Crisis? What Crisis? is the fourth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1975. It was recorded in Los Angeles and London – Supertramp's first album to have recording done in the United States of America.
A remastered CD version of the album was released on 11 June 2002 on A&M Records. The remaster features the original artwork and credits plus lyrics to all of the songs, which the original release lacked.
Record Mirror included Crisis? What Crisis? on its end-of-year list for 1975, recognising the best albums of the year.
Having achieved commercial success with Crime of the Century, the pressure was on for Supertramp to deliver a followup, and the record company pushed them to begin work as soon as the touring for "Crime" was finished. While touring the west coast of North America, Supertramp unintentionally gained extra time: Hodgson injured his hand, forcing the band to cancel the rest of the tour and leaving them with nothing better to do than work on the album. Despite this, the band still didn't have time to rehearse for the album, and much like Indelibly Stamped, songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson had no vision for a completed album worked out. Furthermore, the band's busy touring schedule had left no time for writing songs, and so they entered A&M's Los Angeles recording studios with only leftover songs from Crime of the Century (or even earlier) for material. Due to shortage of material, production had to be halted at one point so that Davies and Hodgson could write two new songs, one of which was "Ain't Nobody But Me".
Lady, you come across the water
Well don't you think you oughta be waiting a while?
Are you acting on what your heart has told you?
Is nothing gonna' hold you, from flying away, flying away, flying away?
'Cause there's nowhere to go
Though the road is out stretching before you and the farther you go
I said, "Ain't nothing gonna get you to Heaven"
I said, "Ain't nothing gonna get you to Heaven"
And you know just who you are
And you know that there's something between us
And you like what you feel
Well I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
Well I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
And don't you know I'm a little bit sad, oh no
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
Mister, you better get a move on, you better get a fix on
You better walk straight
I said, "Lady, oh just take me if you want me
Oh take me as you find me, oh I'm needing your love so bad
I'm needing your love so bad, I'm needing your love"
And there's nowhere to go
Though the road is out stretching before you and the farther you go
I said, "Ain't nothing gonna get you to Heaven"
I said, "Ain't nothing gonna get you to Heaven"
And you know just who you are
And you know that there's something between us
And you like what you feel
But I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
But I can tell that you're not gonna turn back
And don't you know I'm a little bit sad, sad, sad, sad
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
La la la la
Takin' the long ways and turning no back
Takin' the long ways and turning no back
Takin' the long ways and turning no back
Takin' the long way