Track Listing

1. Surely
2. It's A Long Road
3. Aubade
4. Words Unspoken
5. Maybe I'm A Beggar
6. Home Again
7. Nothing To Show
8. Shadow Song
9. Try Again
10. Surely

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27594 in Music
• Released on: 2005-08-24
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Import
• Dimensions: .21 pounds
• Running time: 48 minutes

Customer Reviews

Brilliant but don't expect dreamer etc
This album is one of my favourite albums ever although quite unlike the Supertramp most people know. The band is different for a start but if you like early King Crimson, yes, etc then this is for you. There's a review here stating the songs aren't that good which is nonsense-they are just different from the later stuff. Songs like Try Again, Nothing To Show and Maybe I'm A Beggar are fanatastic with great lead guitar playing. This rockier stuff is interspersed by soft melancholic songs like Aubade and Surely wihich are great. Can't really compare this to other Supertramp albums which i like also, as it is so different but its a shame we didn't hear more of this stuff-if you want more Breakfast In America etc it may not be for you but if you like proper playing in a hippyish rock way then buy it buy it buy it.

Great, but not really Supertramp
I only recently bought this cd. I had Crime of the Century and the other big albums. I never even listened to any of this one. Well now I have and I am glad that I did. If you wanted to know what it was like, then early Genesis is what it reminds me of, especially tracks like " more fool me " off selling England by the pound ( One of Phils early vocals ). Hodgson hasnt perfected his crying type vocals, but still sings well enough. The difference is in the instrumentation.This is much heavier and raw than on the later albums with some nice Hammond sounds and clunky piano. I couldnt say that the songs are classics though and none really stand out. The abiding memory is of a good 70s prog albumwith some tasty guitar and keyboard playing. Buy it for that and not if you want a Crime of the Century type Supertramp

I can't really drop a star for the cover...
That wouldn't be fair. I'm not a huge fan of Supertramp but I love this album. "Try again" is, for me, the high point of their career. The sound quality is a little raw but it is very well recorded as you'd expect from A&M. This isn't Supertramp as we usually think of the group. There's no twin piano sound, no brass instruments at all and Davies didn't do any of the lead vocals. It's earnest rather than smug.