Really as an album and just based off the music, it's actually really quality. The vocals are classic, the ballads (especially on of my all time faves "I love You because") and the rockers are almost all on point an good. The guitar playing by Scotty Moore is some of the greatest and most influential early rock and roll guitar playing. Listen to "Tutti Frutti" as done here to hear how great Scotty Moore was. Love it. But yeah, there's a little filler in my opinion. And it does drag a bit at the end of the record. Great and RIDICULOUSLY influential album.

Best album by The King? Yea. But still.. more important as an influence than actual great musicianship. But.. LONG LIVE THE KING.

There are definitely some great vocals on this record. I have a hard time with the fact that this is the second best record of the 50s on BEA, though. I feel like it's comparable to saying Justin Timberlake is better than Off the Wall or Thriller.

great voice<3

Interesting to see the melting of rock n' roll and country in this one. Decent album.

Yes, Elvis wasn't an songwriter, and he took what the black artists were already doing and gave it a nice safe white face. But there's no questioning the influence of this album. Simply massive.

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Presley's greatest vocal performance!

I thought The Clash made their cover like that to book end the era of Rock n' Roll, srating with Elvis playing his guitar and ending with Paul Simonon smashing his.

great album..the clash must have been big Elvis fans since it seems like they copied this album cover for "London Calling" or sending a message to potential record buyers that this album is a return to stripped down rock, a return to basics.