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A solid effort

A Fan | VA | 07/11/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a solid album and was a top 4 hit on the US album chart in 1962 and went all the way to number 1 in the UK. It includes the top 5 US hit (another number 1 in the UK) "She's Not You". Several other songs would be released as singles later and become hits including: "Kiss Me Quick" peaked at 34 on the US pop chart in 1964, "Such An Easy Question" peaked at 11 on the US pop chart and 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart in 1965, and "Suspicion" was a top 10 hit in the UK in 1976. The version of "I'm Yours" on this album is not the same as the one that was released as a single in 1965. In this version Elvis sings a dubbed "duet" with himself and does a spoken part at the break, which are missing from the hit single version. I like this version better. It has a couple of nice rockers (for 1962) on it "Gonna Get Back Home Somehow" and "Night Rider".



This release includes several bonus songs not included on the original. "Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello" was released as the B-side of "She's Not You" and was a minor hit reaching 55 on the singles chart. "That's Someone You'll Never Forget" was released as a B-side in 1967 and cracked the chart at 92. Elvis' performance of the song is haunting and one of his most underrated!



While this album was a hit in 1962, it paled in comparison to his recently released soundtrack albums GI Blues and Blue Hawaii, which were HUGE hits. This convinced his management that soundtracks were the best way to make money and for the next several years movie soundtracks were the only new albums that would be released. Sadly the soundtracks seemed to decline in quality with each new release.

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