Frampton Comes Alive

When I was 15 years old, I got a free ticket to go see Peter Frampton in Newport, Rhode Island. I knew and liked the three big radio hits - "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do" - and free is free, so why not? Before the show started, the venue made a big to-do that no one was allowed to stand in the space between the front of the stage and the front row; alas, by the middle of the first song, there were quite a few people right up in there. Halfway through the set, Frampton ripped into a killer cover of "Black Hole Sun". My friend and I thought it was super badass, so we tried to sneak up to the front. A security guard stopped us and explained that the only people allowed to stand either had front row tickets or exclusive VIP passes. As we returned to our seats disappointed, I turned around to see Frampton looking at us with a confused expression. During the next song, a killer version of "(I'll Give You) Money", a couple more people tried to get up front and were also stopped. As the song kept playing, Peter announced, "Let the people come up and dance! If they can't get up here and dance, I'm walking off this stage." My friend and I looked at each other and *booked it* to the front, as did many others. The security guards continued to try and stop a few people, which Frampton objected to. He cued the band to stop, took his guitar off, and left the stage. I remember saying to my friend, "Even if he doesn't come back, this is the most badass concert ever." Sure enough, though, he returned about 10 minutes later with a shit-eating grin on his face and said, "Let's pick that one back up from my guitar solo." He finished the song (and the set) while my friend and I got to enjoy it from right up front, and to this day, it's one of the coolest, most respectable rock star moves I've ever witnessed. I suppose I can understand why he may not be everyone's cup of tea, and I'm sure some people of a certain generation got burnt out on this album's hype, but I will never have anything but the utmost respect for Peter Frampton. And this album is pretty damn good. 4/5

Can confirm he was alive

"Man, that guys guitar is talking." "Hey, my shoes are talking too." "Don't worry, we wont hurt you, we only want to have some fun."

It didn't have to be a live album. It didn't have to be a double album. It didn't have to be

Everytime I think the 70s were cool I'm going to remind myself this tepid guitarist wankfest was the best selling album of 1976. 2/10 smooth music for smooth brains.

Dad rock you don't need to pay attention to. Peter has a steady hand, he doesn't need you to check in on him. He'll just keep going competently until you tell him to stop.

Framptom Comes Alive (barely). Boring dad rock. Thank God punk came along.

The guitar is impressive on this album. It's no use having great guitar if the songs are kind of boring though.

Great live album. Vast majority of this album playa on radio already. Good songwriter, connects with the audience and he sounds like he is having fun at this show in SF. Frampton understands his craft and changes the gimmick of his voice box into more than that. He doesn't overuse it, but it becomes part of his toolbox.

Peter Frampton somehow became successful and made the back then best selling live album. All the singles charted in the US Τοp 15 and the album was voted album of the year on multiple occasions after 1976. It was a well rounded success for him and transported him into stardom. Problem was, he just wasn't that good. He's a solid guitar player, solid songwriter, okay singer... He's slightly above average but that's it. This album was just a one-time lucky strike and he had luck that it was recorded. If this was made in a studio setting, it would not have worked. Back to the album, it's mainly Pop Rock with a couple of Hard Rock, AOR and Soft Rock touches to round out the sound. It sounds commercial but not necessarily bad with a lot of nice details and sonic additions that are not really expected with this type of release. The first song 'Something's Happening' mixes elements of Hard Rock, namely the guitar riffs with elements of Soft Rock into a melodic song that starts the show with a pretty memorable piece. It's mainly the mixing here that kind of removes from the enjoyment. The vocals aren't loud enough and the drums are just quiet. It would've sounded much better and cleaner if it was studio quality and the live aspect takes away from it which not every live recording does... but this does it. It's still a pretty good song with some very enjoyable moments, especially the chorus and the way it builds up to that. The second song 'Doobie Wah' on the other hand is just kind of boring. It tries to be a little silly and fun but it's performed way to seriously and the result feels off and without moments that really stick. It's a Power Pop & Soft Rock mix but done in a way where I feel just not interested with what is done here. It's a snoozer and Frampton's vocals aren't helping much. The mixing is a little bit better, mainly the drums feel louder but now the guitar feels not loud enough... 'Show Me the Way' is one of these more popular songs that the album had to offer after its release mainly as it's got a really "intruding" Pop attitude that must've really resonated with the times back then. From todays point of view it feels corny and overdone. The song tries to be a hit and I do not like it when a song tries to do that when it obviously cannot reach that. If it's done like MJ on 'Beat It', yeah, that works, but here? No... It's not inherently bad but it's nothing more than an okay track. On 'It's a Plain Shame' the type of memorable chorus that the first track offered returns and the song is actually quite good. Yes, the mixing feels off again and the guitar solo as well as the bridge aren't really interesting but the verses and especially the chorus are quite interesting and even groovy. I like the song but it doesn't go far enough out of its way for me to think that it might be anything close to great, it just isn't. The acoustic 'All I Wanna Be (Is by Your Side)' returns to the boring songs as it tries way to much to be introspective and full of great lyricism which it just isn't. He is a Rock artist and should try to stay in that lane as songs like this are just not it. The feel off, boring and just fill the album with unnecessary. The exact same thing happened with 'Wind of Change' which is just another acoustic track and while the song before at least had somewhat of a nice chorus, this is just boring throughout without anything that really makes this worth to listen to. The "gun" sound effect (idk what it is) does add a spark of hope for the second it appears but that's about it and I am pretty sure that this was an accident. Luckily, 'Baby, I Love Your Way' picks it up again with a song that sprawls with amazing songwriting, chorus, verses and even the bridges and instrumental parts are made interesting with the addition of an organ. It's an amazing song throughout and while it isn't perfect, this is one of the few tracks where the live setting actually adds to the enjoyment of the song. It's a great song and one of the albums best moments. The quite lengthy 'I Wanna Go to the Sun' is with the 7 minutes only the fourth longest song on the album but it is the longest in this first half of the album. It also closes this first half and it does it pretty well. It's got a lot of Blues influence and has some quite interesting moments but it fails to build on them and extend what made the song good at first. It slowly becomes more and more boring and in the end it's simply a snoozer, again. Side 2 starts with the folky and short 'Penny for Your Thoughts' which is another acoustic piece and this time it's even completely instrumental. I have no clue why the crowd was going so wild, this sounds, feels and maybe even is basic without anything to it that would need the crowd to celebrate like this. It's just a pretty boring interlude. '(I'll Give You) Money' is quite the contrast with some really heavy riffs throughout that feel completely different to pretty much everything the album had so far. It's also suprisingly good. The chorus is weak but the structure and the songwriting is quite good. The vocals are a little... too dynamic but other than that, it is pretty good and quite enjoyable. The following 'Shine On' keeps the hard rocking riffs but turns out to be way flatter and uninspired. It feels basic and boring and not even the chorus can make up for the way he delivered with the verses. The only thing that I enjoyed was how he used the guitar in the very short bridge. That was one little bit of hope but it fell right back into the dull and average song that it is. Oh god, he absolutely butchered 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'. Nothing that made the original good is kept and it's just dreadfully boring. And when you compare the original side by side, it feels like comparing gold to mud. I am absolutely disgusted by this version. Go on, cover as many songs as you want, but at least do them good. No need to be better, but it shouldn't be a drag through the dirt. The vocals are performed so weak compared to the original, he's just trying to burst out the words as strongly as possible without any emotion behind it. This is not singing. And there is no need for this to be nearly 8 minutes... 3 would've been enough. It does get a little better towards the end, especially the guitar solo is really good but it's not enough to make up for the terrible start. The song's bad but not completely ear ruining. Following one long song comes the next one right along: 'Lines on My Face' is pretty much the same length and while it isn't as bad as its predecessor, it's still not good. A couple of moments in the intro do give hope but the song tries way to hard to be "Jazz" here while clearly not being it just feels so off. It's a quite slow moving song that slowly builds up with more and more and actually sounds really good for a moment but as it continues for another 4 minutes, it spirals into dreadful boringness. The album closes with a song that features a length that puts all the other songs in a shadow. 'Do You Feel Like We Do' is 14 minutes long and moves through different parts and probably has the most experimentation the album offers. The usage of a talk box is pretty interesting and even a little "forward thinking" as it was mainly used in Soul and Funk and not much in Rock at least at that time. The song is overall pretty groovy and uses the time that it has pretty well and while there are some moments that feel a little streched, most of the song is pretty enjoyable and actually a pretty good song. favourites: Baby, I Love Your Way, Something's Happening, Do You Feel Like We Do, (I'll Give You) Money least favourites: Jumpin' Jack Flash, Doobie Wah, Wind of Change Rating: strong 5 to light 6 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Despite living in the suburbs, I was never issued a copy of Frampton Comes Alive. That’s not to say I’m unfamiliar with it, though. Even if you’ve never heard the record, the chances you haven’t heard “Show Me the Way” or “Baby, I Love Your Way” are slimmer than Peter Frampton’s Bell bottoms. You know who probably did get a copy of this record in the mail back in 1976? Trey and the boys from Phish. A lot of this record has a kind of proto-Phish jammy-ness to it, except not as weird and played competently. (Look, I’ve got a thousand and one records to listen to, it was inevitable that I’d eventually talk a little smack on Phish) About a decade ago, while in Colorado for business, I took an afternoon and visited Red Rocks Amphitheatre. I had only intended on touring the venue, just to see in person how awesome it is. Even if you’re not going there for a concert, it is worth visiting. Absolutely beautiful. What I didn’t know when I arrived, was that Peter Frampton was playing that night and I would be walking around the venue while he and the band sound checked. I’m not a Peter Frampton fan by any stretch, but hearing his talk box reverberate off the giant slabs of prehistoric rock is one of the coolest “concert” experiences I’ve ever had. It sounded amazing. …and for that, Peter Frampton is cool with me.

It's a solid live album, it has a couple of songs I began to remember from my childhood as I heard them. Yes, it's not anything out of the ordinary and I don't think it "brought anything new to the table" back then, but I also don't think it meant to. It's just an "inoffensive" pleasant album (with a pretty unfortunate Stones cover, I have to say)

As with all live albums - this is going to have to be absolutely goddamn exceptional for me to see past the fact it was recorded live. The sad thing is that just from the first track I can tell that it absolutely isn't going to be. His voice is just...not good. The guitar playing is decent, in an showboating sort of way. The drums and bass are tight. But in track 2 we "get to" hear the audience clapping along - and I simply don't give a monkeys about that. I don't want to feel like I'm there - in an uncomfortable seat, or being jostled constantly by some prick. The combination of audience noise, ludicrously over the top wah-wah & talk box, and the fact I just don't much like this kind of soft rock is not a great combination.

Back in high school the cool kids were mad about this album. I didn’t understand the hype about it then, and 45 yrs later I still don’t see what all the fuss was about. At least now I can confidently say that I wasn’t missing anything. This is a pretty bog standard rock/pop record and a terrible live recording to boot.

just fuck off. 70s shite and to top it off its LIVE. crowds going woo through a completely unrecognisable song just somehow makes it worse. its the least amount of an album i;ve managed to listen to for a long time.

I'm having another ohhhhhhhhhh-I-get-it-now moment. I've heard bits of this my whole life but never sat through the whole thing and kind of didn't think I'd like it that much. I listened to the 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition, 1 hour and 46 minutes of music that I didn't want to end. Frampton's musicianship is astounding --- there's plenty of impressively spoodly electric guitar solos but then there's some lovely acoustic technique in Penny for your Thoughts and All I Wanna Be. And his voice! Smooth and lovely throughout, lots of variation. None of the fatigue or pitch problems you can sometimes hear in live recordings. I think of Frampton as a great guitarist but he can really really sing and he seems to be an incredible showman. In addition to the singles I was familiar with, I fell in love with several of these songs during this listen: Wind of Change, All I Wanna Be, I Wanna Go to the Sun, Shine On, and White Sugar. I didn't really love the cover of Jumpin' Jack Flash --- it just didn't seem to have teeth for some reason --- but I have renewed appreciation for Do You Feel Like We Do, all 14 minutes of it. So great!

Fantastic album. I haven't listened to it before, but I'm sure I'll be listening again sometime. 3RS

This is aggressively normal 70’s rock with two or three bangers and the guitar exhibitions demanded by that distant zeitgeist. I liked it fine and will add it to the list of records I can play if I ever have to host a swingers’ party for pensioners.

I shouldn't like this... and I don't. For a live album, the production is incredible. The tunes have an occasional 70s groove and most of the record is pretty laid back. Lots of "ooooooh I love you, girl" themes. There was an acoustic song that sounds a little like Zeppelin. Some songs veer into the Jimmy Buffet zone. I was wavering between a two-star review and three stars. Shine On had me thinking that I could round up to three stars. I told myself, "the production is great and some of these songs are OK!" Then the Jumpin' Jack Flash cover kicks in! That finally relegates Frampton Comes Alive to the two-star tier.

Shoulda stayed dead

I really dislike Live albums as is. I don't think this album was bad. But I think it was so fucking boring I couldn't make it all the way through.

Sounds like something you'd play in a truck if you only had one record to hand

Dismal. How was this ever popular?

Loved that it was recorded at Winterland in San Francisco! Also do you feel like i feel is so insanely epic

This is very likely the hardest Plattsburgh, NY ever rocked, so let's have some respect. Put your god-damned phone down for half a second and let's have a moment for the night this escaped English garden gnome with an amazing ability to get his tiny hands up and down that guitar so fast let the good people of Plattsburgh show him the way to feeling like he does. The older brothers of the boys I grew up with were culturally bookended by Frampton Comes Alive! and KISS Alive! (it wasn't until I typed this just now that I noticed the "Alive!" connection. Ha!). We would sneak into their bedrooms and pour over these majestic gatefolds, like medieval monks consulting the Bayeaux Tapestry. It's hard to believe now, that brief period when the double live album was America's preferred music format. Perhaps after Watergate we decided we can't really understand someone til we know what they will do when given the broad canvas of a side three. The high water mark probably being Neil Diamond coaxing Helen Reddy and the Fonz to join him for Song Sung Blue on the iconic Love At The Greek. Years later these bands and albums and even the entire double live album format came to be seen as a reflection of the self indulgence so prevalent in that era, and to us kids it symbolized the overground culture we used to define ourselves through irony and mockery, not unlike how a sculptor uses negative space. For a certain teenager, hating certain bands and certain albums is probably most powerful means of self expression available. And then just as I was beginning to achieve escape velocity from my own adolescent ways, indie rock darlings Dinosaur Jr scrambled our brains by unironically covering Show Me The Way, revealing to us that all those years before, Frampton's over the top guitar had pre programmed our minds. The musical Manchurian Candidate, but now Angela Lansbury is speaking through a talk box connected to a Les Paul. So, Yes, to answer the man's question, as surprised as I am to hear myself say it, I do feel like you do. [As a side note, I could write an entire doctoral thesis about the backing vocals emphatically repeating You! like as if Peter is singing to one very specific person and his backing band needs to make sure they are aware. Do you - YOU! - feel like I do? You think we're singing to someone else. We are not. We are singling to YOU!] But nothing lasts forever. Inflation forced us all to economize, and Cheap Trick led us back down from the summit with their shocking decision to issue their magnum opus Cheap Trick At Budokan as a single album. No gatefold to revel in, much less to clean seedy weed with! But don't fret, for as the man sang on side two, the meager final side, to those over eager Japanese teens: Whatever happened to all this season's losers of the year? Every time I got to thinking, where'd they disappear? Then I woke up, Mom and Dad are rollin' on the couch Rollin' numbers, rock n rollin, got my KISS records out. Mommy's alright Daddy's alright They just seem a little weird Surrender Surrender But don't give yourself away

There's a difference between "was very successful" and "good"

By the time I was a teenager in the late 1980s, Peter Frampton (and especially 'Frampton Comes Alive') was already a cultural shorthand for bloodless boomer rock that was big at the time, but quickly faded into irrelevancy. There was a certain sort of daggy ironic nostalgia, as exemplified in Reality Bites (a film that insultingly pandered to 'yoof' culture -- it has not dated well. Just like Lelaina, am I right? She also didn't date well. What did she see in Troy character?). And even that was an attempt to package and re-sell any lingering good will in the form of a lightweight faux-reggae cover of 'Baby I Love Your Way'. Don't get me wrong, I don't _dislike_ Peter Frampton. He's a pretty hot guitar player, I quite like Humble Pie, and he has played on who's who of records and touring bands across the 1970s and 1980s (Bowie! Sly and the Family Stone! Dionne Warwick!). He always adds quality when he guests on other people's records. And he seems like a nice guy. But this record... I'm sure it was a great show, if you were there. The band is tight. His playing and singing are quality. But it's just boring boomer rock. I think even Peter Frampton himself realises the damage this commercial juggernaut did to his reputation as a musician (see this insightful article by altrockchick: https://altrockchick.com/2022/10/23/peter-frampton-frampton-comes-alive-classic-music-review/ ) 2.5 stars, rounding down.

I was only really aware of Show Me The Way, and have never really bothered with the album as the cover is horrible and the whole thing was just a punchline in the post grunge/indie milieu of the 90s which I grew up in (ironic, since it was a Dinosaur Jr cover of SMTW that first alerted me to the album). So I gave it a go… turns out I also know Baby I Love Your Way and had assumed that the cover I knew (Big Mountain?) was of a reggae classic. Turns out it was Frampton, and his version is turgid. Like the rest of this album. If you like any punk or post punk music then this is just anathema. Pitiful to think that anyone was loving this in ‘76, although evidently millions were. Strikes me as the sound of young Trump voters chugging shit beer, eating burgers and wooping. So they can all go fuck themselves. Cannot imagine ever listening to this again. Still maintain a grudging fondness for PF though… mates with Bowie, after all.

Banger album. I bought this lp at a swap meet parking lot back in the late 80's for $1. There's a reason it sold over 6 million copies the year it was released. If you're unable to figure out why I doubt if I can help you. Humble Pie should have an album on here also.

Wow - step back in time! For those of us who were around (back me up) this was one of the seminal live rock albums of the late 70s. EVERYONE had this vinyl. One of the best and coolest part was Peter getting the guitar to "sing" the lyrics in "Do You Feel Like I Do"!!! Chills, man! You know what Im saying! LOL. Plus the fact that it was a trifold album cover that opened up top a full picture of Frampton. Funny thing was, no one really knew how he rated a solo live album! Best of the late 70s* [Cheap Trip Live at Buddekon... comes close] Enjoy - you will even if your first time!

I didn't realise how many Peter Frampton songs I knew. Plus this is a terrific recording.

Claaaaaaasic

Yes, its Dad (grandpa?) rock. Yes, its softer than its decade mates. Yes, its a little boring and one dimensional. But, it is not overated. It is not bad and it is not derivative. This is the peak of a classic rock concert for 1976. Less sloppy and psychedelic than the 60s, no jam segments beyond 10 minutes (except for the closer). The production on this album is still aces and the skills are worth noting for its time. This album is properly rated and you should give it a nod before you die. Go Frampton. Side note most of the songs on this album were recorded in Long Island about 20 minutes from my home. Neat.

I love live albums from this era and it always amazes me how good they sound. I only know a few Frampton songs, and they were on this album. Absolutely loved the album closer and just got the sense that this was an artist and band enjoying themselves. 4/5 Really enjoyed it.

The soundtrack of my high school years, well, at least the big four songs. The coolest kids had the double album, which I sporadically heard. Now hearing the songs again, I am impressed by their joyful energy, their exuberance, steady inventive freshness, and decided lack of polish. Go Pete!

Aggressively normal rock, but you can hear the smiles.

I'm inherently against live albums, and this one fails to impress me in any lasting way. Frampton is certainly talented and his singles are still known for good reason, but this album is better off remaining in the 70s and in Wayne's World. Call Out Your Name has some pretty good instrumentation. Not an unpleasant listen, generally. 3 stars.

Ugh. Not sure about this. I’ve heard songs from Frampton Comes Alive, but never sat down and actually listened to it. It’s purely out of spite. My brother loves this album. He seemingly listened to it for years, once a day. He just couldn’t get enough and would not shut up about it. So, as a good older brother, I took every chance to tell him it sucked and was trash. I know, it’s dumb, and petty, and wrong. But I wanted to be the one discovering new stuff for him to listen to. I think it started a war where every recommendation we made, the other said it sucked, but secretly listened to it. I came around on Pink Floyd and Springsteen. I know, I was an idiot. And he came around on a few bands I recommended. Peter Frampton just never really did it for me. I respect his guitar skills, but he kind of seemed one-hit-wonder-y with this album, and he didn’t rock hard enough for me. So, I’ll be listening to the album with unbiased ears and an open heart. Right off the bat, Something’s Happening....as in, that’s the first song, and I’m digging it. It reminds me of a KISS song, a band my brother and I both love. He was the bigger fan, but even I couldn’t resist Ace Frehley. All I Want (Is To Be By Your Side) is a delightful little pop love song. The squeals in the audience as Frampton sings tells me how popular he was at this time. He was teeny-bopper popular. Which probably explains why he isn't as popular today. It seems most teen heartthrobs don't keep their young fans over the long run. I believe it's probably because those young fans grow up and find real-life boys to fall in love with. Baby I Love Your Way is a song I just hate. I can't explain it. It's not a bad song, but it just sounds lame to me. Most of Frampton’s songs sound kind of lame to me. They’re good songs, at least good enough, but they don’t really have much bite, and this dude played with Humble Pie. Humble Pie had bite, had grit, but maybe it wasn’t from Frampton’s playing, but Steve Marriott’s singing. Meaning, I wish I’d been assigned a Humble Pie album. Track 8, I Wanna Go to the Sun, is a great tune. Frampton really comes alive on this one….get it? His solo is blistering on this song. Maybe I’m a bit too harsh on the guy. Maybe I’m placing my disdain for Eric Clapton on him a bit. Clapton is another guy who was great in bands, but as a solo artist, he’s just a pop singer. He went from being a guitar god to just a run-of-the-mill pop star. Track 9, Penny For Your Thoughts, shows off Frampton's dexterity by him picking a simple, but not so simple, acoustic ditty. This was followed by, probably, the heaviest song on the album, (I’ll Give You) Money. Great riff, but still a good pop song. This is my favorite song on the album. Great heavy riff, just straight ahead rock. Frampton covers the Rolling Stones’ Jumpin’ Jack Flash in a most Frampton way by taking all the bite out of the song. He slows it down and adds some wankery into the structure of the song. It’s not good. The only thing it’s got going for it is that it’s a song by the Stones. I will admit, I do enjoy the song Do You Feel Like We Do, not for the talkbox guitar wankery, but the lyrics are great. And the riff and the flow of the song are solid. Plus, it's in one of my all-time favorite movies, Dazed and Confused. As I finish this album, I will say I enjoyed a good bit of it. I still don’t know exactly what caused the hysteria around Frampton in the 1970s, as this album sold millions and millions of copies around the world. By the time I was in grade school, his popularity had waned quite a bit. Would I call this a must-hear album? Maybe for the historical record, but unlike my brother, I’ll probably not listen to this again, much less over and over for months.

I've been wondering when I'd get this: the biggest album I've never heard. I would see it everywhere when it first came out yet I couldn't recall hearing any Peter Frampton songs ever. Finally, I've listened to it, and I did recognize the two hits (tracks 3 & 7), and the entirety was fine, but, yeah, why? Who are the people who love Peter Frampton? Are they still alive?

Classic rock

Oh my GOD stop it with the lame live albums, just stop!!!

I feel a little more forgiving toward this album than other overlong 60-70s live albums. The self-indulgent bits are a little more interesting and it just feels a little more fun, even if it overstayed it's welcome a bit.

I mean, I listened to this for over an hour yesterday and I can't remember a thing about it today.

Ça aurait pu être sympa si ce n’était pas un live

The original inexplicably-popular-live-album-filled-with-relative-obscurities; the feeble ancestor of the slightly better "At Budokan". Given the basic nature of the material, and the fucking stupid sound effect, I can only assume this was akin to a Wiggles concert for yuppies. Dull dull dull

The crowd seemed to love it. So something good must have been happening on stage during the long tedious tracks. Good tight solos, though the "wind box' effect sounds like he's cleaning his teeth. Should have been a single album. Jumping Jack Flash is awful.

This was incredibly boring.

A 70s rock classic

I know Framptin had a long and successful career outside of this one moment in 1976, but you can stack it all up and it doesn’t equal this album. Having lived through this album, this moment in time, I can tell you it was wild. This album was literally everywhere for at least a year. It stands the test of time and the guitar licks are as good now as they ever were. Sure there’s misses (Jumping Jack Flash) but if for no other reason than “Do you feel like we do”, this album deserves to be on this list, or any list of greatest “music things”.

Something’s Happening with this album. Give this a listen and Shine On.

Stone cold classic.

My sister got this when it came out and I’d sneak into her room and listen to it. Quite the impression and holds up pretty well to time.

So far this is my favorite album! I have always loved his sound and his guitar work.

A classic listen.

Usually not fan of the live albums but this one was really cool to listen and got thrilled by it !

That's one of the best live performances ever recorded

Listened while working on my thesis poster. Finally reached a flow state 🙂‍↕️

Great live album. Musicianship on the whole performance is superb and Do You Feel Like We Do is an iconic performance and an incredible track. Up there in the Pantheon of great rock albums with Start Making Sense and Pulse in my opinion

Enjoyed this album again!

Classic 1976. It was happy music for endless possibilities. Great revisit.

Absolutely loved this, didn't realize how many Peter Frampton songs I know from my parents listening to him in my childhood. When it ended, I immediately started to replay it.

Awesome

Opening this album was a rapid emotional up and down. I balked at it being almost an hour and a half long, but then bounced back when I saw it was a live record. We haven't had an amazing live record in a while, and that's a shame. The live records have been my favorite part of this journey. I don't know much Peter Frampton. "Something's Happening" is a great start. "Show Me The Way" sounds like Daft Punk at the beginning, but he's doing it with a guitar. "Baby I Love Your Way" is a crazy famous song. I sing it sometimes. I had no idea it was by Peter Frampton. This song has 103m listens, and most other songs have a few hundred thousand. "I Wanna Go To The Sun" was awesome. Awesome shredding. "Penny For Your Thoughts" sounds like "Never Going Back Again" by Fleetwood Mac. This whole album was amazing. It was really long and I listened to it in two settings. It slapped. 9/10

Set the standard for live albums

Great guitar but a great performer. Rea rock and roll

Yes please. More like this. Brings back great memories, and it's just some great music.

I heard most of it. Whar gem.

I’ve never listened to this all the way through until now. It was most excellent.

Great live album

This is a live album that belongs on the list, gotten a few so far that were just worse versions of the artist or worse. This album is great!

Sir, that guitar is talking

Amazing!

Absolute classic. Anything less than a 5 seems wrong.

Frampers gives it real energy, and has a palpable stage charisma (it's hard not to like his bright attitude and Spinal Tap accent between tracks). The talkbox on 'Show Me the Way' is the big gimmick, but played with gusto. The track is really quite infectious; and surprisingly the talkbox only appears once more on 'Do You Feel Like We Do'. This guy must've been a big influence on The Darkness, and you've just got to embrace the sincerity of it all. This album fully earns its exclamation mark. A great live album - you can feel it's live. I've used enough superlatives here to award this the big one. Against all odds, I think it's that good.

4.5

How do I just now find out about this guy? This is fantastic stuff!

Peter Frampton is a god amongst men, holy shit. The guitar riffs man 😮‍💨

I have heard several of these tracks and recognize the album cover, but think this is the first time going all the way through. Im often not the biggest fan of live albums, but enjoy this style of jam music so this was a joy. Multiple huge hits, and the rest were still really solid, no real complaints from me.

I'm not a fan of live albums usually, but this is one of the few exceptions! The songs were great, guitar was so good and you could hear enough atmosphere without it being an album full of screaming Very enjoyable 5 ⭐️

Favorite Track: Baby I Love Your Way

My friend used to stare at his poster and cry cause she loved him so much 😆

Great

I love thos album!!

L had the vinyl shortly after it dropped and it got played frequently - especially Side B. We saw Peter perform this album live (for $5 / ticket) at UNH in 1980 and it’s just as much fun today as it was back then. Holds up well for 50 years later. L = (4.9*s) Loved it! One of the best live albums I’ve ever heard. J = (4.75*s) Actually, didn’t like this album that much when it first came out. But it got better with time and listens. Certainly brings me back to a sweet , sweet time…

Dude fucking rocks out hard

Such a jam. Wish I could have been in the audience, but I wasn't born yet.

3 of the songs were not available to listen to.

This album came out when I was in High School and instantly it was everywhere. It still sounds good. 5 stars or A-.

Solid Work

Incredible live album, some legendary tracks on here

Best Live album!

I've given worse albums 5 Stars, so this one is for the culture, and respect to a Live Album that's actually great and preferable to studio songs.

Epic album. Truly a timeless piece. Easily one of if not the best live album of all time. Should be in every collection.

I mean, it's Frampton Comes Alive, for God's sake.

Frampton’s talent cannot be denied. Live albums are tough to rate but this one is tops.

When Frampton Comes Alive was released, Peter Frampton became an instant phenomenon. Frampton had already been in Humble Pie and had several solo albums, but most listeners had never heard of him. All of a sudden, he was everywhere and the live renditions of Baby I Love Your Way and Show Me the Way were everywhere. The difference between Frampton Comes Alive and his studio albums was the energy. Live, Peter Frampton and his band showed off the musicianship and power of the leader and the band. This was especially true on the extended guitar solos and improvisations that are the hallmark of the album. Freed from the need to produce a 3-minute radio-friendly single, Peter Frampton could showcase his dynamic playing and obvious talent. The album isn't perfect, mostly because the technology of live recordings wasn't all that advanced. There is, at times, too much crowd noise (you can hear individuals shouting out), and the percussion can be muffled. None of that really matters though since the star is Frampton and his guitars. They come across crystal clear. Sadly, this was Frampton's apex. His follow-up studio albums were only "meh". He just couldn't put the lightning in the bottle. Frampton Comes Alive, however, IS 70's rock in a neat two album set.

Absolutely brilliant. Frampton is a guitar god. Fab

Наконец-то приятная, не напряжная музыка для моих ушей! Супер-хитов нет, но зато все песни ровные, провальных нет и звучат они достаточно гармонично. Это действительно один из лучших живых альбомов, которые я когда-либо слышал. Хотя всё же жаль, что в этой коллекции нет ни одного русского альбома. Тот же "Live in Moscow" группы "Браво" - как минимум не хуже (а по мне так даже лучше). 9 из 10.

Geil

Classic