Label: RCA
Producer: Uncredited
Art Direction: William V Roberts
Running Time: 28:42
How long does it take to change the world? Apparently, only 28 minutes and 42 seconds.
Listening to this album in 2011, it would be easy to just dismiss this as "just more Elvis", as those of my generation and after are used to hearing about Elvis everywhere, from movies to commericals to TV specials debating if he faked his death or not. But if you stop and really listen to this album, and place yourself in 1950s America, then you can start to understand why this guy blew the ever-loving minds of parents everywhere.
This is a pretty fun album to listen to, albeit disjointed at times. Which makes sense, because half of this album was recorded over two years prior to its release, while the other half was recorded only weeks before its release. This is Elvis before the fame, before the money, and (sadly) before the drug addiction. Here, he is just a young guy from Tupelo, Mississippl with a guitar, playing music that until then had been considered "black music". While he didn't event rock n' roll, Elvis certainly introduced it to an entire generation, and the world was never the same.
RATING: 3.5 out of 5
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Blue Suede Shoes
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Just Because
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