Strange Enchantment Explained

Strange Enchantment is a studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in March 1962. It was produced by Jack Marshall.

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by EMI Music Distribution on May 31, 1999, as a double album pairing it with Damone's other 1962 Capitol,The Lively Ones.

Reception

Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review and believed it "Here's the rich-voiced Vic Damone in a selection of moody, haunting, far-away type songs, an exotic set full of the percussion and flavor of the islands.[1]

Cash Box called it "a powerful follow-up LP. and stated that "a dozen tropical-flavored tunes, in good strad as he offers extremely listenable renditions of "Poinicana", "Beyond The Reef" and "Ebb Tide"[2]

Record Mirror raved, "The cool and thoroughly professional voice of Vic Damone wend its way easily through this ballad set."[3]

In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald called it "the most ballady of the bunch is the exotic.[4]

The Courier Journal stated that "He illustrates with an excellent program of South Seas songs that he is long overdue for a hit. He is backed by strings and percussions conducted by Billy May."[5]

Life claimed "it offers a pleasant Polynesian numbers like "Bali Hai".[6]

Track listing

Side two

Notes and References

  1. Book: Billboard . 1962-04-14 . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. . 44 . en.
  2. April 7, 1962 . Album Reviews . . 28 . 23 . 23.
  3. February 16, 1963 . LP Reviews By Jimmmy Watson . . 10 . en.
  4. Book: Friedwald, Will . A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers . 2010 . Pantheon Books . 9780375421495 . 133 . en.
  5. News: May 6, 1962 . SPINNING THE POPS 32 Astaire Tunes Collected In Album . February 11, 2024 . . 118 . en.
  6. May 11, 1962 . Pop Records . . 21 .