allmusic said that the album was an improvement over their debutSupertramp (album)
Supertramp is the self-titled debut album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in July 1970 . It has sometimes been published under the title Now and Then...
, but still indulged too much in lengthy instrumental sections.
Track listing
Except where noted, all songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson and all lead vocals performed by Rick Davies.Side one
- "Your Poppa Don't Mind" – 2:58
- "Travelled" – 4:15
- Lead vocals: Roger HodgsonRoger HodgsonCharles Roger Pomfret Hodgson is a British musician and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman, and founding member, of progressive rock band Supertramp....
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
- "Rosie Had Everything Planned" (Frank Farrell, Hodgson) – 3:01
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
- "Remember" – 4:00
- "Forever" – 5:05
Side two
- "Potter" – 2:23
- Lead vocals: Dave Winthrop
- "Coming Home to See You" – 4:39
- "Times Have Changed" – 3:42
- "Friend in Need" – 2:08
- "Aries" – 7:25
- Lead vocals: Roger Hodgson
- "Rosie Had Everything Planned" is the only original song in the entire Supertramp catalog in which Rick Davies receives no writing or co-writing credit.
Personnel
- Kevin Currie – percussion, drums
- Rick DaviesRick DaviesRick Davies is an English musician, best known as the founder and keyboardist of progressive rock band Supertramp...
– harmonica, keyboards, lead vocals - Frank FarrellFrank Farrell (musician)Frank Farrell was a British rock bassist, vocalist and songwriter born in Birmingham, England. Over a professional career that spanned thirty years he is best known as the bassist of British rock band Supertramp and for his musical association with Leo Sayer...
– bass, piano, electric pianoElectric pianoAn electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
, accordionAccordionThe accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, background vocals - Roger HodgsonRoger HodgsonCharles Roger Pomfret Hodgson is a British musician and songwriter, best known as the former co-frontman, and founding member, of progressive rock band Supertramp....
– acoustic and lead guitar, bass, lead vocals - Dave Winthrop – fluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, saxophone, lead vocals