Frampton Comes Alive!

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 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 8,000,000 copies in the United States. 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’s “50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time” list. Readers of Rolling Stone ranked it No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums. In 2020, Frampton Comes Alive! was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

Tracklisting

Position Title
A1 (Baby) Something’s Happening
A2 Doobie Wah
A3 Show Me The Way
A4 It’s A Plain Shame
B1 All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)
B2 Wind Of Change
B3 Baby, I Love Your Way
B4 I Wanna Go To The Sun
C1 Penny For Your Thoughts
C2 (I’ll Give You) Money
C3 Shine On
C4 Jumping Jack Flash
D1 Lines On My Face
D2 Do You Feel Like We Do

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Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frampton_Comes_Alive!
Format 2× Vinyl (Gatefold) LP, Album
Label A&M Records
Catalog Number AMLM 63703
Notes Side C may have metalwork sent from the USA via [l264380]. Runouts are stamped except SP 37xx numbers and “MB M5-EX ∴ (MR) Δ20308 England” which are etched. ℗ 1976 A&M Records Inc. Differs From: [r456090]: Different label layout, different rear cover [r5870498]: Different label layout, printed by Robor Ltd. [r6361031]: Different label layout Recorded at Winterland, San Francisco; Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, California; Island Music Center, Commack, Long Island, New York; State University of New York, Plattsburgh, Wally Heider’s Mobile Recording Truck, California and the Fedco Recording Truck, New York. Remixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York. Mastered at the Mastering Lab, Los Angeles. Auto-coupled release. Released in gatefold sleeve.
Discogs URL Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive!