title: Living Room Suite
text: # Living Room Suite
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  Living Room Suite is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1978.
  
  The album peaked at No. 133 on the Billboard 200.
  
  ## Production
  
  The album was produced by Chuck Plotkin. Chapin and his label were unhappy with the album, with Chapin going back to the studio to rerecord a few of the songs after the album had been released.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Record Collector wrote that "musically, Harry occasionally steps out of his folk-friendly comfort zone, serving up some delicious blue-eyed soul on 'It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains'."
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Harry Chapin – guitar, vocals
  * George Bohanon – trombone
  * David Burgen – harmonica
  * Stephen Chapin – keyboards
  * Tom Chapin – banjo, guitar
  * The Cowsills – vocals
  * Bob Cowsill – guitar
  * Dixie Hummingbirds – vocals
  * Howie Fields – drums, percussion
  * Chuck Findley – trumpet
  * Steve Forman – percussion
  * Dennis Frick – bassoon
  * Richard Hyde – trombone
  * Neil Jason – bass
  * Jackie Kelso – baritone saxophone
  * Jim Keltner – drums
  * Steve Madaio – trumpet
  * Andy Newmark – drums
  * Bill Payne – organ
  * Herbert Rhoad – vocals
  * Joe Russell – vocals
  * Kim Scholes – cello
  * Lou Volpe – guitar
  * Doug Walker – guitar
  * John Wallace – bass, vocals
  * Ernie Watts – clarinet, flute, oboe, saxophone
  * Sarah Jessica Parker – vocals (uncredited), "Flowers are Red"
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Billboard 200 | 133 |
  