Frampton Comes Alive!

Review

by Bruce Eder

At the time of its release, Frampton Comes Alive! was an anomaly, a multi-million-selling (mid-priced) double LP by an artist who had previously never burned up the charts with his long-players in any spectacular way. The biggest-selling live album of all time, it made Peter Frampton a household word and generated a monster hit single in "Show Me the Way." And the reason why is easy to hear: the Herd/Humble Pie graduate packed one hell of a punch on-stage -- where he was obviously the most comfortable -- and, in fact, the live versions of "Show Me the Way," "Do You Feel Like I Do," "Something's Happening," "Shine On," and other album rock staples are much more inspired, confident, and hard-hitting than the studio versions. [The 1999 reissue in A&M's "Remastered Classics" (31454-0930-2) series is a considerable improvement over the original double CD or double LP in terms of sound -- the highs are significantly more lustrous, the …  » Read more

Tracks

Disc 1

				Title	Composer	Time
		1		Something's Happening	Frampton, Williams	5:40
		2		Doobie Wah	Frampton, Headley-Down, Wills	5:34
		3		Show Me the Way	Frampton	4:34
		4		It's a Plain Shame	Frampton	4:36
		5		All I Want to Be (Is by YourSide)	Frampton	3:25
		6		Wind of Change	Frampton	2:45
		7		Baby, I Love Your Way	Frampton	4:37
		8		I Wanna Go to the Sun	Frampton	7:14

Disc 2

				Title	Composer	Time
		1		Penny for Your Thoughts	Frampton	1:22
		2		(I'll Give You) Money	Frampton	5:36
		3		Shine On	Frampton	3:34
		4		Jumpin' Jack Flash	Jagger, Richards	7:52
		5		Lines on My Face	Frampton	7:02
		6		Do You Feel Like We Do	Frampton, Gallagher, Gallagher, Wills	14:15

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