The Art of Control

The Art of Control is the eighth studio solo album by Peter Frampton, released in 1982 on A&M Records. It was his last for the label.

According to Peter Frampton, the record company, A&M forced him to make a commercial, radio-friendly album that he felt didn't sound like a "Peter Frampton album", which has caused him to hate the album.

Japanese reissue
The original mix of the album was reissued in Japan in a miniature replica of the original album artwork. The album was remastered, for this reissue using Direct Stream Digital (DSD) to transfer the digital files and included the bonus tracks added to the Compact disc (CD) release of the album. The release was a limited edition in the SHM-CD format. The reissue included a picture of the original vinyl label.

Super High Material (SHM), is a manufacturing process utilized on some Japanese pre-recorded Compact Discs (SHM-CDs) and super audio compact discs (SHM-SACDs)

Track listing
All songs written by Peter Frampton and Mark Goldenberg.


 * Side one


 * Side two

Personnel

 * Peter Frampton - lead vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, guitar synthesizer
 * Mark Goldenberg - rhythm guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
 * John Regan - bass guitar
 * Harry Stinson - drums
 * Ian Lloyd - backing vocals on "I Read the News", "An Eye for an Eye", "Heart in the Fire" and "Barbara's Vacation"
 * Eddie Kramer - backing vocals on "Barbara's Vacation"
 * JD Dworkow - backing vocals on "Barbara's Vacation"
 * Engineering
 * Eddie Kramer - engineer, mixer
 * Guy Charbonneau - assistant engineer
 * Alan Myerson - assistant engineer
 * Cliff Bonnell - assistant engineer
 * Phil Magnotti - assistant engineer
 * Mike Scott - assistant engineer
 * Don Wershba - assistant engineer
 * George Marino - mastering engineer
 * Hitoshi Takiguchi - mastering engineer
 * Album artwork
 * Norman Moore - artwork direction, cover artwork, cover artwork concept, design
 * Glenn Wexler - cover artwork photography
 * Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - artwork direction
 * Shinjiro Kawashima - artwork research
 * Chihiro Nozaki - artwork coordinator

Sales chart performance

 * Album