The Living Room Tour

The Living Room Tour
Live album by Carole King
Released	July 12, 2005
Recorded	July – August 2004 at Auditorium Theatre (Chicago, Illinois), Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, California) and Cape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts)
Genre	R&B
Length	CD1: 42:12 CD2: 46:20
Label	Rockingale/Hear Music
Producer	Rudy Guess, Carole King
Carole King chronology
Love Makes the World (2001) The Living Room Tour (2005) Live at the Troubadour (With James Taylor) (2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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. This was largely due to television advertisements and being available in Starbucks retailers.

For the week of July 18, 2005 it was the #1 album on Amazon.com.^[2] It was the #2 album of July 2005 on Amazon.com.^[3]

In its first week, The Living Room Tour sold 44,000 copies in the United States. It 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, as it was once again available in all Starbucks locations in the US.

Charts

Year	Country	Position[6][7]
2005	United States	17
2006	Australia	51

Track listing

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

Disc one

1. "Welcome To My Living Room" – 1:58
2. "Peace in the Valley" – 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
   • Duet with her daughter, Louise Goffin
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

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

• Carole King — Vocal, Piano, Guitar
• Rudy Guess — Vocal, Guitar, Bass
• Gary Burr — Vocal, Guitar, Bass
• Louise Goffin — Vocal on "Where You Lead I Will Follow"
• Sherry Goffin Kondor — Vocal on "A Natural Woman"

Tour

• Rama, ONT – Casino Rama
• Rama, ONT – Casino Rama
• Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre
• Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theater
• Rochester Hills, MI – Meadow Brook Music Theater
• Hyannis, MA – Cape Cod Melody Tent
• New York, NY – Radio City Music Hall
• Cohasset, MA – South Shore Music Circus
• Vienna, VA – Wolf Trap Filene Center
• Raleigh, NC – ALLTEL Pavilion at Walnut Creek
• Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
• Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheater
• Birmingham, AL – BJCC Concert Hall
• Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
• Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre
• New Orleans, LA – Saenger Theatre
• Austin, TX – The Backyard
• Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
• Oklahoma City, OK – Zoo Amphitheater
• Temecula, CA – Pechanga Resort Theatre
• Temecula, CA – Pechanga Resort Theatre
• Reno, NV – Reno Events Center
• Las Vegas, NV – Caesars Palace
• Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
• Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
• Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
• Saratoga, CA – Mountain Winery
• Santa Rosa, CA – Luther Burbank Center
• Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Past Best Sellers: The most popular items of the year on Amazon". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-29.
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