Wrap Around Joy

Carole King | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2011)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Epic
• ASIN: B0000025BF
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #170,364 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Wrap Around Joy by Carole King

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is my all-time favorite King album! She's the tops!, October 10, 2001

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Rod Labbe (Waterville, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrap Around Joy (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Carole's since her Tapestry days, and "It's Too Late" will always remind me of my high school graduation (summer of 1971, natch!). Alas, I confess a certain disappointment regarding Carole's follow ups to Tapestry. "Music" was just ok; "Rhymes and Reasons" left me flat, and "Fantasy" seemed to be an odd misfire. By the time September 1974 rolled around and "Wrap Around Joy" was released, I had low expectations...then, boom! I heard the first single, "Jazzman," and rejoiced. The album soon followed, and I immediately fell in love with it! Vocally, Carole has never been better (except on her latest, "Love Makes the World"), and the tunes are diverse, catchy, melodic, and absolutely wonderful. I especially love "My Lovin' Eyes" and "The Best is Yet to Come," with "Wrap Around Joy" and "You Gentle Me" falling close behind. I still have my original LP from 1974 and just added the CD--it's fun to alternate between the two! Incidentally, this was the last of Carole's albums to hit #1 on the Billboard charts--check it out! You won't be disappointed. Great music always ages well, and that's exactly what you'll find on "Wrap Around Joy!"

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "WRAP AROUND JOY": CAROLE KING'S POP-ROCK MASTERPIECE, January 17, 2007

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Johnny-Nuz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrap Around Joy (Audio CD)

In 1974, while Carly and Joni were battling it out for top honors amidst the proliferation of female singer-songwriters at the time, Carole King released "Wrap Around Joy", a mostly joyful pop-rock entry into the fold, showing that she was still one of the mighty queens of the rock world.

Of course her endeavor was tremendously aided by the huge hit single, "Jazzman", with Tom Scott's memorable sax performance; but "Wrap Around Joy" has many other noteworthy songs.

Carole's power piano chords of the sing-along opening cut "Nightingale" (a second top ten hit for her from this album) really capture the listener's attention right from the get-go. "My Lovin' Eyes" and "You Gentle Me" are wonderful pop-rock confections, as is the title track and "You're Something New", one of my favorite Carole King start-of-love songs ever. Conversely, "You Go You're Way, I'll Go Mine" is one of the best break-up songs I've ever known.

"We Are All In This Together" is a great song of unification of the human race and is, therefore, quite an IMPORTANT message still today in this mad, mad, mad, mad world in which we live. I love the optimism of this song especially when balanced with the closing song, "The Best Is Yet To Come", which never fails to lift my spirit. Songs like these make me very grateful to Carole King for the solace her music has given my life on so many occasions. Listen and see if you don't know what I mean.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars STILL ONE OF HER BEST ALBUMS, January 9, 1999

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[e-mail] (PUERTO RICO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrap Around Joy (Audio CD)

I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME FAN OF HERS, THOUGH SHE STILL DESERVES MORE CREDIT FOR HER LONG STANDING CAREER, THIS ALBUM WAS SORT OF A COMEBACK AFTER SOME EXPERIMENTS ON HER EARLIER WORKS, STILL IT REMINDS ME OF HER BEST TO DATE 'TAPESTRY', THIS ALBUM TO ME RANKS AS A NUMBER TWO IN MY LIST. ALSO 'THOROUGHBRED', MAKES MY NUMBER THREE A TIE WITH MUSIC. LET' S NOT FORGET 'REALLY ROSIE', AN ALBUM FULL OF FUN MUSIC, WHICH WE ALL GROWN UP CAN HEAR AND ENJOY. I'M GLAD THAT ALL OF HER ALBUMS ARE AVAILABLE IN CD, SO THAT THE NEW GENERATION CAN HEAR WHAT THEY HAD BEEN MISSING, AND KNOW THE MUSIC THEIR PARENTS GREW WITH. THANKS, OSVALDO.