Peter Frampton

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摇滚天才Peter Frampton 1950年生于英国的贝肯汉姆，16岁就开始了职业音乐生涯，1968年他被英国几家主要的音乐刊物作为“明日之星”评为封面人物。但是Peter Frampton很快就从青少年音乐偶像梦中醒悟过来，开始追寻个性化的更轻柔的浪漫摇滚风格。一首“Baby, I Love Your Way”（宝贝我爱你的方式）是他红遍全球的情歌经典。 Peter Frampton最大的吸引力在于他的吉他演奏，这成为他个人专辑的主要风格，他所写得旋律与歌词都以浪漫为中心，表现了充满想象力的吉他演奏与歌曲整体完美结合的能力。直到1974年他在美国立足之后，两年中Peter Frampton被美国评论称为70年代的吉他英雄。1976年他推出的现场专辑《Frampton Come Alive》在全球的销量达到了1500万张。此后，因为他在Robert Stigwood导演的灾难性的电影《佩珀军士之孤独之心俱乐部乐队》中的表演以及一次交通事故的受伤给他长期顺利的事业发展带来了不可估量的负面影响。 1984年，Peter Frampton带着巡演的疲惫回到家乡英国，沉寂了三年之后他作为主音吉他手出现在David Bowie的唱片里，一直到1994年才又出版了自己的唱片。Peter Frampton留给乐迷印象最深的就是他浪漫的吉他演奏和浪漫的歌曲，就像那首“Lines On My Face”。 重温Peter Frampton经典曲目，就在《环球大师珍藏系列》！
by Steve HueyPeter Frampton was one of the biggest arena rock stars of the 70s, making his name largely on the double-LP concert set Frampton Comes Alive! Frampton was one of several 70s rock artists (Kiss, Cheap Trick, etc.) to break through to a wide audience with a live album; much like the others, hed recorded several previous albums and built a following through extensive touring, in the process honing an exciting concert presence. That helped Frampton Comes Alive! become the best-selling live album of all time (up to that point), with eventual sales of over six million units in the U.S. and over 16 million copies worldwide. Frampton had paid nearly a decades worth of dues before reaching superstardom, and unfortunately for him, it proved to be short-lived — bad luck and a failure to duplicate the phenomenon of Frampton Comes Alive! conspired to halt his career momentum.Peter Frampton was born April 22, 1950, in the town of Beckenham in Kent. He started playing guitar at age eight, and took several years of classical lessons. In his early teens, he played with rock & roll combos like the Little Ravens, the Trubeats, and the Preachers, the latter of which were managed by the Rolling Stones Bill Wyman and appeared on the TV show Ready, Steady, Go. In 1966, Frampton dropped out of school to join the mod-pop group the Herd, where he got his first taste of success. The Herd scored several British hits over 1967-1968, and Framptons youthful good looks made him a teen idol, earning him the tag the Face of 1968 from the music press. In 1969, Frampton left the Herd to form the harder-rocking Humble Pie with erstwhile Small Faces frontman Steve Marriott. Although Humble Pie was poised for a breakthrough after two years of touring, Frampton departed in 1971 over differences in musical direction, and decided to start a solo career.Having already performed on George Harrisons landmark All Things Must Pass, Frampton contributed guitar work to Nilssons Son of Schmilsson, and released his debut solo album, Wind of Change, in 1972. Despite help from the likes of Ringo Starr and Billy Preston, it failed to make much of an impact. Frampton next formed an official backing band dubbed Framptons Camel, which included keyboardist Mickey Gallagher (Cochise), bassist Rick Wills (Bell & Arc), and drummer Mike Kellie (Spooky Tooth). Their 1973 album, Framptons Camel, also sold disappointingly, but Frampton began to build a following through near-constant touring over the next few years. He broke up Framptons Camel prior to the release of his next album, 1974s Somethins Happening. The title would prove prophetic: The follow-up, Frampton, became his first hit LP in America, climbing into the Top 40 in 1975 and going gold.By this point, Frampton had amassed a considerable catalog of underexposed songs, the best of which were tightly constructed and laden with hooks. Hed also developed into a top concert draw, since he was able to inject those songs with an energy that was sometimes missing from his studio outings. Plus, in concert, he often expanded the songs into vehicles for his economical, tasteful guitar playing, and his pioneering use of the talk-box guitar effect became a trademark part of his performances. All those elements came together on Frampton Comes Alive!, a double-LP set recorded at San Franciscos Winterland in 1975. The album was a surprise smash, rocketing to the top of the charts (where it stayed for ten weeks) and selling over 16 million copies worldwide to become the most popular live album yet released. It stayed on the charts for nearly two years, and spawned Framptons first three hit singles: Baby, I Love Your Way and the Top Tens Do You Feel Like We Do and Show Me the Way. Naturally, his supporting tour was a multimillion-dollar blockbuster as well. When the dust settled, Frampton was a star, and Rolling Stone named him its Artist of the Year. Frampton Comes Alive! is no longer the top-selling live album of all time; that honor goes to Garth Brooks 16-times platinum Double Live set. The category of best-selling live rock album is more debatable. Bruce Springsteens five-LP/triple-CD box set Live/1975-85 has been certified for sales of 13 million units, as opposed to six million for Frampton Comes Alive! However, since the RIAA counts units rather than the number of actual copies sold (i.e., one double-disc set equals two units), its harder to determine who holds the edge in raw sales over time.Under pressure from A&M to deliver a quick follow-up, Frampton fought his better judgment and went back to the studio, instead of taking a break to rest and let his success sink in. The result was Im in You, which rose to the number two spot on the album charts soon after its release in 1977. Its title track did the same on the singles charts, giving Frampton the biggest hit of his career. In the wake of the Frampton Comes Alive! phenomenon, it was perhaps inevitable that many fans would regard Im in You as a disappointment; even if it sold over three million copies, its hasty writing process showed through in spots. Unfortunately, 1978 was a disastrous year for Frampton. He made a high-profile acting debut playing Billy Shears in the big-budget film version of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, a tremendous critical and commercial flop. In June, he was involved in a near-fatal car accident in the Bahamas, sustaining a concussion, multiple broken bones, and muscle damage; to make matters worse, he and his longtime girlfriend also ended their relationship. Frampton recovered fully from his accident, only to endure a brief slide into drug abuse. His 1979 album Where I Should Be only went gold, and its biggest hit was the Top 20 I Cant Stand It No More — respectable, but nonetheless a startling drop-off from the success Frampton had just recently enjoyed.Frampton seemed increasingly directionless as the 80s dawned. He cut his hair prior to the release of 1981s Breaking All the Rules, but the new image failed to send it higher than the lower reaches of the Top 50. The following years The Art of Control was an unequivocal flop, and Frampton retreated from the music business for several years. He returned on Virgin in 1986 with Premonition, and though it wasnt a smash hit, he did get substantial rock radio airplay for the cut Lying. The following year, Frampton played on onetime schoolmate David Bowies Never Let Me Down album and accompanying tour. He recorded another new album, When All the Pieces Fit, for Atlantic in 1989, and had been planning a reunion with Steve Marriott not long before Marriotts tragic death in a 1991 house fire. Frampton subsequently started touring again, and cut an eponymous album for Relativity in 1994 that was later reissued by Sony Legacy. The following year, he issued the newly recorded live album Frampton Comes Alive II on IRS. During the late 90s, he recorded and toured with Bill Wyman & the Rhythm Kings and Ringo Starrs All-Starr Band. Framptons first DVD, Live in Detroit, a newly recorded concert that was also issued on CD by CMC International, was released in 2000. Now, his first studio album in nine years, arrived in 2004. It was followed in 2006 by the all-instrumental Fingerprints.