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Album Features
UPC: 886974785620
Artist: Elvis Presley
Format: CD
Release Year: 2005
Record Label: BMG Heritage
Genre: Oldies, Rock 'N' Roll

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
 
Details
Playing Time: 45 min.
Producer: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen (Reissue), Roger Semon (Reissue)
Distributor: n/a
Recording Type: Studio
SPAR Code: n/a

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.
 
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