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God this is shocking. ‘Baby I Love Your Way’ aside this is unbearable. I dont understand the presence of live albums (mtv unplugged aside) on this list, you may as well include hits compilations.
The words “double live album” put the fear of God in me, but this wasn’t as bad as some of the live albums I have been subjected to here. Peter Frampton is a great guitarist, and I quite like his voice. I’ve always loved this version of “Show Me the Way”, more so than the studio version. I totally forgot Frampton did the original version of “Baby, I Love Your Way” - it’s a great song, but I think Big Mountain’s version is better. “Doobie Wah”, ironically, sounds like a song by The Doobie Brothers - intentional or not, who knows, but it was funky and enjoyable. I didn’t need what felt like a 3hr long version of “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” anymore than I needed the 10min closing track and, given that I was keen for the whole thing to be over, I don’t think I am what would be considered a Frampton “fan”; however, overall, I quite liked parts of it.
I own some live albums because I enjoy the artist and therefore a live album is a great addition. But listening to a live album over a studio version when trying to do this project is often a way to really not understand why the artist is held in such regard. I will say this is clearly a "good" live album, just not really something I want to listen to. It's very long, very guitar noodly, very samey over the full runtime. But it also seems mixed pretty well for a live album so you can hear the crowd but aren't overwhelmed by it and I understand there wasn't much overdubbing to fix issues. Unfortunately for Frampton, as a 1990s teenager, Baby I Love Your Way is entirely the Big Mountain version for me. Should be a 1.5, but 2/5
When this first popped up, I was slightly intrigued, because I've heard of this album mentioned as a masterpiece, but I was also a bit worried because 1.) This project is absolutely lousy with 70s rock albums, and 2.) I don't particularly like 70s rock. I was right to be worried. I don't know why this is considered great. It's fine? I guess? I think it's famous because he does the little mouth thing that sounds like a weird harmonica but is actually through his guitar or something? I don't know, it's not that exciting. His voice is annoying, and there's nothing on here that makes me think he's some sort of guitar god like Hendrix, which kind of lets you get away with having a mediocre voice. The songs are...fine? I don't know. It's fine, I guess is the point. 2.5 stars, I guess? I'm just so sick of 70s albums I might give it 2 stars. Aw hell, it's an hour and 18 minutes. 2 stars it is. That's too goddamned long, man.
I don't like many live albums. I don't love this either but it's ok. Inoffensive I'd say. Nothing wrong with it.
i have absolutely nothing to say about it
A nice album with awesome live production, a neat selection of songs. The singing by Frampton was nice but the guitarwork caught my attention more.
Besides his hit songs, I knew two things about Peter Frampton before listening to this yesterday. 1. He was in Humble Pie and 2. He uses the talk box with his guitar. I was glad to find out that the talk box only came out for the two songs. The music is okay. It wasn’t bad and it filled the road trip I took yesterday pretty well but it wasn’t very memorable.
Surprised no one made a "Peter Crapton" joke here.
Bra, men en jävla massa publik ljud. 8/10
this is a good album
Peter still claims he beat Len Houmous in a guitar-off. Ken Chutney always reminds him that he couldn’t even beat Ken at an air guitar! 3.3 7/14 Baby, I Love Your Way
Primeiro eu fiquei: Ouvir um álbum ao vivo de um cara chamado Peter Frampton??? Mas dps ouvi o cover de Jumping Jack Flash e entendi tudo. O nome eh mto genial tbm!!
This album seems to be used more these days as a punchline to a joke than for its actual musical merits, but I really enjoyed it. It's a product of its time, for sure, but sometimes you really want to hear some quintessential 70s jams.
Pretty much the ultimate dad rock album. Some notable songs, but mostly tepid guitar playing and uncomplicated lyrics. Overall not a bad album, just kind of bland in a way. 3/5 Probably won't listen again
Absolutely love this album
The hits are famous. The rest is worth listening to. A good live album.
decent
meh
While there's nothing outright bad, there's also nothing outright good, as it's just kinda bland dad rock to my ears; plus it definitely didn't need to be 2 discs. So in 2 words: Midasaurus Rex.
Не був знайомий з творчістю цього виконавця. Лайв вдалий, хороші пісні та виконання. Приємний батя-рок вайб
Коли я вчився в інституті, то кожного місяця купував журнал класік рок. І ось в цьому журналі завжди переважно писали про батярок гурти і одні й ті самі альбоми. Звідти я власне і дізнався про фремптон камс елайв, і те що він майстер ток бокс примочки і оце все. Цей альбом постійно там називали одним з найкращих живих альбомів евер і все таке. Визнаю що він мене ніколи не вражав як щось прям неймовірно, але зараз я послухав більш уважно і мені сподобалось. Справді приємна музика, ток бокс в останній пісні забавний дуже (що в принципі теж не так і просто, бо примочка по суті дурацька). Ставлю 3.5
Perfect
Rock clásico, un tipo de la quinta de mis padres... Dame más!!! Me ha encantado!! Canciones favoritas: 'Show Me The Way', 'Baby, I Love Your Way' (era difícil no incluirlas),
Recognized some of the songs. It is ok - some kind of late 70s precursor of hard rock? Anyway, listening to it once was worthwhile but I will not be repeating the experience.
Honestly a bop of a live album. Some questionable lyrics here and there but overall enjoyed it quite a bit. Not something I payed to much attention to or would listen to again, but it had its moments. I love live albums as they capture a moment in time where people were just in the moment. 3.5/5 ⭐️ 223/1089
This is the only Peter Frampton album I know and have it even on vinyl. Mainly because it is so well known that I thought I should have it as well. But I did not play it very often. I even saw Peter Frampton live about 20 years ago on a festival but I only remember the talkbox parts as I was eagerly waiting for that. Quite amazing that this album has been ranked so high and was the best selling album of 1976 and one of the best selling live albums ever. I can name many more live albums which are just as good or better. Also listening to it today I tried to understand what made this album so amazingly famous. I knew also the album cover for many years before I ever listened to it Other reviews talk about that this is the definition of dad rock, which might be right (I am a dad so I fall in the right category ;)). I listened to it twice. First in the car and at work through my AirPods and this evening the original vinyl, which was the better experience I must say. It can also use a remaster to clean up the sound and improve the vocals in the mix. . I read on AllMusic.com that I should probably checkout the 1999 remastered version for better audio quality. The guitars are great but not all songs are strong compositions. The Stones cover Jumping Jack Flash is terrible imho. Also noted that lot of editing was done which was more common those days than currently (like also is the case with Springsteens 1975-85 live box). I must say I started to enjoy it more and more with the second listen today and the last two songs are really great, especially the talkbox solo in "Do you feel like we do" was a great listen. So instead of 3 I will give it 4 stars.
I liked it! A couple songs on there that I actually knew, and the music was really good.
Some really good guitar, but every time I was starting to feel this album, it got too soft for me.
Frampton's music sounds like normal 70s singer-songwriter esque rock.
THE live album of the 1970s that sounds like a pretty good concert.
Blegh. Overkill. Clearly talented, yes, but this is not for me.
Maybe this was successful because it helped proved Frampton was "actually a really good musician" -- he is a true blue shred devil all over this album. But what an absolute chore to listen to.
Live album - hit after hit and a ton more to love
An iconic record. It’s hard for me to call it one of the “best” live albums ever… I mean there are some fantastic guitar solos and the closing track Do You Feel The Way We Feel is tremendous, I’m just not sure Frampton’s songs are the strongest. That said it is a well performed selection of live tracks and it obviously resonated with millions of people in the 1970’s.
The album on the whole is kinda meh for me. However, long before listening to this I would find myself humming "Baby, I Love Your Way" to myself, unaware it was a Frampton song. So it clearly had some cultural impact.
This is what people mean by Dad-Rock ! Admittedly, it's not great. Instrumentally, Frampton proves to be a great guitarist, but that isn't everything that makes music enjoyable. The lyrics aren't good at all, they lack any real meaning and aren't creative. However, the guitar solos are brilliant and there is obvious talent present on this album, these are the only things that stops this album from being weak though!
nice enough
Not bad for a live album. Solid 2.5
Inoffensive. Low stakes. I bet this sounds great in the garage with a cold beer and a joint.
Ahhh the infamous Frampton Comes Alive, a staple of every used record store bin. No longer Dad Rock this is Grandpa Rock and that’s fine but felt very classic rock radio. Good performance but missing the really interesting and bite that I’m looking for.
Already listened
I like the album and great guitars, but it also felt one note. Do You Feel Like We Do is exceptional, though.
p372. 1976. 1 star. The epitome of big haired, open shirted, excessive mid 70s wankage. A live double album of bland, generic stadium rock, redeemed only by decent guitar work. And there is a closing 14+ minute monstrosity. Fuck no.
A classic of the boomer rock genre (complimentary).
Decent change of pace. Album overall feels hollow, some catchy tunes maybe but nothing that feels meaningful. The highlight here is some of the guitar playing, this guy certainly holds his own
Hmm. Elevator music. Why does this exist? "Baby, I Love Your Way" is probably the only song worth listening to once. That's it. "It is one of the best-selling live albums in the United States." What the fuck is wrong with you, USA?
This went way above my expectations as a live dad rock album, but I really dig the guitarwork in this, so much so that I'm giving it an above average rating.
from a frontloaded album to a backloaded one, or maybe my attention span just kicked in more on the second disc. i have a passive comfy response to a lot of elements here, tho for my pop rock/aor tastes it aint nearly synthy enough. but i did struggle to care about most of the songwriting,,,its not too loose or mushy for the most part, but its still mostly a vehicle for the performances in a way that makes me understand why this record is the man's main legacy by far. theres nothing wrong with being more of a live performer than anything else but i do pause a bit when i get the feeling of "yeah, if this wasnt benefiting from the live energy/atmosphere it would lose whatever impression its leaving on me". still nothing to be mad about, its clearly a high quality show and it didnt even rly feel its length to me...there's almost always Something going on to grab onto if u so wish. probably my new favorite mega-selling album where the longest most ambitious track devolves into a lengthy talkbox solo.
A better guitarist than he gets credit for. Talk box sighting!
An album that I have known about for forty years and thought I'd never listened to any of the songs. But it turns out I know all of them through cultural osmosis. I didn't really live through the seventies, but this album is how I imagine it felt.
Boring
This album is a true time capsule. A true product of the mid-70's. It is actually baffling it became as huge as it did. I mean, it is fun and well-performed, but doesn't do anything remarkable musically. Maybe the experiencing it live was different? I don't know, it seems like there's some context missing here. Does anyone even know any of Frampton's other releases? Or even the studio versions of the songs from this? It truly seems like Frampton begins and ends with this live album. Frampton really comes Alive! here, only for him immediately come unalive for the rest of his career. Key tracks: Show Me the Way Baby I Love Your Way
I wasn't feeling this album at first, it was an extremely underwhelming opening. Then I looked at the tracklist and realized that the opening song (as well as several others) were missing on spotify. There's another version on there which has all the tracks, and listening to that it feels a lot more natural. As for the album itself, I didn't really feel like I was listening to something special for the first half. Things picked up in the second half of the album, but it still felt like a lot of filler. There also weren't very many moments where I felt like this being a live album added to the experience, although "Do You Feel Like We Do" is probably worth the price of admission here. In the end it is a decent album with some pretty good songs (most of which are left off the version on the link provided here), but nothing too groundbreaking. It could be better with some tweaks to the song list (and maybe with some studio recordings), but there's a lot of albums on this list so I guess it is fine for some meat-and-potatoes albums like this to end up here. Favorite track: "Do You Feel Like We Do" or "(I'll Give You) Money"
This is aggressively normal 70’s rock with two or three bangers and guitar solos that showcase Frampton’s chops. Frampton Comes Alive was a mainstay for folks slightly older than me, so I heard it a lot growing up. Good memories, and I always liked what he does with a vocoder. 3.75⭐️
One of the great live rock albums. I view this more like a greatest hits album.
Great childhood memory
This is electric. So good. High 5. Not the most iconic, but still really good!
Fine listen
Could be a 5 if the audience wasn’t clapping on 1 and 3 the whole time. Ts pmo
Loved the music and performance I would have just much preferred a studio album of the same songs
Solid 70s Rock
Frampton…ya got me. I feel like the biggest dummy for not knowing this was a live album. DOH!
What a terrible album (cover)
Did not enjoy
I did not like this
Bom disco ao vivo, captado no melhor momento da banda e de Frampton, de sucesso surpreendente na época, para um disco duplo, com vários hits.
Não curto muito álbum ao vivo assim, e pareceu muito genérico. É ok.
Mid Atlantic American rock. Inoffensive but dull.
is it a mind-blowing live album? no not really. is it fun? yeah. is it one of the most iconic live albums of all time? yeah. give in and let yourself be a 1970s teenybopper for an hour
Ca réinvente pas la roue, mais on passe un bon moment.
I did not enjoy this but at least now I get the Simpsons reference!
Very fun live album but not too much else. There's only so much Frampton I can take, if I'm being totally honest. The talkbox stuff was cool, the fact he played "Baby, I Love Your Way" took me off guard (Especially since it was randomly in my head just before), and the crowd seemed to be having fun. Pretty good, not brilliant. Favourite track: I Wanna Go To The Sun Least favourite track: Shine On
I'm sorry Mr. Frampton... I never heard of you. Then "Baby, I love your way" came and I realized that I DO know you. Rest js pretty good too.
There’s room in this world for good guitar based AOR.
Most of this album was really good guitar solos over songs that are just okay, but Do You Feel Like We Do pushes it to a 4.
sounds like it was a good show... but the songs were boring, sorry
“Have I seen this one before? 'Frampton Comes Alive'? Everybody in the world has 'Frampton Comes Alive.' If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of 'Tide.'"
A bit biased as this came out in my high school years. It was played at every party. Is it one of the greatest albums ever made? Some 50 years ago I would have said yes. Today after 50 years of great music, it seems just a bit better than average.
Listened previously. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Good - Frampton is clearly a good guitar player but I find this a very humdrum, by the number example of classic 70s rock. Now that is one of my favourite genres so I still like the album but it can't compare to the other titanic records of the era. All I Want To Be is the first softer moment and it works really well. Baby, I Love Your Way is also great. The Stones cover is fun but obviously doesn't touch the sides compared to the original. A good album but too generic to be truly great.
Love the talk box, guitarwork and the keys! Very fun and the slower songs are quite nice!
Frampton gets some decent tone out of his Les Paul electric guitar and the distinctly 70s keyboards are cool but the nondescript songs and Frampton's subpar singing voice make this collection a real slog to get through.
I remember my parents playing this when I was younger. It hasn't gotten any better from when I was forced to listen to this when I was younger.
A lot of reviews out here bitching about a pretty solid live rock album... I'll be listening to this again, and probably adding it to my personal collection ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Eh, this is fine. A little boring actually. Frampton's not that great of a singer. I do like Baby I Love Your Way though.
generic rock achtig maar zitten wel een aantal leuke nummers tussen
This keeps alive my theory that no live album deserves to be on here. There might be some in existence but I can't remember them. Sure, some of these songs are nice. But you wouldn't not talk to your friends at this concert would you.
Easy listening. High 3
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There's no denying the classic status of Frampton Comes Alive... this is more for Boomers, though. Not an aging GenX'er like myself. It's still good, though.
I thought I'd love this, but time goes on...
Un álbum muy de papá.
Just for the title and cover along, I knew what to expect, and damn if I was correct. This live recording is an hour and twenty minutes compilation of boring and uninteresting pop/hard rock of the 70's. Mediocre melodies, corny lyrics, void solos, melodramatic ballads and unnecessary long songs (just the three last tracks are a forth part of the whole). I genuinely can't think of anything that makes this album different from any other of this style. In addition, there were a couple of lines in "It's a Plain Shame" that caught my attention, and not in a positive way. What do you mean "I Wanna be molested, I don't care how old you are" ? I'll admit that I wasn't really paying attention to all he was saying, but I highly doubt there is enough context to make the verse not sound creepy. At least I don't hate it as much as other experiences I had with this style of music, although it is incredibly forgettable and lacking in personality.
64/100. For sure a mixed bag, it has glimpses of some excellent riffs and good songs. The main problem for me was that 80 minutes of soft rock doesn't make for the most engaging listening experience. Two tracks I really enjoyed were Doobie Wah, it stood out, bit of a funkier bass and guitar, probably the most fun song for me on the album, and Show Me The Way which is just great. To be fair, Do You Feel Like We Do is a pretty good closer to the album as well. One of the best things on this release is the sound quality. The recording is really good and captures a lot of the atmosphere sound you'd want from a live album without sacrificing clarity. I think it's kind of surprising that this is in the top 10 best selling live albums of all time, wouldn't be in my top 10 favorite live albums for sure, but it's an interesting detail about this album.
This album is a double-edged sword because it has a handful of tracks that are pretty good, but the rest of it really just annoys me. One reason why is because my father used to play this album a lot when I was a kid, and it was one of his least impressive albums that he would like to play, so I always had to listen to it. Secondly, I really associate this type of live album with your typical run-of-the-mill album that always seems to be playing in the background at a musical instrument store, especially with the sounds of the audience. Although it has tracks that I can’t deny are pretty good, it’s an album I will probably never go back to because I was burned out on it the first few times my father played it when I was a kid.
I've heard of him but I wouldn't be able to tell you a single song from him. I was already lowkey meh about listening to the album but became even more disappointed upon learning that this is a DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM. I'm still mad this list includes so many live albums but not Stop Making Sense. One thing I've learned from listening to this Frampton album is that I actually do know one song from him (Baby I Love Your Way). And that's it, the rest was not very interesting 2/5
A decent rock album though the audio quality could be better. Frampton has a good singing voice, but it sometimes feels like he put the emphasis on the wrong word. My favorite track was "All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)". These live albums need to stop putting the word "Alive" in their titles. It's not clever if everyone does it.
Sadly boring.
A teen idol puts out a live album that adequately captures a lot of what was going on with 70’s soft rock, with sprinklings of copies of much better bands, and sells a billion copies. Good for him I guess, but I’d prefer listening to Wings.
Classic live album. I listened to the 35th anniversary deluxe version. Love it and it’ll certainly find its way through my earbuds more. I love the extended versions and interpretations of songs and all that comes with a live album - the energy and crowd interaction and all.
Saturday, 4 July, 2026 Classic American album from a Brit. It’s good and fine. Nothing all that interesting, or offending. “Do you feel like we do” is unsurprisingly the highlight.
This is how you do a live album, the songs really feel like reimagined versions. Not every one was a banger but the highs were very high
"Is that Peter fucking Frampton!?"
Great album, he did this at 26 it's mind blowing
3.0 - Ok
It was ok
It's got the hits but the stuff between is also super solid. Great voice, shreds the guitar and great hair.
Ik doe mijn werk, Peer doet zijn werk. Af en toe juicht het publiek. Ik weet niet zeker of dat voor Peter of voor mij is. Na een tijdje zit zijn werk erop en mag ik nog zo'n 6,5 uur. Zeker niet het vervelendste album om aan te hebben staan en de man kan een zeer aardig potje gitaarspelen, maar het doet me ook niet super veel. Sterretje of 3,5. Ik denk dat ik het opwaardeer naar 4 gezien de twee albums die ik hiervoor had. Dan is dit eigenlijk wel een zegen.
I didn’t know all this about Peter Frampton. Healthy helping of rock n roll 🙏 enjoyed
its cute, i liked it but it again, didn't feel very special
foi uma experiencia divertida. porém nao revisitaria o album. achei um rock mediano. divertido, legal de ouvir, mas nada de stunning. tem um solo bem bacana em ill give you money e a ultima faixa teve aquele talk box bem diferenciado. também reconheci "baby i love your way", conhecia da banda big mountain. nota 6,0
Man, did people love the talk box! Before the auto-tuner and T-Pain or Cher, there was the talk box and when you hooked it up to your guitar t made the craziest sound. People couldn't get enough of it.
Great example of 70's rock and an outstanding, legendary live performance. Guitar innovation technology is also featured here with Bob Heil's talk box, and Frampton's mastery of it. This was cutting edge! Fantastic performance of a musician in his prime that (mostly) aged really well.
If you're a white man getting impatient about if you're gonna have grandkids, there's a chance you point to this record as your justification for live albums being a necessity. Speaking of the dad rock musical zeitgeist, does "Doobie Wah" just coincidentally share the opening riff of the Doobie Brother's "Listen To Te Music"? Does anyone else hear that? I'm not seeing any comment sections talking about it, no whosampled references. Surely I'm not the only one? The rest is all just fine. Earnest performances, a few household hits. Varied but normal instrumentation until he brings out the talkbox on the closing track, which was a revered, mythologized track in the house I grew up in. He might as well have been using magic to make the guitar speak like that. Though this listening experience bumped the record down a few pegs, there's nothing overtly bad about it. Decent writing that dries up after a bit, innovative guitar playing. Soft 3/5
Holy cow! You couldn't escape this album in '76, it was everywhere. Still a damn good album and kinda changed the landscape for live albums to come.
Listening session: june 23th, while flying back from Sicily Listened to before: heard one song before Thoughts: okay he’s not the greatest singer ever, but this album was a pleasant surprise. I really like the guitar solos and the talking box sound effects. Not every song is memorable, but there are a few great tracks on this album Favourite tracks: Show Me The Way, Lines On My Face & Do You Feel Like We Do
This was pretty alright. I liked what GPT said about it being one of the first live albums. "is one of the big “live album as cultural event” records. It is not just on the list because Peter Frampton played well live; it is there because this album became absolutely massive and helped define the idea that a live record could be the definitive version of an artist." Of course I loved Show me the Way, Baby I Love Your Way. 3 stars.
I consdier this a quintessential vinyl record. As in: everyone has it, it's iconic on it's cover, and honestly it's just pretty good.
This is a fine record, good performance, solid pop rock, Frampton is a solid player and has a pleasant tone to his voice and plays a solid blues rock guitar. It's all fine. I don't know how this was the biggest record of 1976 or one of the biggest selling live records of all time. But I enjoyed it. It's fine
there's dad rock and then there's parent rock. this is parent rock. Fun in spurts but whew
Light 3,5
It’s fine and it’s cool that he came alive but how many live double albums do I have to hear before I die, really…….
i really dont get it and its SO long... i can see someone's dad listening to this in the garage tho...
Dad rock (or grandpa rock at this point) central. Frampton breaks out his signature Framptone in this one, but doesn’t overdo it at all, which is incredible given the notoriety of his eponymous talk box (which you can still buy today, 50 years later!) It’s a decent live album, though the tracking balance is a bit off for the drums and bass. It flows between some harder riff based rock and easy listening soft rock all the way to some really jammy stuff that definitely was an influence on jam bands to come later like Phish. Modern bands like Goose owe much to Frampton, too. I was familiar with a number of these songs. Show Me The Way, Baby I Love Your Way, I’ll Give You Money especially I’ve heard on the radio plenty in the past. But the crescendo comes at the denouement- Peter makes you wait for the 14 minute finale (after making you suffer through a boring jammy version of Jumpin Jack Flash {how does he drain all the energy out of it and make it 7 minutes long?}) DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO- the most famous usage of the Framptone, and a great guitar solo on top of it. He saved the best for last, and clearly it hit with audiences, because this was the best selling album of 1976. No Eagles? No Bob Seger? No Boston?? Long live the Framptone, king of ‘76 I guess. ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Good rock album. I liked that it was live, made it extra fun
I own this one. Now I remember why I hadn't bothered spinning it for years. It's honestly a lot more boring than I remembered
me opening 1001albumsgenerator.com today "is that peter fucking frmpton?"
The singular showcase album for one of the greatest guitarists ever. Such smooth, lyrical, and expressive playing- he makes the instrument sound so cool. "Do You Feel Like We Do" remains one of the greatest songs ever for me- a legendary 14-minutes of 70s rock heaven. There are some ludicrous and laughable reviews on this website complaining that it's a live album as if that's a bad thing? The dynamism and sparks of energy exuding from these songs are made possible because it's a live album!
Unlike some reviewers, I actually don’t mind live albums. The cheering, clapping, whistling, and general crowd noise can make the whole thing feel more alive, and in this case, that really works in its favor. Frampton Comes Alive! has such a strong live-album identity that it’s honestly hard to imagine some of these hits as regular studio recordings, especially when the live versions are the ones that feel burned into classic rock history. That said, a lot of the album still sits comfortably in typical ’70s rock territory, with some solid tempo changes and enough energy to keep things moving. I was hoping for a little more talk box action, though. Only two songs? Come on, Peter, don’t tease the robot guitar and then not use it again until the end. Overall, it’s a decent live rock album with a fun crowd, some strong moments, and just enough charm to understand why it became such a big deal.
Bit of an odd one this. For the first hour or so, you get a decent rock concert. Songs like Baby I Love Your Way and Something's Happening, bit bluesy, bit funky, bit rocky, talented guitarist. But nothing to really stick the album's place in the 1001. So, is it reasonable that the last song on the album, Do You Feel Like I Do - which is itself pretty unremarkable for the first 3 and a half minutes - earns it a place? I'd certainly never heard anything like the use of a talk box played through a guitar, especially in the mid 70s, so this is an intriguing listen. However, for my taste, this is the only real stand out. Nothing bad about the rest (although Jumpin Jack Flash isn't the most flattering cover) but nothing particularly memorable. The talk box pushes a middling 2 star album into the 3 star heights!
Man, what a closer. The rest of this I could do without. Surprised the Talk Box didn’t take off, pretty cool. I think it just looks too dumb. My Dad always rails against this album for the mixing and crowd noise but I still don’t really get that complaint. Sounds lively and doesn’t take away from the music. Great guitar playing.
Not a frampton guy. Obviously a great guitar player but there just something too polished and 70s about him that loses me. I like baby I love your way but the rest is just ok.
Maybe my earliest Rock memory and certainly my first live album. My Dad loved this album and would always stand up for Do You Feel Like We Do when we tried to throw shade. I remember being a kid in the back of our suburban listening to the talk box solo and HATING it. He never changed the song. Sometime in high school I started to find the solos interesting. By college, I had completed a full 180. These days, I look forward to Bob Mayo’s solo and the end of the talk box solo (where Peter pulls the tube out of his mouth and solos without it — if you haven’t seen it, his interview with Rick Beato is super informative/entertaining) Bold claim. I dont think there is a better live album for non-jazz/jam bands. This is it. The best crowd, diverse tracks, knockout solos, amazing hang time. 11/10
I love this album so much. He’s just such a monster guitar player, I love playing that effortlessly switches from rhythm to lead lines all while singing. And the tone is perfect. The whole band is so tight and fun. Less fun: I’ve been following Frampton a little more recently and learned a few years ago that he has a degenerative muscle disease and lost a lot of his ability to play over the last few years. Should I mention, as I too often do, that my intro to Pete was through the Phish live album Hampton Comes Alive (recorded at Hampton Coliseum)? Also a really great collection and clearly so much influence and overlap between Frampton/Trey/Phish in composition, style, and live energy.
Great memories
The cultural phenomenon, particularly in the USA of the 70s live rock album is just fascinating. I kind of understand the “raw, authentic” vs the what was becoming polished studio sound argument, but I just don’t understand why they were bigger than anything else at the time. Heard of this, first time hearing though. And it’s exactly what expected, either in a good or bad way. The guitar is king, vocals are basic and sometimes strained. Energy stands in for mostly anything nuanced. Arrangements are rock arena basic and not exactly a live recording of the Berlin symphony. You get I’m guessing a back door greatest hits package? Songs appear ok. It’s light fun, pretty inoffensive, cultural middle ground arena softish rock, it’s too long if you’re not really interested and have no real reference to any of it. Yeah it’s cultural significance ( well in the US) so hearing it is probably relevant, in contemporary interviews on youtube etc he seems like a dedicated and decent guy so glad it worked for him, know most of this is negative but thats morethe live rock arena album as a whole, it's ok, 3 Star
Double albums and live albums are both things I can live without. This surprisingly manages to swerve the ultra bagginess and specific knowledge of doubles and live albums. However, it is a little loose in places but it’s saved by the fact that the key songs Baby I love your way and the singles are so well known it’s surprisingly universal for a live albums. Yeah, I could have done without the 2 minute acoustic fiddling but it’s an enjoyable and not painful way to spend an hour
Not bad at all, maybe. Cheating though, it's kind of a greatest hits, so lose a point for that! 3.
I've been pretty tough on live albums this far, but the original version of this live album had enough good moments and an interesting close that made it a fairly good listen. 3/5
I know Frampton Comes Alive has its detractors but for those who listened to the albums these songs came off, there is almost no argument the versions on these albums aren't better versions. I still find it somewhat difficult to believe most of this album is "live," but I will have to take Frampton's word for it. I find it interesting how Frampton Comes Alive is so different from the other popular live album (Cheap Trick, Live at Budokan) during this period. Live at Budokan comes in, rips your face off for 35 minutes and then just goes away. Frampton Comes Alive comes in, puts its feet on your couch, asks for a glass of tea and then provides to spend almost 80 minutes lounging around. Different vibes on each. It's hard for me to pick a list of favorite songs here, as Frampton and his band are so tight that even the songs I don't particularly care for are still good songs. I did not need a cover of Jumpin' Jack Flash, but I also am not going to skip that track. Love it or hate it, this album deserves a place on the list.
Such a great live album. The performances are clear and well done, the sound is awesome. Just a great showcase of what a live album should be if you ask me.
one of those live performances I wish I was there for!
I always felt the three hits on this album were over played and the artist was generally overrated. That said, the innovation, creativity, impact, and influence do need to be acknowledged. The album has a lot of filler outside the hits, but it plays through and flows well. The epic “Do you feel like we do”, certainly takes you on a journey, and it is a journey that holds up. This is a solid 7/10 for me but giving it the round up for impact.
Growing up when this was released I remember not liking the hits from it being constantly played on the radio. Like…at all. I easily turned the dial and found solace in better live albums like KISS Alive II or Cheap Trick’s Live at Budokan. I just never understood how this guy was so popular. This many years later I can give it a bit more credit. The band is tight. There are moments where he does some decent shredding. But, I guess to me Frampton has always been just a good example of average rock from the 70s.
Solid listen. Certainly know the Frampton hits but good going a little deeper. Dude can rock and has some nice flow. On doing the least amount of research as possible, I realize this live album was his breakout, and the band sounds great…but I really struggle going high for live albums (which are basically greatest hits). Maybe I’d go higher if this was a studio album (although might lose some of the flare) but sticking with a 3.0
Death: (Appearing in Peter Frampton’s bedroom while he is sleeping) Peter...? Peter Frampton...? Peter Frampton: (Wakes up, startled) Ah! I’m too young to die! Are you sure you’re not supposed to be at Keith Richards’ house? Death: Alright, if you want to live, come with mend bring that thing that makes your guitar go... wah... wah-wah-wah-wah-wahhhhh. 3.5/5
I want to like this album but so much is just bland to me. I can tell they are all great musicians but the songs aren’t reaching me.
Bright, kind dad rock with cool guitar solos
Nope, did not like. Except for Baby I love your way
The ultimate dad-rock album, and I'm here for it.
enjoyed, nothing crazy 3.5?
I enjoy a little Frampton but this album feels like it should be titled "Least Great Hits".. Nothing terrible but nothing that stands out either.
3.07
Actualy enjoyed this quite a bit! It’s a little tame but great composition, it moves forward and is fun!
🥱 Here's another talented musician making music—that I don't give a shit about!
Para mí escuchar ese álbum, fue una experiencia, lo disfruté bastante y creo que para escuchar este álbum hay que responder la pregunta me hubiera gustado estar ahí y por supuesto que sí me impresiona la nitidez de la voz del artista, la nitidez de la banda como tal, realmente un álbum y una experiencia muy bonita
Amazing!
iconic live album for its time
I freaking loved it man. I can't believe how much it reminds me of John Mayers work. It's such a fun time.
The ultimate dad on a yacht rock album. I can see the socks and sandals now. 3/5
did a double take at the line "let's get arrested, wanna be molested? who cares how old you are?" and i'm afraid that's gonna cost peter a star. but the cool talkbox tech gets another star back to make him completely average
3.5
Peter Frampton barely Alive should be the title.
I didn't recognize the name, but I knew the clearly famous "baby. I love your way" (assuming that's not a cover or something.) like many 70s pop albums we've heard, this was soulful and had high-quality instrumentation as well as harmonic richness, but that is part for the course for the 70s, and with that context, I think the best thing I can say about this album is that it's pretty good! I think this is one of those cases were the most popular song on the album is in fact the most memorable, although I also liked "penny for your thoughts," the short acoustic guitar piece
This one came out in 1976, and was very big that year. My impression was (and is) that it was very popular with people 10 or 20 years older than me. Along with The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac, it sort of epitomized (mid-) 70s music -- ok, but kinda lame (and a big drop-off from the excellent popular music of the late 60s and early 70s). Over time, I've come to appreciate them a bit more, but still mostly feel the same ("no, sir, I do NOT feel like you do"). And it's a double album, which is more than I want. 3 of the songs were hits, which would make me want to change the station -- Show Me, Baby I Love, and Do You Feel -- and that's pretty much all I knew of Frampton until now. So, how to rate? It's not a 1 (it's not TERRIBLE), and it's definitely not a 4 or a 5. I think I have to go with a 2, rather than a 3, because a) it's too long (and kinda boring), b) it represents/epitomizes the suckificaton of popular music in the mid-70s, replacing the excellence of the late 60s and early 70s with this pabulum ("bland, unoriginal, or simplistic writing [or MUSIC!] that provides very little real substance"). (But, ok, I'll admit, once in a blue moon, I wouldn't mind hearing "Baby, I Love Your Way," lol.)
some good guitar solos and talk box I don't really care for live albums though. Also the songs are mostly just ok. Fairly fun listen
Great album with a great musician. The live versions are really nice!
Boring is worse than bad and it was soooooo dull.
Classic Rock all sounds the same to me. Too long, too many solos. At least the live recording sounds good. Also, „Let’s get arrested, want to be molested. Who cares about how old you are.“ is a perfectly acceptable lyric in 1976 apparently…
Surprisingly solid live album with great guitar picking
This is one of those artists who clearly was influential and had great success, but today just sounds mid to me. In a live album context doubly so.
I mean sure it has it's moments of guitar brilliance, but overall not overly exciting, always hated the "mouth wah-wah" effect shite (it hasn't aged well I think personally), a few good tracks (some spoiled by the wah-wah crap), ⭐⭐⭐
mfw i get framped on
My parents had this on vinyl and I always remember flicking through the collection and coming to this and thinking what a shit cover it was. The music is fine, but it’s no different than any of the other 70s rock on here and therefore probably shouldn’t be on the list. One for the genre would be enough since it all sounds the same.
Amazing guitar and great live album, although the songs themselves aren't anything to write home about.
This was okay, guys. From reading the reviews I can see that a majority of the people who are rating it 5 stars or even 4 stars are the ones that actually saw it live. I think it seems that this album is definitely an important one but I don't think that listening to it on spotify through my phone speakers captures the importance. It seems he was a very good performer as well as an admirable one, but unfortunately I had not been conceived yet as my mother had not been conceived yet, so I cannot relish in this experience. This leaves me at the fact that even though this was probably a very influential album for many, that I cannot rate it more than a 2. A 2 and not a 1 because a 1 is for the albums that are absolute dogshit and shouldn't exist. I think this has a place it's just not interesting or important enough to have a place in my head. Cannot give points for sentiments.
I feel like this is an album you need to listen to once before you die and only once. 3/5
I was expecting more from this
One of the biggest rock records of the 1970s, Frampton does a little bit of everything stereotypical of the rock and roll showman pre-Disco era explosion: short and sweet blues jams, a strange song that brings up molestation, bland and boring love songs/ballads and long jammy solos with a guitar trick that makes the guitarist stand out; in this case it's a talkbox. The middle of this album is a bit of a slug that begins to heat up again around the solo of I Wanna Go to the Sun. The real good meat juice to Frampton Comes Alive is in the final quarter, where the rocking is up to a T for the most part. The biggest charm of the album is the hits it produced: Show Me The Way/ Baby I Love Your Way/Do You Feel Like We Do are classic dad rock, the latter a favorite with Radio DJs (RIP iconic job would've loved to have had one before corporate radio ruined everything) who needed to take a fat shit. There's not a lot that trickles down from that top, but stuff like the Jumpin Jack Flash cover and I Wanna Go To The Sun are fine and alright in that order. When this record was out, people couldn't get enough out of every song. I think it's at the point where aside from the biggest hits and stuff like Shine On/Jumping Jack Flash and the opening two songs, it feels a bit bloated. It is a Double LP so maybe that's to be expected, but then I think of another great live record in UFO's Strangers In The Night (not on the list but it should be) where the filler is pretty minimal. I don't think DYFLWD is bloated in any sense of being a long song, but it's surrounded by various 3-7 minute songs that are fine at best and boring at worst. Overall, Frampton Comes Alive a classic that is really the only inclusion of Peter Frampton on the list. I was thinking Humble Pie could've slipped in somewhere with all the other 70s rock on the list, but surprisingly they're not there. Your parents or grandparents probably fucked to this record, so it was a good soundtrack for that.
6 - fine
It’s good, it was huge, it’s not for me.
This is a highly regarded and commercially successful live album from the 70's. There are couple of great songs, but the album is average. Pitchfork: n/a Rolling Stone: n/a Best Songs Show Me The Way Baby, I Love Your Way
A good live album, howver never explored his catologue further.
hmm ... sounded pretty good, a little samey, very frampton.
Pretty fine for a double live album. 2.5
dad rock but with crazy good riffs
Pretty solid stuff with a few songs I recognised, but with few exceptions I really am not crazy about live albums (or indeed double albums). 3.5
I thought I'd like it, but this type of music sounds generic. The first song was good around the chorus, but eh. It's not really unique or memorable.
Ikinä kuullu ennen mut hyvä setti oli!!
Thought I would enjoy this more. It’s fine but I got a bit bored.
this is fun and catchy, and you're wrong, Mark.
There's a point on this record where motherfucker shouts out "How 'bout some rock n' roll?" Problem is that "Do You Feel Like We Do" is the only song that even seems to understand that live music can even approach the concept of kicking some ass (it barely does, and that's the only reason this snoozefest is getting two stars). By the way, this record is a perfect argument for editing out all crowd noise from live albums. It's like these folks watched some comedy bit about how white people always clap on the 1 and 3, so these morons decided to clap on the 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Your hands are gonna get sore, fam.
another one of these like half pointless live albums that i wonder why live albums are allowed on the list. at least this album has a hit on it so it wasn't all trash
Such a seventies guitar sound that resonates throughout the whole album. The two great hits are definitely the album's highlights, but it gets a little repetitive by the end. Good live album overall.
I almost forgot to listen to it as I thought it was Friday yesterday. "Frampton Comes Alive"'s title suits it, with the songs being full of energy. It must've been fun to watch it live. As far as I can see, there are no duds on "Frampton Comes Alive". "Do You Feel Like We Do" is a tad too long; lengthy songs tend to be the Grateful Dead's speciality. 4 stars for "Frampton Comes Alive".
It’s alreet.
Classic, pure and simple
I think this record is pretty fantastic. Some really great songs and fantastic guitar work including the famous talkbox stuff.
A live double album from one of the greatest guitarists to pick up an axe. Whether or not one likes the classic rock sound, and there really isn’t much new here is that respect, it is hard to not be impressed with the tones Frampton can create from the guitar. For me, this record, and for too long Frampton himself, suffers from too much play on the radio, and just about everywhere else for years. Not his fault, but even great music suffers from too much repetition. Alive is not Frampton’s best record, that honor belongs to Fingerprints. Frampton himself believed that this record damaged his reputation as a musician. However, the record was the best-selling album of 1976 and one of the best-selling live albums ever released. It also captures the zeitgeist of rock’s peak. This is a prototypical rock record that absolutely deserves a place on any list of the most important albums in modern music. Including this one. That said, the fact that this is a prototypical rock record is what holds it back from being a masterpiece. The sounds are so familiar that, beyond the aforementioned outstanding guitar riffs, there isn’t anything that I find especially compelling. Despite that, the guitar work, alongside a tight accompanying band, are sufficient for me to conclude that this is a perfectly fine rock album. For those skeptical of Framton, check out his work from the early 00's. It gets better, much better.
I can't possibly eat all this watermelon.
what am i supposed to be saying about this - it was fine
Dull
Song were good and the guitar playing was even better.
01) Introduction/Something's Happening - / 02) Doobie Wah - 7,5 03) Show Me the Way - 7,5 04) It's a Plain Shame - 7,0 05) All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side) - / 06) Wind of Change - 7,0 07) Baby, I Love Your Way - 10,0 08) I Wanna Go to the Sun - 7,0 09) Penny for Your Thoughts - 7,5 10) (I'll Give You) Money - 7,0 11) Shine On - 7,0 12) Jumpin' Jack Flash - / 13) Lines on My Face- 7,0 14) Do You Feel Like We Do - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,45 (75/100) Current ranking: 378/900
Great live album. Don't really care for live performances that much but that was great.
I'm so tired of this album... Very competent musicians and solid hooks, but my god is it so middle of the road.
Fuckin banger mare
I don't get this. I will never get this. It sold how many albus? This is the /michaelbluthher.gif of albums.
Fik ikke hørt
I really enjoyed this, kinda reminded me of bowie, didn't love every song, but also wouldn't mind listening to the full album
3.5 Favorite song: it's a plain shame
This is #day627 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… how about another live album? As I've mentioned before, I'm generally all for them, but I'm afraid not in this case. I mean, the music is… fine, mid-'70s blues rock and all that, but it feels oh so underwhelming. This isn't the best start to the week. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day628.
I mean, if you gotta have a live album on the list it’s gotta be THE live album.
album rock super classico e anche abbastanza noioso, non aggiunge nulla al rock più vecchio
Maybe I should stop saying I don't like live albums.
It's Peter Frampton! Of course it's good. Live he is spot on and this album covers all the best of his songs. Maybe I will circle through more of his albums.
4/5
I feel like I knock out 3’s a lot on here but not all 3’s are the same. This album is a quintessential “strong 3” it’s better than lots of other 3’s but it would need a reasonable amount of improvement to be a 4. I like PF, he seems like a good chap, he has some catchy tunes, the live format suits well as it gives some more dynamism to his tracks and allows him to show some guitar chops but it’s over long and suffers from being a bit bland in parts. Pete can take solace that he has crept on to the safe side of average, he is the middle of the middle, he has a safety blanket to protect him from relegation to a 2, he can relax and know that he hasn’t embarrassed himself, he is above and below 2/5 of the field. He also definitely pumped Justin Hawkins from the Darkness’s maw at some point too. 3.0
It's a decent 3 this and almost a 4 There's some good songs on it and I always think this kind of music can be more interesting live than in the studio. Guitar playing is really good. That being said, it gets very samey after a while.
When I was a nipper, everyone's dad had this record. My dad had it. I never listened to it. I'm glad I didn't because this was some lame shit.
Pretty cool album. Don't remember a lot, but Jumping Jack Flash was my favorite and some parts of Lines on My Face was good too. I like the energy from the recordings a lot. 6.3/10
Was Peter Frampton dead?
Yes it’s dated. Yes it’s corporate rock. But Peter Frampton puts on a good show here, and the songs are warm, memorable and accessible.
music is love
Listened in the car. Just as I was complaining on another review about how many live albums are on this list yet another one comes my way. I really don't like them and the fact that they're basically greatest hits albums should disqualify them from being on this list. However I did find myself whistling along to these infectious tunes. This is definitely my Dad's music but that doesn't mean it's bad, just boring. I did really enjoy his talk box solos a lot. Those were cool.
Eh not sure I get the hype
Okay, so I knew Show Me The Way and Baby I Love Your Way, and the rest of the songs were quite nice having them in the background. This was recorded live, but you can't really tell, it's just a nice chill performance.
I’d never listened to the whole album before. I was only seven when it came out, but I was hyper-aware of its presence because it really did seem like every home was required to have a copy. But “Show Me the Way” and “Do You Feel Like We Do” were ubiquitous (there’s no way radio played the whole 14 -plus minutes of DYFLWD, right? So how come I know every note?) and I loved them. Still do - those songs are a real time capsule. So the rest of the album is… fine? Pretty good. Nothing hits like those hits hit, including “Baby I Love Your Way”. I like “Penny For Your Thoughts” and “(I’ll Give You) Money” are good changes of pace. But for sure there’s a lot of middling, forgettable stuff surrounding the bangers. Spotify left off “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, which to judge from other accounts sounds like a mercy. And Peter ain’t the greatest singer. Still, those hits go a long way. Nostalgia is a drag, but it’s okay to revisit those mid-seventies vibes every so often.
Reasonable listen - last couple of tracks a bit dull
It’s funny. The 70s/80s need to have a live album is such a foreign concept in the streaming age. I get that you had to be on the radio and everything but studio records will just always sound better. I don’t really understand to be honest. I know a lot of these songs, I like a lot of these songs. But the sound is just so flat, because it’s live, so I find it uninteresting. The album is 8x platinum. 8x! Maybe you just had to be there.
This one was pretty fun. Too long for sure, no one should make a double ep period let alone live one, but still enjoyed. Guitar singing gimmick was fun and show me the way/baby I love your way are great
There was honestly some awesome playing throughout a bit of this, but there's a LOT of this, and I would have rather found out about this guy through his solo works and not this muddy sounding compilation.
The music from this album has played somewhere, sometime in my life since it was released. I wonder on how many days of the year have I heard at least one song from this record? In spite of feeling a little like a one-hit wonder (I know there were multiple hits from this album and that he's had a long career), listening to this start-to-finish gives me a better appreciation for his talent.
Review - this is like the quintessential dad rock album. It's good. He sings well live and the songs are generally well written. It's not really my sort of thing, and it didn't need to be so long. Rating - 7/10 Need to hear? YES
Apparently this album was quite ubiquitous back in the day. It sold really well partially because it was sold cheaply for a double album, only a dollar more than most single albums, but it also was part of quite a few giveaways as well, and there were so many copies floating around, you could get used copies at record stores for a couple of bucks. Anyway, the album isn't offensive, but it's not particularly exciting, either, with a few mildly enjoyable songs in a sea of forgettable, bog-standard arena rock, and it's a bit of a drag for the running time to listen in one sitting. The crowd sounds like they're having a great time, though.
Always reminds me of my folks, they constantly played this album on the weekends. One of the best live albums to ever exist!
Still a classic, this one those albums I never tire of and can listen to at least once a month.
This started my general dislike of live albums. It was played incessantly in the 80's/late 70's
This is something I've never given a fair listen. It always felt like a joke, that's how weirdly ubiquitous it is. But as much as I sometimes grumble about the newer stuff on here, this is what i'm here for. Let's get into it. There is a delicate balance of total corniness and solid rock here. Take "Show Me The Way," which is both a total sapfest and an iconic showcase of talkbox distortion. "Baby I Love Your Way" is pretty much pure cheese, but I will hear no slander on it. It's hard to tell if the "live" aspect detracts from these songs, because this sounds like a particularly good crowd recording more than a soundboard one, or if that rawness saves the songs from being overly slick. It is the mid 70s after all... this could be classic rock revival or proto-Journey if you tipped the scales just a little bit. It's pretty clear here that Frampton knows what he is doing on the guitar. It's standard arena rock, but it's good at it. It has, far as I can tell, the three most important Frampton Compositions. It's definitely interesting that this is arguably THE album that blew this guy up when it is a double live album. It is impossible to understand that explosion 50 years later. This is fine work, a score in a record bin, but not really world breaking. The finale, the big long jam of Do You Feel Like We Do, suggests maybe people were wigged out over the talk box. Fair, but also, that's maybe an overreaction. But there's some good stuff here. I dig "i wanna go to the sun," some lovely solo work there. "Penny for Your Thoughts" is a stunning little interlude, and leads wonderfully into Ill Give You Money (which sounds real good but, kinda silly on the lyric front). Weirdly I think my early fave is Doobie Wah, a stupid name but a solid guitar rocker. On the light end of a 3.5
Favorite Track: Do You Feel Like We Do
I like Peter Frampton and his music. I would give this album a 4 but I am not a fan of 'live' albums so I give it a 'Good' 3.
Some good songs and excellent guitar playing. But, minus a star for length and being a live album.
Classic live album.
With all due respect to Hampton as a decent songwriter and a guitar god of sorts, this is a bit of a drag to listen to. "Baby, I Love Your Way" is an all-time classic, and a lot of the guitar playing is excellent and fun, but there are too many ballads and self-indulgent acoustic guitar tracks to ever make me want to listen to this again. I understand its importance in the development of live albums and popular music, I do. But it was released at a time when rock music needed new blood, and thank God punk rock was just around the corner. 2 stars.
quite a good 1st song.. nevr rly bee a fan of albums w js live recordings tho. baby, i luv ur way - i feel like i recognise the melody in the chorus... hm i wanna go 2 the sun - groovy ill give u money - very nice guitar. could it have smth 2 do w the beatles u nevr give me ur money..? (jk prolly not) lines on my face - very good. idk how 2 describe it, but good. pretty good album. enoyable.
Love him or hate him, he doo be wah.
Perfectly cromulent. Good guitar, good band. Incredibly bland IMO. A couple of nice songs. Don't need to listen again.
I bought this album the summer it came out, mainly based on the radio singles, which I liked. Also, there was an awful lot of positive buzz about this record at the time. I bet I haven’t listened to the album more than a half a dozen times, mainly because I found it to be somewhat disappointing. Having said that, after listening to it again today, after several years, I liked it better than I thought I would. It ends up being a very strong three stars for me.
If you want to hear the perfect example of a pop rock guitar hero, this is it. An amazing live album nonetheless.
Classic
Solid 70s rock … but live albums are still cheating
Un temón, el resto no lo conocía. Está ok
As good as seeing him live.
I didn’t listen to this fully need to revisit
Chill rock, played live, that's about it. Heard like one song on the radio before, and well, it sounds like radio music.
To me, this is a generational album. People of certain age and with certain taste love and appreciate this album. This seems like a nostalgia pick more than a critical pick.
A famous album that captures a time and style that might not have aged so well.
not a fan at all but coming to learn its not bad by this lists standards. would probably be 1.5
This ticked all of my dread boxes. Long, mid-70s and live. Add that to the fact I was thinking of Peter Gabriel, and I really thought this was going to be some tough gristle to chew through. But oh my god! This was absolutely tremendous. What a great band, smashing guitar sound, a minimum of the kind of crowd noise that regularly ruins live recordings, and a moment of pure bliss when he breaks out Baby I Love Your Way. In truth, the last song being 14 minutes long and basically being an extended jam where the band are introduced does slightly kill the vibe, but seriously - this was one of the surprises of the last 950 days.
Piss off man, this is one of the best fucking rock records I have ever listened to. MAN this must have been electric in person. How - HOW - is "Do You Feel Like We Do" not included more in the greatest-rock-guitar-solo-of-all-time conversation? Holy mother of God man, it's just electric. Give me that over Free Bird or Comfortably Numb any day. Seriously.
Some great tracks. Long live album though
I think that it would be criminal to not start this review with "Everyone back in the day had Frampton Comes Alive". And if you are between the age of 40 and 50 you will understand why. I had been told when I was growing up that live albums were to be avoided, because you dont hear the song as the artist intended it to sound and there are crowd noises included. But as I have got older I have questioned this. Surely music is made to be performed. So a live album IS closer to the way the artist wanted this to sound. In this case Peter Framton sounds studio sharp. The band is on point and all of the songs sound pretty impressive. I have definitely heard gigs that did not have this level of mixing and sound craft. So what is the sound of this album? If you have never heard Peter Frampton before he is a mellow rock superstar. Catchy guitar riffs and big drum finishes. I love when Peter Frampton makes his guitar sing. It is amazing. He is a properly talented guitarist. The big hits here are "Show Me The Way", "Baby I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do" and a cover of "Jumping Jack Flash". As a child of the 80s I was much more familiar with 90s Big Mountain cover of "Baby I Love Your Way" and although I still find that version more nostalgic. I MUCH prefer Peter Framptons version. This is a classic album for a very good reason. (4.123)
you will not make me listen to this i refuse
3/5 - Fun live album to listen to.
Man, talk about milktoast
Alright children, say it with me: "Live albums aren't real albums, and shouldn't be on the list" I've been willing to make exceptions in the past, as there are certain edge cases where I think the live nature of the album adds something genuinely transformative as part of the artwork - Johnny Cash's At Folsom Prison for example. In this case, we have an album that commits this sin, and then doubles down by also being the other kind of album I don't think belongs on the list: a compilation. It's not even one straight performance recorded, it's all manner of live performances stitched together. The third sin this album commits is being a double album - this is something I'm more forgiving of in principle, whether a double technically is an album or not is largely only a concern due to limitations of the format of vinyl records. That said, the real sin of a double album is not that it's a double, but rather that they're frequently too long. Strike three, especially when you see that the last track is 14 minutes long and there are two songs missing from Spotify that you have to find elsewhere. Now; the incredibly observant among you may notice that I have reviewed an almost identical album before. Live and Dangerous by Thin Lizzy is also a late 70's hard rock live, compilation double album of almost exactly the same runtime. On paper it commits all the same sins, and I gave it a 4 in spite of it all because it was just so darn good. I'm sorry to say that Frampton Comes Alive just isn't the same. There were a few good songs, and the sound is decent for something live... but otherwise it's fairly bland, and doesn't work hard enough in my view to overcome my inherent gripes. There's some distinctive, immutable quality that one album has and the other doesn't. This may sound harsh, and maybe it is... but it's what I truly feel.
Probably better than a 2 but I don’t care
Great. A seminal rock album, especially in the use of the guitar. Love the live elements.
One of the weird aspects of that comfortingly bland mid 70s rock sound is that despite having opposite images Shine On off this album could just have easily come from Kiss Alive II .
Ah this is a good one - always cited as one of the best live records but I never heard it - only the single feel like I do. Looking forward to this one. Yep it lived up to the hype. Just an enjoyable rock and roll record. Great stuff.
Another live rock album, which I’m convinced is an excuse to just get hits compilations onto this list. It’s probably one of the better ones, but it still doesn’t belong here.
Really good. I listened to the greatest hits instead but ended up spending the entire day listening to this kinda stuff after.
I bet if I was a teen in 1976, I would've loved to see this show with a boyfriend. It's not a bad live performance at all; Frampton is consistent for the hour and 17 minutes and the sound is awesome. It is hovering between a 3 and 4 for me, technically, but I will choose 3 because I'd only ever listen to these songs in bars, and I don't go to bars anymore.
Some songs I knew here, some new stuff. Nothing overly exciting, but not bad either. Listenable, but very background for me. I think what I disliked mostly was that it's clearly a collection of live stuff, but not a live album that flows, just a random selection of live songs from different gigs.
Jock cock rock not for me
Very safe
Live rock, good energy, fun listen
With a very few choice exceptions, I don't see the appeal of live albums. I don't get a real sense of the music and the audience noise is often obnoxious.
This is a fine, but ultimately boring album. It does little for me but contextualize a couple of simpsons jokes and I don't have much more to say about it than that. Wait, I just got to the Jumpin' Jack Flash cover. C'mon.
The most insidious of milquetoast yacht rock.
It was okay - it was almost catchy but not quite - songs started sounding like they would have potential and then just felt like they didn’t go anywhere.
pretty solid throughout. Peter Frampton is one of those 70s musicians you always hear about but never actually know any songs from, lol. nothing stood out to me as much, nothing too life-changing. but this was still an enjoyable listen! i'm starting to realize that listening to live albums is kind of fun (if they're performing live good enough) favorite track: All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side). loved the audience's energy in that one especially
What kind of mass delusion was everybody under in 1976 where this album became as big as it was? After listening to all 17 songs on here, I have no idea who Peter Frampton is, both as a person and as a musician. It's totally bland with no bite, and despite claims that it's one of the best live albums of all time, it sounds totally devoid of any excitement. Not awful, but totally unnecessary to listen to.
Really really good album. I don’t know much about the guitar but this is fantastic
One of the most iconic albums and best live recordings...kinda overplayed for my generation but listening to it front to back I have a newfound respect.
It is very hard for me to imagine people being hyped up about this record. "Do You Feel Like We Do" is kinda cool though
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All I knew of this album (or Peter Frampton for that matter) going into it was the scene in Reality Bites where they refer to (and play) Baby I Love Your Way, but I was also familiar with Show Me the Way. I really enjoyed several other songs on this album, but also thought several songs were borderline annoying. I’d give this album a 3.5. (3)
Since when did he die?
Day 221 Amazing album, think this might be the first time I’ve had 2 ‘5’s’ in a row. Highlights Doobie Wah I’ll give you money Do you feel like I do
First time listening to any Peter Frampton. This was definitely better than some of the other forgettable live albums on this list. Favorite track: Baby, I Love Your Way 3.5/5
Jolly good show
I was pleasantly surprised by this album!
Dad rock, but live!
Do you feel like it do!
like mid not very memorable
Haven't listened to the whole before. Mainly only heard the one big hit. Pretty good, not incredible.
There's some good stuff in here, but much is pretty boring.
Shrugs. It was fine. I would've liked it better if it wasn't a live album, or if I was at the concert itself.
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