...Famous Last Words... Supertramp

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  • Release Date: 07/30/2002
  • Original Release: 1982
  • Sales Rank: 43,171
  • Label: A&M
  • UPC: 606949335328

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...Famous Last Words...

1LISTENCrazy 4:44
2LISTENPut on Your Old Brown Shoes 4:22
3LISTENIt's Raining Again 4:24
4LISTENBonnie 5:37
5LISTENKnow Who You Are 4:59
6LISTENMy Kind of Lady 5:15
7LISTENC'Est le Bon 5:32
8LISTENWaiting So Long 6:34
9LISTENDon't Leave Me Now 6:24

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...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. Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

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July 06, 2002: The last album recorded with founding member Roger Hodgson, Famous is a weak follow up to Breakfast In America. It still sold well and generated a number of hits, but it hasn't aged as well. It's clear that Hodgson and other founding member/songwriter/singer Rick Davies were soon to go their separate ways. The songs themselves could almost be seen as veiled messages to each songwriter (the rule of thumb with Supertramp--whoever sang the song wrote the bulk of it). Supertramp would limp on for a number of albums and only come close to reaching former glories with the immediate follow up Brother Where You Bound?. Although that ambitious cold war epic album hasn't aged quite as well as other titles in the Supertramp catalog, it had least had the hallmarks of the band. Davies' songwriting skills were still in good form as well. The single It's Raining Again manages to convey the mood of both the band and the album at this time. It's clear that the end was near. The shift to a more R&B influenced sound makes this an interesting album for fans of the band. Although the next album would feature another stylistic shift towards the band's earlier prog rock style. The latest incarnation features three of the five members that recorded the band's best albums. Mark Hart does an admirable job of filling in for Hodgson in concert but he just reminds me about how large a void was left when Hodgson left the band for a solo career. While Famous can't hold a candle to the band's best work, it has a number of titles that are enjoyable (and an equal amount of routine songs as well)that would still make it an essential purchase for fans.