Is Everybody Listening? is credited as being the 1976 recording of a concert that took place in Cleveland, Ohio. In fact, the actual concert took place on 9 March 1975 at London's Hammersmith Odeon during the Crime of the Century tour (as John Helliwell confirmed on his website).
Is Everybody Listening? features the entire Crime of the Century album and some tracks from the then still-to-be-recorded Crisis? What Crisis? album making up the middle third of the concert.
This recording was previously released as a bootleg prior to this release.
That was when Burning Airlines arranged to release this, and a good idea it was at that. This album finally shows what all the fuss was about this band. Their other "official" live albums were recorded far too late in their career all of their excitement sounds gone and the releases are over-produced (including Paris).
Those live albums simply do not demonstrate just how talented and creative these guys were. Here, in front of a crowd of about 5,000, the classic lineup of this band tears through then-current songs from Crisis? What Crisis? and Crime of the Century, and the songs sound every bit as good as they do in their studio form in some cases better. "Dreamer has an edge to it not found in the studio recording, as does the classic "Bloody Well Right." This album also shows that they had a great stage presence live, with a witty sense of humor (the introduction to "Dreamer is brilliant and hilarious). Burning Airlines has put together yet another great package: intelligent liner notes, great photos, and a wonderful-sounding album. This album will not disappoint hardcore or casual fans.
The mastering engineer Ray Staff has remastered this album as a part of the Crime of the Century Deluxe Edition 2CD-format reissue on 9 December 2014.
Track listing
01. "School" - 6:17
(Lead vocals by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies)
02. "Bloody Well Right" - 6:50
(Lead vocals by Rick Davies)
03. "Hide in Your Shell" - 6:52
(Lead vocals by Roger Hodgson)
04. "Asylum" - 7:05
(Lead vocals by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson)
05. "Sister Moonshine" - 5:21
(Lead vocals by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies)
06. "Just a Normal Day" - 4:09
(Lead vocals by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson)
07. "Another Man's Woman" - 7:47
(Lead vocals by Rick Davies)
08. "Lady" - 8:58
(Lead vocals by Roger Hodgson)
09. "Dreamer" - 3:30
(Lead vocals by Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies)
10. "Rudy" - 7:25
(Lead vocals by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson)
11. "If Everyone Was Listening" - 4:35
(Lead vocals by Roger Hodgson)
12. "Crime of the Century" - 6:08
(Lead vocals by Rick Davies)
All songs written by Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson.
Credits
Rick Davies – keyboards, vocals
John Helliwell – saxophone, clarinet, keyboards, vocals
Roger Hodgson – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Bob Siebenberg (also known as Bob C. Benberg) – percussion, drums
Dougie Thomson – bass, additional backing vocals
Production
Project coordinator: Carlton P. Sandercock
Design: Christian Thompson
Photography: Christian Thompson, Rick Walton
Illustrations: Christian Thompson
Liner notes: John Kirkman
Notes
Release date: 6 November 2001
Recorded: 9 March 1975 Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK
Genre: Progressive rock, art rock
Length: 74:57
© 2001
Label - Pilot/Big Daddy
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