Almost in Love
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Almost in Love
- Artist: Elvis Presley
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- Release Date: 1970 11
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rock
Review
The Camden series is, except for diehards, of negligible interest. The first couple of Elvis titles drew the consumer in with a couple of tasty recent outtakes (1968's "Tiger Man" and a pair from the 1969 Memphis sessions) and then padded the albums out with soundtrack items that were, for the most part, better forgotten. Even at the budget price they were an iffy buy. Not so this one, which collects ten single sides from both the movies and the studio in an interesting package that illuminates the dichotomy that was Elvis Presley in the two years prior to the NBC special. "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" and "U.S. Male" are very interesting country explorations while "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" and "A Little Less Conversation" are so awful they need to be heard by everyone! And somewhere in between those polar opposites, as well as the two tracks themselves, is "Edge of Reality," an (understandably) rare venture by the King of Rock & Roll into psychedelia -- admittedly, it is of the poppiest and most rhythmic variety of psychedelic pop (and one should see the dream sequence from Live a Little, Love a Little to which it is attached onscreen, for a real unintended hoot); it's more interesting than good, in terms of the singer trying to stretch his range and image, but also interesting enough for a listen and a glimpse down a road along which, fortunately, Presley never ventured too far. ~ Neal Umphred & Bruce Eder, Rovi| Almost and Always (2009 Album by David Mead) | |
| Almost in Love: Ithamara Koorax Sings Luiz Bonfá (2002 Album by Ithamara Koorax) |
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| Studio album by Elvis Presley | ||||
| Released | November 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1968-1970 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | RCA Camden | |||
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Almost in Love is the 39th album by Elvis Presley, released in 1970 on RCA Camden, a budget-priced subsidiary of the main RCA label. This album consisted mostly of singles dating from the late 1960s that had previously not been released in album format, including 1968's "A Little Less Conversation" (a re-recording of this song by Elvis for his 1968 TV Special would later be remixed by Tom Holkenborg aka Junkie XL and become a hit in 2002) and "Rubberneckin", a 1969 single that would be remixed by Oakenfold in 2003. Included as a bonus is "My Little Friend," a leftover from the 1969 recording sessions that had produced From Elvis in Memphis. The song "Stay Away, Joe" (the theme from Elvis's 1967 film of the same title) was included in error (it was already released earlier in 1970 on the compilation Let's Be Friends); when RCA-Camden reissued Almost in Love in 1973, it replaced it with a different song, "Stay Away". The title track of the album is a song from Presley's 1968 film, Live a Little, Love a Little. The album was re-released by Pickwick Records in 1975 and was issued on compact disc (Sony/BMG A 681610) in 2006. It was certified Gold and Platinum on 1/6/2004 by the R.I.A.A.
Track listing
- "Almost in Love" (Luiz Bonfá, Randy Starr) (from Live a Little, Love a Little)
- "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" (Winfield Scott, J. Leslie McFarland) (from Double Trouble)
- "Edge of Reality" (Bernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye) (from Live a Little, Love a Little)
- "My Little Friend" (Shirl Milete)
- "A Little Less Conversation" (Mac Davis, Billy Strange) (from Live a Little, Love a Little)
- "Rubberneckin'" (Dory Jones, Bunny Warren) (from Change of Habit)
- "Clean Up Your Own Backyard" (Mac Davis, Billy Strange) (from The Trouble with Girls)
- "U.S. Male" (Jerry Reed Hubbard)
- "Charro!" (Mac Davis, Billy Strange) (from the film of the same title)
- "Stay Away, Joe" (Ben Weisman, Sid Wayne) (replaced by Stay Away on 1973 re-release and the 2006 compact disc release) (from the film of the same title)
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