The Osmonds Live

The Osmonds Live
Live album by
The Osmonds
ReleasedJune 5, 1972
RecordedDecember 4, 1971
VenueThe Forum (Inglewood, California)
GenreBubblegum pop
Length48:45
LabelMGM
Producer
The Osmonds chronology
Phase III
(1972) 		The Osmonds Live
(1972) 		Crazy Horses
(1972)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The Osmonds Live is the first live album by The Osmonds and was released in 1972 by MGM Records. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 on July 29, 1972.[2] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 30, 1972.

Track listing

No.TitleWriterLength
1."Motown Special: My World Is Empty Without You/I'm Gonna Make You Love Me/I Can't Get Next to You"Holland–Dozier–Holland/Kenneth Gamble, Jerry Ross/Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong4:32
2."Double Lovin'"Mickey Buckins, George Jackson1:59
3."Your Song"Elton John, Bernie Taupin2:34
4."Sweet and Innocent"Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill3:00
5."You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil3:33
6."Proud Mary/Free"John Fogerty, Robert Lamm5:56
7."Go Away Little Girl"Gerry Goffin, Carole King2:10
8."Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But to the Lord?"Traditional/James B. Coats3:48
9."We Gotta Live Together"Buddy Miles4:30
10."Trouble/I Got a Woman"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ray Charles, Renald Richard2:18
11."Hey Girl"Gerry Goffin, Carole King2:50
12."Down by the Lazy River"Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond2:50
13."Yo-Yo"Joe South2:20
14."One Bad Apple"George Jackson2:30

Personnel

  • Producer: Alan Osmond, Michael Lloyd
  • Engineer: Ed Greene
  • Anthony Loew, Sam Emerson - photography
  • Recorded in concert at the Forum, Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1971

Charts

Album

Chart (1972) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[3] 57
Canadian Albums (RPM)[4] 8
UK Albums (OCC)[5] 13
US Billboard 200[6] 13

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ The Osmonds Live at AllMusic
  2. ^ Osmonds 1972 Timeline
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. ^ "RPM: The Osmonds (albums)". RPM Magazine. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "The Osmonds Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Osmonds US Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  7. ^ "American album certifications – The Osmonds – The Osmonds 'Live'". Recording Industry Association of America.
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