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Flamingo Serenade
R&B / Soul · 1959 · 12 tracks

Flamingo Serenade

The Flamingos

A masterwork of reverb-soaked vocal harmony. These 1959 recordings of pop standards feel suspended in a ghostly, midnight haze of shimmering sound.

October 1959 · End

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A suspended, ghostly romanticism that feels both comforting and hauntingly distant.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Love Walked In
2:52
02
Music Maestro Please
2:28
03
Begin the Beguine
3:43
04
The Breeze and I
2:46
05
Time Was
2:40
06
Goodnight Sweetheart
2:28
07
I Only Have Eyes for You
3:25
08
I’m in the Mood for Love
2:50
09
As Time Goes By
2:51
10
Where or When
3:04
11
Yours
2:25
12
But Not for Me
2:33
Moments Worth Listening For
The iconic, hypnotic 'shoo-bop sha-bop' backing vocal that opens I Only Have Eyes for You, creating an immediate sense of suspension.
The soaring, crystalline falsetto that pierces through the reverb on Yours, elevating a standard into something otherworldly.
The way the backing harmonies on Begin the Beguine swell and recede like a slow tide against the lead vocal's steady croon.
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Dreamy saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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