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{{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox album | name = ...Famous Last Words... | type = studio | artist = [[Supertramp]] | cover = Supertramp - Famous Last Words.jpg | alt = | released = 29 October 1982<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified|title=BRIT Certified|website=BPI|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> | recorded = November 1981 β mid-1982 | venue = | studio = Unicorn ([[Nevada City, California]])<br />The Backyard ([[Encino, Los Angeles]])<br />[[Rumbo Recorders]] ([[Canoga Park, Los Angeles]])<br />[[Bill Schnee Studios]] ([[North Hollywood, Los Angeles]]) | genre = *[[Progressive rock]] *[[pop music|pop]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/famous-last-words-mw0000650851|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821040256/http://www.allmusic.com/album/famous-last-words-mw0000650851|url-status=dead|title=Famous Last Words - Supertramp | Album |website=[[AllMusic]]|archive-date=21 August 2013|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> | length = 47:35 | label = [[A&M Records|A&M]] | producer = Peter Henderson, Russel Pope, Supertramp | prev_title = [[Paris (Supertramp album)|Paris]] | prev_year = 1980 | next_title = [[Brother Where You Bound]] | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{Singles | name = ...Famous Last Words... | type = studio | single1 = [[It's Raining Again]] | single1date = October 1982<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=It's+Raining+Again&cat=s|title=Supertramp - It's Raining Again|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch|access-date=6 October 2024}}</ref> | single2 = [[My Kind of Lady]] | single2date = January 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=My+Kind+Of+Lady&cat=s|title=Supertramp singles|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}</ref> | single3 = Crazy | single3date = March 1983 | single4 = Don't Leave Me Now | single4date = May 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Supertramp&titel=Don%27t+Leave+Me+Now&cat=s|title=Supertramp singles|website=Dutchcharts.nl}}</ref> }} }} '''''...Famous Last Words...''''' (stylised in all lowercase) is the seventh studio [[album]] by English [[rock music|rock]] band [[Supertramp]], 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,<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( ''...Famous Last Words...'' > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))|website=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r19403/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=1 June 2013}}</ref> and was certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 copies there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=supertramp#search_section|title=RIAA Gold and Platinum|last=|first=|date=|website=RIAA.com|access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref> It also peaked at number{{nbsp}}6 in the UK where it was certified Gold for 100,000 copies sold.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tsort.info/music/ay1982.htm|title=Albums from the Year 1982|last=Tsort|website=tsort.info|access-date=27 March 2017}}</ref> 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.
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