The Living Room Tour

The Living Room Tour
Live album by
ReleasedJuly 12, 2005
RecordedJuly – August 2004
VenueAuditorium Theatre (Chicago, Illinois), Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, California), Cape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts)
GenreR&B, pop
LengthCD1: 42:12
CD2: 46:20
LabelRockingale/Hear Music
ProducerRudy Guess, Carole King
Carole King chronology
Love Makes the World
(2001)
The Living Room Tour
(2005)
Live at the Troubadour
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Living Room Tour is a live album by Carole King released in 2005. It consists of live recordings of most of the songs from Tapestry. Her daughters Louise and Sherry and background singer and guitarist Gary Burr joined her on several songs. This album debuted at #17 in the US, becoming King's highest-charting album since 1977. That was largely due to television advertisements and that it was available in Starbucks retailers.

For the week of July 18, 2005, it was the #1 album on Amazon,[2] and it was the #2 album of July 2005 on Amazon.[3] In its first week, The Living Room Tour sold 44,000 copies in the United States, and has since sold over 330,000 copies in the United States.[4][5]

In August 2006, the album re-entered the Billboard 200 at #151, because it was once again available in all Starbucks locations in the US.

Track listing

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All songs written by Carole King (except where noted).[6]

Disc one

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  1. "Welcome To My Living Room" – 1:58
  2. "Peace in the Valley" (King, Toni Stern) – 3:42
  3. "Love Makes the World" (King, Sam Hollander, Dave Schommer) – 4:23
  4. "Now and Forever" – 3:18
  5. "Where You Lead I Will Follow" (King, Toni Stern) – 3:24
  6. "Lay Down My Life" – 4:20
  7. "Jazzman" (King, Dave Palmer) – 4:00
  8. "Smackwater Jack" (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:12
  9. "Wishful Thinking" – 4:12
  10. "Medley: "Take Good Care of My Baby/"It Might As Well Rain Until September"/"Go Away Little Girl"/"I'm into Something Good"/"Hey Girl"/"One Fine Day"/"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (Goffin, King) – 8:39

Disc two

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  1. "Loving You Forever" (King, Gary Burr) – 3:32
  2. "It's Too Late" (King, Stern) – 5:22
  3. "So Far Away" – 4:52
  4. "Sweet Seasons" (King, Stern) – 3:21
  5. "Chains" (Goffin, King) – 4:09
  6. "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Goffin, King) – 3:45
  7. "Being At War With Each Other" – 4:05
  8. "I Feel The Earth Move" – 4:04
  9. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) – 3:58
    • Duet with her daughter, Sherry Goffin Kondor.
  10. "You've Got a Friend" – 5:32
  11. "The Locomotion" (Goffin, King) – 3:38

Personnel

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  • Carole King – vocals, piano, guitar
  • Rudy Guess – vocals, guitar, bass guitar
  • Gary Burr – vocals, guitar, bass
  • Louise Goffin – vocals on "Where You Lead I Will Follow"
  • Sherry Goffin Kondor – vocals on "A Natural Woman"

Charts

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Chart performance for The Living Room Tour
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 51
US Billboard 200[8] 17

Tour

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Date City Country Venue
US and Canada 2004
July 15, 2004 Chicago United States Auditorium Theater
July 16, 2004 Cleveland Tower City Amphitheatre
July 18, 2004 Saratoga Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center
July 20, 2004 Gilford Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion
July 21, 2004 Philadelphia Tower Theatre
July 22, 2004 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent
July 24, 2004 Westbury Westbury Music Fair
July 25, 2004 Boston Leader Bank Pavilion
July 27, 2004 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
July 30, 2004 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre
July 31, 2004 Nashville Ryman Auditorium
August 1, 2004 Boca Raton Mizner Park Amphitheatre
August 3, 2004 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd Hall
August 4, 2004 Vienna Wolf Trap
August 6, 2004 Seattle Pier 62 and 63
August 7, 2004 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
August 19, 2004 Los Angeles Greek Theatre
August 20, 2004 San Francisco SF Masonic Auditorium
August 21, 2004 Las Vegas The Colosseum at Caesars Palace
US and Canada 2005
July 3, 2005 Rama Canada Casino Rama
July 4, 2005
July 6, 2005 Minneapolis United States Orpheum Theatre
July 8, 2005 Chicago Auditorium Theater
July 9, 2005 Rochester Hills Meadow Brook Amphitheatre
July 11, 2005 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent
July 13, 2005 New York Radio City Music Hall
July 14, 2005 Cohasset South Shore Music Circus
July 16, 2005 Vienna Wolf Trap
July 17, 2005 Raleigh Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creek
July 19, 2005 Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion
July 20, 2005 Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheater
July 21, 2005 Birmingham BJCC Concert Hall
July 23, 2005 Indianapolis Murat Theatre
July 24, 2005 Memphis Orpheum Theatre
July 26, 2005 New Orleans Saenger Theatre
July 28, 2005 Austin The Backyard
July 29, 2005 Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
July 30, 2005 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
August 3, 2005 Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre
August 5, 2005 Phoenix Celebrity Theatre
August 6, 2005 Temecula Pechanga Resort & Casino
August 7, 2005
August 12, 2005 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl
August 13, 2005 Saratoga Mountain Winery
August 14, 2005 Santa Rosa Luther Burbank Center
Australia 2006
November 17, 2006 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
November 19, 2006 Perth Sandalford Winery
November 22, 2006 Hobart Derwent Entertainment Centre
November 24, 2006 Brisbane River Stage
November 25, 2006 Hunter Valley Tempus II Winery
November 30, 2006 Sydney Sydney Entertainment Centre
December 2, 2006 Auckland New Zealand Trusts Stadium
December 4, 2006 Christchurch Westpac Centre
Japan 2007 (With Fergie and Mary J. Blige)
November 5, 2007 Osaka Japan Osaka Jo Hall
November 6, 2007
November 10, 2007 Satima Satima Super Arena
November 12, 2007 Tokyo Nippon Budokan
November 13, 2007
North America Summer 2008
July 9, 2008 Clearwater United States Ruth Eckerd Hall
July 10, 2008 Hollywood Hard Rock Live
July 12, 2008 Mashantucket Foxwoods Resort and Casino
July 13, 2008 Niagara Falls Canada Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
Japan 2008
November 10, 2008 Tokyo Japan Bunkamura
November 11, 2008
November 14, 2008 Osaka Koseinenkin Hall
November 15, 2008
November 17, 2008 Nagoya Century Hall
November 21, 2008 Tokyo International Forum Hall A
November 22, 2008
November 24, 2008 Kobe International Hall

References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Past Best Sellers: The most popular items of the year on Amazon". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  3. ^ "Past Best Sellers: The most popular items of the year on Amazon". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  4. ^ "Carole King News – Yahoo! Music". New.music.yahoo.com. 2005-07-20. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  5. ^ "CaroleKing.com". CaroleKing.com. 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
  6. ^ "The Living Room Tour - Carole King". Carole King. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 155.
  8. ^ "Carole King Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 17, 2022.