The Osmonds Live

{{Infobox album

| name = The Osmonds Live

| type = Live

| artist = The Osmonds

| cover = theosmondslive.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 5, 1972

| recorded = December 4, 1971; The Forum, Los Angeles, California

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length =

| label = MGM

| producer = Alan Osmond, Michael Lloyd

| prev_title = Phase III

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = Crazy Horses

| next_year = 1972

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Allmusic|class=album|id=the-osmonds-live-mw0000867361}}

}}

The Osmonds Live is the first live album by The Osmonds and was released in 1972. It reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 on July 29, 1972.[http://osmondmania.com/Timeline/1970s/1972.html Osmonds 1972 Timeline] The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on December 30, 1972.

Track listing

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| extra_column = Writer

| title1 = Motown Special: My World Is Empty Without You/I'm Gonna Make You Love Me/I Can't Get Next to You

| extra1 = Holland–Dozier–Holland/Kenneth Gamble, Jerry Ross/Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong

| length1 = 4:32

| title2 = Double Lovin'

| extra2 = Mickey Buckins, George Jackson

| length2 = 1:59

| title3 = Your Song

| extra3 = Elton John, Bernie Taupin

| length3 = 2:34

| title4 = Sweet and Innocent

| extra4 = Rick Hall, Billy Sherrill

| length4 = 3:00

| title5 = You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

| extra5 = Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Proud Mary/Free

| extra6 = John Fogerty, Robert Lamm

| length6 = 5:56

| title7 = Go Away Little Girl

| extra7 = Gerry Goffin, Carole King

| length7 = 2:10

| title8 = Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child/Where Could I Go But to the Lord?

| extra8 = Traditional/James B. Coats

| length8 = 3:48

| title9 = We Gotta Live Together

| extra9 = Buddy Miles

| length9 = 4:30

| title10 = Trouble/I Got a Woman

| extra10 = Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Ray Charles, Renald Richard

| length10 = 2:18

| title11 = Hey Girl

| extra11 = Gerry Goffin, Carole King

| length11 = 2:50

| title12 = Down by the Lazy River

| extra12 = Alan Osmond, Merrill Osmond

| length12 = 2:50

| title13 = Yo-Yo

| extra13 = Joe South

| length13 = 2:20

| title14 = One Bad Apple

| extra14 = George Jackson

| length14 = 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

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scope="col"|Chart (1972)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, NSW|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|type=doc|title-link=Kent Music Report}}

| 57

scope="row"|Canadian Albums (RPM){{cite web |url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=h6banu1fsvdt9pof8c4m7dun24&q1=the+osmonds&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50 |title = RPM: The Osmonds (albums) |publisher = RPM Magazine |accessdate = April 13, 2017 |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20170413235447/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=h6banu1fsvdt9pof8c4m7dun24&q1=the+osmonds&q2=Top+Albums%2FCDs&interval=50 |archivedate = April 13, 2017 }}

| 8

scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14569/osmonds/|title=The Osmonds Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}

| 13

scope="row"|US Billboard 200{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/418771/osmonds/chart?f=305 |title=The Osmonds US Chart History |publisher=Billboard|accessdate=April 13, 2017}}

| 13

Certifications

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References