1977 Alamo Music Corp Artists music, Ltd (ESCAPE) of Clouds I do not worry where I go when I am with you When I cry you do not laugh the cause that you know me I am in you - you are in me You gave me the love, the love which I never had You and me do not pretend; we make love I cannot smell more than I sing I am in you - you are in me You gave me the love, the love which I never had Come up to now when you think - to think you behind You cannot buy what we did, you and I I am in you - you are in me You gave me the love, the love which I never had
The touchy ballad, "I'm in You,"
sets the tone for the album as well as emphasizing a more insipid aspect of 
's style. Though the simple melody is properly attractive, Frampton's whining tones in the upper registers leave a cloying, syrupy aftertaste. It is the lyrics, though, that inflict the most damage. "I can't feel any more than I'm singing," he says, and that's precisely the problem—his conception of romance is of the greeting-card variety, with the ultimate love described as simply the kind of love he never had. Such frothy sentiment can't hope to engage us beyond the teenage-crush level, and here I may be underestimating the emotions of a teenager in love.
"Rocky's Hot Club," a sprightly tune written about 's dog (shades of Barry Manilow's "Mandy"), features a wonderful little Stevie Wonder harp solo and draws inevitable comparisons to the Beatles' "Rocky Raccoon." Not up to the type of wordplay that enlivened McCartney's playful fairy-tale tunes, "Rocky's Hot Club" is fanciful without being witty, and consequently only half the tune it could have been. Given these lyrical limitations, Frampton is most successful on midterm rockers where a full-flowing accompaniment adds body to his slight but well-honed melodies and gives his lyrical guitar an attractive backdrop. "Saint Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)" is the best of the lot, with a particularly impressive solo spot in which 's shimmering guitar lines spiral upward through the thick mix of acoustic rhythm. His patented synthesized guitar makes four appearances on the album, and while he effectively integrates it into his tunes—the exception is "(Putting My Heart) On the Line," where the effect needlessly clutters the simple melody—it's already perilously close to becoming clichéd.
Ironically, Frampton's tribute to Stevie Wonder and Motown—the medley of "(I'm a) Road Runner" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)"—points to the weakness of his craftsmanship. Frampton's versions of the Motown tunes are well executed but hardly definitive and yet the integrity of the songs makes them shine like beacons. By contrast, Frampton's originals bask in his clock's image and the consummate professionalism that informs his playing, and his band's. His is well-played music that has no impact beyond the sheltered fanzine world that it epitomizes.
The Principle will never mean the same after . How logical the premise originally seemed, with ambitious people naturally rising to the level of their incompetence. But in Peter Frampton, we have the epitome of the seasoned Seventies rock professional who has risen to the level of his competence but who is ultimately uninspired, who broke through to the mass audience (through sheer consistency and superb career orchestration) with a smiling, bare-chested vengeance. His constant touring paid off in the awesome success of Comes Alive!, and such mass acceptance has allowed for the hawking of funicular trinkets in a booklet, included in the new record, that's so exhaustive and slick it's hard to believe you can't order an "I'm in You" bracelet or a watch through Master Charge. Such popularity has also allowed for a record as constantly accessible and ultimately forgettable as I'm in You.
first became interested in music when he was seven-years old. He discovered his grandmother's bankroll (a banjo-shaped ukulele) in the attic. Teaching himself to play, he became near obsessed, and upon receiving a guitar and piano, from his parents, taught himself those instruments as well.[citation needed] By the age of ten, played in a band called the Little Ravens. Both he and David Bowie were pupils at Brummel Technical School where 's father, Owen Frampton, was an art teacher and head of the Art department. The Little Ravens played on the same bill at school as Bowie's band, George and the Dragons. and David would spend time together at lunch breaks, playing Buddy Holly songs. At the age of 11, was playing with a band called The Drumbeats followed by a band called The Preachers, produced and managed by Bill Wyman, of The Rolling Stones. In 1966, he became as a member of The Herd. He was the lead guitarist/singer, scoring a handful of British teenybopper hits. was named "The Face of 1968" by the UK press.[citation needed] In 1969, when was 19 years old, he joined with Steve Marriott of The Small Faces to form Humble Pie. While playing with Humble Pie, also did session recording with other artists including; Harry Nilsson, Jim Price, Jerry Lee Lewis and George Harrison's solo All Things Must Pass. This session was where he was introduced to the 'Talkbox' that has become such a trademark guitar sound for Frampton.[citation needed] After five albums with Humble Pie, left and went solo in 1971, just in time to see 'Rockin' The Fillmore' rise up the US charts. His debut was 1972's Wind of Change. This album was followed by 's Camel in 1973, which featured working within a group project. In 1974, Frampton released Somethin's Happening. toured extensively to support his solo career. In 1975, the Frampton album was released. The album went to #32 in the US charts, and is certified Gold by the RICA. had minimal commercial success with his early albums. This changed with Frampton's breakthrough best-selling live album, Frampton Comes Alive! (1976). "Baby, I Love Your Way" and "Show Me the Way" were singles. "Do You Feel Like We Do", despite its length, was also popular. The latter two tracks also featured his use of the talk box guitar effect. The album became the biggest selling live album at the time of it's release[citation needed] and sold over 6 million copies in the US, 16 million worldwide.[citation needed] His following album, I'm in You (1977) contained the hit title single and went platinum, but fell well short of expectations compared to Comes Alive!. Frampton then took a co-starring role with The Bee Gees in director Robert Dogwood's poorly received Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Frampton's career seemed to be falling as quickly as it had risen. He was involved in a near fatal car accident in the Bahamas near the time of Sgt Pepper's' release. In 1979, returned to recording. Past band members included Stanley Sheldon (bass), Bob Mayo (keyboards/guitar/vocals), Chad Cromwell (drums), and John Siomos (drums/vocals). The album, Where I Should Be (1979) was the first album recorded after his car accident. In 1980, his following album Rise Up was released to promote his tour in Brazil. The album eventually turned into Breaking All The Rules, released the next year in 1981. These albums were the first he recorded almost completely live - their sound is believed to be the better for it" Most notably, he also united with old friend David Bowie, and both worked together to make albums, although they met with little commercial success In the late 1990s, he starred in an infomercial plugging the internationally successful Emelita Guitar Method, a piece of instructional software represented as an alternative to taking actual guitar lessons. He claimed in the infomercial that the software was the best way to learn guitar In 1996, Frampton released Frampton Comes Alive II which contained live versions of many of the songs from his 80s and 90s solo albums. Although there was a large amount of marketing for the album, it did not sell well. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, Frampton decided to become a United States citizen. He now resides in Indian Hill, a suburb east of Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2003, he released the album Now, and embarked on a tour with Styx to support it. He also toured with The Elms. He appeared in 2006 on the FOX Broadcasting variety show Celebrity Duets, paired with Chris Jericho of WWI fame. They were the first pair voted out. On September 12, 2006, resides in Indian Hill, a suburb east of Cincinnati, Ohio released his newest album, an instrumental work titled "Fingerprints". His band consists of drummer Shawn Fichter, guitarist Dudley Freed, bassist John Regan, and keyboardist/guitarist Rob Arthur, and guest artists such as members of Pearl Jam, Hank Marvin, and his bassist on Frampton Comes Alive Stanley Sheldon. On February 11, 2007, "Fingerprints" was awarded the 2007 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In February 2007, he also appeared on the Chicago based PBS television show Bundestag.
