The Osmonds Live

The Osmonds Live
Live album by The Osmonds
Released	June 5, 1972
Recorded	December 4, 1971
Venue	The Forum (Inglewood, California)
Genre	Bubblegum pop
Length	48:45
Label	MGM
Producer	Alan Osmond Michael Lloyd
The Osmonds chronology
Phase III (1972) The Osmonds Live (1972) Crazy Horses (1972)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.	Title	Writer	Length
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 Strong	4:32
2.	"Double Lovin'"	Mickey Buckins, George Jackson	1:59
3.	"Your Song"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	2:34
4.	"Sweet and Innocent"	Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill	3:00
5.	"You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"	Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	3:33
6.	"Proud Mary/Free"	John Fogerty, Robert Lamm	5:56
7.	"Go Away Little Girl"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	2:10
8.	"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But to the Lord?"	Traditional/James B. Coats	3:48
9.	"We Gotta Live Together"	Buddy Miles	4:30
10.	"Trouble/I Got a Woman"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ray Charles, Renald Richard	2:18
11.	"Hey Girl"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	2:50
12.	"Down by the Lazy River"	Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond	2:50
13.	"Yo-Yo"	Joe South	2:20
14.	"One Bad Apple"	George Jackson	2:30

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.