Finn Brothers Finn charted

Finn Neil & Tim Finn

Charted: October 28, 1995 Peak: -- US, 15 UK, -- CN, 14 AU, 12 DF Sales (in millions): -- Genre: adult alternative rock

Tracks: Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts. Only Talking Sense [3:04] (13 DF) Eyes of the World [2:52] (30 DF) Mood Swinging Man [4:06] (26 DF) Last Day of June (N. Finn) [3:18] (22 DF) Suffer Never [4:00] (10/14/95, 29 UK, 70 AU, 26 DF) Angel’s Heap [2:53] (12/9/95, 41 UK, 26 DF) Niwhai [3:36] Where Is My Soul [4:10] (26 DF) Bullets in My Hairdo [3:00] (40 DF) Paradise (Wherever You Are) [3:59] (37 DF) Kiss the Road of Rarotonga [3:25] (36 DF) All songs written by Neil and Tim Finn unless noted otherwise. Total Running Time: 38:26

Rating: 3.553 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings) Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

About the Album: “Finn is the long rumored and awaited collaboration between brothers Tim and Neil Finn.” .” AMG ”With the long history of fraternal feuding in rock, from the Everly Brothers and the Kinks’ Davies duo to the Gallagher boys of Oasis, it's nice to see a pair of musical siblings who can't seem to get enough of each other. Ever since 1977, when Tim Finn invited his little brother Neil to join his modestly successful new wave outfit, New Zealand's Split Enz, the two have set separate courses in pop music that keep intersecting: Tim went solo in ‘84 and Neil took over Split Enz…Neil broke up the band and formed Crowded House; Tim joined Neil's band in ‘91. This year…their self-titled debut release finds the Finns ‘going duo.’” AZ “The first reports of the project in 1990 promised an album of ‘just acoustic guitars and lots of harmonies,’ and when that material was absorbed by Crowded House for Woodface, it was proven that the team was capable of making near-perfect pop. Those expecting Woodface Part 2, however, are in for a surprise — Finn is a moody, atmospheric” AMG and “quirky” EB “album that shows a more spontaneous and experimental side with the brothers playing all of the instruments, including ukuleles, Chamberlain keyboards, mellotron, and tea chest bass.” AMG This “is a modest, understated album that successfully combines the conventional beauty we've come to expect from Neil's melodic work with Crowded House and the eccentric charm typical of Tim's edgy post-art rock Split Enz.” AZ “Producer Tchad Blake helps lend an eerie, dark, yet spacious quality to the tunes.” EB “Neil's voice is richer and deeper while Tim's is thinner and higher, which makes for harmonies as perfect as Lennon and McCartney’s.” EB Only Talking Sense “succeeds in combining Tim’s angular minimalism with Neil's plaintive croon.” AZ Regarding the latter, Last Day of June is “the only song penned by Neil alone.” EB “The piano balladry of Where Is My Soul reeks of popster Neil” AZ while “the warbling synth of Eyes of the World is all new wave Tim.” AZ “Just when we begin to think we've heard it all before, the Finn brothers give us the bossa nova bounce of Mood Swinging Man and the tango sway of Paradise--evidence, perhaps, the lounge revival has reached down under.” AZ “Though most projects of this nature get hung up on the ‘concept,’ this one succeeds because the Finns' pop songwriting sense allows the songs to come first…the material on this album is among the pair’s finest, together or apart.” AMG Notes: When this was released in the U.S., it was retitled The Finn Brothers to avoid confusion with a band already known as “Finn.”

Resources and Related Links: DMDB encyclopedia entry for Neil Finn DMDB encyclopedia entry for Tim Finn EB Half.Ebay.com AZ Amazon.com review by Roni Sarig AMG All Music Guide review by Chris Woodstra Other Related DMDB Pages: First posted 4/7/2008; last updated 6/1/2024.

 

Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie released

Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Smashing Pumpkins

Released: October 24, 1995 Peak: 11 US, 4 UK, 11 CN, 12 AU Sales (in millions): 4.9 US, 0.3 UK, 11.2 world (includes US and UK) Genre: alternative rock

Tracks, Disc 1: Song Title (Writers) (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Tonight, Tonight (5/18/96, 36 BB, 33 BA, 25 CB, 35 GR, 43 RR, 14 AA, 4 AR, 5 MR, 7 UK, 32 CN, 21 AU, 10 DF) Jellybelly Zero (2/17/96, 49 BB, 15 AR, 9 MR, 23 DF) Here Is No Why Bullet with Butterfly Wings (10/21/95, 22 US, 27 CB, 4 AR, 2 MR, 20 UK, 18 CN, 33 AU, 7 DF) To Forgive An Ode to No One Love Cupid de Locke Galapogos Muzzle (9/14/96, 57 BA, 10 AR, 8 MR) Porcelina of the Vast Oceans Take Me Down (James Iha) Tracks, Disc 2: Where Boys Fear to Tread Bodies Thirty-Three (11/23/96, 39 US, 18 AR, 2 MR, 21 UK, 24 CN, 51 AU, 21 DF) In the Arms of Sleep 1979 (11/25/95, 12 BB, 9 BA, 11 CB, 7 GR, 9 RR, 1 AR, 1 MR, 16 UK, 2 CN, 16 AU, 7 DF) Tales of a Scorched Earth Thru the Eyes of Ruby Stumbleine X.Y.U. We Only Come Out at Night (27 DF) Beautiful Lily (My One and Only) By Starlight Farewell and Goodnight (Iha, Corgan, Chamberlin, Wretzky) Songs written by Billy Corgan unless noted otherwise. Total Running Time: 121:39 The Players: Billy Corgan (vocals, guitar, other instruments) James Iha (guitar) D’arcy Wretzky (bass) Jimmy Chamberlin (drums)

Rating: 4.085 out of 5.00 (average of 20 ratings) Quotable: “One of the most ambitious and indulgent albums in rock history…it’s a rewarding and compelling one as well.” – Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic.com Awards: (Click on award to learn more).

The Sprawling Double Album “The Smashing Pumpkins didn’t shy away from making the follow-up to the grand, intricate Siamese Dream. With Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, the band turns in one of the most ambitious and indulgent albums in rock history. Lasting over two hours and featuring 28 songs, the album is certainly a challenging listen. To Billy Corgan’s credit, it’s a rewarding and compelling one as well.” AM Although the artistic scope of the album is immense,” AM the songs “are as eclectic as their themes are epic and ambitious” AZ and “the Smashing Pumpkins flourish in such an overblown setting.” AM “Some of the songs don’t work as well as others, but Mellon Collie never seems to drag.” AM The Sound of Gen X Taken as a whole the album proves that the Pumpkins were “one of the more creative and consistent bands of the ‘90s.” AM “Pessimistic and feeling trapped but still wanting to believe in love, in a future, in something – this is the sound of Gen X at the millennium, with all the self-indulgence and power that would suggest.” AZ It is “one of the most beautiful albums in rock’s history.” RD Corgan’s Songwriting “Corgan’s songwriting has never been limited by conventional notions of what a rock band can do, even if it is clear that he draws inspiration from scores of ‘70s heavy metal and art rock bands. Instead of copying the sounds of his favorite records, he expands on their ideas.” AM “Mellon Collie’s heavy orchestrations are well served by Corgan's beautiful and poetic lyrics.” RV His “thin whine isn’t much of an instrument, but he makes the most of it by writing smart songs that take emotional chances that more-typical alt rockers would deem uncool.” AZ “The desperate lines from Muzzle establish Corgan as the poet laureate of Generation X. ‘I fear that I am ordinary, just like everyone / To lie here and die among the sorrows / Adrift among the days / For everything I ever said.’” RV “Mellon Collie contains virtually the entire spectrum of the human experience in its 28 tracks. Even the infamously muffled mastering job can’t smother its beauty.” CQ The album “boasts everything this once-a-generation rock band could do,” CQ showcasing “an array of musical styles, drawing from rock, pop, folk, and classical” AM “with equal aplomb.” RV The Songs The album “is a model of contemporary alternative songwriting from the opening self-titled track consisting of nothing but arresting piano.” RD “For every blustery rocker like” RV “the raging, bitter grunge rock of Bullet with Butterfly Wings,” RD and “the Metallica-influenced alternative rock of Zero” AZ “there's a luscious ballad like “ RV “the sad, loping Thirty-Three” CQ “to prove the Pumpkins' scope.” RV There are also “emotionally over-the-top pop extravaganzas like” AM “the mournful and longing symphony of strings” RD in Tonight Tonight.” AM “The techno via new wave of 1979” AZ “exudes a nostalgic stardust felt deeply by much of Generation X.” CQ These “sit comfortably against the volcanic rush of Jellybelly,” AM “the bittersweet fireworks of Here Is No Why to the hangdog and punchy To Forgive,” CQ “and the snarling, animalistic meltdown of X.Y.U.” CQ Aftermath “A tumultuous series of events propelled the album and band alike into the public eye. Within 12 months, they achieved seven Grammy nominations, touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvin died of a heroin overdose, and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin was arrested for drug possession and fired from the band.” RD

Resources: AM AllMusic.com review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine AZ Amazon.com review by David Cantwell (essential recording) CQ Consequence.net (9/12/2022). “The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time” RD Robert Dimery (2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Quintet Publishing Limited: New York, NY. Page 756. RV The Review (Oct./Nov. 2001). “The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time” by Clarke Speicher Related DMDB Links: First posted 3/17/2011; last updated 11/29/2024.

Elvis Presley: A Retrospective: 1970-1977

Elvis Presley A Retrospective: 1970-1977

Compilations: This page focuses on compilations covering Elvis Presley’s output in the 1970s. Check the Retrospective: 1953-1977 page for a full career overview which includes Elvis Presley links within and outside of this website, a list of his significant awards, G5 Golden Records Vol. 5 (covers 1968-77, released 1984) WM Walk a Mile in My Shoes (box: 1970-77, released 1995)) If a code is followed with an “X” that means the song was added as a bonus track to a reissue of the album. Studio Albums/Soundtracks: These are the Elvis Presley studio albums covered on this page. Under each album snapshot, songs featured on the anthologies are noted. If the song charted, the date of the song’s release or first chart appearance and its chart peaks are noted in parentheses. Click for codes to charts.

That’s the Way It Is Elvis Presley

Released: November 11, 1970 Peak: 21 US, 8 CW, 12 UK, 22 CN, 13 AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Genre: rock and roll Rating: 4.035 out of 5.00 (average of 12 ratings)

Tracks: I Just Can’t Help Believin’ (recorded live 8/11/70, released 11/21/71) WM, AC Twenty Days and Twenty Nights (Scott Weisman, Clive Westlake) [3;15] (recorded 6/4/70) WM How the Web Was Woven (David Most, Clive Westlake) [3:25] (recorded 6/5/70) WM Patch It Up (Eddie Rabbit, Rory Bourke) [3:08] (studio version recorded 6/8/70, live version on this album recorded 8/12/70) WM Mary in the Morning (Johnny Cymbal, Michael Rashkow) [4:11] (recorded 6/5/70) WM You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me (Vicki Wickham, Simon Napier-Bell, Pino Donaggio, Vito Pallavicini) [2:30] (recorded 6/6/70, released 10/6/70, 11 US, 9 UK, 1 AC, 56 CW, sales: 1 million) G5x, WM, AC, 2N You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector) [4:23] (recorded live 8/12/70) WM I’ve Lost You (Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard) [3:43] (studio version recorded 6/4/70, released 7/14/70, 32 US, 5 AC, 57 CW, 9 UK; live version on album recorded 8/11/70) WM, AC Just Pretend (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett) [4:02] (recorded 6/6/70) WM Stranger in the Crowd (Winfield Scott) [3:47] (recorded 6/5/70) WM The Next Step Is Love (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) [3:31] (recorded 6/7/70, released 7/14/70) WM Bridge Over Troubled Water (Paul Simon) [4:29] (recorded 6/5/70) WM Bonus tracks on 2000 reissue: Love Letters (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) [2:53] (recorded 6/7/70) * When I’m Over You (Shirl Milete) [2:28] (recorded 6/7/70) * Something (George Harrison) [3:40] (recorded 8/11/70) *** WM I’ll Never Know (Fred Karger, Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman) [2:25] (recorded 6/5/70) * Sylvia (Geoff Stephens, Les Reed) [3:16] (recorded 6/8/1970) ** Cindy, Cindy (Fred Wise, Buddy Kaye, Dolores Fuller, Ben Weisman) [2:33] (recorded 6/4/70) * WM Rags to Riches (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) [1:54] (recorded 9/22/70) *** WM About the Album: The studio cuts from this album were recorded at a marathon session in June 1970 which also comprised the Elvis Country and Love Letters albums. The bonus tracks on this album were later featured on Love Letters (*, Elvis Now (**), and the box set Walk a Mile in My Shoes (***). Four of the cuts on the original album were recorded live in August 1970 at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. A 2009 released The Wonder of You featured the full concert from August 13, 1970. A reissue of That’s the Way It Is added two discs which included 31 live cuts from August 1970 and 16 more songs recorded in July and August of 1970.

Elvis Country (I’m 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Presley

Released: January 1971 Peak: 20 US, 6 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.270 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks (original release): Snowbird WM Tomorrow Never Comes WM Little Cabin on the Hill WM Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On WM Funny How Time Slips Away WM I Really Don’t Want to Know (12/8/70, 21 BB, 2 AC, 23 CW) WM There Goes My Everything WM It's Your Baby, You Rock It WM The Fool WM Faded Love WM I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water WM Make the World Go Away WM Bonus tracks on CD reissue: It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing) WM A Hundred Years from Now WM If I Were You Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off of It WM Where Did They Go, Lord WM I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago WM About the Album: “I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago” was also featured on Elvis Now.

Love Letters Elvis Presley

Released: June 16, 1971 Peak: 33 US, 12 CW, 7 UK, 17 CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.767 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks: Love Letters (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) [2:53] (recorded 6/7/70) When I’m Over You (Shirl Milete) [2:28] (recorded 6/7/70) If I Were You (Gerald Nelson) [3:01] (recorded 6/8/80) Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster) [4:36] (recorded 6/5/70) Heart of Rome (Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard, Geoff Stephens) [2:56] (recorded 6/6/70) WM Only Believe (D. Paul Rader) [2:49] (recorded 6/8/70) This Is Our Dance (Les Reed, Geoff Stephens) [3:16] (recorded 6/6/70) Cindy, Cindy (Fred Wise, Buddy Kaye, Dolores Fuller, Ben Weisman) [2:33] (recorded 6/4/70) WM I’ll Never Know (Fred Karger, Sid Wayne, Ben Weisman) [2:25] (recorded 6/5/70) It Aint’ No Big Thing But It’s Growing (Shorty Hall, Neal Merritt, Alice Joy Merritt) [2:49] (recorded 6/6/70) Life (Shirl Milete) [3:10] (recorded 6/6/70) WM About the Album: This album was comprised of leftovers recorded during June 1970 recording sessions which produced the albums That's the Way It Is and Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old. A reissue expanded the album to two discs with multiple alternate takes.

The Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis Presley

Released: October 20, 1971 Peak: -- US, 13 CW, 7 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 3.0 US Genre: Christmas Rating: 3.453 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: O Come All Ye Faithful [2:49] The First Noel [2:11] On a Snowy Christmas Night [2:50] Winter Wonderland [2:20] The Wonderful World of Christmas [1:59] It Won’t Seem Like Christmas without You [2:43] If I Get Home on Christmas Day [3:50] I’ll Be Home on Christmas Day [2:54] Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees [2:14] Merry Christmas Baby [5:45] (11/71, --) WM Silver Bells [2:30] Blue Christmas [2:34] (Bill Hayes, Jay Johnson) (recorded 9/5/57, 12/3/64, 11 UK, 55 CW, sales: 1 million) *KR About the Album: * “Blue Christmas” was added to reissues of the album. The 1994 release If Every Day Was Like Christmas features all the cuts from Elvis’ Christmas Album and the 1971 album The Wonderful World of Christmas as well as the 1966 title cut.

Elvis Now Elvis Presley

Released: January 1972 Peak: 43 US, 12 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.109 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: Help Me Make It Through the Night [2:45] Miracle of the Rosary [1:48] Hey Jude [4:30] NM Put Your Hand in the Hand [3:15] Until It’s Time for You to Go [3:15] (1/4/72, 9 AC) WM We Can Make the Morning [3:54] WM Early Mornin’ Rain [2:55] Sylvia [3:16] Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread) [2:40] I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago [3:16] WM About the Album: “Hey Jude” also appears on the box set From Nashville to Memphis: The ‘60s Masters.

He Touched Me (gospel) Elvis Presley

Released: April 1972 Peak: 79 US, 38 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 1.0 US Genre: gospel Rating: 3.341 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: He Touched Me [2:37] I've Got Confidence [2:19] Amazing Grace [3:32] WM Seeing Is Believing [2:55] He Is My Everything [2:39] Bosom of Abraham [1:34] An Evening Prayer [1:53] Lead Me, Guide Me [2:39] There Is No God but God [2:18] A Thing Called Love [2:23] I, John [2:14] Reach Out to Jesus [3:13] About the Album: The 1994 Amazing Grace collection features Elvis’ gospel albums His Hand in Mine, How Great Thou Art, and He Touched Me.

Elvis ‘73 Elvis Presley

Released: July 1973 Peak: 52 US, 16 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.060 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Fool [2:42] (8/3/73, 15 UK) WM Where Do I Go from Here [2:51] Love Me, Love the Life I Lead [3:05] It’s Still Here [2:05] WM It’s Impossible [2:51] WM That’s What You Get for Loving Me [2:07] WM Padre [2:29] I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen [2:24] WM I Will Be True [2:24] WM Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right [2:45] WM About the Album: Album sometimes called The Fool to distinguish this album from Presley’s 1956 Elvis album. The album was reissued in March 1994 with 14 additional tracks and a second disc of alternate takes.

Raised on Rock/For Ol’ Times Sake Elvis Presley

Released: October 1973 Peak: 50 US, -- UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.667 out of 5.00 (average of 13 ratings)

Tracks: Raised on Rock [2:39] (8/20/73, 41 BB, 42 CW) WM Are You Sincere [1:56] (10 CW) WM Find Out What's Happening [2:30] I Miss You [2:12] Girl of Mine [3:39] For Old Times Sake [3:28] WM If You Don't Come Back [2:38] Just a Little Bit [2:30] WM Sweet Angeline [2:58] Three Corn Patches [2:46] About the Album: A reissue in 2007 added multiple additional takes and mixes, expanding the album to two discs.

Good Times Elvis Presley

Released: March 1974 Peak: 90 US, 42 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 2.599 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks: Take Good Care of Her [2:50] WM Loving Arms [2:48] WM I Got a Feelin’ in My Body [3:33] (1/11/74, 39 BB, 4 CW) WM If That Isn't Love [3:29] She Wears My Ring [3:12] I've Got a Thing About You Baby [2:20] WM My Boy [3:19] (1/3/75, 20 BB, 1 AC, 14 CW) WM Spanish Eyes [2:21] Talk About the Good Times [2:22] WM Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues [3:09] WM About the Album: A CD reissue paired Good Times and Promised Land. It was also reissued as a two-disc album with multiple alternate takes.

Promised Land Elvis Presley

Released: January 1975 Peak: 47 US, 21 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.209 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: Promised Land (Chuck Berry) [2:55] (10/19/74, 14 US, 9 UK) WM, AC, 2N There’s a Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) Help Me Mr. Songman WM Love Song of the Year It’s Midnight WM Your Love’s Been a Long Time Coming If You Talk in Your Sleep (Red West, Johnny Christopher) [2:34] (recorded 12/11/73, released 5/10/74, 17 US, 40 UK, 6 AC) G5, WM Thinking About You WM You Asked Me To WM About the Album: A CD reissue paired Good Times and Promised Land. It was also reissued as a two-disc set with multiple alternate takes.

Today Elvis Presley

Released: May 1975 Peak: 57 US, 48 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.400 out of 5.00 (average of 15 ratings)

Tracks: T-R-O-U-B-L-E [3:00] (4/22/75, --) WM And I Love You So [3:36] Susan When She Tried [2:15] WM Woman Without Love [3:31] Shake a Hand [3:46] WM Pieces of My Life [3:59] WM Fairytale [2:41] I Can Help [4:01] WM Bringing It Back [2:58] (9/20/75, --) WM Green Green Grass of Home [3:32] (11/21/75, --) WM About the Album: A reissue expanded the album to two discs filled with multiple alternate takes.

From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee Elvis Presley

Released: May 1976 Peak: 41 US, 29 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 0.5 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.138 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings)

Tracks: Hurt [2:05] (recorded 2/5/76, released 3/12/76) WM Never Again [2:48] Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain [3:41] Danny Boy [3:54] WM The Last Farewell [4:01] For the Heart (Dennis Linde) [3:22] (recorded 2/5/76, released 3/12/76, 45 CW) G5, WM, AC Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall [3:15] Solitaire [4:39] Love Coming Down [3:05] WM I'll Never Fall In Love Again [3:43] About the Album: A CD reissue paired From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee with Moody Blue. It was also reissued as a two-disc album with multiple alternate takes. Juice Newton’s cover of “Hurt” topped the country charts in 1986.

Moody Blue Elvis Presley

Released: July 1977 Peak: 3 US, 3 UK, -- CN, -- AU Sales (in millions): 2.0 US, -- UK, -- world (includes US + UK) Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.154 out of 5.00 (average of 16 ratings)

Tracks: Unchained Melody [2:32] WM If You Love Me (Let Me Know) [2:57] Little Darlin’ [1:52] He’ll Have to Go [4:28] WM Let Me Be There [3:38] Way Down (Layng Martine Jr.) [2:38] (recorded 10/29/76, released 6/6/77, 18 US, 1 UK, 14 AC, 1 CW, sales: 5 million) G5, WM, 30 Pledging My Love [2:50] WM Moody Blue (Mark James) [2:49] (recorded 2/4/76, released 11/29/76, 31 US, 6 UK, 2 AC, 1 CW) G5, WM, 2N She Thinks I Still Care [3:40] WM It's Easy for You [3:26] About the Album: This was the last album of new material issued in Elvis’ lifetime. A CD reissue paired From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee with Moody Blue. This was also reissued as a two-disc album with multiple alternate takes.

Golden Records Vol. 5 (compilation) Elvis Presley

Recorded: 1968-1977 Released: March 1984 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): 0.5 US Genre: rock and roll Rating: 3.505 out of 5.00 (average of 9 ratings)

Tracks: (1) Suspicious Minds (2) Kentucky Rain (3) In the Ghetto (4) Clean Up Your Own Backyard (5) If I Can Dream (6) Burning Love (7) If You Talk in Your Sleep (8) For the Heart (9) Moody Blue (10) Way Down Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: U.S. Male (Jerry Reed) [2:42] (recorded 1/16/68, released 2/28/68, 28 US, 15 UK, 55 CW) G5x If I Can Dream (Walter Earl Brown) [3:11] (recorded 6/23/68, released 11/5/68, 12 US, 11 UK, sales: 1 million) G5, AC, 2N Memories (Billy Strange, Mac Davis) [3:03] (recorded 6/23/68, released 2/25/69, 35 US, 7 AC, 56 CW) G5x, 2N Burning Love (Dennis Linde) [2:50] (recorded 3/28/72, released 8/1/72, 2 US, 7 UK, sales: 2 million, airplay: 2 million) G5, WM, TT, AC, 30 About the Album: The fifth and final entry in the Golden Records series came in 1984, seven years after Elvis’ death. The collection, which tapped material from the last decade of his career, included nine top 40 hits and a B-side. “The first half of the album focused on Elvis’ late 1960s comeback-era recordings: If I Can Dream was taken from his comeback special, three singles from the American studios sessions Suspicious Minds, Kentucky Rain, and In the Ghetto.” WK5 Clean Up Your Own Backyard was a soundtrack recording from The Trouble with Girls. “The second half of the records focused on Elvis’ late period singles including Burning Love and Moody Blue. RCA did not base the selection solely on commercial factors, as they omitted two top ten hit singles from this time period, ‘Don't Cry Daddy’ from 1969 and ‘The Wonder of You’ from 1970. The 1997 CD reissue added “Big Boss Man,” “Guitar Man,” U.S. Male,” “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me,” “Edge of Reality,” and “Memories.”

Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential ‘70s (box) Elvis Presley

Recorded: 1970-1977 Released: October 10, 1995 Peak: -- Sales (in millions): -- Genre: rock and roll Rating: 4.549 out of 5.00 (average of 14 ratings)

Tracks, Disc 1: (1) The Wonder of You (2) I’ve Lost You (3) The Next Step Is Love (4) You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me (5) Patch It Up (6) I Really Don’t Want to Know (7) There Goes My Everything (8) Rags to Riches (9) Where Did They Go Lord (10) Life (11) I’m Leavin’ (12) Heart of Rome (13) It’s Only Love (14) The Sound of Your Cry (15) I Just Can’t Help Believin’ (16) How The Web Was Woven (17) Until It’s Time for You to Go (18) We Can Make the Morning (19) An American Trilogy (20) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (21) Burning Love (22) It’s a Matter of Time (23) Separate Ways Tracks, Disc 2: (1) Always on My Mind (2) Fool (3) Steamroller Blues (4) Raised on Rock (5) For Ol’ Times Sake (6) I’ve Got A Thing About You Baby (7) Take Good Care of Her (8) If You Talk in Your Sleep (9) Promised Land (10) It’s Midnight (11) My Boy (12) Loving Arms (13) T-R-O-U-B-L-E (14) Mr. Songman (15) Bringin’ It Back (16) Pieces of My Life (17) Green Green Grass of Home (18) Thinking About You (19) Hurt (20) For the Heart (21) Moody Blue (22) She Thinks I Still Care (23) Way Down (24) Pledging My Love Tracks, Disc 3: (1) Twenty Days and Twenty Nights (2) I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago (3) The Fool (4) A Hundred Years from Now (Informal Recording) (5) Little Cabin on the Hill (6) Cindy, Cindy (7) Bridge Over Troubled Water (8) Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off of It (9) It’s Your Baby, You Rock It (10) Stranger in the Crowd (11) Mary in the Morning (12) It Ain’t No Big Thing (13) Just Pretend (14) Faded Love (Unedited Version) (15) Tomorrow Never Comes (Unedited Master) (16) Make the World Go Away (17) Funny How Time Slips Away (18) I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Long Version) (19) Snowbird (20) Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (21) Amazing Grace (Alternate Take 2) (22) For Lovin’ Me (23) Lady Madonna (Informal Recording) Tracks, Disc 4: (1) Merry Christmas Baby (2) I Shall Be Released (Informal Recording) (3) Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Jam Edit) (4) It’s Still Here (Unedited Version) (5) I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (Undubbed Version) (6) I Will Be True (7) My Way (Master) (8) For the Good Times (Master) (9) Just a Little Bit (10) It’s Diff’rent Now (Rehearsal) (11) Are You Sincere (12) I Got a Feelin’ in My Body (13) You Asked Me To (14) Good Times Charlie’s Got the Blues (15) Talk About the Good Times (16) Tiger Man (Jam) (17) I Can Help (18) Shake a Hand (19) Susan When She Tried (20) She Thinks I Still Care (Alternate Take 2B) (21) Danny Boy (22) Love Coming Down (23) He’ll Have to Go Tracks, Disc 5: (1) See See Rider (2) Men With Broken Heart (Short Poem) (3) Walk a Mile in My Shoes (4) Polk Salad Annie (5) Let It Be Me (6) Proud Mary (7) Something (Master) (8) You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ (9)Heartbreak Hotel (10) I Was the One (11) One Night (12) Never Been to Spain (Master) (13) You Gave Me a Mountain (14) It’s Impossible (15) A Big Hunk O’ Love (Master) (16) It’s Over (Master) (17) The Impossible Dream (18) Reconsider Baby (19) I’ll Remember You (20) I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (21) Suspicious Minds (22) Unchained Melody (23) The Twelfth of Never (Rehearsal) (24) Softly As I Leave You (Rehearsal) (25) Alle’ en el “Rancho Grande” (Informal Rehearsal) (26) Froggy Went A Courtin‘ (Informal Rehearsal) (27) Stranger in My Own Home Town (Informal Rehearsal) Tracks Not on Previously Noted Albums: Proud Mary (John Fogerty) [2:30] (recorded live 2/16/70, released 6/23/70) Let It Be Me (Gilbert Becaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre, Delanoe) [3:28] (recorded live 2/17/70, released 6/23/70) See See Rider (traditional) [2:23] (recorded live 2/18/70, released 6/23/70) Walk a Mile in My Shoes (Joe South) [2:57] (recorded live 2/19/70, released 6/23/70) Men with Broken Heart (Short Poem) (Hank Williams) [0:31] (recorded live 8/11/70, previously unreleased) Alle’ en el “Rancho Grande” (Silvano Ramos, Del Moral, Urange) [2:04] (informal rehearsal recorded 7/15/70, previously unreleased) Froggy Went A-Courtin‘ (tradtional) [2:15] (informal rehearsal recorded 7/29/70, previously unreleased) Stranger in My Own Home Town (Percy Mayfield) [4:37] (informal rehearsal recorded 7/24/70, previously unreleased) It’s Only Love (Mark James, Steve Tyrell) [2:41] (recorded 5/20/71, released 9/21/71, 51 BB) The Sound of Your Cry (Bernie Baum, Bill Grant, Florence Kaye) [3:17] (recorded 6/4/70, released 9/21/71) The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl) [3:42] (recorded 3/15/71, released 4/4/72) Lady Madonna (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) [1:20] (informal recording recorded 5/17/71, previously unreleased) I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan) [0:48] (informal recording recorded 5/20/71, previously unreleased) My Way (Paul Anka, Claude Francois, Jacques Revaux) [4:32] (master recorded 6/10/71, previously unreleased) Never Been to Spain (Hoyt Axton) [3:28] (master recorded 2/16/72, previously unreleased) You Gave Me a Mountain (Marty Robbins) [3:15] (recorded 2/16/72, previously unreleased It’s Over (Jimmie F. Rodgers) [2:20] (master recorded 2/17/72, previously unreleased) The Impossible Dream (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh) [2:29] (recorded 2/17/72, released Feb. ‘78) It’s a Matter of Time (Clive Westlake) [3:02] (recorded 3/29/72, released 8/1/72) Separate Ways (Red West, Richard Mainegra) [2:36] (recorded 3/27/72, released 10/31/72, 20 BB) For the Good Times (Kris Kristofferson) [3:11] (master recorded 3/27/72, previously unreleased) Steamroller Blues (James Taylor) [3:04] (recorded 1/14/73, released 3/4/73, 17 BB) It’s Diff’rent Now (Clive Westlake) [2:31] (rehearsal recorded 7/21/73, previously unreleased) The Twelfth of Never (Jay Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) [2:39] (rehearsal recorded 8/16/74, previously unreleased) Softly As I Leave You (Giorgio Calabrese, Antonio deVita, Hal Shaper) [2:14] (rehearsal recorded 8/16/74, previously unreleased) About the Album: Previous box sets The King of Rock and Roll and From Nashville to Memphis gathered all of Elvis’ studio material from the ‘50s and all of his non-soundtrack studio cuts of the ‘60s. This collection, focused on Elvis’ last decade of recording, is more of a hodge podge, simply gathering select cuts, both studio and live, from throughout the ‘70s, and assembling them in non-chronological order. All Music Guide review.

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