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UPC: 743212287127
Format: CD
Release Date: Aug 01, 1994
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Personnel: Elvis Presley (vocals, guitar).
After releasing three massive "decades" box sets covering the '50s, '60s, and '70s, RCA/BMG tried to distill "essence of Elvis" down to one disc on Elvis Presley - The Essential Collection. Despite the 28 track shoe-horn feat, it's an impossible task, one that will likely please few by trying to please too many. Several chosen tracks are clearly in the "non"-essential category, such as the dreadful Oktoberfest Omm-pah-pah of "Wooden Heart" and dreary chaff like "The Girl of My Best Friend," while leaving out, for instance, the delicious 1970 slice of overwrought lounge camp, "Kentucky Rain." ~ Roch Parisien
After releasing three massive "decades" box sets covering the '50s, '60s, and '70s, RCA/BMG tried to distill "essence of Elvis" down to one disc on Elvis Presley - The Essential Collection. Despite the 28 track shoe-horn feat, it's an impossible task, one that will likely please few by trying to please too many. Several chosen tracks are clearly in the "non"-essential category, such as the dreadful Oktoberfest Omm-pah-pah of "Wooden Heart" and dreary chaff like "The Girl of My Best Friend," while leaving out, for instance, the delicious 1970 slice of overwrought lounge camp, "Kentucky Rain." ~ Roch Parisien
Tracks:
1 - Heartbreak Hotel
2 - Blue Suede Shoes
3 - Hound Dog
4 - Don't Be Cruel
5 - Love Me Tender
6 - All Shook Up
7 - Teddy Bear (Let Me Be Your)
8 - Jailhouse Rock
9 - King Creole
10 - Girl of My Best Friend
11 - It's Now or Never (O Sole Mio)
12 - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
13 - Wooden Heart
14 - His Latest Flame (Marie's the Name)
15 - Can't Help Falling in Love
16 - Good Luck Charm
17 - She's Not You
18 - Return to Sender
19 - Devil in Disguise (You're The)
20 - Crying in the Chapel
21 - In the Ghetto
22 - Suspicious Minds
23 - Wonder of You
24 - I Just Can't Help Believin'
25 - American Trilogy
26 - Burning Love
27 - Always on My Mind
28 - Moody Blue
2 - Blue Suede Shoes
3 - Hound Dog
4 - Don't Be Cruel
5 - Love Me Tender
6 - All Shook Up
7 - Teddy Bear (Let Me Be Your)
8 - Jailhouse Rock
9 - King Creole
10 - Girl of My Best Friend
11 - It's Now or Never (O Sole Mio)
12 - Are You Lonesome Tonight?
13 - Wooden Heart
14 - His Latest Flame (Marie's the Name)
15 - Can't Help Falling in Love
16 - Good Luck Charm
17 - She's Not You
18 - Return to Sender
19 - Devil in Disguise (You're The)
20 - Crying in the Chapel
21 - In the Ghetto
22 - Suspicious Minds
23 - Wonder of You
24 - I Just Can't Help Believin'
25 - American Trilogy
26 - Burning Love
27 - Always on My Mind
28 - Moody Blue