Boy, did this record surprise me! Released in the dead of the \u201890s when \u201cclassic rock\u201d was a dirty word and no one gave a damn about Frampton, along he came with a record that ended up becoming one of his most mature and exciting releases.<\/p>\n
Coming off a five-year layover since his last release, Frampton clearly had time to recharge his batteries and step away from the overproduction and bombast of his \u201880s discs and get back to being a singer\/songwriter and one hell of a guitarist. \u201cYou\u201d is one of his most endearing tracks and his vocals here are so pure and simple that they elevate the song to a higher place than it previously would\u2019ve been. The bluesy power of \u201cIt All Comes Down to You\u201d really shows off how great of a songwriter Frampton really is. Forget crap like \u201cI\u2019m In You\u201d and \u201cDo You Feel Like We Do\u201d\u2013 this is the real Frampton here.<\/p>\n
His playing on \u201cCan\u2019t Take That Away\u201d is really something but alas, in 1994, no one cared about how great a guitarist Frampton really is. Co-written with Jonathan Cain of Journey, this track finds Frampton really becoming autobiographical, taking a look at his life and going on a journey of searching that is awe inspiring for the listener to hear. \u201cDay In The Sun\u201d could\u2019ve been on the radio alongside that crappy Boston record from the same year and would\u2019ve blown Tom Scholz away.<\/p>\n
Asides from a failed Frampton Comes Alive II <\/i>in 1995, this would be Frampton\u2019s only release until at least 2003, and it\u2019s a shame because he was capable of showing that there was still some usefulness left in him. Take one listen to the barnstorming instrumental \u201cOff The Hook\u201d and one can see he could still play as well as anyone currently on the radio in 1994.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still a bit of saccharine on the track \u201cWaiting For Your Love,\u201d but that can be overlooked in favor of the better material on this disc, like the shocking \u201cOut Of The Blue,\u201d which features the last recorded work of Frampton\u2019s former bandmate Steve Marriott before his tragic death in a house fire. The two former members of Humble Pie still sound great together and \u2018tis a shame they never got the chance to fully reunite and pursue a future together.<\/p>\n
All in all, even though this record never got a fair shake and was immediately thrown to the cutout bin, it deserves to be heard by the people who are looking for that great elusive guitarist. Turns out he was right here the whole time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":32474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5954],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-44235","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-peter-frampton","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/44235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=44235"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=44235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}