The Damone Type of Thing looks both forward and backward: Perry Botkin's arrangements boast a subtle soulfulness clearly inspired by the dominant pop sensibilities of the late 1960s, but the material is steadfastly--even defiantly--patrician, foregoing contemporary fare in favor of pages from the Great American Songbook. Taken together, the songs paint a portrait of romantic disillusionment and despair, and Damone seizes upon the album's smoky, boozy atmosphere with gusto--in its way, the album is his own In the Wee Small Hours, and while it boasts neither the brilliance or melancholy elegance of its forbear, it's nevertheless a record made by and for adults alienated from the counterculture and the sexual revolution it portended.