Album Review: Elvis Presley Viva Elvis The Album
By Russell Baillie @RBaillieNZH
7:00 AM Saturday Nov 6, 2010
Elvis Presley, Viva Elvis The Album cover. Photo / Supplied
Rating: 1/5
This is Viva Elvis The Album as opposed to Viva Elvis the Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show, designed to do for The King what the extravaganza franchise's Love did for the Beatles. Except the resulting Fab album was listenable.
This, however, is just one of the greater indignities ever visited upon the Presley recording legacy; taking his voice and underscoring it with lotsa dumb stuff (turntable scratching, powerchords, screechy female "duet" partners) over a dozen songs in a cloth-eared effort to make Elvis all things to everybody. The musical equivalent of a deep-fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
-TimeOut
By Russell Baillie @RBaillieNZH
Clarkie48 (England) |
10:20AM Monday, 08 Nov 2010
Is it really that bad or is it just your opinion, anyway, I think you described the music of today just wonderfully because how you described this album is what todays music sounds like. Rubbish!
Pro Muso (Australia) |
10:20AM Monday, 08 Nov 2010
As a professional musician of over 30 years all I can say after hearing 3 tracks (all I could stand) on radio was it is the worst music I have ever heard in my life! The vocals have been cut and pasted so badly they are actually OUT OF SYNC with the average backing tracks. You can TELL! It is about as smooth as a car that badly needs a wheel alignment. I actually thought my radio was playing up. Don't waste your money!
Lady Hamilton-Marsh (New Zealand) |
03:48PM Monday, 08 Nov 2010
Do not be fooled by this review. For true Elvis fans this is a great new sound for Elvis music and brings him into the 21st century. If you have never heard Elvis (? don't know why you haven't!) then this is a great start point. Remastered, revamped, great new tracks and assisted by some good supporting vocals. Who is Russell Baillie anyway!
Viva elvis - long live the king!
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