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Vic Damone
Closer Than a Kiss: This Game of Love
Genres: Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Closer Than A Kiss
2. Out Of Nowhere
3. I Kiss Your Hand Madame
4. We Kiss In A Shadow
5. Cuddle Up A Little Closer
6. A Toujours
7. You And The Night And The Music
8. Prelude To A Kiss
9. How Deep Is The Ocean
10. Day By Day
11. As Time Goes By
12. Close As Pages In A Book
13. Along Together
14. My Romance
15. Aint Misbehavin
16. But Beautiful
17. The End Of A Love Affair
18. The Things We Did Last Summr
19. Am I Blue
20. Ill Be Around
21. Its A Lonesome Old Town
22. Me And My Shadow
23. I Like The Likes Of You
24. A Fellow Needs A Girl

These two albums, originally released in 1959 by Columbia, feature Damone backed by orchestras under the direction of Frank DeVol and Robert Smale. Highlights include "You And The Night And The Music," "Day By Day" and "A... more »

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All Artists: Vic Damone
Title: Closer Than a Kiss: This Game of Love
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Collectables
Release Date: 1/21/2003
Genres: Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Vocal Pop, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090431753026

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CD Reviews

BOTH albums on this CD are great

Comic Online | Washington, DC United States | 02/22/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The other reviewer (K. Winter) mentions that this was her favorite album on LP. Well, that doesn't help me much, because this CD contains not one, but TWO of Damone's original Columbia albums. I wonder to which one she is referring...

In any case, first comes Closer Than a Kiss (1958). This one was arranged by Frank DeVol, the same arranger who did much of Dean Martin's best work in the 1950s. It's a ballad album, with tender and intimate renditions of classic standards. It utilizes the full orchestra, but does so sparingly, so you get an intimate feel. It's not a gloom-and-doom ballad album. It's more of a love song collection to be enjoyed in the bath with your hunny.

While that was a pretty good album, the real gem in this collection is the second album, The Game Of Love (1959). Arranged by Robert Smale, this is the one and only complete album of Vic Damone recording with a small jazz combo. It has a very intimate feel, and at the same time, can be snappy and smart without taking itself too seriously. Wonderful ballads, light up-tempos, and breezy mid-tempos fill this album, all giving you a nice after-dinner kinda feel.

Both albums are presented here in their full stereo glory, and sound fantastic."