Candy Carol is the third studio album by American synth-pop band Book of Love, released on January 23, 1991, by Sire Records.

After having substantial success on college radio stations and the dancefloor in the eighties, Candy Carol was released amidst the changing musical landscape of the early nineties.

In a 2009 interview, Lauren Roselli Johnson stated, "I think we had great momentum going from Book of Love to Lullaby.

Lauren Roselli, for the first time, contributed creatively as a songwriter, and co-wrote two songs, "Flower Parade" and "Counting The Rosaries".

[7] Another album track titled "Wall Song", a semi-instrumental piece, was inspired by the breakdown of the Berlin Wall, and features spoken word sections of Jade Lee reading a German version of the poem "Autumn" by Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

[7] Recording sessions with co-producer Ben Grosse began January 15, 1990, at Chung King House of Metal, where the band laid down basic tracks for a month and a half.

[8] After the taking a break in early March to pursue individual projects, they reconvened on April 16, 1990 at The Hit Factory to record vocals until mid-May.

[9] The remixing of "Alice Everyday" took producer Ben Grosse a couple extra weeks, causing the label to push the release back.

"[10] The first single taken from the record was "Alice Everyday", released prior to the album in January 1991, and features sing-song vocals and a refrain consisting of a laundry list of girls' names.

[12] The album sleeve, designed by Jade Lee and photographed by Marc David Cohen, is of a crafted snow globe with miniatures of the band members performing amid falling snowflakes.

This time, the design used the lower case letters mcmxci (1991) and appeared inside on the record sleeve insert and the cassette and CD booklets.

The single from the album that failed to make the Billboard charts but was featured in Jonathan Demme's 1991 film, The Silence of the Lambs.

The album track "Quiver" was later remixed by Boris Granich and included on the single for 1993's "Boy Pop" as the 'Extended Mix'.

Candy Carol was released on January 16, 1991, with twelve tracks in all three formats of CD, LP, and cassette.

Exquisitely layered pre-hippie harmonies quote old soul and doo-wop classics (and even Christmas hymns).

Ted Ottavino's computerized keyboards realign succulent '60s melodies into dance-floor-ready '90s hooks..."[2] AllMusic's Brian Mansfield compared the album to "an aural trip to the candy shop.