I'm in You

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I'm in You
I'm in You cover
Studio album by Peter Frampton
Released July 28, 1977
Recorded November 1976 - April 1977, Electric Lady Studios, New York
Genre Funk
Jazz
Pop
R&B
Rock
Length 39:29
Label A&M
Producer Peter Frampton
Chris Kimsey
Frankie D'Augusta
Bob Mayo
Professional reviews
Peter Frampton chronology
Frampton Comes Alive!
(1976)		 I'm in You
(1977)		 Where I Should Be
(1979)

I'm in You is a 1977 album by Peter Frampton. Frampton returned from touring in 1976 to record this album. Stevie Wonder is also featured.

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[edit] Background

Under pressure to deliver a studio follow up to one of the biggest selling albums of the decade, Frampton faced a virtually impossible task, and came up with the album I'm in You, which was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York, where Frampton's Camel had been recorded four years earlier, with Frampton demanding bodyguards to protect him from overzealous fans who were going to distrupt the recordings, made even more difficult by the fact that in the two years since he'd cut any new material, he had evolved musically away from some of the sounds on Frampton Comes Alive!.

Seven million albums later, he had become a solid lightweight rocker who had set sales records and who would soon find himself welcoming Stevie Wonder, Richie Hayward, Ringo Starr, and Mick Jagger into the studio for his follow-up album. The result was mostly a surprisingly laid-back album steeped in lyricism and craftsmanship, particularly in its use of multiple overdubs even on the harder rocking numbers.

I'm in You rose to the #2 slot on the Billboard album charts, whose keyboard driven, dominated by the sound of the opening bars Baldwin Piano, ARP String Synthesizer-generated string section, Moog synthesizer, rather than a Guitar, and eventually involves a Gibson Les Paul, and Acoustic Guitar, played by Frampton, it was clear that Frampton was exploring new sides of his music. Title number became his most successful single yet, seeing the album and same-titled single reach platinum and #2 respectively.

The song I'm in You was soon parodied by Frank Zappa on his album Sheik Yerbouti with a song called I Have Been in You.

The song Rocky's Hot Club was a novelty song written about Framptons dog Rocky, who lay across his lap as he wrote the song. On the track Frampton actually plays harmonica, and guitar.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'm in You" – 4:10 (Frampton)
  2. "(Putting My) Heart on the Line" – 3:42 (Frampton)
  3. "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)" – 4:15 (Frampton)
  4. "Won't You Be My Friend" – 8:10 (Frampton)
  5. "You Don't Have to Worry" – 5:16 (Frampton)
  6. "Tried to Love" – 4:27 (Frampton)
  7. "Rocky's Hot Club" – 3:25 (Frampton)
  8. "(I'm a) Road Runner" – 3:40 (Dozier, Holland, Holland)
  9. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" – 3:54 (Garrett, Hardaway, Wonder, Wright)

All songs written by Peter Frampton except "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" which is written by Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway, and Syreeta Wright, and (I'm a) Road Runner which is actually written by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland, and Edward Holland Jr..

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional Personnel

  • Mike Finnegan - vocals
  • Stevie Wonder - organ, Hammond B-3, Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, clavinet, melodica, synthesizer, electric piano, piano, Fender Rhodes, accordion, keyboards, vocals
  • Mick Jagger - vocals
  • Richie Hayward - drums, percussion
  • Ringo Starr - drums, percussion

[edit] Production

  • Prouducers: 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: George Marino, Doug Sax, Arnie Acosta
  • Art Direction: Vartan, Roland Young, Ryan Rogers
  • Photography: Neal Preston, Irving Penn
  • Supervisor: Beth Stempel, Bill Levenson
  • Coordinator: Beth Stempel, Bill Levenson
  • Management: Dee Anthony

[edit] Trivia

Frank Zappa ridiculed the title track of this album in the song "I Have Been in You" (featured on the Sheik Yerbouti album and on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6) and in the monologue "Is That Guy Kidding or What?" (You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6).

[edit] Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1977 Pop Albums 2

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "I'm in You" Pop Singles 2
1977 "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)" Pop Singles 45
1977 "Rocky's Hot Club" Pop Singles 40
1977 "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" Pop Singles 18
1977 "Tried To Love" Pop Singles 41

[edit] Certifications

Organization Level Date
RIAA - USA Platinum 1x January 15, 1978