I feel Supertramp died when Roger left, and indeed, the last album to feature him, appropriately titled "Famous last words" is, in my opinion, one of the shining examples of their best work. Though I agree that the four you mention are tremendous albums, and it is indeed a pity that they're known for the "hit singles", when there are songs like "Downstream", "Lord is it mine", "Fool's overture" and the wonderful, epoch-ending "Don't leave me now".
Roger's second and third solo albums were not, for me, all that great (though still good), but his debut, "In the eye of the storm", deserved to be a classic. Flawless throughout.
All in all, a wonderful and yes, very underappreciated band.
And I would point you to tracks like "Surely" from the first album, also "It's a long road" and "Rosie had everything planned." The genesis (!) of a true supergroup, and hints there of what they were to achieve.
A sad ending to a wonderful band that made thoughtful, intelligent music that was, I guess, not "pop" enough for the mainstream and perhaps not "progressive" enough for the avant-garde, leaving them sadly falling between two stools, and down into the cracks of music history.
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