Strange Enchantment is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Vic Damone, released by Capitol Records in March 1962, and was available both in stereo and mono.[1] 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.[3]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.[4]
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.[8]
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"[10]
Record Mirror raved, "The cool and thoroughly professional voice of Vic Damone wend its way easily through this ballad set."[6]
Hunter Nigel of Disc notes "He moves between Hawaii and Latin America with able assistance from Billy May's orchestra"[9]
In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald called it "the most ballady of the bunch is the exotic.[11]
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."[13]
Life claimed "it offers a pleasant Polynesian numbers like "Bali Hai".[14]
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