No last words? ... Then click on this link to go to the main Supertramp page of your DOOM! ...Famous Last Turds Overall Album Score: 6.0 out of 10 Is this album title appropriate or what???? I mean … dude! This album hopelessly sucks, right? And … “Famous Last Words” … it’s like they’re dying or something! And Supertramp’s famous last words were: “I’m going to go out there and make another Breakfast in America except I’m not going to try as hard.” And then Roger Hodgson decided that it was a good time to leave Supertramp and start and even less successful solo career. Rick Davies took over the band from here … I haven’t listened to any of it yet, but I hear that it ain’t pretty. This ain’t pretty, either! At least this shows that Supertramp probably wouldn’t have been that good with Hodgson whether he stayed or not. (… Of course … I’m only acting on a hunch that the subsequent Supertramp albums aren’t any good. I could be wrong. But I don’t think I am.) By almost all accounts is Famous Last Words an awful album. Their previously commendable melodic skills have suddenly decided to leave them, and there’s not even a single memorable tune in here! … Well, at previous instances, Supertramp had still managed to succeed with zero-tone melodies by the sheer merit of their instrumentation and general “attitude.” That’s negatory here, too. Most of these songs are utterly and hopelessly dull … and have very little merits. Maybe Supertramp ought to have forgotten about making their last words and just croaked after Breakfast in America. Who needs Supertramp, anyway? It was 1982! Overall Album Score: 6.0 out of 10 (Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry disappointing.) Average Song Score: 6.5 (These really aren’t very good songs at all … they *really* needed to beef up their melodies.) Album Tilt: 6.0 (This was an awful way for Hodgson to exit the band! This is the first time he’s ever steered them wrong.) Artist Rating: 5.5 (Supertramp tries to repeat the success of Breakfast in America and doesn’t even come vaguely close. What an utter piece of crap this is.) Track Reviews Crazy 7/10 Here’s the deal with “Crazy.” It’s got the ‘studio-polished’ thing down packed. Indeed, there’s no problem with the production bit at all. The problem that nearly everything else about this song is absolute doodoo. The melody has *no* hooks in it. It’s just this polished piece of hookless plastic. And … dude … that’s totally not cool. They never really were the greatest songsmiths ever, but they’ve usually managed to come up with some type of decent product. But what’s this? They can’t get away with just trying to pass this off, can they? … Oh … This must be what happens to pop-guys after they have a monumental international smash-hit. They just give up! Now, that’s poobiiee. Put on Your Old Brown Shoes 6/10 …sure. I will put on my old brown shoes, if that’s really what you want. Uhhhhh… Hey! This song has clapping in it! That’s the best part of it … Hmmm … not really. Actually, if this song had some actual hooks in it, it might have been a good song. All it really does is get annoying. The studio polishing is definitely there. I am just really disappointed with Supertramp again. This is one heckuva disappointing album, altogether. It’s Raining Again 5/10 The nearly sickening studio production here is just syrupy sick icing to this song’s absolutely dismal melodic quality! MAN!!!!!!! ARG TO THIS WHOLE BLOODY ALBUM!!!!!!!! I can’t believe this song was a hit, either. The central melody this song is based on is the dumbest think Supertramp ever tried to pull off, I think. How embarrassing. And how sloppy! Shame on Supertramp! Bonnie 5/10 Well, at least this one doesn’t have a really stupid melody. This song is just dull and … zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz … I might be reviewing this album at three o’clock in the morning, but that’s immaterial! This song is so boring that … hey! Maybe I can go to sleep now! … Hmmm … No, not quite. But this song does stink most rancidly. Know Who You Are 6/10 Awwwww … well, at least the opening guitar-chords are lovely. And this song doesn’t flop like all the other ones … But this one is BORING. Now look. I am going to slam my fist onto this desk with an unrelenting mercy. *slams fist … with unrelenting mercy* We demand more hooks! DEMAND!!!!!!!!! My Kind of Lady 8/10 Is this song suppozta be a regular old boring pop song or some reggae type thing? I’m not even sure if Roger Hodgson knew himself! For some really weird reason, this song doesn’t actually suck. In fact, it’s altogether decent! C’est Le Bon 6.5/10 Hmmm… This really ain’t bad. This song really could have used a few deadly hooks. If it had that, then this mighta been great! It mighta been a contender! … Ooo, how many times can I beat the old “NEEDS MORE HOOKS” horse in one album review? Waiting So Long 7.5/10 Ooo! Ooo! Ooo! This song is alright! I mean … it’s far from something that’s perfect, but it’s also far from something that totally flops. It doesn’t have a great melody, but that’s almost excusable here. This is entertaining, too, in an almost vague sense. Don’t Leave Me Now 7/10 I must be feeling pretty merciful or something. I might be giving this song a 7, but it’s really just awfullllll. Nevertheless, this one just strikes me as more of a solid effort than a lot of the other songs … it’s just that the finished product didn’t turn out to be so utterly great. Eh. If that’s all, then I think we’re okay with it! … not really, but it was a nice thought. Any last words about Supertramp's album? Give them to me HERE! droswolf@msn.com (jerome) received Oct. 26, 2004 Famous last words is a masterpiece of rock, musically and lyric wise. maybe it's not your style of music and that's fine but to even mention that this band tried to remake another 'breakfast in america' without trying as hard is plain ignorance. FLW is definitely more root-oriented and is steered more towards jazz and R&B than BIA which is more mainstream pop oriented. the album sold millions and went gold, I just don't understand why you feel so bitter towards it. I am not trying to " put forth an amazingly convincing argument", everybody is entitled to their own opinions, but at least write intelligent critics about music you dislike. flkajd@ldjfs.com (SuperTramp) received May 28, 2007 You're a shit faced loser, and how old are you anyway? what kind of basis does your review hold on famous last words?! that was a wonderful album! and so was it's raining again. You're simply stupid

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