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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. That's All Right
2. Good Rockin' Tonight
3. Baby Let's Play House
4. Mystery Train
5. Trying to Get to You
6. Heartbreak Hotel
7. Blue Suede Shoes
8. My Baby Left Me
9. Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
10. Hound Dog
11. Any Way You Want Me (That's How I Will Be)
12. Don't Be Cruel
13. Love Me Tender
14. Love Me
15. Anyplace Is Paradise
16. All Shook Up
17. Got a Lot O' Livin' to Do!
18. Teddy Bear, (Let Me Be Your)
19. One Night
20. Jailhouse Rock
21. Baby I Don't Care, (You're So Square)
22. Treat Me Nice
23. Don't
24. Santa Claus Is Back in Town
25. Trouble
26. Hard Headed Woman
27. Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
28. Big Hunk O' Love, A
29. Fool Such as I, (Now and Then There's) A
DISC 2:
1. Stuck on You
2. It's Now or Never
3. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
4. Mess of Blues, A
5. Like a Baby
6. Girl of My Best Friend, The
7. Such a Night
8. Reconsider Baby
9. Surrender
10. Can't Help Falling in Love
11. That's Someone You Never Forget
12. Little Sister
13. His Latest Flame, (Marie's the Name)
14. Anything That's Part of You
15. Good Luck Charm
16. She's Not You
17. Return to Sender
18. Devil in Disguise, (You're the)
19. Memphis Tennessee
20. It Hurts Me
21. Down in the Alley
22. Run On
23. Tomorrow Is a Long Time
24. Big Boss Man
25. Guitar Man
26. Tiger Man
DISC 3:
1. If I Can Dream
2. In the Ghetto
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Don't Cry Daddy
5. I'll Hold You in My Heart
6. Stranger in My Own Home Town
7. After Loving You
8. Only the Strong Survive
9. Wonder of You, The
10. Polk Salad Annie
11. I've Lost You
12. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
13. I Just Can't Help Believin'
14. Merry Christmas Baby
15. I'm Leavin'
16. American Trilogy, An
17. Burning Love
18. Always on My Mind
19. Promised Land
20. For the Heart
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar); The Jordanaires, The Sweet Inspirations (vocals); Scotty Moore, James Burton (guitar); Boots Randolph (saxophone); Floyd Cramer, Shorty Long (piano); Bill Black (bass); D.J. Fontana (drums); The Memphis Horns.
Producers include: Sam Phillips, Felton Jarvis, Chips Moman.
Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Sermon.
Engineers include: Sam Phillips, Bob Ferris, Ernie Oehlrich.
Recorded between 1954 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Whatever one thinks of the title--Elvis Presley was indeed one of the artists who had an undeniable impact on the popular music of the 20th century--this 3-CD collection offers enough proof to support the claim. It's all here: his groundbreaking rockabilly sessions that influenced the Beatles, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and hundreds of others; all the hits from the '50s ("Jailhouse Rock," where the swagger and insolence in Elvis' voice still packs a wallop), to those from the '60s ("Stuck on You") and the '70s (a burning version of Chuck Berry's "Promised Land").
Pop ballads, blues, country, soul/R&B, rockers--virtually every song here is a gem. "I'll Hold You in My Heart," Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," and the wailing Holiday-blues "Santa Claus Is Back in Town" feature Elvis bearing his heart and soul, singing magnificently with barely restrained passion, in a style descended from the finest blues and R&B singers. This package also features well-written, detailed liner notes, along with quotes from fellow icons that serve as testimonials to Elvis' impact (the quoted include Richard Nixon, James Brown, John Lennon and Janis Joplin). If you must own only one Elvis Presley album, ARTIST OF THE CENTURY is the one.
Industry Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - ...this is true greatness in the Churchillian sense: swaggering, daring, proud yet humble, beaten but never truly down, magnificent when victorious and always unforgettable.
Q (12/01/1999)
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