Peter Frampton exited Humble Pie because that group fell into a loud, hard rock groove that overwhelmed the technical skills he'd spent years working on as a guitarist; he poured a lot of that into this highly melodic mid-tempo rock album.
In the days before it saturated the airwaves in the version from Frampton Comes Alive, "Show Me the Way" was just a nice, very pleasant love song that benefited from a mix of acoustic and electric guitar textures spun out over a great beat and some excruciatingly memorable hooks, vocal and instrumental.
It was surrounded by a lot more like it, including "Baby, I Love Your Way" in its original studio form, "The Crying Clown," "Nowhere's Too Far (For My Baby)," and most of the rest, although apart from the two hits, the playing and singing is often better than the songs themselves.
This prevents the Frampton album from being a true classic, but it is one of the better albums from its all-too-mellow era.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day's DawningPeter Frampton | Peter Frampton | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Show Me the WayPeter Frampton | Peter Frampton | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | One More Time | Peter Frampton | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 21 MB |
| 4 | The Crying ClownPeter Frampton | Peter Frampton | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | FanfarePeter Frampton | Peter Frampton | Play | 03:32 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Nowhere's Too Far (For My Baby) | Peter Frampton | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | Apple of Your EyePeter Frampton | Peter Frampton | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 8 | Penny For Your Thoughts | Peter Frampton | Play | 01:33 | 3 MB | 8 MB |
| 9 | (I'll Give You) Money | Peter Frampton | Play | 04:39 | 10 MB | 30 MB |
| 10 | Nassau - Baby, I Love Your Way | Peter Frampton | Play | 05:50 | 13 MB | 36 MB |
| 39 mins | 89 MB | |||||
| 39 mins | 252 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Bown | Bass Instrument, Main Personnel |
| 2 | Peter Frampton | Audio Production, Bass Instrument, Composer, Guitar, Liner Notes, Main Personnel, Organ, Piano, Primary Artist, Talk Box, Vocals |
| 3 | Chris Kimsey | Audio Engineer |
| 4 | John "Poli" Palmer | Main Personnel, Vibraphone |
| 5 | John Siomos | Drums, Main Personnel, Percussion |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |