Brother Where You Bound

Infobox Album
Name = Brother Where You Bound
Type = Album
Artist = Supertramp


Released = May 1985
Recorded = 1984-1985
Genre = Progressive Rock
Length = 42:44
Label = A&M
Producer = David Kershenbaum, Supertramp
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2b7uak2k5m3l~T1 link]
Last album = "...Famous Last Words..."
(1982)
This album = "Brother Where You Bound"
(1985)
Next album = "The Autobiography of Supertramp"
(1986)

"Brother Where You Bound" is the ninth album by progressive rock band Supertramp, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

This is Supertramp's first album after original member Roger Hodgson left the band. It features the Top 30 hit "Cannonball".

The track "Better Days" features an extended fade-out with voice-overs by the four key players in the 1984 Presidential Campaign: quotes spoken by Geraldine Ferarro and Walter Mondale sounding from the left audio channel and those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan on the right, mixed with John Helliwell's extended saxophone solo.

The album's 16 and a half minute epic length title track featured Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham on rhythm guitar and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on lead guitar. Also, the track had readings from George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four".

"Brother Where You Bound" reached #21 on The Billboard 200 in 1985 and went Gold according to the band's then label A&M Records in 1985 although the R.I.A.A. hasn't certified it yet.

A remastered CD version of the album was released on July 30, 2002 on A&M Records. The remastered CD comes with all of the original album art, credits and lyrics and the CD art features a recreation of the album's picture label of a blue and red coloured man walking to a white background.

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Track listing

All songs written by Rick Davies.

#"Cannonball" – 7:38
#"Still in Love" – 4:37
#"No In between" – 4:36
#"Better Days" – 6:18
#"Brother Where You Bound" – 16:30
#"Ever Open Door" – 3:04

Personnel

*Rick Davies - keyboards, vocals
*John Helliwell - saxophones, clarinet, vocals, additional keyboards
*Bob Siebenberg - drums
*Dougie Thomson - bass

Additional personnel
*Brian Banks - synclavier
*Cha Cha - backing vocals on "Still in Love"
*David Gilmour - guitar solos on Brother Where You Bound
*Scott Gorham - rhythm guitar on Brother Where You Bound
*Anthony Marinelli - synclavier
*Scott Page - flute on Better Days
*Marty Walsh - guitar on Cannonball, Still in Love and Better Days
*Doug Wintz - trombone

Production

*Producers: David Kershenbaum, Supertramp
*Engineer: Norman Hall
*Assistant engineer: Steve Crimmel
*Mixing: Mark Ettel
*Mixing assistant: Steve McMillan
*Mastering: Bob Ludwig
*Re-mastering: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
*Track engineer: Allen Sides
*Programming: Gary Chang
*Synclavier programming: Brian Banks, Anthony Marinelli
*Art direction: Norman Moore
*Design: Norman Moore
*Tray photo: Tom Gibson2002 A&M reissue: The 2002 A&M Records reissue was mastered from the original master tapes by Greg Calbi and Jay Messina at Sterling Sound, New York, 2002. The reissue was supervised by Bill Levenson with art direction by Vartan and design by Mike Diehl, with production coordination by Beth Stempel.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)