10 Classic Bands Who Only Had One Classic Album

Peter Frampton has built up quite the resume for a rocker in the ‘70s. Long before he became known as a solo act, his playing in Humble Pie helped influence an entire generation of rockers to pick up guitars of their own. With no studio doing him justice, Frampton struck out on his own with one of the greatest live albums of all time.

From track to track, Frampton Comes Alive has some of the greatest guitar breaks of the entire decade, with Frampton making exquisite use of the talk box while also finding time to play ballads on songs like “Baby I Love Your Way.” This entire record has everything you would need from a great classic rock album, but maybe it did its job a bit too well.

As Frampton’s career has gone on, his studio output has still not been able to compare to the massive amount of acclaim he got when he cut his songs live. Even when rubbing elbows with contemporaries like David Bowie and Ringo Starr, Frampton is typically considered a great guitar player, but not a great enough star presence to garner the massive adulation of his colleagues. For as much kickass is on Frampton Comes Alive, it ended up being a sad case of an artist pulling their trump card too early.