Elvis Is Back! ［LP+7inch］＜Colored Vinyl/限定盤＞

Elvis Is Back! ボーナストラック2曲と7インチシングルをつけて再発売。

1960年3月、兵役を終えてアメリカにもどった直後に録音されたアルバム。2年間のブランクを感じさせない流石の内容。
ナッシュビルのRCA スタジオでの録音。ボーナストラックとして、同時期に録音されたシングル2曲を収録。また1960年に録音されたレア音源2曲を7インチシングルとして同梱。

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). ~ Bruce Eder