The massive success of 'BIA' had to have started wreaking havoc on marriages as fame tends toĭo. When they moved to California they had a geographical space and Roger felt that the band had run its course Rick and Roger drifted further apart as the only common threads between them were: Work at blending their ideas together so that the albums flowed from song to song since their styles were As far as music went, Roger said they had to Stated in an interview that he felt on the outside at times over that. Roger Was religious and the rest of the band were not. Their lifestyles were also very different. Roger was more pop (with the exception of songs like 'Fool's Overture') and Rick was more into bluesĪnd prog. Tramp is a strange band in that the differences between songwriters was soĭramatic.

They hit gold when they drug in John, Bob and Dougie and 'Crime Of the Century' Their debut album and 'Indelibly Stamped' were not at all very good and to their credit Their recent releases, however, have only found minor success. SUPERTRAMP continued with occasional tours and infrequent albums. After that album, SUPERTRAMP continued to develop a more R&B-flavored style the change in direction was successful on 1982's 'Famous Last Words', but they soon ran out of hits. With over 18 million copies to date, 'Breakfast In America' is one of the greatest melodic pop/rock albums of the seventies. The album 'Even In The Quietest Moments.' is by far their best work. The band had refined their keyboard-dominated sound and produced an album that was well-reviewed. They had a remarkable change in fortune as 'Crime of the Century' became one of the top-selling albums of 1974. This is something that is hard to find.įor some of their best work you will have to look elsewhere.

Althogh most of the songs on the album are rock radio staples.

One other thing is that they also have the ability to inject some humor into their music now and then. This music is the kind of thing that you will put on while you and your wife lounging around after dinner. Their music has been described as whimsy, lighthearted, fluff and a million other variations on this theme. SUPERTRAMP is a sophisticated pop band that was able to continuously turn out very good songs. Formed in 1969 in London, England - Disbanded in 1988 - Reunited intermittently from 1996 to 2002 - Reformed in 2010/11 for European tourĪ variant of progressive rock that some have called sophisto-rock.

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