Frampton Comes Alive!

{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Frampton Comes Alive! | type = live | artist = Peter Frampton | cover = Frampton Comes Alive.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1976|01|15|df=y}} (US)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Peter+Frampton&ti=Frampton+Comes+Alive%21&format=Album&type=#search_section|title=RIAA|website=Recording Industry Association of America }}</ref> | recorded = 13–14 June, 24 August and 22 November 1975 | venue =Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California Long Island Arena, Commack, New York SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York | genre = Rock | length = {{unbulleted list| *78:06 (original album) *{{duration|m=98|s=3}} (2001 expanded and remastered edition) }} | label = A&M | producer = Peter Frampton | prev_title = Frampton | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = I'm in You | next_year = 1977 | misc = {{Singles | name = Frampton Comes Alive! | type = live | single1 = Show Me the Way | single1date = February 1976 | single2 = Baby, I Love Your Way | single2date = June 1976 | single3 = Do You Feel Like We Do | single3date = September 1976 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Eder |first=Bruce |title=''Frampton Comes Alive!'' – Peter Frampton |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/frampton-comes-alive%21-mw0000372861 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Christgau's Record Guide'' |rev2score = B−<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|chapter=Frampton, Peter|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=1,832}}</ref> }}

'''''Frampton Comes Alive!''''' is a double live album by the English musician and songwriter Peter Frampton, released in 1976 by A&M Records. Following four studio albums with little success and sales, ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' was a breakthrough for Frampton and is one of the best-selling live albums ever. "Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", and "Do You Feel Like We Do" were released as singles; all three reached the top 10 in Canada and the top 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and frequently receive airplay on classic rock radio stations.

Released on 15 January 1976, ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' debuted on the charts at No. 191. It reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 the week ending 10 April 1976, spending 10 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot through October. It was the best-selling album of 1976 and has sold over 8 million copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gold & Platinum - RIAA|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=peter+frampton#search_section|website=RIAA|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>

''Frampton Comes Alive!'' was voted "Album of the Year" in a 1976 ''Rolling Stone'' readers' poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 weeks and was still No. 14 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s 1977 year-end album chart. It was ranked No. 41 on ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s "50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-greatest-live-albums-of-all-time-20150429/peter-frampton-frampton-comes-alive-1976-20150427|title=50 Greatest Live Albums|work=rollingstone.com|date=29 April 2015 }}</ref> Readers of ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums.<ref name=RSpoll-2012>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-live-albums-of-all-time-18920/3-peter-frampton-frampton-comes-alive-131998/ |title=Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Live Albums of All Time |work=rollingstone.com |date=November 21, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award|title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists|website=Grammy.com}}</ref>

==Background and recording== The album ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' was recorded between June and November 1975, primarily at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco as well as Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, California, Long Island Arena in Commack, New York, and a concert on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus in Plattsburgh, New York. The Winterland songs were recorded on a 24-track master recorder. Other concerts were captured on a 16-track recorder. Recordings from four shows were used for the original album. Master tapes were recorded at 15 inches per second using professional Dolby "A" noise reduction.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100724081540/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_frampton_comes_alive/ Frampton Comes Alive In 5.1] – Mixonline.com</ref>

The live album had been intended to be a single LP disc, but at the suggestion of A&M Records, additional shows were recorded, and the album expanded to two LPs for release. On the special features for the ''Live in Detroit'' concert DVD, Peter Frampton commented that some difficulty was encountered in the mixing after the microphone cable to the bass drum microphone was inadvertently pulled, accidentally causing the microphone to face at a 90-degree angle from the drumhead. During the concerts, Frampton principally used a distinctive modified black 1954 Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar (with three Humbucker pick-ups as opposed to the usual P90 and AlNiCo Staple pickups).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004674.html|title=Peter Frampton Interview|date=February 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201200252/http://www.modernguitars.com/archives/004674.html |archive-date=2009-02-01 }}</ref> On the radio program ''In the Studio with Redbeard'', Frampton said, "The album is mostly live except for the first verse of 'Something's Happening', the electric rhythm guitar on 'Show Me the Way' (the talk-box came out but the engineer forgot to move the mic) and the intro piano on 'I Wanna Go to the Sun' were fixed in the studio but the rest was all live (all the guitar solos, acoustic guitars, electric keyboards, drums, bass guitar and rest of vocals)".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inthestudio.net/online-on-demand/peter-frampton-comes-alive-40th-anniversary/|title=Peter Frampton Comes Alive 40th Anniversary|website=Inthestudio.net}}</ref>

==Release== The double album was released in the U.S. at a reduced list price of $7.98, only $1.00 more than the standard $6.98 of most single-disc albums in 1976. It was pressed in "automatic sequence", with sides one and four on one record and sides two and three on the other. This arrangement facilitated sequential listening on automatic record changers.

The album produced three hit singles: "Baby, I Love Your Way", "Do You Feel Like We Do", and "Show Me the Way". The talk box guitar effect became closely associated with Frampton due to its use in the latter two singles. The single version of "Do You Feel Like We Do" was edited to 7:19 from the original 14:15 album version, making it one of the longest singles to reach the top 40, surpassing The Beatles' "Hey Jude" at 7:11. The B-side of "Do You Feel Like We Do", the acoustic instrumental "Penny for Your Thoughts", was the shortest track on ''Frampton Comes Alive'', at 1:23.

In January 2001, a 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the album was released. It featured four additional tracks not present in the original version, one recorded in a radio studio and not part of the main concert program. The track sequence was revised to more accurately reflect the original concert set list. Frampton produced the remixed and extended album and performed live with the original band at Tower Records in Los Angeles to promote the release.

==Track listing== All songs written by Peter Frampton except as noted. Durations are sourced from original LP release. {{tracklisting |headline=Side one |extra_column=Original album |title1=Introduction/Something's Happening |title2=Doobie Wah |title3=Show Me the Way |title4=It's a Plain Shame |length1=5:54 |length2=5:28 |length3=4:32 |length4=4:21 |extra1=''Somethin's Happening'' (1974) |extra2=''Somethin's Happening'' (1974) |extra3=''Frampton'' (1975) |extra4=''Wind of Change'' (1972) |writer2=Frampton, John Headley-Down, Rick Wills }} {{tracklisting |extra_column=Original album |headline=Side two |title1=All I Want to Be (Is by Your Side) |title2=Wind of Change |title3=Baby, I Love Your Way |title4=I Wanna Go to the Sun |length1=3:27 |length2=2:47 |length3=4:43 |length4=7:02 |extra1=''Wind of Change'' (1972) |extra2=''Wind of Change'' (1972) |extra3=''Frampton'' (1975) |extra4=''Somethin's Happening'' (1974) }} {{tracklisting |extra_column=Original album |headline=Side three |title1=Penny for Your Thoughts |title2=(I'll Give You) Money |title3=Shine On |title4=Jumpin' Jack Flash |length1=1:23 |length2=5:39 |length3=3:35 |length4=7:45 |extra1=''Frampton'' (1975) |extra2=''Frampton'' (1975) |extra3=''Rock On'' (1971) |extra4=''Wind of Change'' (1972) |writer4=Mick Jagger, Keith Richards }} {{tracklisting |extra_column=Original album |headline=Side four |title1=Lines on My Face |title2=Do You Feel Like We Do |length1=7:06 |length2=14:15 |extra1=''Frampton's Camel'' (1973) |extra2=''Frampton's Camel'' (1973) |writer2=Frampton, Mick Gallagher, John Siomos, Rick Wills }}

===25th anniversary deluxe edition=== ;Disc one # "Introduction/Something's Happening" – 5:56 (Originally titled "Baby (Somethin's Happening)" on Frampton's 1974 album ''Somethin's Happening'') # "Doobie Wah" (Frampton, Rick Wills, John Headley-Down) – 5:43 # "Lines on My Face" – 6:59 # "Show Me the Way" – 4:32 # "It's a Plain Shame" – 4:03 # "Wind of Change" – 2:57 # "Just the Time of Year" – 4:21 * # "Penny for Your Thoughts" – 1:34 # "All I Want to Be (Is By Your Side)" – 3:08 # "Baby, I Love Your Way" – 4:41 # "I Want to Go to the Sun" – 7:15

;Disc two # "Nowhere's Too Far (For My Baby)" – 4:49 * # "(I'll Give You) Money" – 5:46 # "Do You Feel Like We Do" (SUNY-Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, 22 November 1975){{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} (Frampton, Mick Gallagher, John Siomos, Wills) – 13:46 # "Shine On" – 3:29 # "White Sugar" – 4:43 * # "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 7:40 # "Day's Dawning/Closing" – 3:34 *

(* Available only on the 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

===35th anniversary deluxe edition=== Same track listing as the 25th anniversary edition plus an extra track "Do You Feel Like We Do" featuring Warren Haynes.

==Personnel== *Peter Frampton – lead vocals, lead guitar, talk box on "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me The Way" *Bob Mayo – rhythm guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, vocals *Stanley Sheldon – bass, vocals *John Siomos – drums, percussion

=== Production === *Audio engineer: Chris Kimsey Engineer Live Recording and Original Mixer 1976 *Audio engineer: Ray Thompson *Photography: Mike Zagaris *Mastering: Mike Reese at The Mastering Lab *Remastering: Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles *Remastering: Roger Wake at Bourbery-Wake *Remastering (25th Anniversary Edition): Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME, October 2000 *Remix (25th Anniversary Edition): Chuck Ainlay at Backstage Studios Nashville, TN, August/September 2000

==Chart positions== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+Weekly chart performance for ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' !Chart (1976–1979) !Peak position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hits of the World|page=99|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=30 April 1977}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=117}}</ref> |8 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hits of the World|page=58|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=19 February 1977}}</ref> |6 |- !scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4282a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4282a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4282a|title=RPM Top Albums|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|work=RPM Magazine|page=29|date=24 July 1976|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> |1 |- {{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Peter Frampton|album=Frampton Comes Alive!|rowheader=true|access-date=5 November 2020}} |- !scope="row"|French Albums (IFOP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://infodisc.fr/Album_Liste_Selection2.php?Lettre=F|title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – F|publisher=Institut français d'opinion publique|language=fr|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> |7 |- {{album chart|Germany|4|artist=Peter Frampton|album=Frampton Comes Alive!|id=10868|rowheader=true|access-date=5 November 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Greek Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard International|page=74|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=23 April 1977}}</ref> |5 |- !scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref> |67 |- {{album chart|New Zealand|3|artist=Peter Frampton|album=Frampton Comes Alive!|rowheader=true|access-date=5 November 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Portuguese Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hits of the World|page=71|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=16 April 1977}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|Spanish Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hits of the World|page=60|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=5 March 1977}}</ref> |2 |- !scope="row"|Swiss Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Hits of the World|page=51|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=11 December 1976}}</ref> |10 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Peter Frampton|rowheader=true|access-date=5 November 2020}} |- !scope="row"|US Rock LP Best Sellers (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rock LP Best Sellers|page=46|magazine=Billboard Magazine|date=22 May 1976}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|US Top 100 Albums (''Cashbox'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Cashbox Top 100 Albums|page=57|magazine=Cashbox Magazine|date=13 March 1976}}</ref> |1 |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+1976 year-end chart performance for ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' !Chart (1976) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS"/> |25 |- ! scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5175&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5175.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5175 |title=Top 100 Albums of '76 |website=RPM |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=11 October 2021 }}</ref> |1 |- ! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1976-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date=8 November 2021 }}</ref> | 11 |- ! scope="row" | UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine |date=25 December 1976 |title=Top 50 Albums of 1976 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf |url-status=live |magazine=Music Week |page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309081449/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1976/Music-Week-1976-12-25.pdf |archive-date=9 March 2021 |via=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref> | 16 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|access-date=19 August 2021}}</ref> |1 |- !scope="row"|US Top 100 Albums (''Cashbox'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Top 20 Albums of 1976|magazine=Cashbox Magazine|date=25 December 1976}}</ref> |1 |}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+1977 year-end chart performance for ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' !Chart (1977) !Position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name="AUS"/> |13 |- !scope="row"|Canadian Albums (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5558&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5558.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5558|title=Top 100 Albums of 1977|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|work=RPM Magazine|page=15|date=31 December 1977|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> |9 |- ! scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1977|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1977|publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024095103/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1977|archive-date=24 October 2021}}</ref> | 23 |- ! scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1977-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1977 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=Recorded Music New Zealand |access-date=8 November 2021 }}</ref> | 9 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1977/Billboard%201977-12-24.pdf|title=1977 Talent in Action|magazine=Billboard|volume=89|issue=51|page=66|date=24 December 1977|access-date=19 August 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628164831/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1977/Billboard%201977-12-24.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |14 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications and sales== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Frampton Comes Alive!''}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=3|artist=Peter Frampton|title=Frampton Comes Alive!|certref=<ref name="Aus78">{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1978/CB-1978-12-16.pdf|title=CashBox Magazine|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=56|date=December 16, 1978|access-date= November 13, 2021}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|region=Canada|award=Gold|artist=Peter Frampton|title=Frampton Comes Alive|access-date=5 November 2020}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|nocert=yes|salesamount=15,000|salesref=<ref name="JPN"/>}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|region=United Kingdom|award=Gold|artist=Peter Frampton|title=Frampton Comes Alive|access-date=5 November 2020|id=2374-3739-2}} {{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=8|artist=Peter Frampton|title=Frampton Comes Alive!|access-date=5 November 2020}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

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