Family "It's Only a Movie" 1973

For a swan song, this is pretty a good one. Generally, at this point in a band's career, when personnel changes become more frequent, live shows become more unpredictable, and substance use seems to become more central to the band than singing and songwriting, you would think that Family (a band that partied as hard as any) would simply cough up a final piece of dreck and say so long. But Movie is a relaxed, funny and funky record, almost sunny in disposition. The songs take a while to worm their way in, but once they do, tracks like "Boots N Roots" and "Boom Bang," with their swagger and sway, end up sounding as good as any of the band's previous work. Totally ignored upon release, Movie was one of those records that seemed to go directly into the cutout bins, a fitting end to Family's career in America.

Family "Fearless" 1971

After completing their second US tour in mid 1971, John Weider left the band and was replaced by John Wetton on bass and vocals . The band's direction was notably changed with Wetton bringing along his trademark propulsive performance style, as evidenced on the album opener "Between Blue and Me". After only a year and one more album, Wetton left to join the latest line-up of King Crimson and was replaced by Jim Cregan. Fearless was the first Family album to chart in the United States, reaching #177 on the Billboard 200 in March 1972, and staying on the charts for 7 weeks. 

Family "Anyway" (1970)

“Anyway” (1970), cuarto LP del grupo Family que, aunque de menor entidad que sus álbums de los años 60, contiene algunos cortes de mérito escritos casi en su totalidad por Roger Chapman.

Family "A Song For Me" (1970)

“A Song For Me” (1970), disco notable aunque no está a la altura de otras grabaciones del grupo como “Music In A Doll’s House” o “Family Entertainment”. En el álbum, que contó con la baja de Ric Grech (en ese momento en Blind Faith) y Jim King, se puede escuchar el tema “Drowned In Wine”, canción, como casi todas, co-escrita entre el vocalista Chapman y el guitarrista John “Charlie” Witney.

Family “Bandstand” (1972)

Sexto álbum de estudio de Family.Con este disco, Family experimentaron un cambio de dirección dejando atrás sus delirios más oníricos, psicodélicos y progresivistas, para ofrecer una colección de grandes temas con los que meterse al público en el bolsillo.

Family "Family Entertainment" (1969)

Family no parece un grupo formado a mediados de la década de los sesentas, ni en el Reino Unido, de donde son oriundos, ni en Norteamérica, nunca estuvieron en la mainstream o corriente principal y de no ser porque usaban instrumentos eléctricos y marcaban ritmos inequívocamente "roqueros", nadie los hubiera etiquetado como un grupo de rock.