I'm in You
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{{Infobox album
| name = I'm in You
| type = studio
| artist = Peter Frampton
| cover = I'm_In_You_Album.jpg
| alt =
| released = 3 June 1977
| recorded = November 1976 – April 1977
| venue =
| studio = Electric Lady, Greenwich Village, New York
The Record Plant, New York City
The Hit Factory, New York City
| genre = Pop rock
| length = 39:29
| label = A&M
| producer = Peter Frampton
| prev_title = Frampton Comes Alive!
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Where I Should Be
| next_year = 1979
}}
I'm in You is the fifth studio album by English musician and songwriter Peter Frampton. It was released on 3 June 1977,{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/3238-3739-2|title=BPI}} almost a year and a half after his 1976 signature breakthrough live album, Frampton Comes Alive!{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/frampton.html|title=Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive!}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/frampton-comes-alive!-mw0000372861|title=Frampton Comes Alive! – Peter Frampton – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|publisher=AllMusic}} It was recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York, where Frampton's Camel was recorded four years earlier.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} Stevie Wonder, Richie Hayward, Mike Finnigan and Mick Jagger are featured on the album.
I'm in You is Frampton's most commercially successful studio album; it rose to the No. 2 slot on the US Billboard 200 and was certified platinum, while in Canada, the album entered the chart directly at #1.Library and Archives Canada. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.5250a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=7in04kanj2n5jqqsj4erg10u03 The title track became his most successful single yet, reaching No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100. On the Cash Box singles chart, "I'm in You" reached No. 1, as it also did in Canada.{{cite web |url=http://music.ttoilleb.com/dspwk.htm?s=cb&d=1977-07-23 |title=Cashbox for 23-Jul-1977 |access-date=24 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014180333/http://music.ttoilleb.com/dspwk.htm?s=cb&d=1977-07-23 |archive-date=14 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3668a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=ne5d4tgqtlbo2vpi60ah6ngsg7|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada}}
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7700|first=Bruce|last=Eder}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = C−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|access-date=24 February 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
|rev4score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=261}}
}}
Record World said of the single "Tried to Love" that "A loping rhythm and blues with signature instrumental effects will likely be Frampton's third straight single success from I'm in You" and that "The rhythm is engaging."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=3 December 1977|title=Hits of the Week|page=1}} However, "Tried to Love" only reached No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web|title=Peter Frampton: Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2023-02-15|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/peter-frampton/}}
Track listing
All tracks composed by Peter Frampton; except where indicated:
- "I'm in You" – 4:10
- "(Putting My) Heart on the Line" – 3:42
- "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)" – 4:15
- "Won't You Be My Friend" – 8:10
- "You Don't Have to Worry" – 5:16
- "Tried to Love" – 4:27
- "Rocky's Hot Club" – 3:25
- "(I'm a) Road Runner" – 3:40 (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr.)
- "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)" – 3:54 (Lee Garrett, Lula Mae Hardaway, Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright)
Personnel
- Peter Frampton – electric guitars, acoustic guitars, slide guitar, bass guitar, piano, organ, Moog synthesizer, mini-Moog, ARP String Synthesizer, ARP Axxe, clavinet, harmonica, drums, percussion, vocals, talk box
- Bob Mayo – organ, Hammond B-3, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, ARP String Synthesizer, ARP Axxe, clavinet, melodica, electric piano, piano, Fender Rhodes, accordion, guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Stevie Wonder – harmonica on "Rocky's Hot Club"
- Mick Jagger – backing vocals on "I'm in You", "Tried to Love" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)"
- Mike Finnigan – backing vocals on "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)"
- Stanley Sheldon – bass guitar, backing vocals
- John Siomos – drums, percussion, tambourine
- Richie Hayward – drums, percussion, congas on "St. Thomas (Don't You Know How I Feel)", "Won't You Be My Friend" and "Tried To Love"
=Production=
- Producers: 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
Chart positions
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=Weekly charts=
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=Year-end charts=
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| Chart (1977)
!Position |
|---|
| scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)
|24 |
| scope="row"|Canadian Albums (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5558&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5558.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5558|title=Top 100 Albums of 1977|publisher=bac-lac.gc.ca|work=RPM Magazine|page=15|date=31 December 1977|access-date=6 November 2020}}
|7 |
| scope="row" | New Zealand Albums (RMNZ){{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1977-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1977 – The Official New Zealand Music Chart |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |access-date=9 November 2021}}
| 38 |
| scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|title=1977 Top Pop Albums – Year-end|magazine=Billboard|page=66|date=24 December 1977}}
|72 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for I'm in You}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|certyear=1978|region=Australia|award=Platinum|artist=Peter Frampton|title=I'm in You|certref={{cite magazine|title=CashBox Magazine|magazine=Cashbox|page=56|date=16 December 1978}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|region=Canada|award=Platinum|artist=Peter Frampton|title=I'm in You|access-date=6 November 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|nocert=yes|salesamount=35,000|salesref=}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|region=United Kingdom|award=Silver|artist=Peter Frampton|title=I'm in You|access-date=6 November 2020|id=3238-3739-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1976|region=United States|award=Platinum|artist=Peter Frampton|title=I'm in You|access-date=5 November 2020}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
References
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