Living Room Suite

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Living Room Suite
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1978
StudioSecret Sound, the Sound Factory, Record Plant, Clover Studios
GenrePop rock
Length41:41
LabelElektra[1]
ProducerChuck 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
  1. "Flowers Are Red"
    Released: September 10, 1978
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Side one
No.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
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[edit]

Charts[edit]

Chart Peak
position
US Billboard 200 133

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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.

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