Supertramp
Brother Where You Bound (Remastered)

Cannonball and Brother Were You Bound are great songs. Pretty neat that David Gilmour and Scott Gorham collaborated on Brother Were You Bound song.

It happened in 1982. The musicians of Supertramp, in which Roger Hodgson was still creative, were preparing a program for the album "... Famous Last Words". The 10-minute Demo "Brother Where You Bound" was considered as a potential track for this record, but after some discussion it was decided not to include this song in the track list. For the simple reason that it did not fit into the concept of the future album. And in 1983, R. Hodgson dropped out of the group, going on a solo creative voyage. This event drove Supertramр out of balance for a long time - the loss was too tangible. It is so palpable that even a year and a half later for studio work on the next LP, Rick Davis, the undisputed authority on the team, was forced to convene dozens of serious musicians to help. At this point, I thought about how to go further, continuing this review. It would be possible to devote all of it directly to music and limit it to this, it is worth it. Or to speculate about what events accompanied the creation and release of the album, remembering that in any case it will inevitably have to be evaluated. You can, of course, try to combine these two tasks without getting out of a reasonable framework. I'll try, maybe I can handle it. So, rejected two years ago, a blank called "Brother Where You Bound" became the core link, the basic element of the Supertramp's new album. And the idea laid down in that track was developed, taking shape in the concept for the entire program. The attentive listener in this now 16-minute epos should hear a lot of curiosity. First thing is something that is barely perceptible "Pinkfloyd". And not only because the guitar parts in this issue were performed by David Gilmore (along with Scott Goreham, Thin Lizzy guitarist), which in itself explains something. This is also the theme of the Cold War that was touched upon in this composition, which Pink Floyd often “beat” in their works. It’s as if a compositional composition composed of separate melodic fragments with changing rhythms, successive improvisational segments of guitarists, saxophonist J. Helliuel and, of course, Rick Davis keyboards in all their variety, which is also characteristic of PF of that time (just remember their album “The Final Cut ", 1983). This and the abundance of various sound and noise effects in the spirit of the same Pink Floyd. But here is what else was noticed and noted by musicologists and critics in various publications. In this variety of styles, a mishmash of pace and rhythm, these people heard interspersed dance tunes. I confess that for thirty years, that from time to time I have been listening to this "supertramp" work, something like this has never occurred to me. Journalists and critics see this trend, which, in their opinion, appeared on the 1982 disc "... Famous Last Words". I will not comment on this. By the way, the premiere of the album "Brother ..." was organized for several dozen selected representatives of the media, who were chartered on a special flight on the Orient Express on the route Paris - Venice, where they also showed a 20-minute video dedicated to all these respected people title track. Feedback from what was heard and seen was extremely positive, it was emphasized that such works (I recall, it was the mid-80s) are definitely lacking. Particularly noted were the “crystalline sound”, the strong performances of the invited musicians and the complexity of the compositions. Gourmet music, but not only. The group was praised that it had made a bold and somewhere innovative decision to perform the program of the album in "prog-pop-rock" sound, where rhythmic and dance motifs were clearly traced, and that this was not bad. And what is likely to upset and upset old Supertramp fans, but will inevitably attract new ones to this music.

Surprisingly, many consider Supertramp as a progressive rock band. In fact, this group is playing an intelligent pop rock with some influence from art and prog-rock. On this album, this influence is expressed in the duration of the compositions and the psychedelic guitar playing of David Gilmore (Pink Floyd).