Peter Frampton

Before the extraordinary success of Frampton Comes Alive!, Peter Frampton was known as
a solid, if somewhat lightweight, English pop rocker. Seven million albums later, he had
become a solid lightweight rocker who had set sales records and who would soon find
himself welcoming Stevie Wonder and Mick Jagger into the studio for cameo spots on his
followup album. The cover of Frampton Comes Alive! captured the Frampton my... More >

Like Steve Miller, Frampton is a medium-snazzy guitarist taking no chances on an absurdly salable formula this time out; the only development from his first (and best) two albums is that this one has a kinda "live" feel, and the material is very thin. But at least Frampton sounds completely unsmug, an achievement in a star of his magnitude. (Grade: C-)