Brother Where You Bound

Occupation

See below

Studios

  • Ocean Way ( Hollywood)
  • The Backyard ( Encino )
  • Master Disk (New York City )

Brother Where You Bound is the eighth studio album by British Pop-/Rockband Supertramp and their first without founding and long-time band member Roger Hodgson, who had left the group in 1983. It was released about 2 ½ years after the studio album ... Famous Last Words ... in May 1985 and in addition to five other songs of the top - 10 hit (USA) Cannonball. The oriented on Neoprogressive - rock record sold very well, especially in Germany and Switzerland.

Description

For the recording of the album " Brother Where You Bound", the first studio album, collected by Supertramp without Roger Hodgson, the group acted as follows: From their classic lineup, so that was shrunk from Quin - quartet, were Rick Davies ( keyboards, vocals ), John Helliwell ( saxophone), Bob Siebenberg (drums) and Dougie Thomson (bass guitar) on it. In addition, were joined by numerous guest musicians (except "No Inbetween " and " Ever Open Door " ) acted in the songs of the plate in different compositions: Brian Banks ( Programming), Cha Cha (background vocals), Gary Chang (Programming ), David Gilmour ( Pink Floyd, lead guitar ), Scott Gorham ( Thin Lizzy; supported the band already on the 1974 LP " Crime of the Century", rhythm guitar ), Anthony Marinelli (programming ), Scott Page ( supported the group previously on the 1983 - "Famous Last Words " tour ), Marty Walsh ( guitar) and Doug Wintz ( Trombone ).

All the songs of the album " Brother Where You Bound", were written by Davies, who is left founding member and sole head of Supertramp only after Hodgson's exit and sung by the lead vocal.

With the single " Cannonball" the album contains a Supertramp atypical danceable and groovy song, but also in Switzerland reached high in the charts, particularly in the United States. The song is the only member of the panel on the published in the following year best-of compilation The Autobiography of Supertramp.

Saxophone sounds lead to " Still in Love" over, according to which "no inbetween " followed.

In the following thereupon song " Better Days", which begins with bombastic intro, excerpts of speeches of the four major players in the 1984 U.S. election campaign can be heard: Geraldine Ferarro and Walter Mondale (left channel) and George HW Bush and Ronald Reagan (right channel ). The song contains an extended saxophone solo played by John Helliwell and a flute solo played by Scott Page, who acted two years later for Pink Floyd. It ends with an extended fadeout.

The epic title track, the 16 ½ -minute, extremely lyrical song " Brother Where You Bound", is to be the longest song the band's history of several parts and has many tempo changes. This includes listening to Scott Gorham ( Thin Lizzy ) on rhythm guitar and David Gilmour ( Pink Floyd ) on the main guitar and reading excerpts from the novel, 1984 ( George Orwell). Heard in the background at one point the melody of the Internationale.

The album ends with the anthemic " Ever Open Door ".

With a few songs on the recording-wise good album " Brother Where You Bound" and many Supertramp classics in their luggage, the band went on tour in 1985, but from which emerged not a live album. Nearly 2 ½ years after the record was released the album Free as a Bird.

Song list

The album " Brother Where You Bound" contains 6 songs. The specified song lengths of time as LP ( " A & M 395014-1 " ) published the album refer to the original CD version ("A & M 395014-2 "), which is a total of 42:43 minutes.

Occupation

The band

  • Rick Davies - keyboards, vocals
  • John Helliwell - saxophones
  • Bob Siebenberg - drums
  • Dougie Thomson - Bass Guitar

Additional staff

  • Brian Banks - Synclavier Programming
  • Cha Cha - background vocals in " Still in Love"
  • Gary Chang - Fairlight & PPG Programming
  • David Gilmour (Pink Floyd ) - lead guitar solos in " Brother Where You Bound"
  • Scott Gorham (Thin Lizzy ) - rhythm guitar solos in " Brother Where You Bound"
  • Anthony Marinelli - Synclavier Programming
  • Scott Page - Flute in " Better Days " and " Brother Where You Bound"
  • Marty Walsh - guitar in " Cannonball ", " Still in Love," " Better Days " and " Brother Where You Bound"
  • Doug Wintz - Trombone in " Cannonball"

Recording

" Brother Where You Bound " was recorded in the USA, these studios and mixed: Ocean Way Studios ( Hollywood, California ) and The Backyard Studios ( Encino, California). The mastering was done in the studio master disk (New York City, New York).

Production

  • Producer: David Kershenbaum and Supertramp
  • Sound engineer: Norman Hall
  • Assistant Engineer: Steve Crimmel
  • Mix: Mark Ettel
  • Mixdown assistant: Steve McMillan
  • Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  • Track engineer Allen Sides
  • Programming: Gary Chang
  • Synclavier Programming: Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli
  • Artistic Director: Norman Moore
  • Design: Norman Moore
  • Tray photo: Tom Gibson

Charts

Album: The album sold well and reached in Germany, in Switzerland and Norway each digit courses in the album charts in Austria and the UK, it came in the top 20 and in the U.S. ( Billboard 200) in the top 30th

Single: The single " Cannonball", with " Ever Open Door " as the second song came as a danceable song in Switzerland and in the USA. Respectively in the top 30 in Germany and in the Top 60 In the U.S., he also climbed into another hit lists of Billboard Magazine partly down to the top 10.

Without the charts the single " Better Days " was released with "No Inbetween " as the second song, and as a promotional single, " Still in Love" with "No Inbetween " as the second song.

Republication

2002 was also released from the label " A & M Records " a revised edition of the album " Brother Where You Bound", whose photographs were taken from the original tapes. The booklet are based on the design ( with lyrics ) the original CD.

  • Remastering - Sterling Sound (Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA) - Greg Calbi and Jay Messina
  • Remastering Supervisor - Bill Levenson
  • Artistic director - Vartan
  • Cover design - Mike Diehl
  • Production coordinator - Beth stamp

Studio albums: Supertramp (1970 ) | Indelibly Stamped (1971 ) | Crime of the Century (1974 ) | Crisis? What Crisis? (1975 ) | Even in the Quietest Moments ... (1977 ) | Breakfast in America (1979 ) | ... Famous Last Words ... (1982 ) | Brother Where You Bound ( 1985) | Free as a Bird ( 1987) | Some Things Never Change (1997 ) | Slow Motion ( 2002)

Live albums: Paris ( 1980) | Live '88 (1988 ) | It Was the Best of Times (1999) Is Everybody Listening? ( Live Special Edition, 2001)

See also: Paragraph of Article Discography Supertramp

  • Album 1985
  • Album ( Progressive Rock )
  • Supertramp album
Record label Compact Disc Digital Audio Genre Encino, Los Angeles Free as a Bird (Album) Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash Neo-progressive rock Quintet Crime of the Century (Album) Nineteen Eighty-Four Singing Fairlight CMI Audio mastering Supertramp (Album) Slow Motion (Supertramp album) Paris (Supertramp-Album)
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