Track Listing 1. Rip It Up 2. Love Me 3. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 4. Long Tall Sally 5. First in Line 6. Paralyzed 7. So Glad You're Mine 8. Old Shep 9. Ready Teddy 10. Anyplace Is Paradise 11. How's the World Treating You 12. How Do You Think I Feel 13. Playing for Keeps 14. Too Much 15. Don't Be Cruel 16. Hound Dog 17. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) 18. Love Me Tender
Album Notes Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.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. |