Wind of Change (album)

This article is about the Peter Frampton album. For the Scorpions song, see Wind of Change (Scorpions song).
Wind of Change
Studio album by Peter Frampton
Released 26 May 1972 (UK)
10 July 1972 (US)
Recorded October 1971 - April 1972, Devonshire Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA;
Olympic Studios, Island Studios, London
Genre Rock , Hard rock
Label A&M
Producer Peter Frampton
Chris Kimsey
Peter Frampton chronology
Wind of Change
(1972)		 Frampton's Camel
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rolling Stone(favorable) [1]
Allmusic [2]

Wind of Change is the first solo album of Peter Frampton. It was released in 1972. This album features appearances by Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, and Klaus Voorman.

Background

Frampton decided to remain with Humble Pie's U.S. label A&M, and to assemble an able supporting cast, including Ringo Starr,[3] Billy Preston, Spooky Tooth members Mick Jones and Mike Kellie, and former Herd member Andy Bown, for his first solo effort, which is his actual debut album.

The self-produced debut album was engineered by Chris Kimsey, who had worked on Humble Pie's Rock On, introduced a lush melodic sensibility that contrasted the raucous boogie that made Humble Pie famous, with a particular emphasis on Frampton's supple acoustic guitar work.

The songs on Wind of Change are built primarily around acoustic guitar foundations. But the inclusion of such songs as "It's a Plain Shame", and "All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side)" made it clear that he hadn't lost the urge to rock, as well as a reworking of the Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash", which was the project's only non-Frampton composition.

Track listing

All song are written by Peter Frampton except "Jumpin' Jack Flash", which is written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards

  1. "Fig Tree Bay" – 3:36
  2. "Wind of Change" – 3:05
  3. "Lady Lieright" – 2:56
  4. "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (Jagger, Richards) – 5:20
  5. "It's a Plain Shame" – 3:14
  6. "Oh for Another Day" – 3:53
  7. "All I Wanna Be (Is by Your Side)" – 6:36
  8. "The Lodger" – 5:44
  9. "Hard" – 4:30
  10. "Alright" – 4:26

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
1972 Pop Albums 177

Single

Year Single Chart Position
1972 Jumpin' Jack Flash
1972 It's A Plain Shame

References

  1. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  2. ↑ Newson, Jim. Wind of Change (album) at AllMusic
  3. 1 2 Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1977). All Together Now – The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975 (Second ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. p. 114. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
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