In some ways, Brother Where You Bound is Supertramp at its most ambitious. The lack of Roger Hodgson's output does mean that the album, overall, lacks a lot of the spiritual undertones that I feel define the band's older work. But in his place are some of the absolute best songs Davies put out... at least, not when you look at the lyrics. As I adore the energy of Cannonball and Better Days, the long progressive hallways of the title track, and the optimism of Ever Open Door, that last song is, ... read more
With a name like "Brother Where You Bound", you'd think this album is some revolutionary Top-100 albums of all time type of shit. It isn't, but it's still a solid album.
I wish the album-titled track had more oomph to it. The first half was great, but then it got kinda boring afterward. Aside from that, the closing track was pretty good, and everything else was nice jazz-influenced prog.
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