Track Listing
1. That's Alright
2. Good Rockin' Tonight
3. Baby Let's Play House
4. Mystery Train
5. Trying To Get To You
6. Heartbreak Hotel
7. Blue Suede Shoes
8. My Baby Left Me
9. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
10. Hound Dog
11. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
12. Don't Be Cruel
13. Love Me Tender
14. Love Me
15. Any Place Is Paradise
16. All Shook Up
17. Got A Lot O' Livin' To Do
18. Teddy Bear
19. One Night
20. Jailhouse Rock
21. You're So Square (baby I don't care)
22. Treat Me Nice
23. Don't
24. Santa Claus Is Back In Town
25. Trouble
26. Hard Headed Woman
27. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
28. Big Hunk O'Love
29. Fool Such As I
30. Stuck On You
31. It's Now Or Never
32. Are You Lonesome Tonight
33. Mess Of Blues
34. Like A Baby
35. Girl Of My Best Friend
36. Such A Night
37. Reconsider Baby
38. Surrender
39. Can't Help Falling In Love
40. That's Someone You Never Forget
41. Little Sister
42. Marie's The Name His Latest Flame
43. Anything That's Part Of You
44. Good Luck Charm
45. She's Not You
46. Return To Sender
47. You're The Devil In Disguise
48. Memphis Tennessee
49. It Hurts Me
50. Down In The Alley
51. Run On
52. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
53. Big Boss Man
54. Tiger Man
55. If I Can Dream
56. In The Ghetto
57. Suspicious Minds
58. Don't Cry Daddy
59. I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms)
60. Stranger In My Own Home Town
61. After Loving You
62. Only The Strong Survive
63. Wonder Of You
64. Polk Salad Annie
65. I've Lost You
66. You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
67. I Just Can't Help Believin' (live)
68. Merry Christmas Baby
69. I'm Leaving
70. American Trilogy
71. Burnin' Love
72. Always On My Mind
73. Promised Land
74. For The Heart
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 3 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Mixed |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar); The Jordanaires, The Sweet Inspirations (vocals); Scotty Moore, James Burton (guitar); Boots Randolph (saxophone); Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long (piano); Bill Black (bass); D.J. Fontana (drums); The Memphis Horns.Producers include: Sam Phillips, Felton Jarvis, Chips Moman.Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Sermon.Engineers include: Sam Phillips, Bob Ferris, Ernie Oehlrich.Recorded between 1954 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.All tracks have been digitally remastered.Whatever one thinks of the title--Elvis Presley was indeed one of the artists who had an undeniable impact on the popular music of the 20th century--this 3-CD collection offers enough proof to support the claim. It's all here: his groundbreaking rockabilly sessions that influenced the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and hundreds of others; all the hits from the '50s ("Jailhouse Rock," where the swagger and insolence in Elvis' voice still packs a wallop), to those from the '60s ("Stuck on You") and the '70s (a burning version of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land"). Pop ballads, blues, country, soul/R&B, rockers--virtually every song here is a gem. "I'll Hold You in My Heart," Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," and the wailing Holiday-blues "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" feature Elvis bearing his heart and soul, singing magnificently with barely restrained passion, in a style descended from the finest blues and R&B singers. This package also features well-written, detailed liner notes, along with quotes from fellow icons that serve as testimonials to Elvis' impact (the quoted include Richard Nixon, James Brown, John Lennon and Janis Joplin). If you must own only one Elvis Presley album, ARTIST OF THE CENTURY is the one.
Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - ...this is true greatness in the Churchillian sense: swaggering, daring, proud yet humble, beaten but never truly down, magnificent when victorious and always unforgettable.
Q (12/01/1999)
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