The Sun Sessions (compilation album)
by Elvis Presley
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The Sun Sessions is ranked 8th best out of 153 albums by Elvis Presley on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Elvis Presley is Elvis Presley which is ranked number 347 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,958.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 09/04/2025 15:17 | markl73 | 502 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/14/2025 14:40 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,730 | 82/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2024 22:50 |  CharlieBarley | 3,226 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2024 19:06 |  MagicSix | 835 | 60/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2024 02:31 | C0NB9NN | 250 | 84/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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planetneutral 11/10/2020 04:07 | #260518
A good collection of performances, but it didn't feel as important as I expected.
This falls under "historical relevancy" rather than most enjoyable listen today. I doubt very many people listen to this that often and would prefer listening to this rather than dozens and dozens of other albums ranked lower in the list. This includes the rolling stone critics that ranked this so high.
The start of it all. It does sound all a bit tame by today's standards, but they are probably the most important recordings in the history of rock. As Lennon said, 'no Elvis, no Beatles'. Fine performances, Elvis would never be this raw again. Mystery train, is the highlight.
The Big Bang. That's it, folks.
O.T. 01/26/2016 12:14 | #157791
I prefer the newer sleeve of the DLP edition, the huge portrait of Elvis, handcoloured, delivers an idea of Elvis before ELVIS. What we listen to seems like an accidental development, fractures of what was freely flowing in the (studio) air created a random formation. To the listener it appeared as a new form of beauty, a whole new culture, I guess. It surely opened the doors to the "Elvis the pelvis" we see on the original sleeve. But the magic of the moment is captured in those hedonistic but yet insecure early portraits of the later issue.
swhaze 07/28/2014 16:27 | #117990
Considered by many to be the first sip from the primordial soup that is Rock N' Roll. The Sun Sessions is the first official recording of Elvis Presley.
junodog4 08/29/2012 17:53 | #49578
You can hear history being shaped. The power and legacy of the tracks on this album are enormous.
ffudnebbuh 10/11/2010 13:08 | #15610
I think that I would put "Mystery Train" in the all time top 25 singles.
The bing-bang of a way of life, think, be. An incomparable sound and a marvellous simplicity by a magician, Sam Philips. One exceptional voice absorbed by blues,country, for make something completely fresh, new, unrepeatable.
Bork 04/01/2010 22:48 | #10230
Elvis is always Elvis, sure a lot of it sounds pretty dated, but he had a great voice and certainly could rock. Even though he got more interesting after the BBC Comeback Special, this is the cradle of rock n' roll, and The Sun Sessions is a better starting point than the self-titled full length album.
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