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Breaking All The Rules (Vinyl, LP, Album) album cover
Peter Frampton – Breaking All The Rules
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Label: A&M Records – SP-3722
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1981
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock
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Tracklist
A1 Dig What I Say 4:10
A2 I Don't Wanna Let You Go 4:21
A3 Rise Up 3:46
A4 Wasting The Night Away 4:12
A5 Going To L.A. 5:57
B1 You Kill Me 4:13
B2 Friday On My Mind 4:18
B3 Lost A Part Of You 3:42
B4 Breaking All The Rules 7:04
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Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
Copyright (c) – A&M Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Frampton Music
Published By – MCA Music
Published By – Daksel Music Corp.
Published By – Unart Music Corp.
Published By – Bluebeard Music
Recorded At – Le Mobile
Recorded At – Mediasound
Mixed At – Mediasound
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
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Credits
Art Direction, Design – Chuck Beeson, Jeff Ayeroff*
Bass Guitar – John Regan
Drums – Jeff Porcaro
Engineer [Assistant] – Clifford Bonnell*, Don Wershba, Guy Charbonneau
Engineer, Mixed By – Harvey Goldberg
Guitar – Ed Monteleone (tracks: B2)
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Steve Lukather
Guitar, Guitar Synthesizer, Keyboards, Vocals – Peter Frampton
Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Arthur Stead
Mastered By – George Marino
Photography By – Elizabeth Lennard
Producer – David Kershenbaum, Peter Frampton
Written-By – Billy Alessi (tracks: A3), Bobby Alessi (tracks: A3), David Finnerty (tracks: A2), Keith Reid (tracks: A4), Peter Frampton (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B3, B4), Harry Vanda-George Young* (tracks: B2)
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Notes
Pressing variation Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Recorded on the Charlie Chaplin Sound Stage, A&M Records, By Le Mobile Remote Recording
Additional recording and mixing at Mediasound, New York City
All songs published by Almo Music Corp./Frampton Music (ASCAP) except
"I Don't Wanna Let You Go" published by MCA Music (ASCAP)
"Rise Up" published by Daksel Music Corp (BMI)
"Friday On My Mind" published by "Unart Music Co. (BMI)
"Breaking All The Rules" published by Almo Music Corp./Frampton Music/Bluebeard Music (ASCAP)
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...................... Regeln hat Peter Frampton nie gebrochen, das tut er hier auch nicht. Aber „Breaking All The Rules“ ist trotzdem ein gelungenes Rock-Album, vor allem deutlich besser als alles, was in den nächsten 20 Jahren nachkommen sollte… Enthält einige richtig starke Rocker, und der Titelsong (geschrieben mit Procol Harum-Dichter Keith Reid!) zählt zu Framptons besten Leistungen! – US-Originalpressung! (1981) ...................................................
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............... Album Notes .......................
Personnel: Peter Frampton (vocals, guitar); Jeff Porcaro (drums); Steve Lukather.Breaking All the Rules is a good, solid effort by Peter Frampton which would have been better had he decided to break a few rules. The problem here is that Frampton is treading water, in familiar territory, singing and playing within the confines of a well constructed safe record. There is a brilliant hook in "Going to L.A." which might have been a hit had co-producer David Kershenbaum given it a little of what he would inject into Tracy Chapman seven years after this. A strong vocal from Frampton as well as a strong performance, but a failure to do what his last three albums did: generate a Top 20 hit! Billy & Bobby Alessi's "Rise Up" is in the pocket, one of the album's highlights, though it tends to sound like John Cougar's 1979 chart climber "I Need a Lover," chock full of the sound from that record and a little out of place here. Vanda and Young's eternal "Friday on My Mind" is decent, certainly better than Alice Cooper guitarist Michael Bruce's version, but not typical of Peter Frampton's repertoire and almost unnecessary. The production on this Easybeats cover is noticeably thinner than the rest of the disc. Bostonian David Finnerty's "I Don't Wanna Let You Go" shows up here, but it doesn't have the snap of his 1975 hit, "Let's Live Together," and sounds as labored as the Joneses, that author's 1980s band on Atlantic. "Lost a Part of You" is a worthy album track sequel to "I'm in You," Frampton's biggest hit, but is more laid-back in performance. There are some clever riffs that help make "You Kill Me" and the title tune interesting. "Breaking All the Rules," in particular, has a Sabbath-inspired fuzz guitar line from the Rolling Stones' "Bitch." Where he does break the rules is that Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid writes the words on this title number, despite some of Frampton's best lyrics appearing on his own compositions. Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro provide guitar and drums as part of a more than competent band on an equally competent recording. Making a good record was not what was required of Peter Frampton at this point in time, he had to come back with something spectacular. Breaking All the Rules is hampered by its creator's position in the rock hierarchy, but shouldn't be overlooked because of that. ~ Joe Viglione .................
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