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Peter Frampton - I'm in You Audio CD

A fair review of the Peter Frampton "I'm in You" 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: I'm in You
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Release Date: 2008-08-27
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I'm in You 2: (Putting My) Heart on the Line 3: St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel) 4: Won't You Be My Friend 5: Don't Have to Worry 6: Tried to Love 7: Rocky's Hot Club 8: (I'm A) Road Runner 9: Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours

Defintely riding the coat tails of "Frampton Comes Alive"
It's also Frampton's highest charting album as it made it all the way to number 2. That's the only way I can describe this album. As I mentioned in my "Frampton Comes Alive" review I had only heard the title track to this album, and it was terrible. It's a horrible ballad, and I can only ask is "What Happened To The Guy Who Rocked On Frampton Comes Alive?" Perhaps this was a rush job to get an actual studio hit song on the radio that's the only thing I can think of. However, no need to fear it does redeem itself with "St. Thomas", and a good cover of Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered". There were a couple of other good songs like the 8 minute opus of "Would You Be My Friend?", and a couple of others. All in all it could've been worse. Unfortunately, after this it would be another 7 years before Frampton would release another album which flopped, and I wouldn't hear from him again until 1998 when he did a special version of "Show Me The Way" for a Tigger album. This probably could've been a contender if not for the rush job. .


Frampton's BEST or certainly one of 'em
I think Frampton went in exactly the right direction after that horrible "Comes Alive" atrocity and finally got back to recording some heartfelt thoughtful songs. I totally LOVE this cd. That live album everyone thinks is so wonderful is actually his worst. Try any of his other CD's and you'll find out what Frampton is REALLY about. He's not the popstar you thought, huh? No way, he's much, much better. "I'm in You" is a great disc from start to finish, with no filler. Buy it, enjoy it, and get over that ridiculous kid stuff you thought you liked. This is the real thing. My second fave Frampton is his new one, "NOW". Get that one too!!!!.


Well...I've bought OTHER albums for just one song...
Yes. . the album cover is hideous, the title track had most 1978 feminists turning absolutely rabid, and it's a poor, poor followup to "Frampton Comes Alive. " Still: two things justify this album/CD's existance: that rear cover picture where Pete and drummer John Siomos are obviously ripped to the ###s and are laughing hysterically at keyboard player Bob Mayo handing. . . "something" to bassist Stanley Sheldon; and that doggoned incredible track, "Tried To Love. " It's honestly more fun to play on an acoustic guitar than was that silly - GOOFY - "Do You Feel Like We Do" talkbox/thing. Key of "D," GREAT opening riff, true Rock and Roll meaningless lyrics, and it even has Glimmer Twin Mick singing "backup. " Again: "Tried To Love" and that picture on the back cover say more about Rock and Roll than most people are willing to give Peter Frampton credit for.


Too stoned...
He had talent and he was basically a nice guy who worked very hard at every performance to give a good show. I too saw Frampton live several times, as a warm up act, and had purchased Frampton's Camel, Wind of Change, Something's Happening etc. Then he hit the BIG time with FCA. The pressure was on him to put out a HUGE album, to capitalize on his new notoriety, and fast. What we got was this album. An album that sounds like every bad album made from the 70's cocaine/marijuana drug era. You can find where this happened to artists and bands over and over. Sometimes they just OD and die. Peter, instead, killed his new found fame. And fast.


Great album, less filling


When "I'm In You" was released in 1977, a number of things conspired against a positive reception. Alright, it's not Frampton's Camel, but this album deserves far better than the panning it's been getting for the past 30 years. First, it was a musical departure for Frampton, whose dedicated fans were expecting more of the same, and coming on the heels of his phenomenal 1976 tour only compounded these expectations. Second, when you flaunt a set of abs like he did on the cover, you're just *know* you're going to piss people off. Third, well, there was a lot of other stuff that could easily go third.

As far as the actual music goes, "Putting My Heart on the Line" is a great tune. The album has a nice trajectory that's kick-started with the somewhat soporific "I'm in You" but resolves with energy in a cover of "Signed, Sealed, Delivered. " Pretty good stuff.

It's time to stop punishing Peter Frampton for the Sgt. Pepper fiasco and elevate this album into the Pantheon of Slightly-Better-than-Average Albums from the Mid-70s. If we can forgive the fat guy from K. C. and the Sunshine Band, we can certainly forgive Peter Frampton.



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