Frampton [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Peter Frampton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 1975
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: A&M Super Budget
• ASIN: B00004VW2M
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,616 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Day's Dawning

2. Show Me The Way

3. One More Time

4. The Crying Clown

5. Fanfare

6. Nowhere's Too Far (For My Baby)

7. Nassau

8. Baby I Love Your Way

9. Apple Of Your Eye

10. Penny For Your Thoughts - (I'll Give You) Money

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Frampton's breakthrough studio album, July 18, 2001

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Hindburn (Church Stretton, Shropshire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frampton (Audio CD)

After releasing an album each year from his first solo release in 1972, this record was the one which gave Peter Frampton his first real taste of solo success. As he toured the States in support of it in 1975, he found his music was being greeted with increasing enthusiasm, even though back in his native England most people barely remembered him from his earlier successful years with The Herd and Humble Pie. This American success paved the way for his massive smash live album 'Frampton comes alive', which took the world by storm in 1976, and although his superstardom rapidly waned thereafter, the live album brought his melodic pop/rock and tasteful lead guitar work to a worldwide audience.

'Frampton' in many ways followed the pattern of Peter's three previous solo albums, containing largely guitar-driven, lively songs, with his characteristic lead guitar style and sound, and some short instrumentals. However, the songs were, in his own opinion, considerably better than many of his earlier ones and had a more commercial sound. Despite being recorded during the gloom of a British November, the album has a cheerful, sunny sound which perhaps helped its American success the following summer. The recording was made with a mobile studio at Clearwell Castle in the Welsh borders, and has something of a 'live' ambience about it, reflecting the acoustic characteristics of the large castle rooms in which it was recorded. The songs are primarily based around Frampton's lively but relaxed piano and acoustic rhythm guitar work, with attractive melodies and harmony vocals, but the overall sound is fairly simple and not heavily overdubbed. In that sense it very much resembles the hit sound of 'Comes alive', but without the extra 'urgency' of a live performance.

The songs 'Show me the way', 'Baby I love your way' and 'Money' and the short acoustic guitar instrumental 'Penny for your thoughts' (all contained in the live album) are included, but because of their familiarity they are not my favourites on this record. To me, perhaps the best tracks are the relatively gentle 'One more time' and 'The crying clown', which include very tasteful guitar solos, whilst among the more lively songs 'Day's dawning' and 'Fanfare' are the most memorable.

So though hardly a musically ground-breaking album, 'Frampton' shows the artist establishing his identity as a competent purveyor of melodic pop/rock, and is an essential for any Peter Frampton enthusiast. And with most of Frampton's albums having been unavailable on CD for years, the release of several of his early albums in remastered form is very welcome indeed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not since "Are You Experienced?" has there been a perfect album, August 18, 2009

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Daniel Hayes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frampton (Audio CD)

Then I played this. It does have a Steely Dan feel to it, but that's alright. It kicks off well with "Day's Dawning", and the version of "Show Me The Way" is no slouch, but the version on "Frampton Comes Alive" is still better. "Penny For Your Thoughts" is a fabulous showcase of Frampton's guitar work. There is one song that is weaker than the rest of this album, but it's still o.k., and that's "Crying Clown". A tearful ballad, but still packs a good punch. Without a doubt Humble Pie was holding Frampton back, and he was wise to go onto being a solo artist. I would rank this up with Santana's "Caravanseri", and Lou Reed's "Rock and Roll Animal" as some of my classic 70's albums. I was hoping to hear a studio version of "Something's Happening" as that's my fave Frampton song. I will keep looking.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Frampton's Masterpiece, May 3, 2009

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Robert Orme (Campbell, CA) - See all my reviews
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A classic, a record which holds up over many, many repeated listenings. One thing that will strike you is how crisp the recording is from the mid-70's. Frampton's songwriting, guitar playing and voice were all peaking at this point in time. Several tunes here didn't become big hits until "Frampton Comes Alive" came out, but I much prefer this studio record. Overall it has a sparse acoustic sound to it that goes well in either the morning or evening.