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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier
Famous Last Words was the big comeback album by Supertramp in the early 1980s and despite having some good material was never quite upto the level of their best stuff in the 1970s. After Roger Hodgson left it was all over really, as the rest of their discography without him was mostly forgettable. Both Hodgson and Davies needed each other to get the best out of one another, much like the McCartney and Lennon partnership. The only songs I like by Davies post Hodgson were from the next album Cannonball and they were "Cannonball" and "Brother Where You Bound"
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I would strongly disagree that FLW was not up to the standard of previous albums. I in fact see it as one of their very best, and an example of what perhaps they could have achieved had they stayed together (though maybe it's so good BECAUSE they knew they were splitting --- swan song?)
My preferences would be, in order best to worst, as follows:-
Crime of the century
Breakfast in America
Famous last words
Crisis? What crisis?
Even in the quietest moments
Supertramp
Some things never change
Free as a bird
Brother where you bound
Indelibly stamped
Slow motion
Not forgetting of course the excellent live "Paris"
I agree there are only two good songs on "Brother where you bound", those being Cannonball and the title track, and as for "Free as a bird", I only like "I'm beggin' you", though perhaps I need to relisten to the whole album. "Some things never change" upped the game a little, with great tracks like "It's a hard world", "You win I lose", "Listen to me please", "And the light" and the closer "Where there's a will there's a way", but I really can't think of anything --- anything --- I like on "Slow motion".
Have you listened to Hodgson's solo work?