Wrap Around Joy Explained

Wrap Around Joy
Type:studio
Artist:Carole King
Cover:Wrap around joy.jpg
Released:September 1974
Genre:Pop, soft rock
Length:42:06
Label:Ode / A&M (Original Issue)
Ode / Epic (Re-issue)
Producer:Lou Adler
Prev Title:Fantasy
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:Really Rosie
Next Year:1975

Wrap Around Joy is the sixth album by American singer and songwriter Carole King, released in 1974. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200 albums chart in late 1974 and spun off successful singles with "Jazzman", which reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and earned King a nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female in the 17th Grammy Awards (the award went to Olivia Newton-John for "I Honestly Love You"); and "Nightingale", which reached number nine on the Hot 100 chart and number six on the Easy Listening chart.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA.[1]

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 24
Canadian RPM Albums Chart[3] 1
Japanese Oricon LPs Chart[4] 7
US Billboard Top LPs[5] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)Position
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 13
Chart (1975)Position
US Billboard Year-End[7] 73

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RIAA . . September 2, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS . June 26, 2007 .
  2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 166/167.
  3. https://archive.today/20120905180021/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3866a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=3td8m3mergtfdmr8b7qq9fm517 Library and Archives Canada.
  4. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.
  5. Allmusic - Carole King > Wrap Around Joy > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums
  6. RPM Top 100 Albums of 1974. RPM. 2011-10-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080444/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3891&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5. 2014-04-29. dead.
  7. Web site: https://archive.today/20121208164051/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855857?imw=Y . Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1975 . billboard.biz . 2012-12-08 . 2014-04-17 . dead .