From Elvis In Memphis

Not poorly made, but not for me

okay

Elvis er eins og tómatsósa, óskiljanlega vinsæll og við myndum ekki sakna hans ef hann hyrfi einn daginn. Að því sögðu, þá er þetta fínt suðursálarcountry svo langt sem það nær, og smellirnir tveir (Ghetto minds) eru fínir. En Elvis sjálfur dregur þetta niður.

Suunniteltu livemusiikiksi: tarttuvien sävellysten sijasta levyn biisit ovat kliimakseihin kasvavia rakennelmia. Olisin mielelläni nähnyt esityksen.

Allt í lagi Elvis plata. Hann er ekkert uppáhald hjá mér.

Changed the world...but not in this album.

Some classic Elvis jams, listed this lower because I know he has batter

Ok. Nothing stood out. Feel like Elvis would be a lot better live than on record.

I’ve never bought this bullshit about how great comeback-Elvis was. Sun sessions Elvis was great. Leiber & Stoller Elvis was great. Religious Elvis was great. But this album is the prelude to Vegas Elvis, which generally leaves me cold. Big voice, big ballads and some terribly ordinary material. And when he does cover good songs that had already been hits for others, he crucifies them. Hank Snow’s I’m Movin On is a classic (listen to the version by Matt Lucas) and John Hartford’s Gentle On My Mind was a big hit for Glen Campbell, & even Aretha recorded it. But Elvis does nothing for these songs. I love In The Ghetto, and I have no idea how Suspicious Minds & Kentucky Rain missed the cut from the original album. This record just doesn’t do it for me.

It's just not for me

kid can sing, "Long Black Limousine" was good, a lot of the rest was schmatlzy and overdone

Boring, thanks god came Jerry Lee Lewis

Not bad, would listen to some of these songs again, lots of new ones!

Favourite song - In the ghetto Sing in the shower - In the ghetto One for a swim - I'll hold you in my heart. Fella just isn't my cup of tea.

Not an Elvis fan

Yeah I just don’t get Elvis. Maybe he was super charming or something but without the context and the visual it seems like pub signer covers songs. The Ghetto almost push it up to mediocrity but not quite.

2 tracks of worth. The rest is achronistic (syc)

Skipped.

just hard for me to care for elvis idk

2.4 - decent listen. Suspicious Minds is a solid track. Won’t be revisiting soon.

the last thing my mental state needs is listening to an elvis album. As someone who grew up listening to 90s and 2000s counterculture music this sounds like the source for every backwards deconstruction of rock n' roll tropes. If I didn't know for a fact that 90% of elvis' music was stolen from people lower on the social ladder than him this would be interesting to me. Otherwise it is a boring relic of the past that doesn't stand up to the present in a way that Pet sounds, Velvet Underground & Nico, or Close to the edge do. 3.1/10

The theme was almost all the same. Album was not very interesting. Fun extra instruments. Other works by him are more enjoyable. Not a fan of the vibrato.

I get it. It’s Elvis. Like him or not.

I've never been a big Elvis fan to begin with, and this album didn't change my mind. The songs were ho-hum.

I don't have much of an opinion either way with Elvis but on this album there were some good tracks, a couple of great ones and then a bit meh.

Some classics, goes on a bit

Elvis är så förbannat tråkig

Is this your way of Promoting the new Elvis movie? Anyway, I'm not too crazy about Elvis' music, but this wasn't bad at all. While it was decent for what it was, I honestly don't see myself returning to it anytime soon.

Not enough variation, too many croony ballads (my least favourite type of Elvis song). Also, In the Ghetto is incredibly pretentious, pandering, and borderline offensive. Wild that it's the only hit from this.

Not the king's best album

Fenomenu Elvisa nigdy nie docenię. Rozumiem, że on znaczył coś innego dla poprzednich pokoleń, ale w dzisiejszych czasach pełnych świetnej muzyki słuchanie Elvisa jest dla mnie straszliwie nudne. Brzmi jakby to była jedna piosenka przez cały album. Nieprzyjemne to nie jest, więc 1 nie dam, ale niesamowite nudziarstwo. Highlight - In The Ghetto.

There's some classics on there and I can see how Elvis was a so radical and moving for so many people in the 60s but I just find most of his stuff so cringey and boring. Especially this album maybe the rock and roll I find more interesting and fun but this is such a bore.

i don’t know elvis has never been up my alley which i realize isn’t great because he is one of the most influential singers but i don’t really know it’s just eh some of the songs were alright but

Well, it's Elvis again. There comes a point in a lot of the more/most famous artists in which I wonder whether the album is considered important or great in and of itself or simply due to the artist? Is it even possible to distill the difference at some point? Probably not - so...the music. I like it quite a bit more than the previous/much older Elvis release. The more up-tempo songs are decent; notably the first track "Wearin' That Loved On Look" which according to wiki was the first track Elvis recorded that had electric bass. Gave it a more modern (for the time) rock feel. Songs in that up-tempo/blues ilk I liked well-enough (e.g. "Power Of My Love"); the slower ones just are really not that good. And ok yeah it's "ELVIS" but are these really groundbreaking or even any good or distinctive? Do they stand out as "better" than anything actually original (Elvis never wrote anything as far as I know) or was it his good-lookin'-white-dude bona fides that got him here? Going down a different path with that line of thinking :) to be sure so again all I can rate is the music. It's fine, it's ok, but for this style I'd rather listen to Little Richard or Chuck Berry or Roy Orbison. 5/10 2 stars

A classic but nothing stood out to me too much (perhaps wasn't listening closely enough)

Hmm terrible pathos riven drivel

Elvis was a bit shit really wasn't he?

Overall better than earlier Elvis that we have listened to, but still not something I would ever choose to put on. Got really repetitive towards the end. 2.5/5

Another album with annoyingly extreme left/right separation of instruments.

Just semmosta mitä odotinkin tällä vähäisellä Elvis-tietämykselläni

Easy listening but let's not pretend Elvis wasn't 95% filler (a percentage so high just because of the amount he churned out) and this album is no different. 'In the Ghetto' is obviously a classic but there's nothing else here to get too excited about.

Best Song: Suspicious Minds. At least this one seems to have a bit of hubris? it isn't just more of Elvis's overwhelming "you'll love me no matter what" ego. Worst Song: Only The Strong Survive. The chorus of "only the strong survive" is wholly undermined when the verses reveal that he's actually talking about girls not loving him, not any actual hardship. Overall: Maybe Elvis is a "you had to be there" type of talent. Listening now, I just find myself thinking that there are so many better musicians who can produce this type of music with much more authenticity. Elvis's music sounds like it was stolen, overproduced, and then sold back as a safe and sanitized version of something that ought to have been more raw. He sings like he's playing with house money.

It was fine. I'm not an Elvis fan but it wasn't a bad listen.

Yeah it's Elvis, I get it. It was nice background music but I didn't love it.

Ну вроде ничего так, долбит нормально. Не зацепило, видимо, еще не доросла.

Sigh....Elvis. The King of Rock & Roll. Master entertainer and appropriator of culture. This isn't going to be fun, but I am going to do my best to be objective. This album is an offering of Mr Presley performing a velvety mix of blues, country and soul. The instrumentation is on point. From the string sections in Only The Strong Survive to the honky-tonk piano in It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin', the King may not have earned his crown, but he sure knew how to keep good company. For this writer, however, the musicianship was the only thing putting me through this album. I've never cared much for Elvis to begin with, and the range of styles explored here, extensive as they may be, did little to hold my attention. Give me Chuck Berry any day. I'd rather Johnny B. Goode, because Elvis be bad.

Ich komme auf Elvis‘ Musik nicht klar. In The Ghetto ist ein Bringer.

alright. elvis overrated xx

Not a big fan of this album. Suspicious Minds, however, is a classic.

Very schmaltzy, and not musically interesting enough to make me come back to it.

Sure it is Elvis but that doesn't make it good. It isn't even his best songs. I didn't really enjoy this set of songs.

Lhkhk

Kolejne spotkanie z panem Elvisem, no i kolejny komebek, tym razem powrot od tworzenia muzyczek pod soundtraczki, a nagrywanie tego co pan presley chcialby nagrywac, jako artysta presley to glownie wokal i gitarka, ewentualnie klawisz, wiec kompozycje ktore spiewa sa oparte o klasyczne numery lub tez wielcy lirycy tworzyli dla niego traczki na zamowienie, skoro muzyka popularna to wiadomo, ze wiekszosc kawalkow to beda ballady milosne szczesliwe lub smuteczkowe, ale milosne, bo taki motyw przewodni muzyki popularnej, ktorej elvis jest niekwestionowanym krolem, no i jak to bywa w takich nagraniach na liscie wykonawcow widnieje 30 nazwisk, ktore przewijaja sie przez caly material, cecha charakterystyczna albumu sa soulowe chorkowania na prawym kanale, czemu tylko na prawym, nie mam pojecia, ale tak zmasterowany material, ze wokale backujace slychac tylko z prawego w tym wypadku, a z pewnoscia nie jest to wydanie mono, bo wokal glowny jest podzielony na dwa kanaly, ale instrumenty maja swoje miejsce na danym kanale, ktorego nie opuszczaja, a jednych trakach daje to calkiem dobry efekt, jak na only the strong survive, wyjatkiem od reguly prawego kanalu jest gentle on my mind, gdzie chorkowanie slychac na lewym, no i meskie glosy backujace tam sie pojawiaja, na tym materiale bardziej czuc soulowego funka niz country rocka, co jak dla mnie jest zaskoczeniem jako elvisowego ignoranta, ale jednak na plejke dodam traczka raczej gospelowego czyli zamykajacy orgianlne wydanie in the ghetto, ktory wyroznia sie tematycznie sposrod reszty traklisty, bo jednak zycie i umieranie gettowe to lekkie oderwanie od motywu lowu lowu, drugim kawalkiem bedzie im movin on, czyli cos bardziej klasycznie countrowego, a nawet honky tonkowego, wydanie spotifajowe to jakis dziwny kompromis pomiedzy orginalnym, a cdkiem z 98, bo zawiera 16 traczkow na 50 minutach, a nie jak orginal 12 w 36, ale brak mu dwoch kawalkow do pelnego cdka, lepiej sie tego sluchalo niz elvis is back, ale jednak czuc, ze material ma ponad 50 lat, a nagrywany byl jak byl i teraz mozna tylko maskowac tworzac takie pseudo mono wydania

The king bored me.

It's Elvis. You either like it or you don't.

Elvis’ voice goes back and forth between really good and hilarious because of the prevalence of Presley parodies. Led Zeppelin already existed at this point so he doesn’t get a +1 for Robert Plant loving him.

This record felt about twice as long as it actually was, and I didn't even listen any to bonus tracks that weren't Suspicious Minds. The Memphis Boys have a nice sound that Elvis' voice complements well, but after three or four love songs in a row, it gets a little exhausting staying at the Heartbreak Hotel. None of it's outright bad, but as an album, it's a bit of a rough listen. Key Tracks: In the Ghetto

In the Ghetto is amazing, but culture has changed and as much as I love Elvis’ voice in many ways this album does not stand up today in terms of content

Elvis has an incredible voice. I feel like its not what he is most remembered for, but it can be velvety smooth when used well. The trouble is, he overdoes it at times. If his velvety deep voice is like a warm blanket, sometimes Elvis throws an extra blanket on top and smothers you with it. The songs on this album that lean more into the blues are the standouts, but I'm not feeling the honky-tonk.

Fine as background to our Memorial Day bbq conversations, but I was underwhelmed by this particular album

I don’t know what to say other than this album is mostly boring. The opening song, Wearin’ That Loved On Look, is by far the most interesting song. I’m Movin’ On is also not that bad. A common connection between the two songs is the bass guitar is a driving part of each song. I’ll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In My Arms) is soooooo slooooooowwww. It reminds me of the Apollo 13 scene where their cassette player’s batteries are dying. Get on with it already. I was expecting some blues based, hip shaking, rock and roll, and this album is not that. I guess it was an attempt to demonstrate that Elvis was more than a hip shaking heartthrob, but it’s just a slower, more intimate snooze fest.

I prefer early rock n’ roll Elvis to this. “Suspicious Minds” is pretty great but “In The Ghetto” is overrated and the rest is mostly forgettable.

trochę jakbym słuchał cały czas tej samej piosenki, bardzo mało się zmienia

Buiten de bekende nummers als suspicious minds vond was dit toch geen hoogvlieger.

Genuine talent but in a genre and time that I care little about.

It’s Elvis. You know what your getting. I don’t find it exciting unfortunately. 2 Stars

The Danzig covers are better. Also, what's with the random fade-out at 3:30 in suspicious minds? Sounds like the producer's hand slipped but he just kept it on there

The album started off slow but then picked up as I listened. Loved Kentucky Rain and Suspicious Eyes. I’m not an Elvis fan but he does have some great lyrics that will have you humming for hours and hours.

4.5

god damnit do i have to? The guitar work has some nice fills on only the strong survive. bleh

Not my favorite singer

I’m a bit mixed. I like some Elvis. I love his voice. I didn’t dig this album.

Surprised I disliked this. It was annoying with the sliding, drunk-sounding voice

the king didnt do it for me

2.5

I couldn't get through it (though I did listen to most of it). The music was not very interesting to me and the lyrics ranged from generic to questionable or cringey.

I don't think Elvis holds up all that well in 2021.

The best parts of this album are the instrumental breaks. Best track: I'm Movin' On

Definitely not his best. Memphis orchestration, though usually great, is way too much here. His covers just make me want to hear the originals (Only the Strong Survive - Jerry Butler, Any Day Now - Chuck Jackson). In the Ghetto was offensive at the time, horrible now. He still had his voice though.

So, so boring

soooo cheeeeesy

Elvis and company sing at you from the bottom of a deep well

Elvis is ass I hate him

Cheesy nonce

Utter cock

wella wella wella weeeeeell it's Rick and Morty tiiiiiiiime

1. look - 1 2. ztrong - 1 3. heart - 1 4. black - 2 5. hurting - 2 6. moving - 1 7. pouuer - 1 8. mind - 1 9. loving - 2 10. travelz - 1 11. day - 1 12. ghetto - 2 13. mindz - 2 14. cry - 1 15. rain - 2 16. mama - 2

Stole it all from black performers

ELVIS STOLE MUSIC FROM THE GODS AND GAVE IT TO WHITES. FOR THIS HE WAS CHAINED TO A ROCK AND ROLLED FOR ETERNITY.

kein elvis presley fan wegen mama idk

didnt wanna listen to it sorryyyyy 🤗

elvis more like alvisn... and the chimpnuks ;)

Such a talented and versatile artist. His songs range from slow and groovy to upbeat and lively. Fav song is Suspicious Minds’.

There are a couple songs that are perfectly fine, but I thought most of the album was just bad.

I've no idea how this landed at the time, but today this just sounds like a cabaret pastiche. Disappointing. Whatever magic Elvis may or may not have had, by this time it'd long gone.

Oli miten legenda tahansa mutta tämä on aivan hirveää, musiikin ja taiteen irvikuvaksi nimitettävää kuraa. Voi hyvä taivas sentään. Miten tämä on voinut olla myyvää ja legendaarista. Yäk! Todella raskasta kuunnella mutta sinnittelin. 1/5

It’s fine - doesn’t really have any uptemp stuff. Feels similar to the Sinatra album “In the wee small hours” rather mopey and bland for the most part. Won’t be back to this one.

An old head of cabbage.

elvis's voice is only tolerable when someone is doing an impression of him

Nem tento ouvir.

Overrated rubbish.

Heard Before? Maybe? I've heard a lot of Elvis. Notes: - songs range from serviceable to brilliant, mostly ok. - arrangements are powerful and creative. - band is on fire and Elvis is in decent form. - but lord up in heaven, what is going on with the mix??? bass, snare, and ride waaaay in the front, everything else buried in mud and Elvis singing into what sounds like a grain silo. Verdict: Forgettable except for the truly awful mix. A sin and a shame. Listen Again? Yikes! No way!

Maybe a 1.5

there were one or two good ones but just not a huge fan of elvis

just not for me. power of my love is a stand out, though.

I value Elvis and his music is fabulous, but this album is not the best of Elvis, sad songs. Does not portray his full potential.

This sucked so much. It was painful to listen to and I hated it.

must i? i mean honestly, must i!?? i don't think i like elvis from the little i've heard generally, but i especially do not like him here. i don't like how he sings. the way he garbles out the lines is off-putting to me. maybe his earlier records are tolerable beyond the hype, but for a 1969 album, this feels dated by 10-20 years at least. this is his 10th studio album yet it is This generic creatively? like what are we doing here? he's just kinda hooting and hollering over some incredibly basic instrumentation. he went to memphis seeking the southern soul sound, but Where Is It, elvis? it ain't here!

if elvis has no haters then i must be dead.

I don’t have much to say about this. I just don’t like it.

No mistaking that voice.

I HATE ELVIS FUCK THIS GUY I DONT WANNA LISTEN TO THIS DAMN COLONIZER

Yeah, no.

Power of my love made me so uncomfortable. I know Elvis's singing voice is very unique not sure I'm all that into. I've heard too many impersonations to really enjoy him singing tbh.

not a fan

i don’t like elvis

I don't particularly like Elvis

Not for me.

pee do do 👎🏻

#35 Not my style, slow tempo, let's move on 😪

3/10 Best songs: Wearin' That Loved On Look, Power of My Love, Kentucky Rain Late-era Elvis. A little too down-tempo for me - the ballads are almost universally dull. Honestly outstays its welcome.

Probably historic - but to me it sounds like a white guy appropriating black music.

Not too exciting

I'm not even listening to this. I don't like Elvis.

Continua la streak negativa...

Beautiful production & some great vocals but damn I hate Elvis.

Elvis, need I say more in my defense and disgust?

I liked the first song, but after that, it went downhill. Not to my liking.

It‘s simply awful.

Not a fan. Can't stand gospel, country and soul sounds. My mom loved Elvis I guess, but I don't remember her playing it when I was a kid really. But I do not. That crooning is too much.

To me, this album sounds like the textbook definition of "has-been". How anyone could release this two years after the Summer of Love and think it’s still relevant is a mystery. Even in 1969, this was already music for old people. There’s a definite lack of enthusiasm and energy in this album. Presley’s voice has lost its smoothness, and he sounds like he’s constantly mumbling or yawning. The music is average and conventionnal, never displaying any kind of emotion. Add the country vibe into the mix and that’s a recipe for boredom for me... A couple of songs were slightly less bland (like Power Of My Love, where you can almost feel Elvis wake up), but that’s about it. I tried really hard to give it a 2* out of respect for a historical figure of music... but I just can’t, there’s absolutely nothing that excites me in this album.

i hate this guy

A couple of recognizable songs on here. But more or less a snoozer.

It's fine. Not very memorable. Dragging on a bit now. Nah it's ass

This album was released in 1969. Jimi Hendrix had already released 3 albums at this point. It might be because even the concept of Elvis is so iconic and familiar, but this sounded like a bad parody. Like a weird jowelly tribute act in a musty working men's club in Burnley. Uncomfortably uneventful cowboy cosplay for people who drive everywhere at 35mph regardless of the speed limit but insist everyone else on the road is a maniac. If someone told you this was their favourite album of all time, what would you do? Exactly, you'd hit them. To be fair to the big Pelvis himself, this was his 9th fucking album. If you've already bashed out 8, you can do whatever you want. Maybe the incredible, groundbreaking, life changing tracks are on the earlier albums. I won't be finding out.

I'm listening to music, but I can't say I'm enjoying it. The instrumental is fun but I just cannot get behind Elvis vocals, nor the typical 'fade-out' style of ending the songs which are so unfortunately used. I am happy music has moved on.

Actually better than I expected but, crucially, still shite

Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

It's fine. It speaks to the volume and impact this music had, because in current day it sounds very bland and uninspired. "I love you baby, you love me baby, alright cool". Neat to see where we've come from, but as a standalone product in the current landscape, it's boring and dry. Reminds me of a hospital waiting room. I could absolutely see this being the bees knees when it came out.

Straight up racist that sucker was, simple and plain.

Hell nah

Pfff merecen la pena 2 canciones

God awful

elvis sucks

Meh. Sounds much too much like instrumental appropriation to me..

This is the 149th album I’m rating. Honestly I thought Elvis was older than that I didn't know he was making music in 1969. Adding to my Playlist - Wearin' that Loved on Look, Long Black Limousine, I'm Movin' on, Gentle on my Mind, After Loving You, and True Love Travels on a Gravel Road. Not Adding to my Playlist - Only the Strong Survive, I'll Hold You in my Heart (Till I Can Hold You in my Arms), It Keeps Right on a-Hurtin', Power of my Love, Any Day Now, and In the Ghetto. All in all I liked 6/12 songs. Not as good as I expected it would be based off of Jailhouse Rock and Hound Dog.

Not my thing at all, don’t mind earlier Elvis but this isn’t for me. I forgot it was even playing at one point.

I just know I won't survive listening through another Presley album. Suspicious Minds is good, of course.

I've never really listened to Elvis before despite doing a Jailhouse Rock skit in preschool. (It mustn't have left much of an impression.) This just isn't my thing. Rated on quality this is a 2 or 3, but I can't do it. Favorite track: ??? (nothing stood out)

te odio elvis

Derivative garbage. I wish I could unlisten to this.

I'm not listening to this crap

Nothing for me to see here

Not a fan. Not my style of music

Not for me. 1/5

I'd rather listen to Rick Astley.

Why this?

There will never be a time when I like Elvis music. 1 star or F forever.

oof.

virtually unlistenable; not a single good track on the album.

Can I have a lift ?

No Elvis

I was never a massive fan of Elvis, wrong generation perhaps. In any case he sounds a bit tired in this. Not his best.

Not a big Elvis fan.

No

Hard pass, I really don't see what all the hype is about when it comes Elvis.

Wouldn’t play

So there's Suspicious Minds and In The Ghetto, and I'm sure there were other tracks on the album because I had to keep hitting skip. Country/honky-tonk/blues/piano-bar all blended together into mush. This has not turned me into a fan. 1.5 stars

🥱

I didn't know much about his music or personal life. There is a controversy about if he 'stole' from black people's music. Doing some research it looks like he greatly respected black artists who practiced Blues and invented Rock n' Roll. For him going to colored churches as a kid was a big musical inspiration. Nevertheless, black artists would never reach the same heights, praise, and status that he has (at least at the time). What I find undeniably problematic is his relation to young teenagers at the time. Altogether I find it hard to give an unbiased opinion. From what I've heard, I wasn't too much of a fan of his music anyway.

Bored outta my mind 1/5

I was born in '83 and this album was 14 years old. Anyone would have said this was antiquated then, even when it was released it was tired. Now it's 2024 and this sounds more tired and irrelevant than ever. I've never heard this album before and every track felt familar, like it was a rip-off. And the obnoxious fade-outs on every track drove me crazy. Not ashamed to say I skipped my way through this album.

Blir arg bara jag hör första låten. Jag vill ha skadestånd för att jag lyssnade på den här skivan. Får en 1a bara för att Suspicious Minds är ganska bra. Elvis suger verkligen.

It’s Elvis. I don’t know how to fairly rate this. I’ve heard so many Elvis impersonators in my life that it’s impossible to take him seriously. At this point, Elvis just sounds like another Elvis impersonator. Frankly, it’s just not for me, man. It sounds so old and outdated, I just can’t connect with it in the least little bit. And all of the organs and slide guitars put it veeeery close to being country, which I cannot abide. I thought about giving it 2 stars, just because it’s Elvis, and regardless of whether I like him, his music and legacy has, for reasons I cannot fathom, continued to endure. Then I remembered that he’s a child predator, so fuck him. 1 star.

No va...

I know that he was/is one of the greatest singers and performer of all time and that millions if not billions cannot be wrong but Elvis is not for me. I obviously have heard at one time or another an enormous part of his repertoire but there is not one song of his that I like. Apart from one or two songs of his which appear on compilation discs I do not own any of his music and if at all possible will try to avoid it. So this album is a complete turn off for me and I haven’t even bothered listening. It would be wasted time and as I know most of the songs very unlikely to learn or hear anything new.

Recently heard that Cliff Richard was made to be a UK equivalent to Elvis and musically the whole thing clicked, the vast majority of Elvis' music is schmaltzy tosh that would fit into Cliff's catalogue. I think Elvis' status comes from his live shows, where he was unlike any performer of the time, but on this record that doesn't come through. I think a lot of his songs have had remixes that make sound more exciting and modern than they actually are. This is definitely an influential album but not my thing.

I get that Elvis is an icon but this album was so uninspired and mind-numbing, I couldn't wait for it to end. There's a few earlier Elvis hits from other albums that are tolerable but I found nothing redeeming about this collection.

An album on the downslope of his career. I don't know Elvis well enough to say how this compares to his early works but I wanted some hound dog sound. This was a little too country sap for me.

I get that Elvis is favorite for so many but he has never done it for me. I can stomach a handful of croony, gospel country songs due the immense icon that Elvis is, but after a couple songs I'm out. I get that Elvis needs to be included on this list but I'm not looking forward to further entries. I'll stick to the 5-10 hits that have remained relevant and avoid the rest of his catalogue for the most part. 0.70 stars

This just is not for me. I know From Elvis in Memphis is often regarded as one of his strongest later records, and I can hear the quality in the production and musicianship. The performances are polished and the vocals are powerful. But it simply does not connect with me. Later era Elvis has never really been my thing. It feels smoother and more restrained, and I miss some of the raw energy that made his earlier work so exciting. As a full album, it drifts rather than grabs me. I can appreciate why people love it, but it is not one I will be revisiting. Favourite song: None that truly stood out for me Least favourite: The overall tone just does not land Album artwork: A classic live style image, but nothing that elevates the record for me

Very boring. Long, drawn out dull melodies. Droney...very droney

didn't finish didn't vibe

Horribly bad!

W.T.L.O.L - i am going to be honest, with what i know about Elvis, i am not going to be enjoying any of this shit. (5/5 the only lyric that got me "Baby, if you ever loved me/ Then Bonnie and Clyde loved the law" that is exactly how i feel about you presley) Only the Strong Survive - god i hate his fucking voice. my guy really just had so much stored in his balls this is all he fucking sings about. (2/5 okay fine moving forward i'll be more neutral) I.H.Y.I.M.H - give me one more fucking FOB ass title. i do not vibe with the slow love song blues thing. it kinda comes off whiny. (3/5 the lyrics are cute) Long Black Limousine - i feel like i am listening to a mix of gospel, blues, and christmas music. i'm going to be honest i like check out until I'm Movin' On. i do not think i have missed anything. anyway from what i heard tlhe past two songs are 2/5. it's all the same "please love me" bullshit. DOES HE WANT TO BONE A BITCH OR NOT? Power of My Love - wow this opening fucks. there's no way this is his original song. i'm shocked. it might actually be his own song. however, why the fuck are the lyrics like this. he's over it, he will have sex with you whether you like it or not. (2/5 i talked myself away from complimenting the opening. this is getting redundant) Gentle On My Mind - is this going to be a fucking love song? the thing that i hate, there are certain line deliveries that are actually really good. but then the song keeps going. (2/5 i am so close to giving up satan give me strength) After Loving You - i also love when someone admits that if they are with someone they only think about the last person. (1/5 just straight up admits he thinks about someone else in bed) T.L.T.O.G.R - we'll stay together but after loving you i will never be able to look at the person in front of me and not think of you. i get that what artists sing about is not a one-to-one of their lives. but good fucking god please sing about a horse. or. rain. literally anything else for at least 10 minutes. (1/5) okay not to quote fucking Eminem, but man those are two of the most popular white men that really did make a fuck ton off of black people. In all seriousness, I listened to the ENTIRE Bitche's Brew album and I for the fucking death of me cannot get through this fucking album. I feel like I'm listening to the beatles. If anyone has read this far, please go listen to Orville Peck instead. "Elvis didn't die he just went home." Wrong. He and I have both died and this is the Hell that I am forced to live in.

Ugh.

Gentrifier

I'm not going to listen to this trash.

SCHMALTZ. Overwrought, histrionic singing, swelling music that really wants to be a wall of sound but ends up just sounding like a movie soundtrack building to a crescendo...over and over again. I went into this with near zero expectations. Elvis is the guy who's not dead from the cover of the Enquirers of my childhood. The singer of classic hits like 'Hound Dog,' 'Jailhouse Rock,' and 'Blue Suede Shoes.' I knew late-stage Elvis was a bit of a parody, but I didn't realize the parody kicked in so soon.

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Can already tell you I will not listen to this.

I prefer early Elvis to this. Here his voice is heavy, lacks energy, in my opinion. Instrumentation is more R&B and less rock.

First listen Saved 2/12 Top track: Wearin' That Loved On Look

Wish I hadn't listened.

I personally can't stand Elvis. There's only about 3 songs ever done by elvis I can tolerate. He was of an era, many liked him and he was hugely successful, but I just find the majority of it cheesy.

Fucking hate Elvis - Did not listen.

Really did not like this one. Elvis' later material is just boring and depressing.

No lo escuche lmao. Me gusta más la versión de los pet shop boys

sorry L

1 I hate his voice. I will give him big fat ZERO

Yuck

ehh

i was pretty confused about this album's sound. so much going on, so many instruments, so many different musical ideas attempting to be expressed all at once. then i saw on wikipedia that this was his comeback album after doing a bunch of movie soundtracks suddenly, it all made sense.

Don't know

So boring. The melody simply repeats over and over, and the singing is somehow really unenthuseastic.

I didn’t care for this album.

Sono molte Ballad, non mi piace tanto, musica diversa ma proprio non è il mio genere

Gross

couldn't listen. it's like aggravating my anxiety.

I mean. You know. More Elvis. Fingers crossed for better RNG going forward.

Do not listen with headphones. The mix is atrocious

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