The Damone Type of Thing explained

The Damone Type of Thing
Type:studio
Artist:Vic Damone
Cover:The Damone Type of Thing.jpg
Released:November 20, 1967
Genre:Traditional pop
  • vocal pop
Length:32:02
Label:RCA
Producer:Neely Plumb
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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.

Reception

Billboard selected the album for a "Pop Special Merit" review, and stated that it "proves that "Damone still has one of the best pop standard voices in the business".[1]

Cashbox praised Damone for his "renders a selection of pop melodies in a warm, smooth, and graceful manner"[2]

The El Paso Times called it "a quietly sensitive album of an entertainer long confident of his success."[3]

Jason Ankeny of AllMusic praised Perry Botkin's arrangements and wrote that Damone "seizes upon the album's smoky, boozy atmosphere with gusto".

Historian Will Friedwald stated that The Damone Type of Thing is an excellent album although it does "intermingle good stuff and bad.[4]

Track listing

Side two

External links

Notes and References

  1. Album Reviews: Special Merit Picks (Popular) . . December 23, 1967 . 79 . 51 . 47 . en.
  2. December 23, 1967 . Album Reviews . . 108 . 29 . 20.
  3. News: . January 28, 1968 . 76 . Record Reviews . December 27, 2023 . en.
  4. Book: Friedwald, Will . A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers . 2010 . Pantheon Books . 9780375421495 . 133 . en.