Queen Elvis
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Queen Elvis is the seventh studio album by English musician Robyn Hitchcock, released on A&M Records in 1989. It is his fourth studio album to be released with his band The Egyptians.
Having signed to A&M in 1988, this second set for the label was unreleased in Hitchcock's home country the UK. The album's cover depicts Hitchcock in a red telephone box, illuminated from the inside. Tracks 11 and 12 below are remixes of 2 album tracks ("Veins of the Queen" and "Freeze"), and were included on the original A&M US CD release.
The track "Queen Elvis" appears on his next album, Eye, with a second version "Queen Elvis II" available as a bonus track.
Track listing
All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock.
- "Madonna of the Wasps" – 3:05
- "The Devils Coachman" – 2:33
- "Wax Doll" – 4:12
- "Knife" – 3:24
- "Swirling" – 3:38
- "One Long Pair of Eyes" – 4:57
- "Veins of the Queen" – 3:24
- "Freeze" – 4:46
- "Autumn Sea" – 4:23
- "Superman" – 3:48
- "Veins of the Queen" (Royal mix) – 4:00
- "Freeze" (Shatter mix) – 4:16
References
- ^ Sullivan, Denise. "Queen Elvis – Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Kot, Greg (23 March 1989). "Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians: Queen Elvis (A & M)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Waller, Don (16 April 1989). "Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians 'Queen Elvis.' A&M". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Fricke, David (20 April 1989). "Robyn Hitchcock: Queen Elvis". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Robyn Hitchcock". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 379–81. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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