Breaking All the Rules [Import, Original recording remastered]

Peter Frampton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Lemon Records UK
• ASIN: B0009V6FK4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #126,935 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Japanese only remastered SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing packaged in a paper sleeve. Universal. 2008. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frampton Rules, September 24, 2005

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Steven N. Myers "RIPKEN Rules" (Havre de Grace, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breaking All the Rules (Audio CD)

It's about time for this album...showing my age. It was made in 1981, not '71.....The title track rocks with Luke and the best drummer ever, Jeff Porcaro. I've been asking for this to be issued on CD for 10 years...thank you whoever made it happen. I waited for Peter to play one night in Atlanta when he was touring for this album...the show was supposed to start @ 8PM...he came out around 10:20 PM, sent a date home in a taxi and the wait was worth it! BUY THIS CD!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Impressive CD, January 14, 2006

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D. A. Dodds "D A Dodds" (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Breaking All the Rules (Audio CD)

"Breaking All The Rules" is undoubtedly one of Peter Frampton's best albums. For one thing, the quality of the songs is generally high-in my opinion, the only weak track is "Friday On My Mind." In style, most of the songs are mainstream rock. In addition, the album includes one of Peter's finest reflective songs (the poignant and beautiful "Going To L.A.") and arguably his greatest heavy rock number, the title track, which ends the album magnificently.

Another strength of "Breaking All The Rules" is the fact that the musicianship from Peter and his band is first-rate. For instance, the late Jeff Porcaro (one of rock's finest drummers) makes a significant contribution to the rhthym section. There are also numerous solos-on the opening track Peter uses a guitar synth to good effect-but, unfortunately in my view, the guitar tone is generally thinner than on some of his other albums, such as "Premonition" and "When All The Pieces Fit."

Furthermore, Peter's singing surpasses much of his earlier studio material. Instead of sounding self-conscious and ill at ease, he delivers the songs with confidence and real conviction.

All in all, this is certainly an impressive album. I first heard it on vinyl in 1983 and have held it in high regard ever since. Hence I was delighted to learn that Lemon Recordings have brought it out on CD and promptly ordered a copy. It was also pleasing to discover that some care has gone into the album's presentation, for the CD notes contain three photographs that did not appear on the original cover, as well as a discography of Frampton's singles and albums-including his work with The Herd and Humble Pie-and notes outlining his career.

If you like well-crafted, accomplished rock, then you should enjoy "Breaking All The Rules." Certainly, the album has far more to offer rock fans than its immediate predecessors, "I'm In You" (a disappointment) and the partly jazz-influenced "Where I Should Be." As Lemon Recordings aptly comment: "Everything about this record underpins its place among the best studio albums Frampton has ever recorded."

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AN UNDER RATED, SLAMMIN JEWEL IN THE ROUGH!, September 18, 2005

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k.g.lee "If hope is lost, then so are we..." (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breaking All the Rules (Audio CD)

By 1981, Peter Frampton's "...Comes Alive!" hey day seemed like ancient news, yet the memory of over indulgent, naive career moves like his appearance in the overblown, misguided "Sgt. Pepper" movie (with the Bee Gees and George Burns) still hovered above his career like a meandering fog. As solid as this album is material wise, and as satisfying as it is sonically (BREAKING being his best sounding solo HARD ROCK record since FRAMPTON in '75)- the mutual ambivalence from the public as well as his record company (apparently), wasn't bound to be buried by it.

Yet upon further review (thankfully now on CD!), as stated earlier, one won't be disappointed by the power of the SOUND of BREAKING ALL THE RULES! Album opener "Dig What I Say" is almost worth the price of admission.... the lyrics being unusually cocky, coupled with Peter's aggressive guitar playing stance... this "opener" is a step above the usual. Intense and fun.

Though the album drifts a little in the mid section, the almost punky cover of "Friday On My Mind" followed by one of Petey's best stadium rockers (the album's title track) brings the record to a rousing close... and may very well surprise those that have yet to plug into Frampton's post live album work.

If I'M IN YOU disappointed you... do go for the WHERE I SHOULD BE/BREAKING ALL THE RULES twofer this page offers. Though I give this album 4 stars based on the strength of the production and three or four songs, I'd give WHERE I SHOULD BE a damn near perfect 5 stars for a more consistent degree of material. BOTH VERY UNDER RATED!

Now if only THE ART OF CONTROL would actually see the light of day on cd, for "FINDING MY WAY BACK TO EDEN" alone! Rock on.