2. Elvis Presley | Elvis Presley (1956)

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Wikipedia Entry

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Tracks

1. Blue Suede Shoes
2. I'm Counting on You
3. I Got a Woman
4. One-Sided Love Affair
5. I Love You Because
6. Just Because
7. Tutti Frutti
8. Trying to Get to You
9. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)
10. I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')
11. Blue Moon
12. Money Honey

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This is Elvis Presley's first studio album. It's a combination of recordings done for Sun Records and RCA Records. The Sun recordings are country songs and the RCA recordings are rhythm and blues. Because of this, the album is uneven.

Elvis generally does a better job with the rhythm and blues songs. Blue Suede Shoes, Tutti Frutti, Money Honey are the better tracks on the album. However, even these tracks lack energy and excitement. Little Richard's Tutti Frutti is far superior to Elvis'. Ironically, the song that demonstrates Elvis' true rhythm and blues potential is the country song, Trying to Get to You.

This album is enjoyable and worth listening to more than once, but it's uneven and some of the songs aren't performed to their full potential.

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