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Breaking All the Rules
Studio album by Peter Frampton
Released	14 May 1981
Recorded	November 1979 – June 1980
Studio	The Charlie Chaplin Sound Stage at A&M Studios (Los Angeles)
Genre	Hard rock
Length	42:19
Label	A&M
Producer	Peter Frampton, David Kershenbaum, Chris Kimsey, Harvey Goldberg
Peter Frampton chronology
Where I Should Be (1979) Breaking All the Rules (1981) The Art of Control (1982)

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Breaking All the Rules is the seventh studio album by English musician Peter Frampton, released on 14 May 1981 by A&M Records.

Background

Breaking All the Rules featured a raw live in the studio approach like its predecessor Rise Up, which was a Brazilian EP release to promote Frampton's concert tour in Brazil in 1980. The piece of the same name was re-recorded for Breaking All the Rules with an almost entirely different lineup of musicians, with only Frampton and Regan appearing on both versions of the song. The album had won airplay for its anthemic title track, which was co-written with Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid. The album's cover was photographed at 350 W 23rd Street, Chelsea, New York City. The album features Steve Lukather and Jeff Porcaro of Toto.

Track listing

All tracks written by Peter Frampton except where indicated.

1. "Dig What I Say" – 4:13
2. "I Don't Wanna Let You Go" – 4:22
3. "Rise Up" (Alessi Brothers) – 3:46
4. "Wasting the Night Away" – 4:13
5. "Going to L.A." – 6:05
6. "You Kill Me" – 4:18
7. "Friday on My Mind" (George Young, Harry Vanda) – 4:18
8. "Lost a Part of You" – 3:43
9. "Breaking All the Rules" (Frampton, Keith Reid) – 7:17

Charts

Personnel

• Peter Frampton - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Steve Lukather - guitar
• John Regan - bass guitar
• Arthur Stead - piano, synthesizer, electric piano, organ, Fender Rhodes
• Jeff Porcaro – drums, percussion

References

1. "Breaking All the Rules Review by Joe Viglione". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Frampton, Peter". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 1,832. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 261.
4. "Musical Maps".
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 117. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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