Track Listing

1. Snowbird
2. Tomorrow Never Comes
3. Little Cabin On The Hill
4. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
5. Funny How Time Slips Away
6. I Really Don't Want To Know
7. There Goes My Everything
8. It's Your Baby
9. You Rock It
10. Fool
11. Faded Love
12. I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
13. Make The World Go Away
14. It Ain't No Big Thing But It's Growing
15. Hundred Years From Now
16. If I Were You
17. Got My Mojo Working/Keep Your Hands Off Of It
18. Where Did They Go Lord
19. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8839 in Music
• Released on: 2000-05-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

One Of His Very Best Albums
Released in 1971, "Elvis Country" is every bit as good as "From Elvis in Memphis" and "Back in Memphis."

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.

Landmark album - one of his best
This is really a great album. One of the few albums that really capture Elvis as a great recording artist. Though Elvis was a great recording artist, his albums were way too often not well constructed. Great songs were lost as a single b-sides etc. But here there's no weak songs. Every performance is stellar and inspired. Still this might not be the Elvis you know. Not really a rock'n roll album or not the Elvis singing those over sentimental songs of loneliness and regret that became his "trademark" as the 70's proceeded.

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.

An excellent collection of country tunes
I bought this CD on a whim, given the cheap price. However, Elvis fans will not be disappointed with the quality of this CD. At first, I found the fade in/fade out of Elvis jamming to "10,000 years old" between each track frustrating, but it soon grows on you. This is the only reason I didn't give a 5 out of 5 rating

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.