Track Listing
1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Don't Be Cruel
3. Hound Dog
4. Love Me Tender
5. Too Much
6. All Shook Up
7. Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear
8. Jailhouse Rock
9. Don't
10. Hard Headed Woman
11. One Night
12. Now And Then There's A Fool Such As I
13. Big Hunk O'Love
14. Stuck On You
15. It's Now Or Never
16. Are You Lonesome Tonight
17. Wooden Heart
18. Surrender
19. Marie's The Name His Latest Flame
20. Can't Help Falling In Love
21. Good Luck Charm
22. She's Not You
23. Return To Sender
24. You're The Devil In Disguise
25. Crying In The Chapel
26. In The Ghetto
27. Suspicious Minds
28. Wonder Of You
29. Burning Love
30. Way Down
31. Little Less Conversation (radio edit remix) - Presley, Elvis & JXL
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals); Gordon Stoker, Ben Speer, Brock Speer, Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott, Millie Kirham, Sherrill Nelson, Kathy Westmoreland, Myrna Smith; The Jordanaires; The Surfers; The Sweet Inspirations; The Imperials; J.D. Sumner & The Stamps.Producers include: Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins, Chips Moman, Felton Jarvis, Elvis Presley. Compilation producer: David Bendeth.Includes liner notes Peter Guralnick and Ernst Mikael Jorgensen.All tracks have been digitally remastered. Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, 30 #1 HITS presents a career-spanning serving of the King's chart-toppers. Dating back to "Heartbreak Hotel" (which was inspired by a suicide note printed in the Miami Herald), most of these cuts have become indelibly etched into the fabric of pop culture and each has a unique story behind it. "Love Me Tender" has its origins in the Civil War ballad "Aura Lee," "It's Now Or Never" found Elvis Americanizing the Neapolitan ballad "O Sole Mio," and "Wooden Heart" likewise was converted from a German children's song. This Memphis native's choice of artists to cover was equally intriguing and includes Hollywood legend Al Jolson ("Are You Lonesome Tonight?"), New Orleans soul shouter Smiley Lewis ("One Night"), blues great Big Mama Thornton ("Hound Dog"), and country titan Hank Snow ("[Now And Then There's] A Fool Such As I"). Further testimony of Presley's long-lasting appeal is the inclusion of the JXL Radio Edit Remix of "A Little Less Conversation," a UK #1 that not only enabled Elvis to have more chart-toppers than The Beatles, but also became a hit in a number of other countries including the United States.
Editorial Reviews
Included in Q Magazine's The 50 Best Albums of 2002.
Q (12/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...An evocation of his career and an impressively astute assemblage....A canny introduction to the King's output...
Uncut (12/01/2002)
...It does the job as intended: a one-stop-shopping intro to Elvis... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (09/27/2002)
5 stars out of 5 - ...For a single-disc summation of his life, this one is a treat...
Q (10/01/2002)
5 stars out of 5 - ...The proverbial offer no one can refuse...
Rolling Stone (10/01/2002)
Included in Q Magazine's The 50 Best Albums of 2002.Rolling Stone (10/02, p.75) - 5 stars out of 5 - ...The proverbial offer no one can refuse...Q (10/02, p.124) - 5 stars out of 5 - ...For a single-disc summation of his life, this one is a treat...Entertainment Weekly (9/27/02, pp.86-7) - ...It does the job as intended: a one-stop-shopping intro to Elvis... - Rating: A-Uncut (12/02, p.160) - 4 stars out of 5 - ...An evocation of his career and an impressively astute assemblage....A canny introduction to the King's output...
Q (12/01/2002)
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