Tracklist front / back album covers
Side one
1. "Crazy" 4:44
2. "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" 4:22
3. "It's Raining Again" 4:24
4. "Bonnie" 5:37
5. "Know Who You Are" 5:00
Side two
6. "My Kind of Lady" 5:15
7. "C'est le bon" 5:32
8. "Waiting So Long" 6:35
9. "Don't Leave Me Now" 6:24
Supertramp Band Members / Musicians
Rick Davies – lead and backing vocals, organ (tracks 1, 7, 9), piano (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8), electric piano (track 2), synthesizers (track 3), harmonica (tracks 2, 9), melodica (track 3)
Roger Hodgson – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9), 12-string guitar (tracks 2, 5, 7), piano (tracks 1, 3, 9), pump organ (track 1) glockenspiel (track 3)
John Helliwell – saxophones (tracks 1–3, 6, 8, 9), synthesizers (tracks 3, 4, 6, 8, 9)
Dougie Thomson – bass (tracks 1-4, 6-9)
Bob Siebenberg – drums (tracks 1-4, 6-9)
This was the first Supertramp album for which Siebenberg was credited under his real name. All previous Supertramp albums on which he had appeared credited him as "Bob C. Benberg".
Claire Diament – backing vocals on "Don't Leave Me Now"
Ann Wilson – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"
Nancy Wilson – backing vocals on "Put On Your Old Brown Shoes" and "C'est le bon"
Producers: Peter Henderson, Russel Pope, Supertramp
Engineer: Peter Henderson
Assistant engineer: Norman Hall
Mastering on original issue: Doug Sax, Mike Reese
Mastering on 2002 remaster: Greg Calbi, Jay Messina
Concert sound: Russel Pope
Technicians: Bud Wyatt, Ian "Biggles" Lloyd-Bisley
String arrangements: Richard Hewson
Art direction: Mike Doud, Norman Moore
Design: Mike Doud, Norman Moore
Cover design: Mike Dowd, Norman Moore
Cover art concept: Mike Dowd
Artwork: Mike Dowd
Photography: Jules Bates, Tom Gibson
Cover photo: Jules Bates, Tom Gibson
Sleeve photo: Tom Gibson
2002 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.
The intro to "Bonnie" contains a glitch in the piano part on the 2002 remaster, and has never been fully explained (whether it was a mastering error, or an intentional alteration to the track).
...Famous Last Words... is the 7th album by English rock band Supertramp and was released in October 1982. It was the studio follow-up to 1979's Breakfast in America and the last album with vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Roger Hodgson, who left the group to pursue a solo career. Thus, it was the final album to be released by the classic lineup of the band (Hodgson, Davies, Helliwell, Thomson, and Siebenberg).
The album reached number 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums Charts in its third week on the chart dated November 27, 1982 and was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies there. It also peaked at number 6 in the UK where it was certified Gold for 100,000 copies sold.
A remastered CD version of ...Famous Last Words... was released on 30 July 2002 on A&M Records. The remastered CD comes with all the original artwork and the CD art features a green pair of scissors and a black background.
