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...Famous Last Words...
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<h2 id="background-and-recording">Background and recording</h2> <p>Though <a href="/facts/Rick_Davies/tInvYbJU">Rick Davies</a> and Roger Hodgson had long been writing their songs separately, they had always conceived the theme and overlying direction for each album together. <i>...Famous Last Words...</i> 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 <i><a href="/facts/Breakfast_in_America/TbXp4ntr">Breakfast in America</a></i>, while Davies had envisioned a heavy <a href="/facts/Progressive_rock/79MRoIU7">progressive rock</a> album with a 10-minute song called "<a href="/facts/Brother_Where_You_Bound_(song)/Wx5yvCF6">Brother Where You Bound</a>" as its centerpiece.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>According to <a href="/facts/Bob_Siebenberg/yHM9coXa">Bob Siebenberg</a>, "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."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> In particular, the band decided to leave out "Brother Where You Bound", since it was too "heavy" to fit alongside Hodgson's pop compositions.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> Supertramp used "Brother Where You Bound" for their next album, <i><a href="/facts/Brother_Where_You_Bound/cGoJAH8f">Brother Where You Bound</a></i> (1985), though it had by that point evolved from 10 minutes to 16 and a half through the addition of some new sections. </p><p>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", "<a href="/facts/It%2527s_Raining_Again/KdywQnrI">It's Raining Again</a>", "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", "<a href="/facts/My_Kind_of_Lady/6zwJN4gg">My Kind of Lady</a>", and "Waiting So Long" were written by Davies. </p><p>The album's working title was <i>Tightrope.</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> The album was mainly recorded and mixed at Hodgson's home, Unicorn Studios in <a href="/facts/Nevada_City%2c_California/5D0Hny7v">Nevada City</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Encino%2c_Los_Angeles/0wGzNvFY">Encino</a>, California. Other overdubs were at Bill Schnee Recording Studios in Los Angeles. </p><p>At the time of the album's release, many interpreted the title (which at that point became <i>...Famous Last Words...</i>) and cover art as thinly-veiled hints that Supertramp was breaking up.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> In a 2015 interview, Hodgson confirmed that he and Davies decided on the title because "we weren't doing [a record] again".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> 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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> Conversely, <a href="/facts/John_Helliwell/yovDLKj7">John Helliwell</a> 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 <i><a href="/facts/Crime_of_the_Century_(album)/kPWmFt0m">Crime of the Century</a></i> ... 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."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reception">Reception</h2> Professional ratings<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music/W9YQ0u46">The Encyclopedia of Popular Music</a></i></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide/RRNrAt8J">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Smash_Hits/Wl66TDUC">Smash Hits</a></i></td><td>8/10<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A contemporary review in <i><a href="/facts/Creem/FWnaUQJW">Creem</a></i> savaged the album for its nondescript nature, concluding "this stuff is so soddenly bland already that the <a href="/facts/Muzak/LcSjoMtF">Muzak</a> folks are going to have their work cut out for them".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <a href="/facts/AllMusic/Hb8cU8Fb">AllMusic</a>, 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."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <p>All songs credited to <a href="/facts/Rick_Davies/tInvYbJU">Rick Davies</a> and <a href="/facts/Roger_Hodgson/a4XWCv6d">Roger Hodgson</a>. Listed below are the respective writers, also lead singers of their songs. </p> Side one <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1.</th><td>"Crazy"</td><td><a href="/facts/Roger_Hodgson/a4XWCv6d">Roger Hodgson</a></td><td>4:44</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2.</th><td>"Put On Your Old Brown Shoes"</td><td><a href="/facts/Rick_Davies/tInvYbJU">Rick Davies</a></td><td>4:22</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">3.</th><td>"<a href="/facts/It%2527s_Raining_Again/KdywQnrI">It's Raining Again</a>"</td><td>Hodgson</td><td>4:24</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">4.</th><td>"Bonnie"</td><td>Davies</td><td>5:37</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">5.</th><td>"Know Who You Are"</td><td>Hodgson</td><td>5:00</td></tr></tbody></table> Side two <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Writer(s)</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">6.</th><td>"<a href="/facts/My_Kind_of_Lady/6zwJN4gg">My Kind of Lady</a>"</td><td>Davies</td><td>5:15</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">7.</th><td>"C'est le bon"</td><td>Hodgson</td><td>5:32</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">8.</th><td>"Waiting So Long"</td><td>Davies</td><td>6:35</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">9.</th><td>"Don't Leave Me Now"</td><td>Hodgson</td><td>6:24</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> Supertramp <ul><li><a href="/facts/Rick_Davies/tInvYbJU">Rick Davies</a> – <a href="/facts/Lead_vocalist/tGyTlaQe">lead</a> and <a href="/facts/Backing_vocalist/nc32ElrR">backing vocals</a>, <a href="/facts/Electric_organ/QJAFqqvu">organ</a> (tracks 1, 7, 9), piano (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), electric piano (track 2), synthesizers (track 3), harmonica (tracks 2, 9), melodica (track 3)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roger_Hodgson/a4XWCv6d">Roger Hodgson</a> – 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)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Helliwell/yovDLKj7">John Helliwell</a> – <a href="/facts/Saxophone/zCFvRmAI">saxophones</a> (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 9), <a href="/facts/Clarinet/57a45Ia7">clarinet</a> (tracks 7, 8), synthesizers (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dougie_Thomson/oJtTwMl8">Dougie Thomson</a> – <a href="/facts/Bass_guitar/lbeoAatH">bass</a> (tracks 1–4, 6–9)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Bob_Siebenberg/yHM9coXa">Bob Siebenberg</a> – <a href="/facts/Drum_kit/XsmopoW9">drums</a> (tracks 1–4, 6–9) <ul><li>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".</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Additional personnel </p> <ul><li>Claire Diament – backing vocals on "Don't Leave Me Now"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ann_Wilson/3zVzDNRT">Ann Wilson</a> – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nancy_Wilson_(guitarist)/N8ouxYGh">Nancy Wilson</a> – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"</li></ul> <h3>Production</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Record_producer/RcLFfQKL">Producers</a>: Peter Henderson, Russel Pope, Supertramp</li> <li><a href="/facts/Audio_engineer/eRJkg89Q">Engineer</a>: Peter Henderson</li> <li>Assistant engineer: Norman Hall</li> <li><a href="/facts/Audio_mastering/2EG4KMxC">Mastering</a> on original issue: <a href="/facts/Doug_Sax/emTT1I8R">Doug Sax</a>, Mike Reese</li> <li>Mastering on 2002 <a href="/facts/Remaster/nmK6ELGp">remaster</a>: <a href="/facts/Greg_Calbi/exLq7owV">Greg Calbi</a>, Jay Messina</li> <li>Concert sound: Russel Pope</li> <li><a href="/facts/Technicians/FogdL14W">Technicians</a>: Bud Wyatt, Ian "Biggles" Lloyd-Bisley</li> <li><a href="/facts/String_section/3ALVzGrG">String</a> <a href="/facts/Arrangement/Q17kA5L7">arrangements</a>: <a href="/facts/Richard_Hewson/UnSgT5E1">Richard Hewson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Synthesizer/NrmdVrPa">Synthesizers</a>: <a href="/facts/Yamaha_Corporation/VaulfF9U">Yamaha GS-1</a>, <a href="/facts/Oberheim_Electronics/1G9AyTBU">Oberheim</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Art_director/tq7RX2Mb">Art direction</a>: Mike Doud, Norman Moore</li> <li><a href="/facts/Design/kR4GNeja">Design</a>: Mike Doud, Norman Moore</li> <li>Cover design: Mike Dowd, Norman Moore</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cover_art/A6MwWp0I">Cover art</a> concept: Mike Dowd</li> <li><a href="/facts/Work_of_art/Kr7f0ugA">Artwork</a>: Mike Dowd</li> <li><a href="/facts/Photography/ezLPT43M">Photography</a>: Jules Bates, Tom Gibson</li> <li>Cover photo: Jules Bates, Tom Gibson</li> <li>Sleeve photo: Tom Gibson</li></ul> <p>2002 A&M reissue: </p><p>The 2002 <a href="/facts/A%2526M_Records/GQ6lqdB4">A&M Records</a> 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. </p><p>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). </p> <h2 id="charts">Charts</h2> <table><tbody><tr><td><h3>Weekly charts</h3><table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (1982-83)</th><th>Position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/facts/Kent_Music_Report/HdgVXfSz">Kent Music Report</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></th><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/facts/%25C3%25963_Austria/3B0L8Tj0">Ö3 Austria</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></th><td>4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<i><a href="/facts/RPM_(magazine)/FqFN5o4x">RPM</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></th><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/facts/Album_Top_100/dG4dLtW3">Album Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></th><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/facts/Syndicat_National_de_l%2527%25C3%2589dition_Phonographique/lT0tPFLb">SNEP</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></th><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/facts/GfK_Entertainment_charts/bGrgjxKn">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></th><td>1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Italian Albums (<i><a href="/facts/Musica_e_dischi/3o12WUVN">Musica e dischi</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></th><td>5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="/facts/Oricon/MG3yvbdP">Oricon</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></th><td>40</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">New Zealand Albums (<a href="/facts/RMNZ/KlQ6jDS4">RMNZ</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></th><td>5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Norwegian Albums (<a href="/facts/VG-lista/gHbBmrR7">VG-lista</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></th><td>2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/facts/Sverigetopplistan/Br6GrFEd">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></th><td>5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/UK_Albums_Chart/h1hyzP13">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/facts/Official_Charts_Company/42Rz2PXj">OCC</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></th><td>6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <a href="/facts/Billboard_200/XtbnoFSM"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></th><td>5</td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><h3>Year-end charts</h3><table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (1982)</th><th>Position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/facts/Kent_Music_Report/HdgVXfSz">Kent Music Report</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></th><td>56</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<i><a href="/facts/RPM_(magazine)/FqFN5o4x">RPM</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></th><td>28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">French Albums (<a href="/facts/SNEP/lT0tPFLb">SNEP</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></th><td>29</td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (1983)</th><th>Position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="/facts/Kent_Music_Report/HdgVXfSz">Kent Music Report</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></th><td>54</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/facts/%25C3%25963_Austria/3B0L8Tj0">Ö3 Austria</a>)[<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></th><td>19</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<i><a href="/facts/RPM_(magazine)/FqFN5o4x">RPM</a></i>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></th><td>23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/facts/GfK_Entertainment_Charts/bGrgjxKn">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></th><td>6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">US <i><a href="/facts/Billboard_200/XtbnoFSM">Billboard 200</a></i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></th><td>54</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="certifications-and-sales">Certifications and sales</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">Region</th><th scope="col">Certification</th><th scope="col"><a href="/facts/List_of_music_recording_certifications/6CPQFNNn">Certified units</a>/sales</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/facts/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association/tg97mRCL">ARIA</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></th><td>Platinum</td><td>50,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Brazil</th><td>—</td><td>200,000<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/facts/Music_Canada/aLB7HHJo">Music Canada</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></th><td>Platinum</td><td>100,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">France (<a href="/facts/SNEP/lT0tPFLb">SNEP</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></th><td>Platinum</td><td>400,000*</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/facts/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie/atSuKXIG">BVMI</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></th><td>Platinum</td><td>500,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/facts/NVPI/wMF5hU7M">NVPI</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></th><td>Gold</td><td>50,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/facts/Recorded_Music_NZ/KlQ6jDS4">RMNZ</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></th><td>Platinum</td><td>15,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/facts/British_Phonographic_Industry/G1QjcwBq">BPI</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a></th><td>Gold</td><td>100,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">United States (<a href="/facts/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America/8a7K0Ubf">RIAA</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a></th><td>Gold</td><td>500,000^</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Yugoslavia</th><td>—</td><td>26,565<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="3">Summaries</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Europe<i> 1982-1985 sales </i></th><td>—</td><td>2,000,000<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>* Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"allmusic ((( ...Famous Last Words... > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 June 2013. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r19403/charts-awards" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r19403/charts-awards</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"RIAA Gold and Platinum". RIAA.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017. <a href="https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=supertramp#search_section" target="_blank">https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=supertramp#search_section</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Tsort. "Albums from the Year 1982". tsort.info. Retrieved 27 March 2017. <a href="http://tsort.info/music/ay1982.htm" target="_blank">http://tsort.info/music/ay1982.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Melhuish, Martin (1986). The Supertramp Book. Toronto, Canada: Omnibus Press. pp. 167–175. 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