10 Glorious "Dad Rock" Albums
7. Frampton Comes Alive - Peter Frampton
The entire allure of dad rock has been incredibly kind to the live album format. After all, this is the kind of music that puts rock first, and there's no better way to experience that than on the live stage. So it's only natural that one of the kings of dad rock territory is someone who made his career off of a live release.
Despite the joke in Wayne's World about almost everyone having a copy of Frampton Comes Alive, there's a damn good reason why that could be true. Across a double album's worth of live material, Frampton gives a masterclass on how rock and roll is meant to be on the live stage. Even though his career wasn't taking off just yet, the setlist runs like a greatest hits album, from the tender ballad Baby I Love Your Way to the wild abandon of his cover of Jumpin Jack Flash.
Like other dad rock albums though, these tracks aren't for the impatient, with the touchstone single Do You Feel Like We Do running almost 15 minutes long and making excessive use of the talk box throughout. While there might be a decent helping of '70s cheese sprinkled across this record, it's the kind of cheese that compliments its genre extremely well. No store bought cheddar...this is prime gouda.