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Peter Frampton - Frampton's Camel Audio CD

A fair review of the Peter Frampton "Frampton's Camel" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Peter Frampton reviews here, or go back to the Peter Frampton tabs.

Peter Frampton Band: Peter Frampton
Title: Frampton's Camel
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Release Date: 2000-08-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Got My Eyes on You 2: All Night Long 3: Lines on My Face 4: Which Way the Wind Blows 5: I Believe (When I Fall in Love With You It Will Be Forever) 6: White Sugar 7: Don't Fade Away 8: Just the Time of Year 9: Do You Feel Like We Do

Frampton Comes Alive (In the Studio)
It may depend on your familiarity with the songs, but real fans will probably want both. Many Frampton fans prefer his studio versions of his songs to the frenzy that accompanied the 'Comes Alive' versions. Those only familiar with the live tracks shouldn't be disappointed with these (often superior) versions.

The album title is taken from the name of Frampton's backing band at the time which included keyboardist Mickey Gallagher (Cochise), bassist Rick Wills (Bell & Arc), and drummer Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth). Initially, this 1973 album sold disappointingly, but Frampton began to build a following through near-constant touring over the next few years. He broke up Frampton's Camel prior to the release of his next album, 1974's Something's Happening.

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4 1/2 Stars: Excellent Songs, Great Remastered Sound
The sound on this recording lays out the formula that Frampton would take to mega-success three years later with the release of Frampton Comes Alive. Named after Frampton's touring band at the time, Frampton's Camel has a harder-rocking feel than its predecessor Wind of Change, with Mick Gallagher's percussive electric piano and organ taking a prominent position in the mix and Frampton getting a harder sound from his electric guitars (though his acoustic playing is so lush and lyrical that it dominates the album here and there in its quiet way). The songs are all first-rate or close to it - included here is the original studio version of the group composition "Do You Feel Like We Do," a quicker-tempo, extended (albeit less majestic) version of which appeared on the latter album and became a staple of classic-rock radio, but the Frampton-composed "I Got My Eyes on You" and "Don't Fade Away" and the Frampton-Gallagher "All Night Long" are also compelling examples of '70s hard rock at its commercial best. This album also includes a nice cover of Stevie Wonder's "I Believe (When I Fall in Love With You It Will Be Forever)," the power ballad "Lines on My Face," the rollicking "White Sugar," and Frampton's gorgeously lyrical, all acoustic "Just the Time of the Year. " As on Wind of Change, Frampton's use of dynamics and mix of acoustic and electric guitars keeps the music from becoming one-dimensional. The October 2000 CD reissue, remastered in state-of-the-art sound, adds an even more expansive feel to this album and enhances its melodic richness. - Jim Newsom & Bruce Eder, AMG

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Available At Frampton's Website
I just got mine about a week ago! . Remastered Version of This CD available at regular price at Peter Frampton's website.


Frampton history
Listen to this and you can hear history. This is why Peter Frampton still has the respect of anyone who can pick up a guitar. Way before he was the teen idol, he was just a excellent player.


Overall a rather weak Frampton album
Fortunately this was just an aberration and the albums got better later. As a faithful Frampton aficionado over the years I'm reluctant to criticize his work but this is a disappointing follow-up to his very promising first solo album 'Wind of change'. 'Lines on my face', probably the most noteworthy song here, has some nice lead guitar work, but it became a much more powerful track on the 'Frampton comes alive' live album. 'Got my eyes on you' and 'Don't fade away' are pleasant, but the rest of the tracks are forgettable. One of the dreariest is a turgid version of 'Do you feel like we do' - (mercifully I don't) - although it was excessively long on the live album it had far more energy and enthusiasm. 'Just the time of year' starts out promisingly as an acoustic guitar ballad, but rapidly degenerates into an unpleasantly strained vocal performance. The cover of Stevie Wonder's 'I believe' certainly does the song no favours and isn't a patch on the original, or indeed on Art Garfunkel's slickly-produced cover version from 1975. So this is one for the die-hard fans only - others would be much better to go for 'Wind of change', which overall has much more memorable and varied songs, or the later 'Frampton'.


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