Elvis Presley - Elvis Is Back! (1960/2015)
 FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 32:17 minutes | 734 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

 Elvis Is Back! was the iconic pop star's first album after returning from his two-year military service in Germany. The 1960 album was the beginning of a major change in Elvis' music, moving closer to what would eventually become his well-known pop sound. Elvis Is Back! incorporated a mixture of genres, spanning rock, blues and pop.


 Although they have common recording origins, two of the three singles, "It's Now or Never" and "Are You Lonesome Tonight," were very quirky by the standards of Elvis songs at the time -- the former inspired by Elvis's admiration for Tony Martin's 1949 hit "There's No Tomorrow," while the latter was recorded at the request of Col. Parker as a favor to his wife. They add to the diversity of sounds on this record, which shows a mature Elvis Presley. "Dirty, Dirty Feeling" and "It Feels So Right" showed he could still rock out and challenge authority and propriety, while "Reconsider Baby" and "Like a Baby" offer some of his best blues performances; but "The Thrill of Your Love" (a very gospel-tinged number), "Soldier Boy," "Girl of My Best Friend," and "Girl Next Door Went a' Walking," also displayed the rich, deep vocalizing that would challenge critics' expectations of Elvis Presley playing rhythm guitar throughout. He also comes off better than on any of his other albums since arriving at RCA, as a musician as much as a "star" (he'd always had a lot more to say about running his sessions than the critics who loathed his RCA years indicated).  


Tracklist:

 01 - Make Me Know It
 02 - Fever
 03 - The Girl of My Best Friend
 04 - I Will Be Home Again
 05 - Dirty, Dirty Feeling
 06 - Thrill of Your Love
 07 - Soldier Boy
 08 - Such a Night
 09 - It Feels So Right
 10 - The Girl Next Door Went A'Walking
 11 - Like a Baby
 12 - Reconsider Baby