From Elvis In Memphis

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

no