Elvis (1973 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Elvis [1973]
Type = Studio Album
Artist = Elvis Presley


Released = July 1973
Recorded = Mar 1971-28 March 1973
Genre = Rock
Length = 25:25
Label = RCA Victor
Producer = Felton Jarvis
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:o3rj281c054a link]
Last album = ""
(1973)
This album = "Elvis [1973] "
(1973)
Next album = "Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake"
(1973)

"Elvis" is Elvis Presley's self-titled 1973 album. This album is often called "The Fool" album after one of the songs included in it, in order to differentiate it from the 1956 album of the same title. The album sold over 1 million copies worldwide despite it being released soon after the much more successful "Aloha from Hawaii" album. The tracks "It's Still Here", "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" and "I Will Be True" feature Elvis on piano. These three selections were all released together for a second time as part of the 1980 boxed set, "Elvis Aron Presley". Three other songs in this album were also reissued in other albums, as well; "It's Impossible" (Pure Gold, 1975), "Padre" (He Walks Beside Me, 1978) and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 2, 1979). The title track 'Fool' was issued as a single and managed to reach no 15 in the Uk backed by a live version of 'Steamroller Blues'.

Track listing

# "Fool" (James Last, Carl Sigman)
# "Where Do I Go from Here?" (Paul Williams)
# "Love Me, Love the Life I Lead" (Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay)
# "It's Still Here" (Ivory Joe Hunter)
# "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne)
# "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" (Gordon Lightfoot)
# "Padre" (Jacques Larue, Paul Francis Webster, Alain Romans)
# "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"
# "I Will Be True" (Ivory Joe Hunter)
# "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan)

Personnel

Elvis Presley - guitar, piano, vocals
*James Burton - guitar
*The Sweet Inspirations - background vocals
*Joe Babcock - background vocals
*Kenneth A. Buttrey - drums
*Jerry Carrigan - drums
*Chip Young - guitar
*Glen D. Hardin - piano
*Delores Edgin - background vocals
*Joe Esposito - guitar, percussion
*Emory Gordy, Jr. - bass
*Charlie Hodge - guitar
*Ginger Holladay - background vocals
*The Imperials Quartet - background vocals
*Millie Kirkham - background vocals
*June Page - background vocals
*Norbert Putnam - bass
*Temple Riser - background vocals
*Jerry Scheff - bass
*J.D. Sumner - vocals
*Ron Tutt - drums
*Hurshel Wiginton - background vocals
*John Wilkinson - guitar
*Mary Holliday - background vocals
*Kathy Westmoreland - background vocals
*Charlie McCoy - harmonica
*Joe Guercio - conductor
*David Briggs - piano