...Famous Last Words...

December 2012 September 2019 ...Famous Last Words... studio Supertramp Supertramp - Famous Last Words.jpg 29 October 1982https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified BRIT Certified BPI 6 October 2024 November 1981 – mid-1982 Unicorn (Nevada City, California)The Backyard (Encino, Los Angeles)Rumbo Recorders (Canoga Park, Los Angeles)Bill Schnee Studios (North Hollywood, Los Angeles) Progressive rock pophttps://www.allmusic.com/album/famous-last-words-mw0000650851 https://web.archive.org/web/20130821040256/http://www.allmusic.com/album/famous-last-words-mw0000650851 dead Famous Last Words - Supertramp | Album AllMusic 21 August 2013 6 October 2024 47:35 A&M Peter Henderson, Russel Pope, Supertramp Paris 1980 Brother Where You Bound 1985 ...Famous Last Words... studio It's Raining Again October 1982https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=It's+Raining+Again&cat=s Supertramp - It's Raining Again Steffen Hung Hitparade.ch 6 October 2024 My Kind of Lady January 1983https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=My+Kind+Of+Lady&cat=s Supertramp singles Dutchcharts.nl Crazy March 1983 Don't Leave Me Now May 1983https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=Don%27t+Leave+Me+Now&cat=s Supertramp singles Dutchcharts.nl ...Famous Last Words... (stylised in all lowercase), released in October 1982, is the seventh studio album by the British rock band Supertramp. 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). The album reached number 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums Charts in its third week on the chart dated November 27, 1982,allmusic ((( ...Famous Last Words... > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))) AllMusic album r19403/charts-awards yes 1 June 2013 and was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies there.https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=supertramp#search_section RIAA Gold and Platinum RIAA.com 27 March 2017 It also peaked at number6 in the UK where it was certified Gold for 100,000 copies sold.http://tsort.info/music/ay1982.htm Albums from the Year 1982 Tsort tsort.info 27 March 2017 A remastered CD version of ...Famous Last Words... was released on 30 July 2002 on A&M Records. The remastered CD comes with all the original artwork and the CD art features a green pair of scissors and a black background. Background and recording Though Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson had long been writing their songs separately, they had always conceived the theme and overlying direction for each album together. ...Famous Last Words... became the exception to this rule: having been living in different parts of California in the months leading up to the recording, they each conceived their own vision for the album. Hodgson wanted to do another pop album in the vein of Breakfast in America, while Davies had envisioned a heavy progressive rock album with a 10-minute song called "Brother Where You Bound" as its centerpiece. According to Bob Siebenberg, "In the end, they both kind of changed their formats and their picture of what they thought this album should be. It became a diluted version of what it started out to be. It was really neither here nor there."Melhuish Martin The Supertramp Book Toronto, Canada Omnibus Press 1986 978-0-9691272-2-2 167–175 In particular, the band decided to leave out "Brother Where You Bound", since it was too "heavy" to fit alongside Hodgson's pop compositions. Supertramp used "Brother Where You Bound" for their next album, Brother Where You Bound (1985), though it had by that point evolved from 10 minutes to 16 and a half through the addition of some new sections.March 2020 As usual, the songs are all officially credited as being written by Davies/Hodgson. However, the sleeve notes colour-code the songs' lyrics by individual author. The lead vocalist on each song is the same as its writer: "Crazy", "It's Raining Again", "Know Who You Are", "C'est le bon", and "Don't Leave Me Now" were written by Hodgson, and "Put on Your Old Brown Shoes", "Bonnie", "My Kind of Lady", and "Waiting So Long" were written by Davies.March 2020 The album's working title was Tightrope.Pfenninger Leslie J. Supertramp On A&M Records https://www.onamrecords.com/artists/supertramp 2023-11-28 www.onamrecords.com en The album was mainly recorded and mixed at Hodgson's home, Unicorn Studios in Nevada City, California, as he did not want to leave his wife, his then two-year-old daughter Heidi, and newborn son Andrew behind. Davies wound up recording his vocal and keyboard parts at his home studio, The Backyard Studios, in Encino, California. Other overdubs were at Bill Schnee Recording Studios in Los Angeles.March 2020 At the time of the album's release, many interpreted the title (which at that point became ...Famous Last Words...) and cover art as thinly veiled hints that Supertramp was breaking up. In a 2015 interview, Hodgson confirmed that he and Davies decided on the title because "we weren't doing [a record] again".ROCK ANTENNE Roger Hodgson: Will Supertramp reunite? - Wird es eine Supertramp Reunion geben? 2015-07-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdd6FGJulAw https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Tdd6FGJulAw 2021-12-12 live 2018-03-04 He said that he regrets recording the album, calling it "a last-ditch attempt to try and make things happen" after the life had gone out of the band.(2009). 30th Anniversary Breakfast in America Feature, In the Studio. https://web.archive.org/web/20140208014251/http://www.inthestudio.net/ 8 February 2014 Conversely, John Helliwell said in 1986: "We wanted a phrase that bore some relationship with what we were doing but was enigmatic at the same time. We always like to have enigmatic titles like Crime of the Century... This last LP we thought was going to be real quick. We thought we were going to rehearse it and record it real quick and it ended up taking longer than any other so we had to eat our words again. For the past three or four LPs we've been saying, 'Let's be well prepared.' So the title sprung out of that as well. I can't remember who first thought of it. The graphic design came directly from the title." Reception AllMusic 3 5album r19403 yes AllMusic ((( ...Famous Last Words... > Review ))) AllMusic 8 October 2009 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 5Larkin Colin Colin Larkin (writer) 2006 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 857 7 Oxford University Press 4th 0195313739 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music The Rolling Stone Album Guide 2 5Sheffield, Rob Nathan Brackett Nathan Brackett Christian Hoard The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Simon & Schuster 4th 2004 0-7432-0169-8 797 etal Rob Sheffield The Rolling Stone Album Guide Smash Hits 8/10Dellar Fred Albums Smash Hits 25 November – 8 December 1982 35 A contemporary review in Creem savaged the album for its nondescript nature, concluding "this stuff is so soddenly bland already that the Muzak folks are going to have their work cut out for them".Riegel Richard April 1983 Supertramp: ...Famous Last Words... (A&M) https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/supertramp-ifamous-last-wordsi-am Creem 25 July 2018 Rock's Backpages subscription AllMusic, in a retrospective review, found the album overly tailored towards commercial success, claiming that the group in general and Roger Hodgson in particular were too fixated on producing more hits, and that as a result "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." Track listing Side one Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson. Listed below are the respective writers, also lead singers of their songs Crazy Roger Hodgson 4:44 Put On Your Old Brown Shoes Rick Davies 4:22 It's Raining Again Hodgson 4:24 Bonnie Davies 5:37 Know Who You Are Hodgson 5:00 Side two Lead vocals My Kind of Lady Davies 5:15 C'est le bon Hodgson 5:32 Waiting So Long Davies 6:35 Don't Leave Me Now Hodgson 6:24 Personnel 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 Producers: Peter Henderson, Russel Pope, Supertramp Engineer: Peter Henderson Assistant engineer: Norman Hall Mastering on original issue: Doug Sax, Mike Reese Mastering on 2002 remaster: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina Concert sound: Russel Pope Technicians: Bud Wyatt, Ian "Biggles" Lloyd-Bisley String arrangements: Richard Hewson Synthesizers: Yamaha GS-1, Oberheim Art direction: Mike Doud, Norman Moore Design: Mike Doud, Norman Moore Cover design: Mike Dowd, Norman Moore Cover art concept: Mike Dowd Artwork: Mike Dowd Photography: Jules Bates, Tom Gibson Cover photo: Jules Bates, Tom Gibson Sleeve photo: Tom Gibson 2002 A&M reissue: The 2002 A&M Records reissue was mastered from the original master tapes by Greg Calbi and Jay Messina at Sterling Sound, New York, 2002. The reissue was supervised by Bill Levenson with art direction by Vartan and design by Mike Diehl, with production coordination by Beth Stempel. The intro to "Bonnie" contains a glitch in the piano part on the 2002 remaster, and has never been fully explained (whether it was a mastering error, or an intentional alteration to the track). Your explanation here September 2016 Charts Weekly charts Chart (1982–83)Position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)Kent David David Kent (historian) Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 Australian Chart Book St Ives, N.S.W. 1993 0-646-11917-6 2 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=%22%2E%2E%2E+Famous+Last+Words+%2E%2E%2E%22&cat=a Supertramp - "... Famous Last Words ..." Austrian Charts January 5, 2025 4Canada RPM 1 3922 January 5, 2024 CAN1 true Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=%22%2E%2E%2E+Famous+Last+Words+%2E%2E%2E%22&cat=a Supertramp - "... Famous Last Words ..." Dutch Charts January 5, 2025 1 French Albums (SNEP)http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php Infodisc.fr fr 9 June 2012 Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – S dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Album_S.php 22 October 2014 Select Supertramp from the menu, then press OK. 1Germany 1 Supertramp "... Famous Last Words ..." 5757 true January 5, 2024Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php Classifiche Musica e dischi it January 5, 2025 Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Supertramp".5Japanese Albums (Oricon)Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 Oricon Entertainment Roppongi, Tokyo 2006 4-87131-077-9 ja 40 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)http://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=%22%2E%2E%2E+Famous+Last+Words+%2E%2E%2E%22&cat=a Supertramp - "... Famous Last Words ..." NZ Charts January 5, 2025 5 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=%22%2E%2E%2E+Famous+Last+Words+%2E%2E%2E%22&cat=a Supertramp - "... Famous Last Words ..." Norwegian Charts January 5, 2025 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=%22%2E%2E%2E+Famous+Last+Words+%2E%2E%2E%22&cat=a Supertramp - "... Famous Last Words ..." Swedish Charts January 5, 2025 5UK2 6 19821031 true January 5, 2024Billboard200 5 Supertramp true January 5, 2024 M https://www.billboard.com/artist/supertramp/chart-history/tlp/ https://web.archive.org/web/20211117180439/https://www.billboard.com/artist/supertramp/chart-history/tlp/ Supertramp Chart History (Billboard 200) Billboard November 17, 2021 Chart (2025) Peakposition Greek Albums (IFPI)http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html Official IFPI Charts Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Εβδομάδα: 32-35/2025 IFPI Greece September 3, 2025 el https://web.archive.org/web/20250903084831/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html September 3, 2025 dead 65 Year-end charts Chart (1982)PositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)56Canada RPM 28 3945 January 5, 2024 CAN2 trueFrench Albums (SNEP)http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1982.php Les Albums (CD) de 1982 par InfoDisc French PHP Infodisc.fr 1 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20120614180609/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1982.php 14 June 2012 dead 29 Chart (1983)PositionAustralian Albums (Kent Music Report)54Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[http://austriancharts.at/1983_album.asp Austriancharts.st – Jahreshitparade 1983 Hung Medien German 1 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130720071615/http://austriancharts.at/1983_album.asp 20 July 2013 live19Canada RPM 23 3039 January 5, 2024 CAN3 true German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1983 Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 1983 GfK Entertainment Charts de 5 April 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20211005040410/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1983 5 October 2021 6US Billboard 200https://www.officialcharts.com/archive/official-albums-chart/ Billboard BIZ: Top Pop Albums of 1983 Billboard.biz 29 April 2014 54 Certifications and sales Australia Supetramp Famosu Last Words Platinum album 1982 1982 https://i.imgur.com/aNf84lX.jpg Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued) Kent Music Report 453 18 February 1983 Imgur Brazil true 1982 200,000 Supertramp Famous Last Words album https://books.google.com/books?id=7CQEAAAAMBAJ&q=pink+floyd+final+cut Billboard Brazil - Viva Latino! - Talent Seeks World Radio History 97 4 VL-24 26 January 1985 24 September 2021 Canada album Supertramp Famous Last Words Platinum 1982 1 June 2012 France album Supertramp Famous Last Words Platinum 1982 1983 1 June 2012 infodisc Germany album Supertramp Famous Last Words Platinum 1982 1 June 2012 Netherlands album Supertramp Famous Last Words Gold 1982 1 June 2010 New Zealand album Supertramp Famous Last Words Platinum 1982 1983-03-04 newchart 2024-11-20 1983 United Kingdom album Supertramp Famous Last Words Gold 18 April 2021 2208-13-2 1982 1982 United States album Supertramp Famous Last Words Gold 1 June 2012 Yugoslavia album Famous Last Words Supertramp true 26,565 1983 http://www.yugopapir.com/2014/08/pred-izlogom-stranih-ploca-2deo.html Rang-lista licencnih izdanja Yugopapir Darko Hudelist 1 October 1984 30 November 2021 31 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191031182544/http://www.yugopapir.com/2014/08/pred-izlogom-stranih-ploca-2deo.html live Breakfast in America Supertramp album Europe true 2,000,000 1982-1985 sales https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1985/BB-1985-06-08.pdf International Viewpoint Billboard Mike Hennessey World Radio History 69 9 June 1985 30 November 2021 References Category:Supertramp albums Category:1982 albums Category:A&M Records albums Category:Art rock albums by English artists Category:Albums recorded in a home studio Category:Albums produced by Roger Hodgson Category:Albums produced by Rick Davies