The Joy of Living (album)
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | 1959 | |||
| Studio | Capitol Records, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop | |||
| Length | 34:01[1] | |||
| Label | Capitol ST-1148 | |||
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The Joy of Living is the sixth studio album by American composer and arranger Nelson Riddle, released in 1959.[1][2]
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
William Ruhlmann reviewed the album for Allmusic and wrote that the arrangements "never get too lively or somber" and felt the casual, mid-tempo pieces were an assertion by Riddle of his stature with the popularity of Billy May and Gordon Jenkins. Ruhlmann felt the album was a precursor to Riddle's arrangements on Frank Sinatra's 1960 album Nice 'n' Easy as an "easygoing collection of small tonal joys".[1]
Gramophone magazine described The Joy of Living as an "outstanding Riddle collection" upon its 1998 reissue.[3]
Single
[edit]Capitol Records released the title track "The Joy of Living" as a 45 rpm single, backed with a Nelson Riddle composition, "Somethin' Special."[4]
Track listing
[edit]Side 1
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" | Lew Brown, Nacio Herb Brown, Ray Henderson | 2:08 |
| 2. | "You Make Me Feel So Young" | Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Makin' Whoopee" | Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn | 4:20 |
| 4. | "Bye Bye Blues" | David Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Frederick Hamm, Bert Lown | 2:33 |
| 5. | "It's So Peaceful in the Country" | Alec Wilder | 2:50 |
| 6. | "The Joy of Living" | Philip J. Davis | 2:49 |
Side 2
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World!" | John Rox | 2:13 |
| 2. | "June in January" | Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Isn't This a Lovely Day" | Irving Berlin | 2:46 |
| 4. | "Indian Summer" | Al Dubin, Victor Herbert | 2:51 |
| 5. | "It's a Grand Night for Singing" | Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers | 2:49 |
| 6. | "I Got the Sun in the Morning" | Berlin | 2:43 |
Personnel
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d The Joy of Living at AllMusic
- ^ "Nelson Riddle - The Joy of Living at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Sir Compton Mackenzie; Christopher Stone (1998). Gramophone. General Gramophone Publications Limited. p. 120.
- ^ "Somethin' Special". cat45.com.
External links
[edit]- The Joy of Living at Discogs (list of releases)
