| On the Swingin' Side | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Vic Damone |
| Cover: | On The Swingin' Side.JPG |
| Released: | December 19, 1960 |
| Genre: | Traditional pop, vocal pop, standards |
| Length: | 28:01 |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Jack Marshall |
| Prev Title: | This Game of Love |
| Prev Year: | 1959 |
| Next Title: | Linger Awhile with Vic Damone |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
On the Swingin' Side is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released on December 19, 1960, by Columbia Records. It was produced by Jack Marshall
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by EMI Music Distribution in 2000, as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Damone's Debut Columbia Records from 1956,That Towering Feeling!.[1] Collectables included this CD in a box set entitled Only the Best of Vic Damone, which contains six of his studio albums and one compilation and was released on November 27, 2007.[2]
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said that "It an unadulterated up-tempo delight that deserves to be rediscovered. The charts are bright, Vic Damone is relaxed but never dull, and the mood finds a nice balance between romance and spirited humor"
Billboard notes "He Lends his superior vocal talents to a flock of great standards - eschewing his usual sweet ballad groove in favor of a swinging beat. It's a highly effective change of pace for the warbler and fine wax for jocks.."[3]
Cash Box claimed "Jack Marshall's arrangement keep the pace on the easy swing side, sympathetic to the singer's style".[4]
In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald writes "He knows his own strengths and weakness enough to stick to doing ballads with a beat, as opposed to out and up-tempo singing in the Sinatra Swingin' Lover tradition.[5]