The Joy of Living (album)

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The Joy of Living
Studio album by
Nelson Riddle
Released1959
Recorded1959
GenreTraditional pop music
Length34:01[1]
LabelCapitol ST-1148
Nelson Riddle chronology
Sing a Song with Riddle
(1962) 		The Joy of Living
(1959)
(1960)

The Joy of Living is a 1959 album by American composer and arranger Nelson Riddle.[1][2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[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 album as an "outstanding Riddle collection" upon its 1998 reissue.[3]

Track listing[]

  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
  7. "It's a Big Wide Wonderful World!" (John Rox) – 2:13
  8. "June in January" (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) – 2:13
  9. "Isn't This a Lovely Day" (Irving Berlin) – 2:46
  10. "Indian Summer" (Al Dubin, Victor Herbert) – 2:51
  11. "It's a Grand Night for Singing" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 2:49
  12. "I Got the Sun in the Morning" (Berlin) – 2:43

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d The Joy of Living at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Nelson Riddle - The Joy of Living at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ Sir Compton Mackenzie; Christopher Stone (1998). Gramophone. General Gramophone Publications Limited. p. 120.

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