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 are background singers 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, and it was the #2 album of July 2005 on Amazon. 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.
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.
A live video album filmed during the tour, titled Welcome to My Living Room, was released on DVD on October 23, 2007.
Track listing All songs written by Carole King (except where noted).
Disc one "Welcome To My Living Room" – 1:58 "Peace in the Valley" (King, Toni Stern) – 3:42 "Love Makes the World" (King, Sam Hollander, Dave Schommer) – 4:23 "Now and Forever" – 3:18 "Where You Lead I Will Follow" (King, Toni Stern) – 3:24 Duet with her daughter, Louise Goffin "Lay Down My Life" – 4:20 "Jazzman" (King, Dave Palmer) – 4:00 "Smackwater Jack" (Gerry Goffin, King) – 4:12 "Wishful Thinking" – 4:12 "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 "Loving You Forever" (King, Gary Burr) – 3:32 "It's Too Late" (King, Stern) – 5:22 "So Far Away" – 4:52 "Sweet Seasons" (King, Stern) – 3:21 "Chains" (Goffin, King) – 4:09 "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Goffin, King) – 3:45 "Being At War With Each Other" – 4:05 "I Feel The Earth Move" – 4:04 "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Goffin, King, Jerry Wexler) – 3:58 Duet with her daughter, Sherry Goffin Kondor. "You've Got a Friend" – 5:32 "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 TourChart (2005)PeakpositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)51
Tour DateCityCountryVenueUS and Canada 2004 July 15, 2004 Chicago United StatesAuditorium TheaterJuly 16, 2004 Cleveland Tower City AmphitheatreJuly 18, 2004 Saratoga Saratoga Springs Performing Arts CenterJuly 20, 2004 Gilford Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion July 21, 2004 Philadelphia Tower TheatreJuly 22, 2004 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody TentJuly 24, 2004 Westbury Westbury Music FairJuly 25, 2004 Boston Leader Bank PavilionJuly 27, 2004 Uncasville Mohegan Sun ArenaJuly 30, 2004 Atlanta Chastain Park AmphitheatreJuly 31, 2004 Nashville Ryman AuditoriumAugust 1, 2004 Boca Raton Mizner Park AmphitheatreAugust 3, 2004 Clearwater Ruth Eckerd HallAugust 4, 2004 Vienna Wolf TrapAugust 6, 2004 Seattle Pier 62 and 63August 7, 2004 Portland Arlene Schnitzer Concert HallAugust 19, 2004 Los Angeles Greek TheatreAugust 20, 2004 San Francisco SF Masonic AuditoriumAugust 21, 2004 Las Vegas The Colosseum at Caesars PalaceUS and Canada 2005July 3, 2005 Rama CanadaCasino RamaJuly 4, 2005 July 6, 2005 Minneapolis United States Orpheum TheatreJuly 8, 2005Chicago Auditorium TheaterJuly 9, 2005Rochester Hills Meadow Brook AmphitheatreJuly 11, 2005 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody TentJuly 13, 2005New York Radio City Music HallJuly 14, 2005Cohasset South Shore Music CircusJuly 16, 2005 ViennaWolf TrapJuly 17, 2005Raleigh Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut CreekJuly 19, 2005Charlotte PNC Music PavilionJuly 20, 2005Atlanta Chastain Park AmphitheaterJuly 21, 2005Birmingham BJCC Concert HallJuly 23, 2005IndianapolisMurat TheatreJuly 24, 2005MemphisOrpheum TheatreJuly 26, 2005New Orleans Saenger TheatreJuly 28, 2005Austin The BackyardJuly 29, 2005Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionJuly 30, 2005Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Zoo AmphitheatreAugust 3, 2005 MorrisonRed Rocks AmphitheatreAugust 5, 2005Phoenix Celebrity TheatreAugust 6, 2005Temecula Pechanga Resort & CasinoAugust 7, 2005August 12, 2005Santa Barbara Santa Barbara BowlAugust 13, 2005Saratoga Mountain WineryAugust 14, 2005 Santa Rosa Luther Burbank CenterAustralia 2006November 17, 2006 Melbourne AustraliaRod Laver ArenaNovember 19, 2006 Perth Sandalford WineryNovember 22, 2006 Hobart Derwent Entertainment CentreNovember 24, 2006 Brisbane River StageNovember 25, 2006 Hunter Valley Tempus II WineryNovember 30, 2006 Sydney Sydney Entertainment CentreDecember 2, 2006 Auckland New Zealand Trusts StadiumDecember 4, 2006 Christchurch Westpac CentreJapan 2007 (With Fergie and Mary J. Blige) November 5, 2007 Osaka Japan Osaka Jo HallNovember 6, 2007 November 10, 2007 Satima Satima Super ArenaNovember 12, 2007 Tokyo Nippon BudokanNovember 13, 2007North America Summer 2008 July 9, 2008Clearwater United States Ruth Eckerd HallJuly 10, 2008 Hollywood Hard Rock LiveJuly 12, 2008 Mashantucket Foxwoods Resort and CasinoJuly 13, 2008 Niagara Falls Canada Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort Japan 2008 November 10, 2008 Tokyo Japan BunkamuraNovember 11, 2008 November 14, 2008 Osaka Koseinenkin HallNovember 15, 2008 November 17, 2008 Nagoya Century HallNovember 21, 2008 Tokyo International Forum Hall ANovember 22, 2008 November 24, 2008 Kobe International Hall
DVD Welcome to My Living Room was released on DVD on October 23, 2007 by Rockingale Records. It was filmed during the tour in August 2005 in Temecula, California.
Track listing "Song of Long Ago" "Welcome to My Living Room" "Beautiful" "Where You Lead, I Will Follow" "Say Goodbye Today" "Now and Forever" "Been to Canaan" "Nobody Wants to be Lonely" "Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me" "Smackwater Jack" "Medley" ("The Right Girl", "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby", "Every Breath I Take", "I'm Into Something Good", "Go Away Little Girl", "Hey Girl", "One Fine Day", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow") "Loving You Forever" "Up on the Roof" "It's Too Late" "(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman" "Hard Rock Café" "Chains" "Pleasant Valley Sunday" "I Feel the Earth Move" "So Far Away" "You've Got a Friend" "Locomotion"
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