The Living Room Tour

The Living Room Tour
Live album by Carole King
Released	July 12, 2005
Recorded	July – August 2004
Venue	Auditorium Theatre (Chicago, Illinois), Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, California), Cape Cod Melody Tent (Hyannis, Massachusetts)
Genre	R&B, pop
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 (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. 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

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

Disc one

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
   • 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 – 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

Chart performance for The Living Room Tour

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	51
US Billboard 200[8]	17

Tour

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

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.