Track Listing 1. Hound Dog 2. Don't Be Cruel 3. Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 4. Rip It Up 5. Love Me 6. When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again 7. Long Tall Sally 8. First In Line 9. Paralyzed 10. So Glad You're Mine 11. Old Shep 12. Ready Teddy 13. Any Place In Paradise 14. How's The World Treating You 15. How Do You Think I Feel 16. Too Much 17. Playing For Keeps 18. Love Me Tender
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | AAD |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar); Scotty Moore (guitar); Bill Black (bass); DJ Fontana (drums).Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Semon.Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.Digitally remastered by Dennis Ferrante.This was Elvis Presley's second album release--but only his first TRUE album, as his debut consisted of the Sun sessions. This album is a blueprint for Elvis's musical career--he would go, in varying degrees, on the paths he set upon here. Out-and-out rockers ("Rip It Up," "Long Tall Sally"), country ("How's the World Treating You"), pop ("Don't Be Cruel"), mushy ballads ("Old Shep"), earthy rhythm & blues ("Too Much," "Hound Dog"), along with southern gospel, made up the sort of material Elvis would do all his life. He sings with authority and insolent swagger on the rockers (listen to the angst-ridden, manic "Paralyzed") and heartfelt vulnerability and soulfulness on the ballads (the stark "Love Me Tender"). ELVIS stands as one of the best rock & roll albums of the '50s, and one of the King's best, as well.
Editorial Reviews 5 stars out of 5 - ...the expected exemplary rock'n'roll, country and blues, with hits tagged on... Q (04/01/2000)
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