Product Description

ELVIS PRESLEY 30 #1 Hits (2007 European limited edition 31-track CD album issued as part of the Disc Box Slider series including the hits Heartbreak Hotel In The Ghetto and bonus recording A Little Less Conversation [JXL Radio Edit Remix] presented in unique die-cut card outer slipcase with the original cover artwork and an inner slider containing the disc!)

Track Listing

1. Heartbreak Hotel
2. Don't Be Cruel
3. Hound Dog
4. Love Me Tender
5. Too Much
6. All Shook Up
7. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear
8. Jailhouse Rock
9. Don't & The Jordanaires
10. Hard Headed Woman
11. One Night
12. (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
13. A Big Hunk O' Love
14. Stuck On You
15. It's Now Or Never
16. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
17. Wooden Heart
18. Surrender
19. (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame
20. Can't Help Falling In Love
21. Good Luck Charm
22. She's Not You
23. Return To Sender
24. (You're The) Devil In Disguise
25. Crying In The Chapel
26. In The Ghetto
27. Suspicious Minds
28. The Wonder Of You
29. Burning Love
30. Way Down
31. A Little Less Conversation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74229 in Music
• Released on: 2007-05-01
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Best of
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .11 pounds

From Amazon.com
In 1987, RCA released a one-disc Elvis compilation called The Number One Hits that featured 18 tracks. So how did the label come up with 12 additional number ones (13 if you count the sensational "A Little Less Conversation" remix that brings the King into the 21st century as a bona fide dance/electronica star)? Well, the '87 compilation featured only Billboard number ones. "In the Ghetto" and "Burning Love" never reached the top there, nor did "Way Down," despite every copy of that 45 selling out on both sides of the Atlantic following Presley's 1977 death. Instead, the new compilers have used the major pop charts in both the U.S. (including Cashbox) and U.K. to determine inclusions. The tracks have all been remixed from original masters, which proves awesome at best (some of the songs have never sounded crisper if, at times, slightly antiseptic) and problematic at worst. Purists will definitely quibble. "A Fool Such As I," for instance, sounds like Elvis rerecorded his vocals. Hank Garland's great guitar solo also sounds different. It might be an alternate take. That's definitely the case with "The Wonder of You." A few lyrics are even different, meaning this isn't the same version as the original 45. Of course, none of that should matter to the youngsters who've been singing along to "Hound Dog" on the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack, or to any other newcomers. Despite the complaints, this is arguably the best single disc Elvis primer to date. Real fans will want to explore much deeper for treasures to be found, but albums like this guarantee that this is one king who will deservedly live very long, if not forever. --Bill Holdship

Chronique amazon.fr
Les légendes ne meurent jamais. C'est ce qui les distingue des simples souvenirs. On sait qu'à l'annonce de sa mort, en août 1977, des milliers de fans, incrédules, commencèrent à avoir des visions. On refusait de croire que le King n'était plus. Et on se mit à le voir un peu partout. Depuis, régulièrement, Elvis réapparaît, dans une station-service, une église, un centre commercial... ou dans un remix de JXL... Ainsi, grâce au travail génial du DJ, "A Little Less Conversation" (en bonus track dans cette compilation) il est devenu le tube de l'été 2002, et Elvis a de nouveau occupé les premières places du hit-parade, 25 ans après sa mort (sa mort ?). Une aubaine de plus, qui permet de mesurer, à l'écoute des autres (!) hits du plus célèbre des chanteurs de rock'n'roll, combien l'artiste a apporté à ce style qu'il a pratiquement inventé. Rock'n'roll, mais aussi gospel ("Crying In The Chapel" fut une sublime réussite du genre en 1965), avec en plus une approche de la pop incomparable ("Suspicious Mind"). Cette compilation, concentrée sur les hits de Presley couvre tout naturellement la période 1956-1965, avec les 25 numéros 1 qui en sont issus. Et même les 6 autres titres ont leur place ici. Tout le monde ne s'appelle pas Elvis Presley. --José Ruiz

Album Description
Re-packed version of the Classic 30 #1's, in an Eco-Friendly case!