Elvis Is Back - Elvis Presley

ELVIS IS BACK was the first album Elvis Presley recorded after coming out of the army. When he recorded this in 1960 he had not been in a recording studio since 1958 so this album could very well be described as his first comeback. There are some classic songs on this album, including some of my favourites including Soldier Boy, Such A Night, and Thrill Of Your Love. There have been a number of CD releases of this album over the years but the definitive version has to be the one released on the Elvis Presley specialist label FTD (an offshoot of his main record label BMG) in 2005. In addition to the original track listing this version is a 2 disc set which also ...  Read the complete review

Elvis Is Back Back beneath is a transitional record for Elvis. Blues numbers mingle with slickly produced Pop and mainstream ballads. Thankfully Elvis switch to the mainstream comes with minimal loss of quality, unlike the future soundtracks that would plague his artistic integrity during the 60's. Girl Of My Best Friend is pure well crafted pop, though the pandering lyric suggests the sexual tension that dominated his 50's recordings (baby lets play house, hunk of love) is now all but vanished. Dirty Dirty Feeling, a rocker finds itself swamped in mainstream gloss courtesy of Jordanaires vocals, that song hints at the dispossible soundtrack ditties Elvis would go ...  Read the complete review

"Cats were born to give chicks fever - be it Fahrenheit or centigrade" I started my musical collection in my early teens and I am proud to say that this album was my very first 'real' LP - a Christmas present back in 1960. I recently bought this new CD version which has been digitally remastered and has the benefit of six bonus tracks. It is also labelled "Artist Of The Century". I shall however confine my attentions mainly to the 'pure' contents of the original. The tracks sound as fresh today as they did then - ah! the pleasures and the pains of adolescence. The composer list is a veritable who's who of late 50s ...  Read the complete review