| The Damone Type of Thing | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Vic Damone |
| Cover: | The Damone Type of Thing.jpg |
| Released: | November 20, 1967 |
| Genre: | Traditional pop
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| Length: | 32:02 |
| Label: | RCA |
| Producer: | Neely Plumb |
| Prev Title: | On the South Side of Chicago |
| Prev Year: | 1967 |
| Next Title: | Why Can't I Walk Away |
| Next Year: | 1968 |
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.
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".
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".[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]