Release date: 07-03-2010

2010 UK 11-track vinyl Lp, pressing on HQ vinyl - The follow-up to 2006's Grammy Award winning instrumental album, 'Footprints', 'Thank You Mr Churchill' is a very autobiographical album starting with Frampton's birth after his father's return from the Second World War, as celebrated in the title track. With other highlights relating to his first musical experiences, his relationship with his son and his life before and after finding sobriety as well his take on events around the world that have affected him and his love of Motown. As you would expect his guitar playing is exemplary, perhaps nowhere more than on the 8 minute instrumental 'Suite Liberté' which forms the centrepiece of the album. Sealed in Gatefold sleeve.

Tracks:
01. Thank You Mr Churchill
02. Solution
03. Road To The Sun
04. I'm Due A You
05. Vaudeville Nanna And The Banjolele
06. Asleep At The Wheel
07. Suite Liberté: Megumi / Huria Watu
08. Restraint
09. I Want It Back
10. Invisible Man
11. Black Ice

Thank You Mr. Churchill takes Peter Frampton back to the beginning. Literally. "This album is very autobiographical. It starts with my birth, in which I thank Mr. Churchill for bringing my father back from the Second World War," says Frampton of his new set. "I woke up one morning and I wondered what would have happened if Winston Churchill hadn't been at the helm and the British and the Allies had not won. Would my dad have not come back? Would I be here? Probably not." Thank You Mr. Churchill is Frampton's first collection since his innovative Grammy-winning instrumental album, Fingerprints. "Since Fingerprints, it's been a very creative period for me," he says. "I wrote over 50 songs between Fingerprints and choosing what will be the 11 on the record. Awards aren't supposed to enhance one's creative juices, but they don't hurt. With the Grammy I feel validated as the musician that I always felt I've been." Throughout Thank You Mr. Churchill, Frampton's guitar playing is sharp and expressive. Over the course of his 40-plus year career, including his co-formation of super group Humble Pie, Frampton has realized that success isn't measured in how many albums you sell or how many concert tickets people buy (although in his case, the answer is in the millions), but by an internal barometer.