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Strange Enchantment
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Strange Enchantment is the fourteenth 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 by EMI Music Distribution on May 31, 1999, as a double album pairing it with Damone's 1962 album, The Lively Ones.[1] Strange Enchantment was included in a box set entitled Seven Classic Albums Box Set, which contains all 7 of his studio albums, and was released on February 5, 2016.[2]
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Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", Billboard 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.[6]
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"[8]
Record Mirror raved, "The cool and thoroughly professional voice of Vic Damone wend its way easily through this ballad set."[4]
Hunter Nigel of Disc notes "He moves between Hawaii and Latin America with able assistance from Billy May's orchestra"[7]
In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald called it "the most ballady of the bunch is the exotic.[9]
American Record Guide referred to it as "a pleasant album"[10]
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."[11]
Life claimed "it offers a pleasant Polynesian numbers like "Bali Hai".[12]
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Side two
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