0141. Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
In a time when it took ten years to sell a million units, this was the first LP to do so. After a couple of single-hits this break-out and break-through album from the King of Rock, with a sleeve that's been copied by many and a style that was outrageous at the time, was also the first rock'n'roll album to top the charts.
And it's understandable.
The guy's got a voice, and at a time when gyrating on TV almost got you banned, he probably caused a wet dream or two with his "animal frenzy".
The first lines of the opening track ("one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat, go") are perfect for latching on to the listener's eardrums and sending the album off with a flying start (the track's of course Blue Suede Shoes, which got a lot of follow-up songs thru the ages, like My Adidas, Crocodile Shoes and so on)
Five of the twelve tracks are admitted fillers, bringing in material from his more country-esque recording sessions, but still are pretty decent songs. Even though the version of Blue Moon is wierd with the out of place ole cow-poke cloppeti-clop of the guitar it somehow comes together and works out to be a nice, albeit, strange song.
The rest of the album's more rock-oriented (and better) with Pelvis taking on material from amongst others Little Richard, Ray Charles and of course Carl Perkins.
Might not be a GotToGet, but still one of those albums you've got to have heard.
