Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back (Hybrid SACD)
Elvis Presley – vocals, acoustic guitar [click here to see more vinyl featuring Elvis Presley]
Scotty Moore - electric guitar
Hank Garland – electric guitar, electric bass
Floyd Cramer – piano
Bob Moore – double bass
J. Fontana - drums
Buddy Harman – drums
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Boots Randolph – saxophone
Charlie Hodge – backing vocals (on "I Will Be Home Again")
1 Hybrid SACD
Stereo
Studio
Label : Analogue Productions
Original Label : RCA Victor
Recorded March–April 1960 in RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee by Bill Porter
Mastered by George Marino
Produced by Chet Atkins, Steve Sholes
Originally released in 2012
Reissued in 2024
Awards:
1000 Recordings you must hear before you die - Ranked 25
Tracks:
1. Make Me Know It
2. Fever
3. The Girl of My Best Friend
4. I Will Be Home Again
5. Dirty, Dirty Feeling
6. Thrill of Your Love
7. Soldier Boy
8. Such a Night
9. It Feels So Right
10. Girl Next Door Went A'Walking
11. Like a Baby
12. Reconsider Baby
Reviews :
"Although they have common recording origins, two of the three singles, "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight," were very quirky by the standards of Elvis songs at the time -- the former inspired by Elvis's admiration for Tony Martin's 1949 hit "There's No Tomorrow," while the latter was recorded at the request of Col. Parker as a favor to his wife. They add to the diversity of sounds on this record, which shows a mature Elvis Presley. "Dirty, Dirty Feeling" and "It Feels So Right" showed he could still rock out and challenge authority and propriety, while "Reconsider Baby" and "Like a Baby" offer some of his best blues performances; but "The Thrill of Your Love" (a very gospel-tinged number), "Soldier Boy," "Girl of My Best Friend," and "Girl Next Door Went a' Walking," also displayed the rich, deep vocalizing that would challenge critics' expectations of Elvis Presley playing rhythm guitar throughout. He also comes off better than on any of his other albums since arriving at RCA, as a musician as much as a "star" (he'd always had a lot more to say about running his sessions than the critics who loathed his RCA years indicated)." AllMusic Review by Bruce Eder
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.67 / 5