After
Supertramp
split in 1987, fans waited nearly ten years before most members of the best-known lineup reunited for an album (1997's
Some Things Never Change
) and tour. But while one of the group's two leaders was included in the proceedings (
Rick Davies
), the other one was not (
Roger Hodgson
). Regardless, the "new look"
soldiered on with a stage show that expectedly focused primarily on the classics -- as reflected on the 2006 release
Live, 1997
. Despite the long layoff between studio albums (and
Hodgson
's absence),
sound as bombastic and flawless as ever, as such longtime classic rock radio standards as
"Goodbye Stranger"
and
"The Logical Song"
sound very similar to the original studio versions. ~ Greg Prato