''Frampton Comes Alive! II'' (styled as ''Frampton Comes Alive II'' on the packaging) is

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's second live album published in 1995. It is a sequel to his 1976

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album ''

Frampton Comes Alive ''Frampton Comes Alive!'' is the first double live album by English rock musician Peter Frampton, released in 1976 by A&M Records. It is one of the best-selling live albums. " Show Me the Way", "Baby, I Love Your Way", and "Do You Feel Like We D ...

''. The album contains live versions of many of the songs from his 1980s and 1990s solo albums, consciously avoiding his 1970s hits. It was accompanied by a video release on VHS, recorded at

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in San Francisco on 15 June 1995. ''Frampton Comes Alive II'' was released 10 October 1995 on

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. However, contrary to Jerry Pompili's introductory comments on the album, lightning didn't strike twice and the album sold poorly. The album reached No. 121 on the

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and failed to chart in the US. All songs for the 1995 release were recorded at The Fillmore on 15 June 1995 except ''Off the Hook'', which was recorded the following evening on 16 June, and ''More Ways Than One'', recorded in August 1992 at the

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. A special edition of the album was released on 30 January 2007 with four extra songs containing four hits from the 1970s. A DVD edition was released at the same time.

Track listing

# "Introduction by Jerry Pompili" # "Day in the Sun" - (Peter Frampton,

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) # "Lying" - (Frampton) # "For Now" - (Frampton, Pat MacDonald,

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) # "Most of All" (Frampton, John Regan) # "You" - (Frampton, Kevin Savigar) # "Waiting For Your Love" - (Frampton, Kevin Savigar) # "I'm in You" - (Frampton) # "Talk To Me" - (Frampton) # "Hang On To a Dream" - (

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) # "Can't Take That Away" (Frampton,

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) # "More Ways Than One" - (Frampton, Danny Wilde) # "Almost Said Goodbye" - (Frampton, Mark Hudson, Dennis Greaves) # "Off The Hook" - (Frampton, Kevin Savigar) ;2007 Special Edition Disc 2 # "Show Me The Way" - (Frampton) # "Nassau/Baby, I Love Your Way" - (Frampton) # "Lines on My Face" - (Frampton) # "Do You Feel Like We Do" - (Frampton,

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)

Personnel

*Peter Frampton –

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

Bob Mayo Robert J. Mayo (August 25, 1951 – February 23, 2004) was a session keyboardist and guitarist, perhaps best known for his work with Peter Frampton. Biography Mayo was born in New York City, and grew up in Westchester County. He began studyin ...

–

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, guitar,

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* John Regan –

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, backing vocals * J. R. Robinson – drums, percussion

References

Peter Frampton albums 1995 live albums Albums produced by Peter Frampton I.R.S. Records live albums Sequel albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub

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