Supertramp was an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they later incorporated a combination of pop and art rock into their music. The band's work is marked by the songwriting of founders Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson and the prominent use of Wurlitzer piano and saxophone. However, this collaboration only lasted until 1983. Still, Rick Davies continued to make albums under the name Supertramp until 2002.
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From Indelibly Stamped, 1971
And here we have another song off Indelibly Stamped. It seems the old "sophomore slump" rang true for Supertramp. {1}
Roger: "There was confused testosterone going off in all directions. There is no theme or continuity to the album or its artwork, but there is some interesting stuff on it.”
I'm inclined to agree with Roger, but Forever isn't one of those in my eyes.
In the last post, I mentioned just how bad the sound quality of Remember got at times. Well hate to spoil the fun, but Forever really doesn't fare much better, if anything it's even worse. But, I like it a smidge more than the former track, and as such I'm less inclined to skip it; still, Rick's vocals are the things that suffer the most thanks to the mix. I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's as if they couldn't figure out how loud they wanted his voice and kept changing things mid-sentence. This song too was probably recorded live and put straight on the album without any overdubs (that I could notice, atleast).
A ballad, its lyrics are fairly generic and nothing worth writing home about. The famed Wurlitzer finally makes an appearence on the list, being the more prominent instument for the first three minutes while during the outro another electric piano (mostly playing chords), an acustic piano and especially Winthrop's sax take center stage. It's a fairly generic early '70s ballad, the kind of song that makes me go "yup that's a love song alright". It's in no way ear-grating, but I struggle to find it particularly memorable in any way.
We're a long way from Downstream, that's for sure.
{1}Progrography
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Again, I quite like the track and can hear the seeds of several later, similar blues-/R&B-based ballads in it. Odd that it was sped up, giving Rick's voice a bit of a Mickey Mouse effect.
cannot wait until you get to the songs i know and have listened to more than once 🙏 never stop doing this
Thanks for the support!
And hey, I put a link to the songs I talk about up there. Why not check them out in the meantime?