🎵 AotW Peter Frampton - BREAKING ALL THE RULES (SP-4845)

[LPJim]

Peter Frampton
BREAKING ALL THE RULES
A&M SP-4845

Peter Frampton - guitar, vocals, co-produced with David Kershanbaum, Chris Kimsey & Harvey Goldberg; and wrote songs except as indicated

John Regan - bass
Jeff Porcaro - percussion
Steve Lukather - guitar
Arthur Snead - keyboards

TRACKS:

Dig What I Say 4:09
I Don't Wanna Let You Go 4:18
Rise Up (Alessi Brothers) 3:46
Wasting the Night Away 4:08
Going to L.A. 5:54

You Kill Me 4:12
Friday on my Mind (Young/Vanda) 4:15
Lost a Part of You 3:39
Breaking All the Rules (Frampton/Keith Reid) 7:05

Released May 14, 1981 and also assigned # 'SP 3722'
Entered the Billboard Top 200 on 6/19/81, reached #43 and charted for 13 weeks
Reissued on CD in 2005 by Lemon Recordings

JB

 

[Dave]

The co-producers involved, Kimsey, Goldberg & Kershanbaum seem to sweeten the product, more than allow more of Frampton's own native grit, hence make this album rather inept & forgettable, than rockin', save for the title track, serving as the last song...

At this point, Frampton's potential prowess had worn out, though he seemed to still have some greatness left in him... Although at this point, now going a mostly lightweight route, it just took mostly more concerts & live appearances (the only "home" for his older, better stuff) & tries at succeeding albums (rather failed stabs at mostly Top 40 radio pop, parlaying mediocre talent, w/ heavy handed producers & flawed execution in production) after this one, before he could truly re-locate it...


-- Dave