Elvis Presley (album) by Elvis Presley

From Montpejo 04/17/2020 01:08

Highlights:

Blue Moon
Blue Suede Shoes
Tryin' To Get To You
One-Sided Love Affair
I Love You Because
Tutti Frutti

This was awesome.

Favorites: Blue Suede Shoes, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You), Blue Moon, Money Honey.

Important album. Interestingly I find the Blue Moon song the best

I’ve listened to the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Carl Perkins, little Richard, Chuck Berry, and at 21 years old I’ve still never heard something with such energy and charisma. I’d say Elvis’ vocal performance here rivals John Lennon on the Please Please Me album. I was blown away when I heard this the other day, I don’t know why I listened to it any sooner. I wish there were more Elvis albums like this. Absolutely revolutionary.

From VictorVale 01/04/2019 19:23

O rei do rock e de uma geração inteira.

While Elvis's charisma adds a lot to the album, it can't hide its nature as series of covers sown together.

A spetacular debut album, from one of the icons that started the Rock N' Roll mania, although I don't recognize It as much for Elvis not being a composer.

A hotchpotch of newly recorded RCA tracks and some songs cut with Sam Phillips at Sun. It's full of fantastic vocal performances, these are the one's that make Elvis Presley one of the greatest and probably most important vocalists ever. Some excellent songs in, trying to get to you, and, blue suede shoes, but in truth, as an album it is incredibly uneven and inconsistent. Still, no one can argue with the importance of this significant collection of songs.

This is not his best album but it is definitely his most important. It introduced a whole new sound to kids that had never heard anything like it before. The main stream starting point to all the permeations of Rock to come.

This is the first rock 'n' roll album ever! They could've made it more rock 'n' roll though. That said, it's still brilliant listening.