Elvis (1973 album)

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Elvis [1973]
Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released July 1973
Recorded March 1971-March 29, 1972
Genre Rock
Length 25:25
Label RCA Records
Producer Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley chronology
Aloha From Hawaii: Via Satellite
(1973)		 Elvis [1973]
(1973)		 Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake
(1973)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Elvis is Elvis Presley's self-titled 1973 album. This album is often called The Fool album after one of the songs included in it, in order to differentiate it from the 1956 album of the same title. The album sold over 1 million copies worldwide despite it being released soon after the much more successful Aloha from Hawaii album. The tracks "It's Still Here", "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" and "I Will Be True" feature Elvis on piano. These three selections were all released together for a second time as part of the 1980 boxed set, Elvis Aron Presley. The song "Fool" was also released in this collection. Four other songs in this album were also reissued in other albums, as well; "It's Impossible" (Pure Gold, 1975), "Padre" (He Walks Beside Me, 1978), "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" (A Canadian Tribute, 1978) and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 2, 1979). The title track "Fool" was issued as a single and managed to reach no 15 in the UK backed by a live version of "Steamroller Blues". On 12/1/2010 the album was certified 5 times Platinum by the R.I.A.A

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Fool" (James Last, Carl Sigman)
  2. "Where Do I Go from Here?" (Paul Williams)
  3. "Love Me, Love the Life I Lead" (Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay)
  4. "It's Still Here" (Ivory Joe Hunter)
  5. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne)
  6. "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" (Gordon Lightfoot)
  7. "Padre" (Jacques Larue, Paul Francis Webster, Alain Romans)
  8. "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (Thomas Paine Westendorf)
  9. "I Will Be True" (Ivory Joe Hunter)
  10. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan)[2]

After more than 20 years of being out-of-print on vinyl, RCA reissued this album in March 1994 on the CD format, and again in 2010 on the Follow that Dream collectors label.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Elvis Presley Albums". Softshoe-slim.com. http://www.softshoe-slim.com/lists/p/presley.html#41. Retrieved 2012-02-15. 

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