Living Room Suite

Living Room Suite
Studio album by Harry Chapin
Released	June 1978
Studio	Secret Sound, the Sound Factory, Record Plant, Clover Studios
Genre	Pop rock
Length	41:41
Label	Elektra[1]
Producer	Chuck Plotkin
Harry Chapin chronology
Dance Band on the Titanic (1977) Living Room Suite (1978) Legends of the Lost and Found (1979)
Singles from Living Room Suite
"Flowers Are Red" Released: September 10, 1978

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[1]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Living Room Suite is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1978.[5]

The album peaked at No. 133 on the Billboard 200.[6]

Production

The album was produced by Chuck Plotkin. Chapin and his label were unhappy with the album, with Chapin going back to the studio to rerecord a few of the songs after the album had been released.[7]

Critical reception

Record Collector wrote that "musically, Harry occasionally steps out of his folk-friendly comfort zone, serving up some delicious blue-eyed soul on 'It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains'."[8]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dancin' Boy"	3:55
2.	"If You Want to Feel"	4:56
3.	"Poor Damned Fool"	4:36
4.	"I Wonder What Would Happen to This World"	3:33
5.	"Jenny"	4:54

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains"	4:47
2.	"Why Do Little Girls"	5:12
3.	"Flowers Are Red"	4:30
4.	"Somebody Said"	5:18

Personnel

• Harry Chapin – guitar, vocals
• George Bohanon – trombone
• David Burgen – harmonica
• Stephen Chapin – keyboards
• Tom Chapin – banjo, guitar
• The Cowsills – vocals
• Bob Cowsill – guitar
• Dixie Hummingbirds – vocals
• Howie Fields – drums, percussion
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Steve Forman – percussion
• Dennis Frick – bassoon
• Richard Hyde – trombone
• Neil Jason – bass
• Jackie Kelso – baritone saxophone
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Andy Newmark – drums
• Bill Payne – organ
• Herbert Rhoad – vocals
• Joe Russell – vocals
• Kim Scholes – cello
• Lou Volpe – guitar
• Doug Walker – guitar
• John Wallace – bass, vocals
• Ernie Watts – clarinet, flute, oboe, saxophone
• Sarah Jessica Parker – vocals (uncredited), "Flowers are Red"

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Billboard 200	133

References

1. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 290.
2. Eder, Bruce. Living Room Suite at AllMusic
3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 219.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 122.
5. "Artist Biography by Stephen Thomas Erlewine". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
6. "Chart History Harry Chapin". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
7. Coan, Peter (2001). Taxi: The Harry Chapin Story. Citadel Press. p. 398.
8. "Dance Band On The Titanic/Living Room Suite Harry Chapin". Record Collector. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

External links

• Living Room Suite at Discogs