1976……#6 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #5 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #10 UK Singles Chart, #2 Canada
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“Show Me the Way” is a song by the English rock musician Peter Frampton. Originally released in June 1975 as the lead single from his fourth studio album Frampton, it gained popularity after being recorded live and released in February 1976 as the lead single from his live album Frampton Comes Alive! In the US, the song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his biggest US hit until “I’m in You” in 1977.
Frampton Comes Alive! is a double live album released in 1976 by A&M Records. Following four studio albums with little success and sales, Frampton Comes Alive! was a breakthrough for Frampton and is one of the best-selling live albums ever. “Show Me the Way”, “Baby, I Love Your Way”, and “Do You Feel Like We Do” were released as singles; all three reached the top 10 in Canada and the top 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and frequently receive airplay on classic rock radio stations.
Released on 15 January 1976, Frampton Comes Alive! debuted on the charts at No. 191. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 the week ending 10 April 1976, spending 10 non-consecutive weeks in the top spot through October. It was the best-selling album of 1976 and has sold over 8,000,000 copies in the United States.
Frampton Comes Alive! was voted “Album of the Year” in a 1976 Rolling Stone readers’ poll. It stayed on the chart for 97 weeks and was still No. 14 on Billboard’s 1977 year-end album chart. It was ranked No. 41 on Rolling Stone’s “50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time” list. Readers of Rolling Stone ranked it No. 3 in a 2012 poll of all-time favourite live albums.
In 2020, Frampton Comes Alive! was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Cash Box said of the studio single that “Peter turns in a dynamic performance both instrumentally and vocally” and that “his highly emotive vocals are matched by some of his usually dexterous guitar playing”. Record World said that “Frampton’s voice and guitar are crisp and the song is a scintillating treat for the ears.”
Like “Do You Feel Like We Do,” another single from the Frampton Comes Alive! album, the song prominently features a talk box effects pedal.
Credit to : Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine