Properly Unplugged, and Brilliant
This is what ‘unplugged’ actually should be: completely
acoustic and stripped to mainly guitar and vocal. The strummed chords are
simply, perfectly done; the acoustic lead is crisp and controlled. There is
some dobro, bass beneath the sublime guitar work on Do You Feel Like I Do, piano on beautiful closer I’m In You, and the only ‘effects' is
the use of the talk box on Show Me the
Way. Frampton’s vocal is tenderly high-pitched, not quite the vulnerability
one might associate with getting older, but a confident naturalness. Former member of
The Herd and Humble Pie, his solo album Frampton
Comes Alive! sold over six million copies. Every song on this album is
re-presented superbly, but there are no surprises that one glories in the
renditions of Show Me The Way, Baby I Love Your Way and I’m In You. These aren’t like demos;
these are History.
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