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Live at the Palladium
Live album by The Carpenters
Released1976
RecordedNovember 27, 1976
VenueLondon Palladium
(London, England)
GenrePop
Length40:36
LabelA&M
ProducerRichard Carpenter/Associate Producer - Karen Carpenter
The Carpenters chronology
A Kind of Hush
(1976)
Live at the Palladium
(1976)
Passage
(1977)
Live/compilation chronology
Live in Japan
(1976)
Live at the Palladium
(1976)
The Singles: 1974–1978
(1978)

Live at the Palladium is the second live album by the American music duo The Carpenters. It was recorded during a week of live concerts at the London Palladium in November 1976. No singles were released from the album, although it reached number 28 on the UK Albums Chart. On the cover of the record, Karen is wearing the same dress as in The Carpenters' First Television Special. The album was remastered and reissued in the 1980s on the budget Pickwick music label and went Gold in the UK. This album was not released in the U.S. but was widely available as an import.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flat Baroque"Richard Carpenter1:33
2."There's a Kind of Hush"2:16
3."Jambalaya (On the Bayou)"Hank Williams2:51
4."Piano Picker"/"Strike Up the Band"/"S'Wonderful"/"Fascinatin' Rhythm" (medley)5:34
5."Warsaw Concerto"Richard Addinsell6:35
6."From This Moment On"Cole Porter2:11
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."(They Long to Be) Close to You"/"For All We Know"/"Top of the World"/"Ticket to Ride"/"Only Yesterday"/"I Won't Last a Day Without You"/"Hurting Each Other"/"Superstar"/"Rainy Days and Mondays"/"Goodbye to Love" (medley)15:44
8."We've Only Just Begun"
  • Williams
  • Nichols
3:52

Personnel

Musicians


Production

  • Richard Carpenter – producer, arranger, orchestrations
  • Karen Carpenter – associate producer
  • Frank Owen – engineer
  • Jon Kelly – engineer
  • Malcolm Davies – engineer
  • Ray Gerhardt – engineer
  • Jerry Weintraub – management


Design

  • Roland Young – art director
  • Chuck Beeson – art designer

Charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) 24
UK Albums (OCC) 28

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. "Carpenters | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  2. "Yamachan Land (Japanese Chart Archives) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Carpenters" (in Japanese). Original Confidence. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  3. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. "British album certifications – Carpenters – Live at the Palladium". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
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