The Wonderful World of Love

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The Wonderful World of Love
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Studio album by
Robert Goulet
ReleasedApril 1963
Genre Traditional pop
Length28:50
Label Columbia
Producer Jim Foglesong
Robert Goulet chronology
Sincerely Yours...
(1962)		The Wonderful World of Love
(1963)		 Annie Get Your Gun
(1963)

The Wonderful World of Love is the fourth studio album by American singer Robert Goulet, released in April 1963, by Columbia Records, [1] and was available both in stereo and mono. [2] It was produced by Jim Foglesong, arranged and conducted by Sid Raminand, contains a mix of ballads old and new, exciting and sentimental romance tunes including "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", I'll Take Romance" and "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries". [3]

Contents

Chart performance

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated April 27, 1963, and remained on the chart for 29 weeks, peaking at number 11. [4] It debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated December 29, 1962, and remained on the chart for a total of 33 weeks, peaking at number eight. [5]

Other releases

The Wonderful World of Love was included in a box set entitled The Wonderful World of Robert Goulet - The First Four Albums, released on June 23, 2017. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review and believed it "should be a powerhouse" for Goulet. [1]

Cashbox notes Goulet's "handles these bold and bluesy tunes with deftness and sureness as he eassays 'I'll Take Romance', and 'Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries'. [10]

Variety noted "The peg is romance, of course, and Goulet presents it in the masculine manner that's been working so well for him." [11]

American Record Guide notes Goulet "employs good material such as the excellent old Ben Oakland-Oscar Hammerstein 'I'll Take Romance'." [12]

Record Mirror referred to it as a "romantic mood", giving it a three-star rating. [9] It received the same rating from The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [8] , while getting a lower two.five-star rating from AllMusic. [7]

Track listing

Side one

Side two

Charts

Chart (1963)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [4] 11
US Cash Box [5] 8

References

  1. 1 2 "Pop Spotlight: The Wonderful World of Love". Billboard . Vol. 75, no. 15. April 13, 1963. p. 29.
  2. ↑ Kinslow, Chris (2015). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide 2015. Penguin. p. 232. ISBN   9-781440-243721 . Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Wonderful World of Love". AlbumLinerNotes.com. Retrieved September 8, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 312. ISBN   0898201179.
  5. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955–1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 148. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ↑ "The Wonderful World of Robert Goulet: The First Four Albums". AllMusic . Retrieved August 19, 2025.
  7. 1 2 The Wonderful World of Love at AllMusic. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  8. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 842. ISBN   9780195313734.
  9. 1 2 Jopling, Normon; Jones, Peter (May 1, 1965). "Normon Jopling and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums: 2 wild albums from Everlys" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 216. p. 11. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Cashbox Album Popular Pick Reviews: The Wonderful World of Love". Cashbox . Vol. 24, no. 29. April 13, 1963. p. 22.
  11. ↑ "Variety Record Reviews Goulet's Love, Wilson's Workout, Ella's B'way, Pitney's You Top LPs:". Variety . Vol. 230, no. 6. April 3, 1963. p. 88.
  12. ↑ "Unlikely Corners". American Record Guide . Vol. 29, no. 10. June 1963. p. 832.
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