Wrap Around Joy

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Wrap Around Joy
File:Wrap around joy.jpg
Studio album by Carole King
Released September 1974
Genre Pop, soft rock
Length 42:15
Label Ode / A&M (Original Issue)
Ode / Epic (Re-issue)
Producer Lou Adler
Carole King chronology
Fantasy
(1973)Fantasy1973		 Wrap Around Joy
(1974)		 Really Rosie
(1975)Really Rosie1975
Singles from Wrap Around Joy
  1. "Jazzman"
    Released: August 22, 1974
  2. "Nightingale"
    Released: December 17, 1974
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (C) [2]
Rolling Stone (mixed)[3]

Wrap Around Joy is a 1974 album by American singer-songwriter Carole King. The album hit No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart in late 1974 and spun off successful singles with "Jazzman" (No. 2 pop) and "Nightingale" (No. 9 pop, No. 1 adult contemporary).

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Carole King, lyrics written by Dave Palmer.

Side one
  1. "Nightingale" – 3:38
  2. "Change in Mind, Change of Heart" – 4:39
  3. "Jazzman" – 3:44
  4. "You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine" – 3:34
  5. "You're Something New" – 2:55
  6. "We Are All in This Together" – 4:03
Side two
  1. "Wrap Around Joy" – 2:59
  2. "You Gentle Me" – 3:46
  3. "My Lovin' Eyes" – 3:08
  4. "Sweet Adonis" – 3:22
  5. "A Night This Side of Dying" – 2:59
  6. "The Best Is Yet to Come" – 3:30

Personnel

  • Carole King - synthesizer, guitar, piano, vocals
  • Tom Scott - saxophone
  • Susan Ranney - bass
  • Louise Goffin - background vocals
  • Mike Altschul - horn
  • George Bohanon - trombone
  • Mari Tsumura - violin
  • Denyse Buffum - viola
  • Thomas Buffum - violin
  • David Campbell - viola
  • Gene Coe - horn
  • Maurice Dicterow - violin
  • Richard Feves - bass
  • Chuck Findley - trumpet
  • Frederick Seykora - cello
  • Sherry Goffin - background vocals
  • Abigale Haness - background vocals
  • Jim Horn - saxophone
  • Richard Hyde - trombone
  • Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar - guitar, vocals
  • Charles Larkey - bass
  • Gordon Marron Strings - violin
  • Dan Neufeld - viola
  • Andy Newmark - drums
  • Dean Parks - guitar
  • Paul Polivinick - viola
  • Jay Rosen - violin
  • Sheldon Sanov - violin
  • Haim Shtrum - violin
  • Jeff Solow - cello
  • Lya Stern - violin
  • Polly Sweeney - violin
  • Ernie Watts - horn
  • Richard Kaufman - violin
  • Nina Deveritch - cello
  • Bobby Dubow - violin
  • Gottfried Hoogeveen - cello
  • Dan Newfeld - viola
  • Fred Jackson, Jr. - horn

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[10] Gold

References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. Wrap Around Joy at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  4. ↑ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS
  5. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 2011-02-02
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Allmusic - Carole King > Wrap Around Joy > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
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  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
November 9 – 15, 1974		 Succeeded by
Walls and Bridges by John Lennon
Canadian RPM 100 number-one album
November 9 – 15, 1974		 Succeeded by
Not Fragile
by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
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