Frampton Comes Alive!

Frampton Comes Alive!
Live album by
Peter Frampton
Released15 January 1976 (1976-01-15) (US)[1]
Recorded13–14 June, 24 August and 22 November 1975
VenueMarin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael, California
Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, California
Long Island Arena, Commack, New York
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York
GenreRock
Length
    • 78:06 (original album)
    • 98:03 (2001 expanded and remastered edition)
LabelA&M
ProducerPeter Frampton
Peter Frampton chronology
Frampton
(1975) 		Frampton Comes Alive!
(1976) 		I'm in You
(1977)
Singles from Frampton Comes Alive!
  1. "Show Me the Way"
    Released: February 1976
  2. "Baby, I Love Your Way"
    Released: June 1976
  3. "Do You Feel Like We Do"
    Released: September 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]

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 of all time. "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 number one on the Billboard 200 the week ending 10 April 1976, spending a total of 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.[5]

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.[6] Readers of Rolling Stone ranked it No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums.[7]

In 2020, Frampton Comes Alive! was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[8]

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  2. ^ Eder, Bruce. "Frampton Comes Alive! – Peter Frampton". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Frampton, Peter". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1,832. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  5. ^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA". RIAA. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  6. ^ "50 Greatest Live Albums". rollingstone.com. 29 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Live Albums of All Time". rollingstone.com. November 21, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  8. ^ "GRAMMY Hall Of Fame | Hall of Fame Artists | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.