Where You Live

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Where You Live
Tracy Chapman - Where You Live.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005
Length46:54
Label Elektra
Producer Tracy Chapman,
Tchad Blake
Tracy Chapman chronology
Let It Rain
(2002)
Where You Live
(2005)
Our Bright Future
(2008)
Singles from Where You Live
  1. "Change"
    Released: 2005
  2. "America"
    Released: 2006
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Metacritic 71/100 [1]
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Where You Live is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on September 13, 2005, by Elektra Records. The album was co-produced by Tchad Blake. It produced two singles: "Change" and "America".

Contents

Its name comes from the line 'home is where you live/home is where you die', from the fourth song in this album, Going Back.

Track listing

All songs are written by Tracy Chapman.

  1. "Change" – 5:06
  2. "Talk to You" – 4:27
  3. "3,000 Miles" – 5:58
  4. "Going Back" – 5:22
  5. "Don't Dwell" – 3:22
  6. "Never Yours" – 3:37
  7. "America" – 3:43
  8. "Love's Proof" – 3:44
  9. "Before Easter" – 3:03
  10. "Taken" – 3:42
  11. "Be and Be Not Afraid" – 4:44
  12. "Lose Your Love" – 6:27 (Bonus track on the Japanese version)

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [18] Gold100,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [19] Gold20,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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