Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

Unpopular opinion: Elvis here creates predominantly pre-owned music here, making it feel as though he is only capable of spinning music in his direction but is incapable of making something of his own. This is especially true in situations in which he takes music created by popular African American artists and essentially tries to replicate their sound. Unfortunately, this creates a situation in which Elvis stole the sound of Black America and popularized it due to his charisma and, ... read more

Elvis Presley has been passionate about music since his youth, inspired by the country scene with Hank Snow, and gospel with Jack Hess. He has worked hard and persevered to make himself heard and known when many people don't believe in him even for a second. Elvis was different, but he never gave up. When he went to Sun Studio in Memphis in 1954, to record his first 2 songs My Happiness and That's When Your Heartaches Begin, it was a real failure, essentially because Elvis didn't offer anything ... read more

Elvis' iconic debut record is VERY important to music history and proved to be one of the most influential rock albums of the 1950s....BUT with that being said, there are 3, maybe 4 decent tracks here. In all honesty, the only track here that has aged well is the cover of Carl Perkins' "Blue Suede Shoes"

Strong 5/10

I've always appreciated Elvis Presley as a performer but his self-titled debut feels like more of an over-glorified covers album from an admittedly talented artist, than truly a defining and influential album in of itself.