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Track Listings
| 1. Got My Mojo Working |
| 2. Keep Your Hands Off Of It |
| 3. Snowbird |
| 4. Tomorrow Never Comes |
| 5. Little Cabin On The Hill |
| 6. Whole Lot-ta Shakin' Goin' On |
| 7. Funny How Time Slips Away |
| 8. I Really Don't Want To Know |
| 9. There Goes My Everything |
| 10. "It's Your Baby, You Rock It" |
| 11. The Fool |
| 12. Faded Love |
| 13. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water |
| 14. Make The World Go Away |
| 15. It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing) |
| 16. A Hundred Years From Now |
| 17. If I Were You |
| 18. Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of It |
| 19. "Where Did They Go, Lord" |
| 20. I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago |
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Though in my opinion this isn't straight country album, it is quite "rootsy". These performances are spirited and "live". This might the album that could really turn Elvis skeptics into respecting the King, because here Elvis did what he wanted to do and knew how to do it. These were done during those days before he lost himself into the world of chemicals, depression and slow selfdestruction.
Once again a reminder of what Elvis was capable of doing.
It cracked the UK top 10(#6) and hit #12 in the states, spearheaded by the single "I Really Don't Want To Know/There Goes My Everything", which sold close to a million copies in America, yet failed to crack the top 20. "There Goes My Everything" hit #6 in the UK.
Many songs from the album could have been big hit-singles; instead RCA released "Rags To Riches" and "Life", neither song cracking the top thirty in the states (Rags To Riches hit #9 UK).
"Elvis Country" is a mix of country standards, classic and some country rock. Every track is excellent, from a rocking "Washed My Hands in Muddy Water" and wild "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On" to a gentle, yet bluesy "Funny How Time Slips Away."
Elvis is as much a country singer, as he is a blues-man, rocker and balladeer and intertwined by snippetes of "I'm 10,000 Years Old" each somg flows effortlessly from one to the next.
Added on are bonus tracks from the his other 1971 album "Love Letters", which only hit #33 in the states, not going gold although placing only 1 position lower than "Elvis Country" in Britain (#7).
Yet, alone the songs alone "Love Letters" are magnificent, "Got My Mojo Working" is outstanding, lightnight paced, whilst "Where Did They Go Lord" is gospel inspired, and "If I Were You" we are back to country music.
This is a fabulous re-release, great packaging, digitally re-mastered plus bonus tracks from "Love Letters", which probably wont be re-released in it's own right.
I highly recommend this CD, the music is tremendous, I must also add that the re-release of the 1974 "Promised Land" album is equally as good.
A good variety of country songs, from the soulful "Make the world go away" to the upbeat tunes such as "Snowbird". There is the popular "There goes my everything" and some cover versions of well known country hits, such as "Funny how time slips away", all of which have been recorded in the unique Elvis format.
The overall feeling of this CD is that of Elvis jamming, rather than polished studio recordings destined for the charts, but the quality of the digital overhaul, the power of his voice, together with a very competent backing group and eight bonus tracks make this CD a good introduction for Elvis fans seeking something a little different to the usual "greatest hits" compilations and 70s concerts.
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