What does it sound like?:
Perhaps this album is the unexpected hit of Christmas 2015, with over 500.000 copies already sold to date, making it the fourth biggest seller of 2015.
This album takes a simple premise – remove the original backing tracks from some classic vocal performances and replace them with orchestrations masterfully performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
You only have to listen to the first track, Burning Love, to know they are on to a winner with this.
It’s pleasing that the selection of material hasn’t simply stuck to the tried and trusted obvious hits (although there are plenty of these) – instead the producers have included some lesser known songs such as Steamroller Blues, If I Can Dream and one of my late dad’s favourites How Great Thou Art.
I must confess to being initially sceptical about this album, but I have been proved wrong because this is top quality stuff!
What does it all *mean*?
Quality is timeless!
When this album made the number one slot, Elvis became the only solo artist to have achieved this feat in five different decades.
Goes well with…
This makes a great last minute present – no-one would be disappointed to receive this.
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Might suit people who like…
Classic vocal performances of great material, with some unexpected choices thrown in.
Can I just say that I would be disappointed to receive this as a present.
Leave his corpse alone. Just awful.
Classical music and rock ‘n’ roll…..you’ll forgive me if I pass.
Though largely unreported, as pop music apparently began in 1965, in the last decade Elvis has been the best served on the reissue front of any of the greats (with the possible exception of Dylan).
Check out the Follow That Dream label series of releases.