Coming Home (Kristin Chenoweth album)
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| Live album by Kristin Chenoweth | ||||
| Released | November 18, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | August 22, 2014 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop, vocal pop, disco | |||
| Length | 71:15 (bonus track version) | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
| Producer | Jay Krugman | |||
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Coming Home is a 2014 PBS special featuring a concert by Kristin Chenoweth. The concert was later made into a CD and DVD.
In 2014, PBS asked Chenoweth to do a concert for a special. She chose to do it in her hometown of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. The concert featured songs from her career, as well as songs she has enjoyed since her childhood. Chenoweth performed a duet of "For Good" with Broken Arrow resident Axyl Langford, and the Broken Arrow High School choir providing backup vocals in "Upon this Rock".
Chenoweth stated: "I chose ‘My Coloring Book’ because when I was in college, my voice teacher didn’t think I understood the song, and told me to pull it out one day when I did. So I’m singing it all these years later, and she was there to witness it. I also like to reintroduce songs that people may not be familiar with, like Stephen Foster’s ‘Hard Times,’ which is from 1853 but sounds like it could have been written today. And I love to do songs that people wouldn’t expect from me, like ‘Enough Is Enough.’" "I’m known for musical theatre,” she continues, “but I grew up with country and gospel, and I’ve always loved standards and operas. So I figured that this live performance would be a good chance to show people the different things that influenced me and the different things I can do."
Beginning on November 28, 2014, the concert was aired on PBS stations nationwide, as Chenoweth's first concert on television. The special was part of the 2014 PBS Arts Fall Festival.
On November 17, 2014, a live CD of the concert was released by Concord Records. There are two versions of the album, the regular one, and the Target version with three bonus tracks.
The album consists of the songs:
The album peaked at No. 48 on the Billboard 200. selling 8,000 copies in the first week. The album has sold 47,000 copies in the United States as of August 2016.
The DVD of the concert was released on February 3, 2015. Like the concert, the DVD includes Chenoweth's father's day video from 2014. It also shows some behind the scenes footage of the making of the concert, CD, DVD and PBS special.
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