''Frampton's Camel'' is the second studio album by English musician and songwriter

Peter Frampton Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie. Later in his career, Frampton found significant success as a s ...

, recorded and released in 1973. It was the first album that Frampton recorded in the United States. Most of the album was written in New York City. It reached No. 110 on the US ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape chart.

Background

Peter Frampton pursued a grittier sound on his album ''Frampton's Camel''. It was recorded at Jimi Hendrix's old

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. Four years later, Frampton would record there again for ''

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''. The album shared its name with the band Frampton assembled in 1972, which was more of a group project, including bassist

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, new drummer

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, and keyboardist

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. In fact, early editions of the LP, eight-track and cassettes all listed and denoted the album as ''Frampton's Camel'' by Frampton's Camel.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

; except where indicated Side One #"I Got My Eyes on You" – 4:29 #"All Night Long" – 3:19 (Frampton, Mick Gallagher) #"Lines on My Face" – 4:50 #"Which Way the Wind Blows" – 3:32 #"

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" – 4:10 (

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) Side Two #"White Sugar" – 3:37 #"Don't Fade Away" – 4:39 #"Just the Time of Year" – 3:58 #"

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" – 6:44 (Frampton,

)

Personnel

– electric and acoustic guitars, drums, piano,

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, vocals *

– piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, Hohner clavinet, vocals *

– bass *

– drums, percussion

Additional personnel

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– acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals *

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, Dave Wittman, Doug Bennett – recording and mixing engineers

Charts

Album Single

References

{{Authority control Peter Frampton albums 1973 albums Albums produced by Peter Frampton Albums recorded at Electric Lady Studios A&M Records albums Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios