BROTHER WHERE YOU BOUND

There was skepticism when this album came out as the band's eight album noting that what's Supertramp would look like without Hodgson? In fact their previous album 'Famous Last Words' was not that powerful at all even though that was the last album before parting ways between two original founders. Surprisingly this one is better than the previous one even though not that excellent. I would say this is the last great Supertramp album. I loved Breakfast, Paris, Crime of the Century. This album was a statement that the band could go on without Hodgson. Song like CannonBall is a good one with some jazzy style with excellent instrumental work. "Better Days" shows an extended fade-out with voice-overs by the four key players in the 1984 Presidential Campaign: quotes spoken by Geraldine Ferraro and Walter Mondale sounding from the left audio channel and those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan on the right, mixed with John Helliwell's extended saxophone solo. The album's sixteen-and-a-half-minute title track is an epic that features Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham on rhythm guitar and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on the guitar solos. Also, the track had readings from Orwell's '1984'. For sure, I like the recording quality of this album. My record is actually in the media of cassette and it sounds incredible when I play it loud on Tandberg TCD 440A cassette deck. Wow!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW