The Joy of Living (album)
The Joy of Living is the sixth studio album by American composer and arranger Nelson Riddle, released in 1959.[1][2]
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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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Reception
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| 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]
Track listing
Side 1
- "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (Lew Brown, Nacio Herb Brown, Ray Henderson) – 2:08
- "You Make Me Feel So Young" (Mack Gordon, Josef Myrow) – 3:14
- "Makin' Whoopee" (Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn) – 4:20
- "Bye Bye Blues" (David Bennett, Chauncey Gray, Frederick Hamm, Bert Lown) – 2:33
- "It's So Peaceful in the Country" (Alec Wilder) – 2:50
- "The Joy of Living" (Philip J. Davis) – 2:49
Side 2
- "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World!" (John Rox) – 2:13
- "June in January" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:13
- "Isn't This a Lovely Day" (Irving Berlin) – 2:46
- "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) – 2:51
- "It's a Grand Night for Singing" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:49
- "I Got the Sun in the Morning" (Berlin) – 2:43
Personnel
References
- 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.
External links
- The Joy of Living at Discogs (list of releases)
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