november 28, 2022

Supertramp - ...Famous Last Words... (1982) (LP) - €10,00

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...Famous Last Words... is the seventh studio album by English rock band Supertramp and was released in October 1982. It was the studio follow-up to 1979's Breakfast in America and the last album with vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Roger Hodgson, who left the group to pursue a solo career. 
Thus, it was the final album to be released by the classic lineup of the band (Hodgson, Davies, Helliwell, Thomson, and Siebenberg).
...Famous Last Words... was the last album that Roger Hodgson made with Supertramp before seeking a solo career, and he made sure that radio would take kindly to his last hurrah with the band. 
Sporting an airy and overly bright pop sheen, ...Famous Last Words... put two singles on the charts, with the poignant "My Kind of Lady" peaking at number 31 and the effervescent smile of "It's Raining Again" going to number 11. 
The album itself went Top Ten both in the U.S. and in the U.K., eventually going gold in America. The songs are purposely tailored for Top 40 radio, delicately textured and built around overly bland and urbane choruses. 
Hodgson's abundance of romantically inclined poetry and love song fluff replaces the lyrical keenness that Supertramp had produced in the past, and the instrumental proficiency that they once mastered has vanished. 
Hodgson's English appeal and fragile vocal manner works well in some places, but the album's glossy sound and breezy feel is too excessive. Hodgson gave his solo album, 1984's In the Eye of the Storm, a mildly progressive feel, quite unlike his last appearance with his former group. 


Side one
1. Crazy - 4:44
2. Put on Your Old Brown Shoes - 4:22
3. It’s Raining Again - 4:24
4. Bonnie - 5:37
5. Know Who You Are - 4:59

Side two
1. My Kind of Lady - 5:15
2. C’est le Bon - 5:32
3. Waiting So Long - 6:35
4. Don’t Leave Me Now - 6:24


Supertramp
  • Rick Davies – lead and backing vocals, organ (tracks 1, 7, 9), piano (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), electric piano (track 2), synthesizers (track 3), harmonica (tracks 2, 9), melodica (track 3)
  • Roger Hodgson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9), 12-string guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7), piano (tracks 1, 3, 9), pump organ (track 1), synthesizers (track 5), glockenspiel (track 3)
  • John Helliwell – saxophones (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 9), clarinet (tracks 7, 8), synthesizers (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Dougie Thomson – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-9)
  • Bob Siebenberg – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-9)
    • This was the first Supertramp album for which Siebenberg was credited under his real name. All previous Supertramp albums on which he had appeared credited him as "Bob C. Benberg".

Additional personnel

  • Claire Diament – backing vocals on "Don't Leave Me Now"
  • Ann Wilson – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"
  • Nancy Wilson – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"
Production

Notes
Release: 1982
Format:  LP
Genre:  Progressive Rock
Label:  A&M Records
Catalog#  AMLK 63732

Vinyl:  Excellent
Cover:  Excellent

Prijs: €10,00

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