Strange Enchantment
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| Released | March 1962 | |||
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| Length | 29:59 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jack Marshall | |||
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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.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| New Record Mirror | [3] |
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.[4]
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"[5]
Record Mirror raved, "The cool and throughtly professional voice of Vic Damone wend its way easily through this ballad set."[6]
In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald called it "the most ballady of the bunch is the exotic.[7]
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."[8]
Life claimed "it offers a pleasant Polynesian numbers like "Bali Hai".[9]
Track listing[edit]
Side one[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Strange Enchantment" | Frank Loesser, Frederick Hollander | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Hawaiian Wedding Song" | Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning | 2:41 |
| 3. | "Shangri-La" | Matty Malneck, Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell | 2:42 |
| 4. | "Humming Waters" | Al Stillman, Guy Wood | 2:47 |
| 5. | "Poinciana" | Nat Simon, Buddy Bernier, Manuel Lliso | 2:27 |
| 6. | "Flamingo" | Ted Grouya, Edmund Anderson | 1:59 |
Side two[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Beyond the Reef" | Jack Pitman | 2:26 |
| 2. | "You're Lovable" | Ian Bernard, Vic Damone | 2:37 |
| 3. | "The Moon of Manakoora" | Frank Loesser, Alfred Newman | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Bali Ha'i" | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 2:07 |
| 5. | "Dry Your Eyes" | Charles King, Milt Raskin | 2:21 |
| 6. | "Ebb Tide" | Carl Sigman[, Robert Maxwell | 2:38 |
References[edit]
- ^ Vic Damone – The Lively Ones/Strange Enchantment at AllMusic. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ^ ""Strange Enchantment" - Album Ratings". Allmusic. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (12 February 1963). "Vic Damone: Strange Enchantment" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 18. p. 10. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1962-04-14. p. 44.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 23, no. 23. April 7, 1962. p. 28.
- ^ "LP Reviews By Jimmmy Watson" (PDF). Record Mirror. February 16, 1963. p. 10.
- ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 133. ISBN 9780375421495.
- ^ "SPINNING THE POPS 32 Astaire Tunes Collected In Album". Courier Journal. May 6, 1962. p. 118. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ "Pop Records". Life. May 11, 1962. p. 21.