The Osmonds Live

1972 live album by The Osmonds

The Osmonds Live

Live album by

The Osmonds

Released

June 5, 1972

Recorded

December 4, 1971; The Forum, Los Angeles, California

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. 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

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