The Damone Type of Thing is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released on November 20, 1967, by RCA Records. It was produced by Neely Plumb and arranged and conducted by Perry Botkin Jr. and J. Hill.
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| Released | November 20, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Traditional pop
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| Length | 32:02 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Neely Plumb | |||
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The LP had the warm romantic voice of sorne wonderful arrangement, inculding "Time After Time", "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)", "It Never Entered My Mind", "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" & "Make Me Rainbow".
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
Billboard selected the album for a "Pop Special Merit" review, described the album as "his excellent album", and stated that it "proves that "Damone still has one of the best pop standard voices in the business".[3]
Cashbox praised Damone for his "renders a selection of pop melodies in a warm, smooth, and graceful manner"[4]
The El Paso Times called it "a quietly sensitive album of an entertainer long confident of his success."[5]
Jason Ankeny of AllMusic praised Perry Botkin's arrangements and wrote that Damone "seizes upon the album's smoky, boozy atmosphere with gusto".[1]
Historian Will Friedwald stated that The Damone Type of Thing is an excellent album although it does "intermingle good stuff and bad.[6]
Track listing
editSide one
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Time After Time (from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film: It Happened in Brooklyn)" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:36 |
| 2. | "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" | Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster | 3:49 |
| 3. | "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry (from the Broadway musical: Glad To See You)" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 2:51 |
| 4. | "Gone with the Wind" | Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson | 2:06 |
| 5. | "I Never Go There Any More" | Rod McKuen, Marty Paich | 3:17 |
| 6. | "Two for the Road (from the 20th Century Fox Pictures: Two for the Road)" | Henry Mancini, Leslie Bricusse | 2:36 |
Side two
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Make Me Rainbows" | Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, John Williams | 2:27 |
| 2. | "It Never Entered My Mind (from the Broadway musical: Higher and Higher)" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 4:10 |
| 3. | "The More I See You (from the 20th Century Fox Pictures: Diamond Horseshoe)" | Harry Warren, Mack Gordon | 2:23 |
| 4. | "I'll Find You a Rainbow" | Jeanne Costa, Tony Costa | 2:43 |
| 5. | "Arrivederci, My Love" | Pietro Garinei. Sandro Giovannini, Renato Rascel, Carl Sigman | 2:25 |
References
edit- ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. Vic Damone – The Damone Type of Thing: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 392. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ "Album Reviews: Special Merit Picks (Popular): The Damone Type of Thing". Billboard. Vol. 79, no. 51. December 23, 1967. p. 47.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 29, no. 20. December 23, 1967. p. 108.
- ^ "Record Reviews". El Paso Times. January 28, 1968. p. 76. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 133. ISBN 9780375421495.
External links
edit- Vic Damone – The Damone Type Of Thing, Discogs.com