Frampton Comes Alive

Hey if you liked this at least you can very, very easily find it on vinyl. But then again, I kind of can’t imagine you liked it that much. Me? I thought it was sub-fine. Not nearly good enough to explain its ubiquity, but not entirely a skunkfest.

Ho, boy. I’ve always genuinely liked the radio hits off of this, but not enough to sit down and listen to it. Despite my owning it on vinyl. The rest of this was filler that ranged from acceptable to not great and all the way down to Jumpin’ Jack Flash. The length of the rest and how bad this got at times, as well as when he said he was going to get “funky”’and then played a song that sounded exactly the same as the rest of them, gets this a 2.

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

some good solos

I know this album is a big deal, but so far it’s not grabbing me. This definitely gets better as it goes. Still not sure about the hype, but I am enjoying it.

I like Frampton, but I'm not crazy about this one

Live dad rock album with great guitar playing

Enjoyed it a bit more than I thought I would. Doobie Wah was👍

Finally, the record that is in every parent's collection. I don't even know if there's any non-live recorded Peter Frampton music and I don't care

++: Introduction/Something's Happening, Doobie Wah, I Wanna Go to the Sun, Penny for Your Thoughts, Jumpin' Jack Flash +: Show Me the Way, Baby, I Love Your Way, Do You Feel Like We Do +-: It's a Plain Shame, Wind of Change, (I'll Give You) Money, Shine On, Lines on My Face -: All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side) 6,3/10

Yeah it’s fine

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.

How many late GenX/Early Millennials named Jennifer and Kevin were conceived to ‘Baby I Love Your Way’? The world may never know.

Know the album, and only know the artist from this album. Definitely a middle album for me. Not something I actively go out of my way to listen to, and I know the popular track, but also will stick around if it happens to come up. No strong negative or positive opnions on this, just not my favorite.

wild how successful this was

Worse than I thought it would be

Absolutely brilliant. Frampton is a guitar god. Fab

Do you feel like we do earns 4 stars by itself. What a gem.

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.

Drei bis vier – Show Me the Way, Baby, I Love Your Way

Geil

It is precisely what is on the label. Self-indulgent and fun but sort of loses itself in a sea of same from time-to-time. The bright spots are in the last several tracks for me. As for the former? My feeling are similar to a Silver Jews lyric: "the stars don't shine upon us, we're just in the way of their light"

Live albums are tricky, this is one of the few that pulls it off so successfully that three of the songs are still played on rock radio today, 50 years later.

This is the live album that put Frampton (and the Talk Box Pedal) on the map. It’s a very good album.

I just don't like '60's and '70's rock. I don't like the vocal stylings; I don't like the structure; I don't like the standard instrumentation (nearly always centered around a piano); I don't like the style of guitar solo or guitar solos in general. It's just not for me. That being said, some fun bass on this record so it gets a star.

Horrible album for retail workers. Listening to this album feels like your coworker had an extra ticket to this concert and you had nothing better to do. Almost fell asleep.

Tuneful, good harmonies, diverse enough, but what a horrible haircut

Really like it, one of my favourites so far, big fan of the live performance aspect, slightly long but the guitar solos are incredible and his voice is crisp

surprisingly enjoyable

This album should not be here. Dude got an inexplicable amount of mileage off those two songs. They're catchy, but the rest is fluff.

That wah thing sends me right back to junior high. I didn't get it then and, having listened to the whole album for the first time, I am even more confused now: were all those junior high boys really into all this noodly meandering? Was Do You Feel Like We Do always 14 minutes long? Was it all about the hair?

Classic

Never understood. Blandish live album by run of the mill English guy goes massive. Rest of career is a commercial failure. Just puzzling

Greatest live Albums 1 Live after Death IM 2 Live over Hammersmith IM 3 Exit Stage Left Rush 4 isle of white The Who

Decent mid-70s rock. Not totally my thing, and don't love Frampton, but this was better than I thought it was going to be. I like his acoustic instrumentals. Funny that his original version of Baby I love you way is definitely worse than the Big Mountain cover. Probably won't go back to. Definitely not something that should be one of biggest selling albums ever, but then again, I've never really had mainstream taste.

Livealbum

This sound like getting stuck on a tube between stations with no signal for half an hour. Wait, no, just me.

Dad Rock at it's finest. There are some amazing songs on this album and Peter is one of the most influential guitarist. Still, overall a tad boring ...

Pretty cool! Kind of reminiscent of the Eagles and the Grateful Dead. Baby I Love Your Way is one of those tunes I’ve sung around the house for years but I didn’t know any of the others, second favourite was Show Me the Way.

Not my nostalgia.

Was alright

Dull, corny, 3-major-chord nonsense. I had been scared to listen to this for many years, and my fears were completely justified.

3.5

I think what has always kept this at a four stars is side four which is Sofa King good. The other three sides has a nice ebb and flow to it with a few great highlights. When it gets into jam mode I really dug it. Low point to me was the Stones cover. (8.25) ★★★★

Good guitar work, but not really gripping me. 3.5 stars

Growing up, I heard "Baby, I Love Your Way", "Show Me the Way", and "Do You Feel Like We Do?" too many times to count, and I always thought it was weird that I never heard anything from Peter Frampton that wasn't on this album. In the pre-internet days, I just assumed he had one live album and that was it. But, no, he has a pretty large discography. What I learned after listening to this album was that the songs I knew were pretty much the extent of Frampton's good songs. And I'm not even that high on "Do You Feel Like We Do?". So, what I've learned is that unless it's a live track with the word "Way" in the title, it's probably not great. There's a few other songs here that aren't terrible, but mostly it's just anonymous sounding 70s rock that could be anyone from the Doobie Brothers to Aerosmith. 3 stars.

“Dooo-oooooo YOU… feeeel the way I do” If you and your band feel that the record you’re playing on is an alrightish classic rock double live LP with a few choice highlights, cool novelty talkbox but that your main only essential moment is your appearance on the Simpsons Loolapalooza episode then yep I do feel the way you do.

Not for me

All live albums should be deleted from the list. Might as well just put “the very best of Peter Frampton” on there.

An album that changes the world. It’s not especially great but it is very good. Frampton only really got his due as a musician in the last decade or so. And even here the musicianship is top notch. The songs are well crafted and performed. It sells bajillions showing the industry you could sell bajillions. Worth a listen. 3.5

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.

Man, what a great player. Powerful album.

Regarded as one of the best live albums ever it still holds the test of time. Fresh and easy going at first but a jam session ensures in the second half. This dude can rock and move people. Would have loved to be there. But thinking always hos later song breaking all the rules would have made this album even better

Aside from the fact that I don't think Live and Best Of albums should be included here, I also don't ever want to hear another song off this album ever again. I also never wanted to hear any song to begin with. When I was growing up, classic rock stations played Frampton way too much. Like at least once a day. Once a month is plenty. Once a year is optimal.

first time listen, and now I must purchase the vinyl..

Love this live album. One of the great guitar live shows of the 70s before everything got a bit too heavy. Loved hair bands in the 80s but even then I still loved this album

A record I saw in every 2nd-hand record store or stall (when we had such things), never listened to it then, and now I have. Weird how he only seems to have existed through this one record? Anyway, it is serviceable I guess

I thought this was solid. Never felt the need to skip. Didn’t feel like it was dragging on like some live albums (like Deep Purple.

When I think of classic rock, this is the exact kind of sound that comes to mind. It has broad commercial appeal, hence the name stadium rock, but at the same time is still musically interesting. It just plain sounds good. Favorites: Baby, I Love Your Way, Jumping Jack Flash, Do You Feel Like We Do

Weiß nicht. Plätscherte größtenteils so vor sich hin, der letzte Song war echt nervig.

Good listen with great Melodies. 6.4/10.

Gedigen och bra rock! 7/10

It's one song. Only one song. An inoffensive song, but it's the same song for an hour.

6/10

Peter Who? Ich kannte den Interpreten nicht, aber die Songs „Show Me The Way“ und „Baby I Love Your Way“ ließen die Synapsen springen. Tolles Live Rock Album der 70er. Die Ballade „Lines On My Face“ und der Headbanger „Money“ verleihen dem Album eine echte Stadion-Atmosphäre. Da geh ich noch mal hin.

i bet this whips ass if you're a framphead, but to me, it's just another mid live album

this is a weird one. the three big songs are pretty good but the rest of the album is all over the place. all i remember hours after listening is the long guitar solos and extensive use of talk box. i'm a millennial so i truly can't comprehend whatever collective brainwave was going around in 1976 to make this the most popular album of the year. also shocked to learn that the radio-listening american public would tolerate a song longer and less popular than hey jude as a single. but i guess things were just Different Back Then. i do love the album cover and title though. Frampton Comes Alive! then He returns to His eternal slumber forevermore. and yet he keeps getting resurrected, most recently, at least as far as my limited knowledge is aware, for dolly parton's 2023 rockstar album (which is great btw, go check it out). poor guy just keeps coming alive whether he wants to or not, like some kind of framptonstein's monster all right, all right, i'll see myself out. favorites: show me the way, baby, i love your way, i wanna go to the sun, do you feel like we do

Dont think live or "best of" albums should count in a list like this

The guitar solos were great. And the talk box thing is cool. But there was too little of either in the two hours of this album. I would say about 30 minutes of it was great, and the rest just dragged on forever.

I dunno man, the talking guitar is cool enough I guess but otherwise this dude is a creepy horn dog with like 3 decent songs. I’m gonna turn to my talking shoes for this rating. Shoes say, 2 stars

Y'know, I've made my case for live albums being included on greatest or essential albums lists. On the one hand, there are the albums that capture a sound that a studio recording never could: The Who's LIVE AT LEEDS, James Brown's LIVE AT THE APOLLO, B.B. King's LIVE AT THE REGAL... I imagine those are why most live albums are included. Then you got the ones that are included for capturing historical moments: Muddy Waters's AT NEWPORT 1960, Duke Ellington's ELLINGTON AT NEWPORT, Johnny Cash's AT FOLSOM PRISON... The ones that're preserving these moments for everyone in the future to hear. In the face of just those two points alone, I think it's a bit silly to act like live albums in general shouldn't be here. Just because a small handful are less engaging than others... Y'know. And then there's my third point. Now, it's a bit of a smaller point than the first two, true, but it's just as valid a reason. I mean, look, some of these albums are just fun as hell listens. There's nothing terribly complicated or historical about them — they're just a fuckin' blast, full stop. That's where FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!, well, comes alive. Now, sure, this record has its significance: the talk box solo on "Do You Feel Like We Do" is famous for helping popularize the talk box. That's not nothing. At its core, though, this album is just an incredibly enjoyable experience. These are great musicians, playing great songs greatly. I can't imagine having a problem with any of this unless you just really hate the sound of crowds cheering. Not even the fact that this is an hour-long double album dampens the mood. Honestly, time flies when you're listening to these songs. By the time the 16 minute closer rolls around, I doubt you'll've really noticed this thing's length. I don't even really have anything else to say about this album. I do honestly view it that simply: it's nothing more than just a good time. And as good times go, well, I can certainly see why it sold like gangbusters back when it came out — seriously, it was the single best-selling album of 1976. And count me in the line of people who would've bought a copy, goodness. Honestly, screw it — this is a 5. Normally I wanna save 5's for albums that touch my soul, and not things I merely enjoy like Mylo's DESTROY ROCK & ROLL, but no, no. I don't want this 5 to be me overblowing this album as being anything **that** mind-melting, but frankly, I really did enjoy listening to it just that much. I can't front and I can't lie. And really, I can only hope you feel like I do. Honestly.

Freaking superb live tracks. Solid 5 Stars.

I believe I’m at a 10. Perhaps it’s the slight high of ending on the unbelievable closer that is “Do You Feel Like We Do”, but… man, that’s the blueprint for a live album right there. That’s exactly how you fucking do it – make sure the crowd is loud enough to hear, and let them have a presence, and let the music give them the energy to enhance the feel of the whole thing. It sure helps that the music itself was stellar – I’m normally big on lyrics, but when you’re at a live concert, it’s not like you can just pull up a lyric sheet (well, you can, but you’ll be exposed as a fraud probably), so I listened to this purely on the basis of the band, his vocals, and the energy of the crowd. I cannot remember the last time a live album was THAT good. Granted, we haven’t gotten many, but the ones we have gotten always tend to pull back the crowd enough to make them a non-factor, have a few obvious cuts that ruin the flow, or have a lot of studio overdubbing that’s noticeable enough to sort of ruin the illusion of a “live album”. If there was any here, it must’ve been subtle or minor, because I’m convinced this was fully live all the way through – the only cut I could feel was on “Wind of Change”, and that track was probably my weakest one (that, or “Shine On”, oddly enough). Other than those two tracks, which are both still fun listens, this feels like nothing short of a masterclass in terms of track variety, crowd control, and really, just how to perform live in general – Peter Frampton has a really nice voice that plays charismatically live (not sure about his studio work, since this is my first time ever listening to the guy), but it’s his guitar work that steals the show in combination with the rest of the band – that last track, as well as the cover of Jumpin Jack Flash are the two standout examples of it. On both, it seemed like the crowd was ready to hit a fever pitch that might literally cause a minor hit on a seismograph. Maybe that’s just an excellent job on acoustics & mics, but it felt indescribably electric, even as a recording – I can’t imagine what it would’ve been like in San Francisco. I truly don’t have any major flaws here – maybe the one line about molestation on “It’s a Plain Shame”, and even then, I feel like I might be reading it wrong, somehow? It’s a weird line that seems like it’s from the perspective of a crazed fan that Frampton wants nothing to do with; still a strange train of thought, though. One line aside, and two “eh” tracks, it’s just a stellar 80 minutes, and I do feel like it’s reset the bar for my expectations of what live albums should be like on this list. Insanely good – a 10, through and through.

Lekker live album. Duurt wel net te lang

I can’t for the life of me understand why the audience is so excited by this.

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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.

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

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Classic album and a must for all vinyl collections.

Brampton would have been a fun live show to see

no

If it's an artist's defining moment, the highest-selling live album in history, and the album of the year for 1976 according to Rolling Stone, it surely has to be something noteworthy, right? However, unfortunately, it all is so decidedly mediocre: the lyrics, the songwriting, the vocals. The moments where there is a hint of emotion in the tracks occur when Frampton launches into one of his solos; otherwise, the songs just miss any kind of spark; it's all so tame and within the margins. It's a 3* album, but when compared to this 1001 list...

Хорошая музыка, но не произвела сильного впечатления

A classic. Stands the test of time. Its not ALL great, but undeniable.

Insipid and bland AOR that's best left forgotten. I was aware of Peter Frampton, but had never dug into his back catalogue. Now I can tick that job off as not worth contemplating. The version of Jumping Jack Flash is horrible, really bad. But in the context of a mixture of forgettable songs and awful cover versions, it doesn't stand out like the atrocity it is. There's some generic guitar that's not completely unpleasant. Hence 2 stars, but only just.

Man! That guy's guitar is talking! HEY! My shoes are talking too...

Was already familiar with some of Frampton's live stuff like most. I mean, a few of these live tracks are seen as "definitive" versions due to being released as singles. Listening to this from start to finish was a pretty enjoyable experience. Probably one of the better live albums in terms of the quality and production done to make it so. The guitar playing and of course the talk box are obvious highlights. Although with any live album, plenty of "flair" and "fluff" are added to some of the tracks too. The "Jumpin' Jack Flash" cover was also a bit odd too.

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A classic live album.

Great stuff.

Lengthy wankery, but the hits are huge.

I know my wife was pretty excited when I mentioned this was our album of the day. Mainly for the 3 biggest songs off the album. But it does make me think of beautiful summer days in our redneck pool or watching the sun set in our favorite vacation place, Puerto Rico. Her first request as we watch our first sunset in PR, coming up soon, will be Baby I Love Your Way. And for that, probably my favorite song off this album. I have heard a lot of folks say this is the greatest live album ever. Count me as one of those who disagree. Thought the album was pretty average. As a kid who grew up on classic rock, I have to say I'm burnt out on Do You Feel Like We Do and Show Me The Way. But I'll never tell that to Mindy. There were a couple surprises for me though. I really liked Money and Shine On. Otherwise, pretty ordinary and pretty long for this listener. Overall, this was solid. Nothing great and as long as Mindy's with me and we're enjoying a beautiful summer day/night I know she ask to put on some Frampton, in reality one of the top 3 songs, but he will get played and I'll enjoy the songs with her. 3.5

You know what was a monster? Frampton Comes Alive, 1976. Is there anyone you knew that didn't have that record? I don't think so. BAM. Okay have a good winter. 3

4 First off 1001 albums, it’s not “Frampton Comes Alive”, it’s “Frampton Comes Alive!”. Homeboy EARNED that exclamation mark. My first ever impression of this album, and what I still think of today whenever I hear it, was through Homestar Runner (where my other 2000s kids at?) Someone wrote Strong Bad an email asking for advice on making out (as one did), explaining that the whole “Peter Frampton thing” was not getting her any action, to which Strong Bad replied, “Well, Kissless, you’re going about it all wrong. Frampton’s not going to loosen anybody’s lips”. So why did everyone and their mother own a copy of this album? Isn’t that the whole point of Baby, I Love Your Way? I even have a copy of this friggin’ album sitting in my vinyl collection, and I have no idea how it got there - is this thing just an unexplained parasite that has plagued suburban, middle-class homes for decades? Or, the alternative is that this is just a good album. Despite that, it seems that this has become popular to hate on in recent years, to the point that it’s almost a meme. Say what you will, that it’s lame because our parents liked it or that 2 or 3 songs carry the whole thing, but in my personal experience, whenever I rummage through my albums and find myself somehow shocked yet again that I actually own a copy of this damn thing, 3 out of 4 times I end up putting it on and having a good time with it. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I think it’s totally fair to say Show Me the Way, Baby, I Love Your Way, and Do You Feel Like We Do are standouts among the rest, but I’m not really sure what’s to dislike about anything else you hear. As someone prone to shit on soft rock, I’ve always found this to be nothing but a pleasant listen. And you know what? The talkbox is cool as hell. There, I said it. I really only have one complaint to lodge towards this and it’s the cover Jumping Jack Flash - the song totally lacks the energy of the original and it hurts it dearly. Also, hearing the breaks representing the moment you’re supposed to get up and change the disc over is a little annoying on Spotify, but I guess I can’t fault them for not planning ahead in that regard. So, yeah, for once in my life, I’m going to side with the boomers here. I was a little surprised to see how few play counts this has on Spotify for as popular as this album once was, but I guess everyone must be a little burned out from it. Who knows, maybe this will be the kind of thing Gen Alpha will call a hidden gem someday.

M'eh.

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.

It was fine the whole way through, but nothing excited me.

4 great live album. Fantastic guitar player. Fav songs: show me the way and do you feel like I do

I never got why this album was such a big deal. A live album of mediocre songs just doesn’t do it for me.

It came in the mail with samples of Tide.

Fav song: Baby, I Love Your Way It's ok. Really well played for a live album but the actual musical content isn't really my cup of tea - but fair play to Frampton, some of these songs are really well written and developed from their Blues inspirations.

Baby I Love Your Way... and that's all. Still ok.

Awesome

Well done, a good, fun and rocking concert album that kept me interested and introduced me to a new (yet old) artist.

Kom alveg skemmtilega á óvart. Þægilegt pabbarokk. Hvernig þessi plata komst á þennan lista er mér samt hulin ráðgáta.

Mega leiðinlegt!

This was incredibly boring.

I think one of the reasons this was so popular is that it’s easy to put on in the background while making out, and not feel like you’re missing out too much. I went for a walk while listening, and spent most of the time imagining I was with the girl I fancy and what I’d say to seduce her if she were there with me. It’s what I imagine teenagers in 1976 doing, and I’m now picturing how difficult making out to music must have been in the LP era, having to stop every 20 minutes to turn the record over, that must have ruined so much momentum over the course of so many lifetimes

Ja jävlar. Tycker inte riktigt att jag kan känna igen Namnet Frampton. Känner ni igen Baby, I love your way (men via covern). Hur som. Var lite skeptisk när jag såg att det var ett live-album. Men jag har nog bytt inställning. Det är inte dåligt. Vi har ju fått lyssna på flera nu, det är ibland riktigt bra. Det blir nån annan stämning (sen hjälper det ju om musiken är bra i grund och botten). Överlag var det alltså en bra upplevelse. Resan från första noterna. Kul!

Inte lyssnat på honom tidigare, men det här var ju riktigt trevlig gubbrock som var lätt att tycka om.

I'm far more fond of good recorded live albums than studio. Good rock music and use of talk box is fun. Idk if I would listen to his other stuff but it's a nice morning routine album.

I do love a good live album and this one is very enjoyable. Frampton is a good songwriter, and fantastic guitarist who sounds like he is having fun on stage. There is a huge hint of Dad rock, but Dad rock at its best. Baby I love your way is a fantastic song. Favourite song: Do you feel like we do was brilliant. What a guitar solo to finish the gig. Least favourite: I really didnt enjoy the jumpin jack flash cover Album artwork: Cool cover

a very all right album for me, the guitar playing is great but most of the rest of each song feels stock standard rock, which isnt the worst thing

Had to listen to this on a youtube rip off vinyl because, for some strange reason, some of the tracks on this album are blocked in the US on Spotify? Bizarre. A full banger album, dad rocky but that's kind of my jam, y'know?

Great live album starts off with a goodie and finishes on top with Do You Feel Like We Do. This album displays Frampton's guitar work in ways the studio versions of his songs cannot.

I'm not sure why I didn't like this as much as I thought I would. It could be because it was a double live album where some songs would drag on longer than they should. There were a few cool guitar riffs, but overall not too exciting.

This was quite enjoyable. And I love live sets. All pleasant to listen to.

Maybe it's because I'm listening to this directly after the dog of an album by Richard Hawley, but man I'm enjoying this.

Fav: Show Me The Way - Live Least Fav: I Wanna Go To The Sun - Live Usually hate double live albums, but Frampton has pleasantly surprised me here. Not as bad as I expected an album under the Hard Rock genre to be

Best album recorded by a zombie ever.

Never understood the attraction here. I mean, it's fine 70's rock, but just not that amazing or groundbreaking.

Loved this album and continued listening to Peter Frampton for the rest of the day!

I hear the opening chords over the screaming crowds and I see the album cover and I get it. That hair, those eyes! That Daft Punkesque foghorn(??) on the final track. We are mere mortals—take the wheel! Show us the way, Peter!

The guitar playing is pretty fun — and unlike Frampton’s musical inheritors, he knew the value of keeping his solos to a tasteful length! — but the songs got a little shouty and monotonous.

Is that Peter fucking Frampton?

Like sure. Fine. I get it? But maybe the problem is that I don’t? Plenty of bops in here but ultimately left a bad taste in my mouth.

😴

Blah blah blah

Decebt

Better than expected. At times he sounds like a coffeehouse singer that made it to the big time however his voice is sweet and the songs are solid. Still has a great live sound and the songs feel so beautifully complete live.

Frampton was once dead and now, he’s here, alive and in front of an audience. I guess I’m about to find out why this album was such a big deal? Maybe? Album oriented rock always seemed like the dumbest genre ever invented. So it’s rock, that appears on albums? Or does it just mean no hits? Who cares. Launch that big pig baby. Down into the AOR cellar with me. Ugh. Whatever. Slow paced rock with a piano. Who cares. David Bowie and Rod Stewart called and they’re both upset that big Pete bit their style. David is really mad considering he reanimated to tell me this. Bowie comes alive. Anything but listening to this song. It’s fine, but I can’t believe how much I’ve grown to hate piano in most music. Not my favourite instrument. Great in jazz, but gives everything else a major drift towards the riverboat. It’s finally over. Oh no. We’re getting funky. When a guy who looks like Peter Frampton says that, it’s never good. In fact it’s always bad. Is this just a doobie brothers rip off? Also I hate when fans clap along to music. Let the musicians play and sit there. Or dance. Whatever, but don’t attempt to be an instrument. The bass part was actually kind of funky. Damn you Pete. Not actually too bad. The wah pedal is out. The other thing I knew about Peter Frampton was the wah pedal. All from the Simpsons. As is most of my knowledge base. Anyway. This is boring. And long hoo boy. You wanna be molested? Huh? These rockstars really are wild. This song isn’t too bad. Again, pretty average. This feels exactly like a Tenacious D vocal delivery somehow. It’s honestly pretty good. The crowd loves it apparently. Itchy fingers manrtioned. The only Shakespeare quote I consistently remember. Did somebody get shot at the minute mark? Oh well. This is in the US after all. Please pass the corpse down the row and continue the Peter Frampton concert. This was a stinker. Oooh I know this song. It SUCKS. Prom music is the worst genre out there. Move over vocal jazz, 80’s prom movie scene music conjures up a unique brand of depression that a revolver couldn’t extinguish. Twelve thumbs down. Oooooh buddy we really have those ivories tinklin’ now. This is somehow worse. Go to the sun Pete. Random guitar section and the crowd went fucking nuts. That “pop” made for a pretty rad intro to this one. The first drop of heaviness accidentally crept in. This ends up being the riff to “Feel like Makin’ Love” which isn’t that bad a thing honestly. It’s a decent song. Not as boring. The intro makes the whole thing to be fair. Too long again though. I know Peter Frampton said the song was called Shine On, and also said Shine on 687 times )while I was trying to accomplish an infuriating computer task), but what is this song called? Need some help. Ooh a terrible version of Jumpin’ Jack Flash. Perfect. Guitar shop level riff playing. It sort of picks up from there but any return to verses is death. Is this an admission of cocaine use? I mean if it is, get some better shit. This album has like zero energy. And for a live album??? If this thing wasn’t live, oh boy. These songs are so mid. Bad ballad. 14 more minutes. It has some life. But just a small amount. Like a faint heartbeat on a coma patient. I think he done to the coma well too many times in the past couple days. Oh so “Funk Mann” is responsible for the keyboards. I know who to blame now. I despise you Mr. Mann. The rest of this reminds me of an excellent Simpsons episode, so that’s good on its own. It’s a pretty fun concert outro. I could play drums on this album. I may have. The 70’s were a blur. Good music doesn’t have to be complicated, but most of this record could be accomplished today with like two hours of practice and a YouTube search for “writ song.” Pete seemed like he was having fun and this is relatively harmless in the end. Not good, but did it really have to be? People had fun, whatever. As an album, I found myself asking “why?” But I think it sold incredibly well. Anyway, this mostly sucked for me but I can’t hate it too much as there was some charm outside of the dreadful piano and somewhat shabby playing. This truly was an album oriented around (soft) rock. I’m not sure I feel like you do, Pete, but I feel like I’m glad this one is behind me. 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side), Do You Feel Like We Do

I just don't get why this is such an essential "live album". Frampton is such a boring vocalist, the performances aren't as "electric" as a really great live album is, just boring, bland, bloated 70s rock that goes on too long.

Helt ok

Live albums shouldn't exist. Not especially live DOUBLE albums

Pretty good. I don’t understand how a live album can be a breakthrough album for an artist. Like why weren’t people listening to his songs when they originally came out? Were the live versions that much better? Also he did some guitar on All Things Must Pass.

Fine

5/10 - It was alright rock music. Idk he did not stand out to me at all

Kinda generic but I did really like a few of the songs. The rest was meh

Solid some songs missing on spotify

I liked this music when it was new (and I was little). It was just, you know, the music on the radio, and I liked listening to the radio. Listening now, with a more critical ear, it is unsophisticated and unremarkable but entirely pleasant and catchy. One could certainly argue that it is dreck, but for me it crystalizes a moment in time which I remember fondly (which gets it an extra star). Also, since it is making me feel those nostalgic 70's vibes, I will also say RIP Jimmy Carter, GOAT ex-president, prince among men.

As live recordings go, this is pretty great sound quality. That being said, Frampton isn’t interesting enough to warrant over an hour of listening.

Not a fan of live albums in general and this one didn't win me over. Couldn't finish it.

5/5 Classic.

I can confirm he is indeed Alive.

It was exactly the sound I expected after seeing the album cover, it’s very 1970’s rock, not horrible not great 3/5

I’ve never actually listened to Frampton Comes Alive. It’s probably one of the more well known live albums. Although it’s strange because outside of this album you don’t hear much talk about Peter Frampton any more. This was enjoyable, a bit on the long side but I never got tired of it. I didn’t really love the music either. It was good, the band is talented and Frampton is good at the guitar, it’s just most of the songs were okay at best. Penny for your thoughts was sick though, too bad it’s the shortest song on the album.

Thanks, I hate it. I mean, I understand that this is a landmark album which defines a sound for the decade and everything, but its just plain awful. I'll go to 3 stars to acknowledge its "importance" but I'll be damned if it gets a better than average rating from me. 3/5

I did indeed listen to this album and I think I enjoyed it?

Not as bad as anticipated.

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I'll be the first to admit, I really dislike live concert albums. There are a handful of artists I have that I actually own their live work. Frampton Comes Alive! is actually one of my favorite live performance albums of all time. Is it perfect? No, but it's a good listen. I normally skip live songs when they come up on my playlist shuffle, but for the most part I stick with Frampton. Highlights: Doobie Wah - obvious rip off of the Doobie Brothers, but it's great. Lines On My Face - Just beautiful. Show me the Way - amazing song, the first song I ever heard from this album. Baby, I Love Your Way - Instant classic. Do You Feel Like We Do - Surprisingly, this performance doesn't end the concert, instead it's on Disc 2 at the #3 slot. Oh well, this song is perfect in every way. Amazing guitar solo to end it. 3.25/5 (Pretty good rating for a live album)

I loved this album for a little while. It introduced me to the ‘talk box’ effect used on Framptons guitar. Back in my band days, Julian (band member) tried to build one using a funnel, some plumbing pipes and masking tape, looked and sounded fucking ridiculous! An awesome effect when used sparingly. Listen to David Gilmour’s solo on Pigs (three different ones) and keep talking. Otherwise this album is just a very ‘standard’ 70s rock cheesy overplayed (and over purchased!) live album.

I haven’t heard this full album before except for a dozen almost identical albums on this list in the 300 we’ve done so far. We get it Dimery, you love 70s rock - please stop banging on about it! This isn’t an awful album, it’s just so samey and I’m also not a big fan of live albums. 2.5

Frampton Comes Alive! is a double live album by Peter Frampton, originally released in 1976. I see this album so many times in record stores it's not even funny. I never gave it a chance until now. First off, the guitar playing on here is really solid. I was pleasantly surprised. The only thing is that a lot of the songs sound the same, even down to the lyrical content. Not bad for some live 70s pop though!

Classic!

Screeeeeeeam

Meh..

Classis 70s

Bien

As a live album, it’s pretty good. It’s well mixed and the performances are solid but the songs themselves are just ok. I wouldn’t find myself going back to this or any other Frampton record to be honest.

aint no way there wasnt added crowd noise on this… show me the way out

3.75

Surprisingly enjoyable

good live album

It's a classic i guess but not that awesome

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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.

I'm a child of the 80s and I remember many of these songs from my childhood. They feel "comfortable" to me, like background music in our family car trips. Listening to the whole album didn't do much for me though. I actually kept waiting for it to be over. Either I just wasn't in the right mood for it while listening or I found it "boring". I would probably have enjoyed the show live, but listening now I could not get that excited over it. I am definitely not into the live version, the audio was not great and I would much rather have listened to the studio version.

The virtuosity of Frampton's guitar playing is match only by the joyful energy he exudes on every track. There's a reason this was a seminal album of the mid-1970s.

Great live album. Excellent energy, clean sound. Just good classic rock. Standouts are "Show Me The Way" and "Baby, I Love Your Way"

Better then the last Frampton album on here, enjoyable for sure.

Peter Frampton sucks. Why did you make us listen to this?

I don't love all of this, but this is definitely better than Frampton's recorded stuff. He's got an energy, I do wish we saw more of that. The amazing album closer brings this review up a point.

The family guy episode that references this is more essential.

As good as it gets for CSNY

the talking guitar parts are corny as hell, but my heart sank even more when he pulled out the acoustic. how has he managed to convince us this was a rock record for 50 years? who can explain the staying power of this record? was it the wayne's world joke? lisa bonet and big mountain? spotify tried to sell me frampton comes alive keychains and throw blankets.

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.

Not my style of music. Just average dad rock.

Steady 3.6

You forget how much you like some albums. This one has a lot of nostalgia factor. Everyone's older brother was playing this constantly. It's great, though. Just don't look for a lot of profundity. 4 stars for the guitar tone alone, and the solo in "Do You Feel.." is one of the GOATs. Peace and love, very sincere, lots of mistakes - it's live after all. A great listen.

I was initially skeptical of a double live album but I shouldn't have been. Trust the process. Everything sounds great and distinct and the crowd energy is present. Just the kind of live recording I like. I didn't realize how good Frampton's guitar playing was. Almost all the songs have something to offer but the biggest hit is Baby, I Love Your Way. I really dig a lot of the soloing, especially on I Wanna Go To The Sun. Nice heavy riff on (I'll Give You) Money. There's quieter moments too. And then the epic finale caps things off. I can't deduct any points.

Day 64 - November 12th, 2024 I need this man in a way that is concerning to society. 4/5

OK, a bit dated, good energy in the music but a little tame

Richard Becomes Asleep

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Pretty good, he’s a great guitarist

A solid pop rock listen. Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this album, certainly was not expecting to. One too many ballads for a live album in my opinion. I do also find it funny that my favorite songs were all from the same original studio album, so maybe I should give that a listen next. Top tracks: Show Me The Way; Baby, I Love Your Way; (I'll Give You) Money

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

Live music haters when Peter Frample stops singing so the crowd can say "Is by your side": Loved this album, and they even had a cover of my favvvvourite part 6 fight, Jumping Jack Flash!!! Ig the live music made it a bit worse quality, but the crowd is my g High 4 Also he made the original "Baby I love your way," (also the best track) but then some mfs made a cover and that's the more popular version. lah-my-owh

Live music is meant to be listened to in person. People who listen to live music at home baffle me. "Let me listen to a worse quality version with background noises!!" It's not 1976 anymore pal, get a grip. Each song sounds the same, in a bad way. Even just listening to one song by itself, I feel nothing, it's completely unrecognizable music. I'm going to lose my mind at the time of writing this. I'm going to start skipping through the tracks, I can't stand 80 minutes of this. The music gets a 2/5, but since it's live it gets a 1/5. Also, Doobie Wah is a stand in jojolion and that fight isn't that good and fuck jojolion.

Live albums don't really have a place here.

Fantastic album. Love the instrumentals here. I wasn't always on board with the vocals, but at times they hit nicely. 'Do You Feel Like We Do - Live' takes my fave.

It’s an album that has been the butt of many jokes

Really liked it would give it a 4.5 because it’s not a 5 so 4 it is. I’ll give you money was a never before heard stand out.

This is enjoyable, just not particularly memorable outside a couple of tracks that have filtered down through the years and still got regular airplay. Not enough here to get me overly excited about it.

As I mentioned when pulling the Van Morrison live album - Live albums have no business being on this list. Neither does this album, which only has 1 good song, which is Show Me The Way. I’m tired.

Some interesting songs, but didn’t stand out

It's 70s rock, no more, no less. I'm not a fan of live albums so this just sounds classic 70s rock to me. Good classic rock, i'm just a bit tired of this sound.

Some classic 70s glam rock and some great guitar solos. Standouts: Jumping Jack Flash, Baby, I Love Your Way and Show Me The Way.

Peter Frampton is the only artist I can think of that has multiple major hits that still get consistent radio play today, and all of them are live recordings. I double checked against Wikipedia, and I don't recall ever hearing "I'm In You" before, so I think all the songs with staying power are not just on this album, but specifically from this album. I don't think I've ever heard the studio versions. So, how is it? Well, comparing the studio versions of the three big hits,* "Show Me the Way" sounds looser, and Frampton gives a much better vocal performance, which is surprising, because you could just do another take in the studio. "Baby I Love Your Way" is also better in the live version, though not as notably. This is definitely more the backing band and the vamping working a lot better, although, again, the vocals seem mixed wrong. And "Do You Feel Like We Do" is just a song that inherently works live, as it can play off the audience, in a similar way that Jackson Browne's "Stay" doesn't really have much of a point on a studio album. *Asterisk just to say I grew up on classic rock radio, as it was the only thing other than Christian music that wouldn't make my mom clutch her pearls, so I'm probably biased toward the version I know. It is quite a good live recording, and I can see why it took off. In addition to just Frampton and the band sounding like they are actually enjoying playing music, the vamping and talk box work have become iconic to Frampton, for good reason. Still, it has that thing I hate most about live recordings, I don't want to hear people screaming over the music I actually want to hear. Is that something people like? Ultimately, it's fine. I couldn't really recommend any tracks outside the hits, but I do think a close listen (along with looking up about half the songs to compare the studio versions) has given me a bit more of an understanding of the live album supporters. It's one of the few times that I believe the live environment made a better work than the studio. That's rare outside of pieces that rely on improvisation or a large arrangement.

It’s good. But I could live without it. 3/3

3,5/5

It's pretty good as far as live albums go. Feels like a fucking eternity to play through though

9/10. Great vibes. It's one of the most important live albums of all time. :) Peter Frampton got inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a few days ago, and I watched the ceremony. I think that his induction was incredible!!! :)

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I was never into this album the way some of my peers were. It’s solid, but I think a lot of the popularity came from the talk box. I always thought Frampton was good -not great until I saw him 6-7 years ago. He was fantastic live.

So this was a pioneer of live album success, huh? Sort of repetitive, but I sure would have liked to be there live when they rip out of that voicebox solo into the jam on Do You Feel...

This is really very middle of the road 70s rock isn’t it? I mean it feels good. These are pretty empty calories.

Pretty soul-less. I did like the guitar solo on "It's a Plain Shame".

B Something's Happening 3 Doobie Wah 3 Show Me The Way 4 It's A Plain Shame 3 All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side) 4 Wind Of Change 4 Baby, I Love Your Way 4 I Wanna Go To The Sun 5 Penny For Your Thoughts 3 (I'll Give You) Money 4 Shine On 3 Jumping Jack Flash 3 Lines On My Face 3 Do You Feel Like We Do 4 I used to really like this one when I started getting into classic rock during HS, even bought the vinyl. But I just don't really care about it anymore and it's spring cleaning, so it's getting sold.

Not for me Roy. Vastly overrated when it came out and hasn't aged well.

# Playlist track - Show me the way # Notes - Cool guitar riffs, great atmosphere all around. - Couple of solid classics thrown in for good measure.

Dieses Album war zu meiner Schulzeit der Burner. Kannte jeder, hatte jeder 2te, wurde sogar im Radio gespielt. Ein Livetitel im Radio, sehr ungewöhnlich. Hatte mich damals aber nicht interessiert, war mir zu lahm. Im gleichen Jahr erschien Sad Wings of Destiny von Judas Priest, das erschien mir als Zukunft des Rock. Und fast 50 Jahre später ist es soweit: ich höre Frampton Comes Alive zum ersten Mal komplett. Und bin erstaunt. Wie ein so langweiliges Album es schaffen konnte zum großen Ding zu werden. Guter Gitarrist mit schlechter Stimme (und Vocoder/Talkbox) und durchschnittlichen Songs. Ich glaube ich lag damals richtig.

Enjoyed this live album very much

**An ok album, not for me. Too much screeching and wailing instead of real Music.

Unexpectedly amazing rock

Great guitar and riffs. Lots of talent. Feels a bit dated even for the time though. Also don't usually prefer live albums. I definitely don't seek them out on my own usually. Highlights: Show Me The Way

Peter Frampton's boomer ramblings and irritating stage personality made this live album a real slog. There is zero reason for this album to be nearly 2 hours long.

Look, most of the music I love basically boils down to a British person jerking off with their guitar yet I still could not hang with this absolute slog. One star.

### *Frampton Comes Alive!*: In-Depth Review Released in January 1976, *Frampton Comes Alive!* catapulted Peter Frampton to stardom, becoming one of the best-selling live albums of all time. The double LP, which features recordings from his 1975 tour, is often credited with defining the live album format, showcasing Frampton’s prowess as a guitarist and performer. This review delves into the album’s lyrics, music, production, themes, and cultural impact, weighing its pros and cons. #### Music and Performance Musically, *Frampton Comes Alive!* is a blend of rock, blues, and pop. The album demonstrates Frampton’s versatility and guitar skills, particularly his use of the talk box, which became his signature sound. The iconic talk box effect is evident in tracks like "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me the Way," where Frampton uses it to modulate his guitar tone, creating a voice-like effect that interacts with the audience and amplifies the emotional impact of the music. The guitar work throughout the album is exceptional. Frampton's melodic phrasing on tracks like "Lines on My Face" and "Something's Happening" showcases a blend of lyrical fluidity and technical skill, while the live setting adds rawness to his solos. The rhythm section, featuring bassist Stanley Sheldon and drummer John Siomos, provides a solid foundation that supports Frampton’s expansive guitar solos and vocals, adding energy to the arrangements. The songs themselves cover various rock and blues-based styles. For example, "Show Me the Way" leans toward a pop-rock sound, while "Do You Feel Like We Do" features extended blues-influenced jamming. The 14-minute rendition of "Do You Feel Like We Do" is a highlight, with dynamic tempo changes, engaging audience interaction, and Frampton's expressive guitar solos. Its mix of structure and improvisation keeps it captivating despite its length. #### Lyrics and Themes Lyrically, *Frampton Comes Alive!* is not groundbreaking but reflects the themes of love, introspection, and connection with the audience. The lyrics are straightforward, often serving as a vehicle for Frampton’s emotional delivery rather than as standalone poetic statements. Songs like "Show Me the Way" and "Baby, I Love Your Way" are expressions of romantic longing, exploring themes of love and yearning with a directness that resonates with listeners. In "Lines on My Face," Frampton reflects on personal pain and growth, hinting at deeper emotions beneath the surface. While these lyrics may not possess the literary quality of some of his contemporaries, they are heartfelt and communicate relatable experiences. "Do You Feel Like We Do," meanwhile, captures the essence of a live rock concert experience, with Frampton’s playful lyrics inviting the audience into the moment. The line “Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand” isn’t profound, but it fits the tone of a song designed to energize and entertain a live crowd. The lyrics across the album serve more to enhance the music and live atmosphere than to be standalone masterpieces. #### Production Quality The production of *Frampton Comes Alive!* captures the energy and spontaneity of a live performance without sacrificing sound quality. Producer Chris Kimsey and Frampton managed to strike a balance between the raw, unpolished feel of a live show and the clarity needed for a successful recording. This was no easy task in the 1970s, given the technological limitations of live recording. The album’s sound mix emphasizes the guitar, as it should for a guitar-centric album, while maintaining a clear separation of instruments. Frampton's vocals sit comfortably in the mix, never overpowered by the guitar or the rhythm section. The ambient crowd noise enhances the experience, making listeners feel as if they are in the venue. There are moments, however, where the audio quality dips slightly, with some muddiness in the lower frequencies during certain tracks. In some instances, the background vocals and secondary instrumentation could have been more prominent to add more depth to the sound. Nevertheless, the album’s production is an impressive achievement for its time. #### Themes and Impact The album's primary theme revolves around connection—between the artist and the audience, and among band members during extended jams. Frampton's banter with the crowd and his ability to get them to respond vocally enhances the feeling of inclusivity. The energy transferred between Frampton and his audience is palpable, creating a sense of shared experience that goes beyond merely listening to music. While *Frampton Comes Alive!* is primarily known as a guitar-centric rock album, it also symbolizes the power of live music as a communal event. The era it emerged from saw many artists releasing live albums, but few achieved the same level of cohesion and success. This album cemented the idea that a live recording could not only complement studio efforts but in some cases, surpass them in popularity. The album’s influence extends beyond its sales figures. It shaped the way live albums were perceived, setting a high standard for recording quality and performance intensity. The iconic use of the talk box influenced many guitarists in the decades that followed, making it a widely recognized tool in rock music. #### Cultural and Historical Context *Frampton Comes Alive!* came out at a time when live albums were beginning to gain traction as essential releases for rock artists. The 1970s saw bands like The Allman Brothers Band, Deep Purple, and The Who releasing live albums that captured their onstage energy. Frampton’s record, however, stood out due to its accessibility and pop-rock appeal. His youthful charisma and radio-friendly tracks such as "Show Me the Way" and "Baby, I Love Your Way" made the album more approachable than some of the heavier or more experimental live releases of that period. It also arrived during a period of changing attitudes toward rock stars. The 1970s marked a shift from the idea of the "untouchable" rock star to a more relatable, accessible image, and Frampton’s boyish good looks and friendly demeanor fit this new archetype. He wasn't just a virtuoso; he was a musician with whom the audience could connect on a personal level. The album's massive success epitomized the era's fascination with capturing the "real" and spontaneous side of rock music. #### Pros of *Frampton Comes Alive!* 1. **Guitar Work**: The album is a masterclass in guitar performance. Frampton’s melodic phrasing and technical proficiency, especially with the talk box, are standout features. 2. **Live Energy**: The production captures the vitality and energy of Frampton's live performances, making the listener feel part of the experience. 3. **Variety in Sound**: The album showcases Frampton's range, covering different rock styles from blues-rock jams to pop-oriented tracks. 4. **Production Balance**: The live production achieves a balance between rawness and clarity, which was not easily accomplished at the time. 5. **Cultural Impact**: It set a new standard for live albums and influenced how live music was recorded and perceived in the industry. #### Cons of *Frampton Comes Alive!* 1. **Lyrical Simplicity**: While heartfelt, the lyrics lack the depth or sophistication found in the work of contemporaries such as Bob Dylan or Joni Mitchell. They serve their purpose but do not elevate the album’s artistic merit. 2. **Repetitiveness**: Some tracks, especially extended jams like "Do You Feel Like We Do," may feel repetitive to listeners who prefer concise compositions. The improvisation, while dynamic, might not appeal to everyone. 3. **Audio Quality Limitations**: Although impressive for a 1976 live recording, some moments suffer from minor audio quality issues, particularly in the lower frequencies. This detracts slightly from the overall polish. 4. **Overemphasis on Guitar**: As a guitar-centric album, it sometimes prioritizes instrumental sections over lyrical content and secondary instrumentation. While this appeals to guitar enthusiasts, it may leave others wanting a fuller sound or more vocal prominence. 5. **Overexposure of Key Tracks**: Songs like "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Show Me the Way" became so overplayed on radio that they lost some of their initial charm and freshness. This overexposure might affect the modern listener's enjoyment. #### Legacy and Influence The album’s success not only made Peter Frampton a household name but also influenced the music industry. It demonstrated that live albums could achieve the same commercial success as studio recordings, paving the way for future releases from artists like Cheap Trick (*At Budokan*) and Nirvana (*MTV Unplugged in New York*). Frampton’s innovative use of the talk box on *Frampton Comes Alive!* left a lasting imprint on guitar playing, influencing a range of musicians from Joe Walsh to Slash. The idea of a live album as a definitive artistic statement took root partly due to the success of this record. It also solidified the notion that the energy of a live concert could be harnessed in a format that felt authentic and engaging for home listeners. #### Conclusion *Frampton Comes Alive!* remains a cornerstone in the history of live rock albums. Its combination of exceptional guitar work, live atmosphere, and iconic tracks helped redefine what a live album could be. While it has some lyrical and audio quality limitations, its influence on both musicians and the music industry at large is undeniable. Peter Frampton captured lightning in a bottle with this release, setting a benchmark for live recordings and leaving an enduring legacy. Despite being a product of its time, the album still resonates with those who appreciate live music's spontaneity and raw energy. Its historical significance and musical quality ensure that *Frampton Comes Alive!* retains its place as a classic rock staple.

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-not too bad especially for a live album. Had some enjoyable songs, though a bit of it was corny and blended together. Could’ve done with some major cutting down but hey it was pretty enjoyable to listen to while drunk and doing my psychology homework -Favorites are It’s A Plain Shame, I Wanna Go To The Sun, and (I’ll Give You) Money

I was listening and thought a short 2 star review would be a bit mean. Side two cleared any doubts. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

In a lot of ways this feels like an archetype for the idea of Classic Rock. That is both good and bad, but leans more bad.

- ich möchte mich hier meinen vorrednern anschließen - nicht schlecht, v.a. seeehr solide live performance, das ist auf jeden fall noch ein musiker, der live groß geworden ist, das merkt man, weils einfach super gut klingt. - aber insgesamt auch ein bisschen langweilig, mich lässt es auch größtenteils recht kalt Ratibg: 3/5

- Sechsfach fucking Platin, wtf - für mich leider absolut generischer Rock, ohne besonderes Alleinstellungsmerkmal - Mehr habe ich dazu auch irgendwie nicht zu sagen. Handwerklich vollkommen ok/gut aber löst absolut nichts bei mir aus. 3/5

- guter Sound für ein Live Album - und insgesamt echt gut, wobei mal wieder nichts wirklich für mich herausgestochen hat

Frankly exhausting. I don't know if I get it, as this came across as absurdly long winded, unoriginal, and boring. Just because something is live doesn't mean it's good or important.

Such an incredible album. I'm jamming out to it again. Listened to the 35th anniversary deluxe edition and both volumes are incredible. Every song is a banger.

i never got why this album was so huge and listening to it again has not illuminated the question

Best goede nummers af en toe, maar ook niet geweldig. Net aan 3

Bra solid live rock album, gillar talkboxen

If you think I have the time to try to understand what Peter Frampton is all about *again*, between my insane workload these days and the fact that so many great albums are released this year (2024)? Think again. My personal memory is that "Show Me The Way" is a memorable hit, but that everything else is just fodder for fans of old hags reeking of mildew spurting out bland jam songs after bland jam songs. But I might be wrong. Saving that one for later. The thing is, as of now, I'd rather "come alive" for 2024 than that sort of *apparent*, old meaningless nonsense. Plus it's a live album, and I think most of them take up slots that would be better used for studio albums. And the vocals on it look distant and artificial. I don't want to think of an arena when I listen to music. I want something cinematic. And I'm pretty sure I won't find it here. 3?/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 8?/10 for more general purposes (5 + 3?) Number of albums left to review: 46 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 411 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 240 (including this one?) Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 305

Loved this! Very fun album. Will listen again in the future.

Awesome live album

Love a lot of this album

Automatic one-star deduction before I even start listening because it's a live album. The recording, production, and performance will all have to earn that star back no matter what album it is. Was this album bad? No. Was this album exceptional? Also no. 3 stars I say, and that may be one too many.

A lot of classic songs on here that we have all heard. Pretty awesome live album, great classic rock.

I hate whoever kept whistling, you justify my disdain for live albums. Boring as hell, overly self indulgent--I get that the only thing you know how to do is play guitar, but that doesn't mean I want to hear you do so in a badly recorded snooze-fest of an album. If this was a studio recording it would be a 2/5, but instead it gets a 1.5 rounded down--it's not as bad as some of the 1 stars I've given before, but I hate how boring it is and I can't imagine this being a top 1000 album of all time.

I usually object to live albums on this list, but this is the only album I know by Peter Frampton. Show Me The Way Baby, I Love Your Way Do You Feel Like We Do

Lots of memories of this one.

oscillates between "getting on my nerves" and "yeah, groooovey"

Rather bland, poppy dad rock. It's not particularly bad, it's just not particularly interesting.

In the suburbs you were issued it

Overall pretty mild but still iconic. Still not really doing much for me.

Man this dude likes to noodle on the guitar. Quite into that sort of thing though.

There are not many word combinations more demonic than "Hour long live hard rock album". Something I've noticed in my 3 years of going through this list, is the existence of a strange music magazine circlejerk around certain albums with 1-2 big singles. The dichotomy of seeing sentences like "This is considered by Rolling Stone to be one of the greatest live albums of all time" on the album's Wikipedia page, then opening Spotify and seeing that most of the songs don't even have 500k all-time listens usually tells me that I'm going to be listening to some grade-A boomer ass that has aged worse than asbestos-filter cigarettes. Okay anyways, this ain't that horrifyingly dogshit. The singles are pretty good and I had no idea that "Baby, I Love Your Way" was originally a rock song, because they keep playing the Reggae version in European radios so often that it haunts my dreams.

Lots of nostalgic classics, just not my kind of sound

I may have gotten more out of this if I'd ever heard a Frampton song in my life.

Fine, I guess. As always, I don't really care for 99% of live albums, and this is no exception. In the words of High Fidelity: "...is that Peter fuckin' Frampton?" *sigh*

Not exactly my jam. But a solid listen all around. Good vibes.

Good one

Have always loved this one!

Love a couple of the radio hits but the rest is dull 70s guitar rock with an awful Stones cover.

Classic and iconic live album. I've heard the popular selections from this album many times on the radio over the years. I have always liked these tunes and Frampton's work in Humble Pie as well. Reasonably well-recorded and mastered with good sound overall for a live album. A great listen.

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

Great

Good songs played well. I wouldn't choose to listen to this over a studio recorded album but that's just me. 4/5

It's a good album. Not one of the best live albums but, good enough.

I like two of the tracks: Show Me The Way and Do You Feel Like We Do. The talking guitar thing is kind of a gimmick but it’s fun. Interesting that it was a live album that propelled them to fame.

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.

The dad rock sound wears thin towards the last third, but enjoyed a good chunk of this - almost against my will.

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

Fun album. Really sounds like they’re having a good time, and the music kicks ass in a chill kind of way

I know this is from the 70s but the audio quality/mixing is just terrible. Still don’t think live albums should be on this list except for a few exceptions. 3/10

I haven't heard anything from Peter Frampton for a long time. I don't particularly like his music either. A few songs aren't bad though. It was nice to hear "Baby, I Love Your Way" again. But it also sounds very flat in the recording. Maybe I'm used to a larger sound volume by now or maybe it was just normal at the time to achieve a rather thin sound in live recordings. But that wasn't the case with other bands. 3/5

Great live album

3/5. Charismatic front-man and classic 70's rock creates a chill live experience. Some cool solos and musicianship in the songs, most are pretty simple though. The crowd is the loudest I have heard a crowd on a live album and I think that was intentional. The production uses the crowd to enhance the songs with a solidarity energy. Would these songs sound as good on a studio album? Probably not, but I guess that's why this one is on this list and not the other ones. At face value, this was a fun album and a good full listen but I don't think it was perfect. Last song goes hard but the rest of the album isn't good enough to make up for it. Best Song: Do You Feel Like We Do, Show Me The Way, Baby I Love Your Way,

Not a huge fan of live albums, but this was pretty good. Having a few recognizable songs that seem to be better than the studio versions gives it a boost in stars for me.

peter frampton? der name kam mir bekannt vor, aber erst die spotify-kurzbio zeigte mir, wie lange er schon musik macht. tolle gitarre! wenn nur der gesang noch ein tick voller/cleaner wäre.

Solid aber halt ein Kind seiner Zeit. War sicher ein tolles Konzert, damals.

Enjoyable throughout, quality classic rock

return of cracker...bro makes the most middling sounds you've ever heard and the crowd loses their fucking mind 2/10

Decent, not generally a fan of live albums

Tras muchos años sin oirlo, descubro que es un gran directo.

good

Amazing on guitar...amazing. Beyond that, its cool and probably would have been a good concert but nothing that is life changing

This is a great show. Big fan of the hits, especially the closer. I wasn’t super wowed by the rest but still super solid. He can play a guitar.

Yea, that was nice

sound isch huuuere schön. erste song blibt scho im ohr. soliert huuuere geil doobie wah isch chli sehr funky funky. nöd soo geil schow me the way isch de für meega geil 16tel prechorus. seeehr cool. jaaaa talkbox solo. its a plain shame isch au huuuere geil er soliiiert sooo geeeil. all i want to be extreem schön er chan ebe au singe. the wind of change is blowing jo. uh baby i love you kenni! huuuuere schön mitem rhodes aaaaah. er will zude sunne und i find er dörf d band spielt soo geil alles lebt ebe echt und er spielt sooo geeeeil penny for your thoughts au extrem guet mega schöööni gitarre aaah. ill give you money wieder chli stampfi classic rock aber immerno crazy geili solos. shine on au cool aber find die souligere geiler. ok etz sind gad d breaks cho und finds huuuuere geil. jumpin jack flash geile song. wie hemmer no keis rolling stones album gha? sehr cools cover. sin gitarresound isch insane. er spielt soooo geil. mue nocher luege bim rick beato (beato) waner für amps spielt und so. bruuuudi cha de gitärrele es isch sooo melodisch. aaaaah. jetz fehlt nurno ei siite quasi vom album. s letst isch anschinend de hit, aber lines ln my face fangt guet aah. okay do you feel like we do. bin ready. de paulo bliibt z rom ich bin happy. gib de good shit peter. refrain seeehr cool. freu mi ufs solo. uuuh zweistimmig mitem rhodes sehr geil. solo time. s tönt alles so schön? sie gönd meeega mit ihm mit und denn BAM refrain huere geeil. ui rhodes solo goht jo blöööd. publikum klatscht brav im takt. etz fohter zerst fiin und denn easy chratzig ah soliere. schööön. lieb d kicks vom drummer. JA TALKBOX TIME. so expressiv ultra geile scheiss. doingdwuang doing. wonen d lüt verstönd durd talkbox und usrasted hahaha. gad mehrmols mis gsicht vezoge well de peter so tschuttet. das isch gad e extrem langs solo gsi und s isch nüüüt langwilig worde, get peter'd eric clapton. so geil. herte maultaschen. FUMF.

PETER finds bis jz eifsch sehr normal, coll aber nöd meh show me the way het sehr en coole ahfang es liit sicher au ah minere müedigkeit, aber s isch eifach "na schön" aber hautmi nöd um baby I love your way meeegaa cute oke s het es paar eig easy cuti lieder okay ja han sehr wenig dezue gschribe, finds jz nüt mega krasses aber doch schöni lieder, wo mite ziit nur besser werded plus ich lieb live albe

Better than I expected?

It’s a lot of guitar solos. A lot. Show Me the Way is nice. Wind of Change, too. Clearly, there is talent here. Clearly, this was hugely influential. There’s even solid songwriting. It’s good. But I could live without it.

Have on vinyl. A good live album, but nothing especially standout. Solid guitar with some weak tracks

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

Yep. That sounds like one of the flavors of the 70s there. Single-handedly made the talkbox popular and overblown in one album. Sadly, it's a live album that's a better display of musicianship than of an overall amazing music experience.

Well, I've finally done it. I've finally listened to Frampton Comes Alive, the album that I've been hearing about both for good and ill my whole life. It was fine, but I'd already heard the best part, where his guitar starts talking about how it feels 3/5

Legend. Hits are stronger than the rest, but it’s all good stuff.

There are the Frampton tunes that I've heard all my life and they're fine. But the rest of this for me is generic classic rock - not a bad vibe but no stand outs.

I feel this has made it more due to it's ubiquity than any other quality. It's fine, no more, no less. Decent classic rock with a couple of big numbers in there. I remain baffled as to why, of all live releases, this one gained so much traction. The vocoder stuff is tight as fuck though; that I will admit.

Didn‘t know his name, but some of his music. I love the hits on this one, the instrumental only parts and the live atmosphere captured in here.

Awesome. Will listen to this again.

Also known as "Frampton Is Barely Clinging To Life", this album is very much propped up by its (admittedly strong) electric guitar sound. The vocals are pretty variable, but none of them are convincing. At one point Peter Frampton sounds like a discount version of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, which isn't necessarily a good thing. At other points, Frampton sounds like discount Bowie. Lots of discounts here. Kind of makes me want to discount the entire album. And yet, the crowd is going positively wild for the whole performance. Even during the comparatively simple and repetitive acoustic instrumental Penny For Your Thoughts, you can hear giddy whoops from the audience like they're drunkenly cheering on their girlfriend at karaoke night. It's a little distracting, especially in some of the weak tracks like All I Want To Be and the cover of Jumpin' Jack Flash. You guys do know you don't have to cheer when the music isn't good, right? But despite all its flaws, the electric guitars on this album are honestly some of the best I've heard in 70s music. Show Me The Way is a highlight. 2/5 Key tracks: Doobie Wah, Show Me The Way, It's A Plain Shame

I don't know much about Peter Frampton, and I may be stupid, but one thing that has always confused me is that it sounds like he is playing to a pretty big audience that love him and know all of his songs, but this is also his breakout album???? something doesn't add up here. Not really sure why this site lists "Hard Rock" as one of this album's genres. This is some of the softest rock out there. This album was a little dorkier than I expected, but it is fine.

My parents were at this concert but did not know each other at the time. This is such a classic live album.

Solid

I have played guitar since I was 12 years old. I've lost count of how many times people said to me over the years, "Oh you're a guitarist, you must love Frampton Comes Alive" Sure, Frampton is a very competent guitarist and this album is by no means bad. But I don't quite get why people think of it as a standout guitar album when there are so many others that did it better during that era. That being said, it's a fine 70's rock album and enjoyable enough listen.

Frampton Comes Alive is one of the successful live albums of all time, and the most successful album of Frampton's career. Prior to Comes Alive, Frampton had released four solo albums, which met with limited success. This is a double album of live version of songs from the first four albums. This is a great collection of songs, played by a seasoned performer with a strong voice and reasonable guitar skills. The remarkable success of this album made Frampton a star, and made popular anthems of some of the songs, like "Do You Feel Like I Do?" and "Show Me The Way."

not my kinda thing :/