''I'm in You'' is the fifth 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 ...

. It was released on 3 June 1977, almost a year and a half after his 1976 signature breakthrough live album, '' Frampton Comes Alive!'' It was recorded at

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in New York, where '' Frampton's Camel'' was recorded four years earlier.

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Richie Hayward Richard Hayward (February 6, 1946 – August 12, 2010) was an American drummer best known as a founding member and drummer in the band Little Feat. He performed with several bands and worked as a session player. Hayward also joined with fri ...

, Mike Finnigan and

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are featured on the album. ''I'm in You'' is Frampton's most commercially successful studio album; it rose to the No. 2 slot on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and was certified platinum, while in Canada, the album entered the chart directly at #1. The title track became his most successful single yet, reaching No. 2 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. On the ''

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'' singles chart, "I'm in You" reached No. 1, as it also did in Canada.

Reception

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'' said of the single "Tried to Love" that "A loping rhythm and blues with signature instrumental effects will likely be Frampton's third straight single success from ''I'm in You''" and that "The rhythm is engaging." However, "Tried to Love" only reached No. 41 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

; except where indicated: # " I'm in You" – 4:10 # "(Putting My) Heart on the Line" – 3:42 # "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)" – 4:15 # "Won't You Be My Friend" – 8:10 # "You Don't Have to Worry" – 5:16 # "Tried to Love" – 4:27 # "Rocky's Hot Club" – 3:25 # " (I'm a) Road Runner" – 3:40 ( Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr.) # " Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" – 3:54 ( Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway,

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)

Personnel

– electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ,

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, mini-Moog, ARP String Synthesizer, ARP Axxe,

clavinet The Clavinet is an electric clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds with rubber pads, each matching one of the keys and respond ...

, harmonica, drums, percussion, vocals,

talk box A talk box (also spelled talkbox and talk-box) is an effects unit that allows musicians to modify the sound of a musical instrument by shaping the frequency content of the sound and to apply speech sounds (in the same way as singing) onto the so ...

Bob Mayo Robert J. Mayo (August 25, 1951 – February 23, 2004) was an American 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 b ...

– organ,

Hammond B-3 The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, ARP Axxe,

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usu ...

, electric piano, piano,

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

, guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals *

– harmonica on "Rocky's Hot Club" *

– backing vocals on "I'm in You", "Tried to Love" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" * Mike Finnigan – backing vocals on "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" * Stanley Sheldon – bass guitar, backing vocals *

John Siomos John T. Siomos (July 30, 1947 – January 16, 2004) was an American drummer who performed with Todd Rundgren, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Rick Derringer, Carly Simon, Moogy Klingman, Mark "Moogy" Klingman, Buzzy Linhart and Peter Frampt ...

– drums, percussion,

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

– drums, percussion,

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest ...

s on "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)", "Won't You Be My Friend" and "Tried To Love"

Production

*Producers: Peter Frampton, Chris Kimsey, Bob Mayo, Frankie D'Augusta *Engineers: Peter Frampton, Chris Kimsey, Bob Mayo, Frankie D'Augusta *Mixing: Peter Frampton, Chris Kimsey, Bob Mayo, Frankie D'Augusta *Mastering:

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Doug Sax Doug Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six Pink Floyd's albums, including '' The Wall''; Ray Charles' multiple ...

, Arnie Acosta *Art Direction: Vartan, Roland Young, Ryan Rogers *Photography: Neal Preston,

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*Supervisor: Beth Stempel, Bill Levenson *Coordinator: Beth Stempel, Bill Levenson

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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