Where I Should Be
{{Short description|1979 studio album by Peter Frampton}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Where I Should Be
| type = studio
| artist = Peter Frampton
| cover = Whereishould.jpg
| alt =
| released = 30 May 1979
| recorded = November 1978 – May 1979
| studio = The Record Plant, New York City
| length = 41:04
| label = A&M
| producer = Peter Frampton
| prev_title = I'm in You
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Breaking All the Rules
| next_year = 1981
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r38140|first=Doug|last=Stone}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|chapter=Frampton, Peter|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Omnibus Press|location=London|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=1,832}}
| rev3 = Music Week
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite magazine|date=June 23, 1979|title=Album Reviews: Peter Frampton — Where I Should Be|magazine=Music Week|page=40|publisher=Pensord Press Ltd.|location=Gwent|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-06-23.pdf#page=46|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520093134/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1979/Music-Week-1979-06-23.pdf#page=46|archive-date=May 20, 2024|access-date=March 28, 2025|via=WorldRadioHistory.com}}
| 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}}
}}
Where I Should Be is the sixth studio album by English musician and songwriter Peter Frampton, released on 30 May 1979 by A&M Records. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on 3 July 1979.{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=RIAA |language=en-US}}
Background
Released in May 1979, Where I Should Be achieved Gold status and yielded the hit "I Can't Stand It No More", which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine |title=Peter Frampton {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/peter-frampton/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Peter Frampton, except where noted
| title1 = I Can't Stand It No More|
| length1 = 4:14
| title2 = Got My Feet Back on the Ground|
| length2 = 3:57|
| writer2 = Frampton, Rodney Eckerman
| title3 = Where I Should Be (Monkey's Song)|
| length3 = 4:30
| title4 = Everything I Need|
| length4 = 5:13|
| writer4 = Frampton, Bob Mayo
| title5 = May I Baby|
| length5 = 3:37|
| writer5 = Isaac Hayes, David Porter
| title6 = You Don't Know Like I Know|
| length6 = 3:15|
| writer6 = Hayes, Porter
| title7 = She Don't Reply|
| length7 = 3:39
| title8 = We've Just Begun|
| length8 = 5:26|
| writer8 = Frampton, Mayo
| title9 = Take Me by the Hand|
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = It's a Sad Affair|
| length10 = 4:20
}}
Personnel
The line-up on this album was varied and did not consist solely of the previous Peter Frampton band.
= Artist =
- Peter Frampton - guitar, keyboards, vocals
= Additional personnel =
- Steve Cropper - guitar
- Bob Mayo - grand piano, electric piano, organ
- Eddie N. Watkins, Jr., Stanley Sheldon, Donald Dunn - bass guitar
- Tower of Power - horns
- Gary Mallaber, Jamie Oldaker - drums
- Steve Forman - percussion
Charts
Album
| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left"|1979
|align="left"|US Pop Albums |align="left"|19 |
| align="left"|1979
|align="left"|Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=117}} |align="left"|35 |
Single
| class="wikitable"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| rowspan="2"|1979
|rowspan="2"|"I Can't Stand It No More" |align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |align="left"|14 |
| align="left"|Canada RPM Top Singles
|align="left"|15 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1979|region=Canada|award=Gold|artist=Peter Frampton|title=Where I Should Be|certyear=1979|access-date=22 June 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1979|region=United States|award=Gold|artist=Peter Frampton|title=Where I Should Be|certyear=1979|access-date=22 June 2023}}
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