Elvis is Back!

Elvis is Back!
Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released	April 8, 1960
Recorded	RCA's Studio B, Nashville, March 20 and April 3, 1960
Genre	Rock
Length	31:54
Label	RCA
Producer	Steve Sholes, Chet Atkins and Elvis Presley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4.5/5) link
Elvis Presley chronology
Elvis' Gold Records Volume 2 (1959) Elvis is Back! (1960) G.I. Blues (October 1, 1960)

Elvis is Back! was Elvis Presley's first album to be released after his army discharge and his first in true stereo. Recording commenced in March of 1960 through April, in RCA's Studio B, in Nashville, Tennessee. Stand-out cuts on the album are: Make Me Know It, Such A Night, Like A Baby & Reconsider Baby. Although some of the tracks were eventually released as singles many years later, it was common practice at the time to record material exclusively for an album, thus none of the tracks here were bound for separate release (in the U.S. at least).

Track listing

1. Make Me Know It (Otis Blackwell) - 2:00
2. Fever (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) - 3:33
3. The Girl Of My Best Friend (Beverly Ross/Sam Bobrick) - 2:23
4. I Will Be Home Again (Benjamin, Leveen, Singer) - 2:34
5. Dirty, Dirty Feeling (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) - 1:34
6. The Thrill Of Your Love (Stanley Kesler) - 3:01
7. Soldier Boy (David Jones, Theodore Williams Jr.) - 3:06
8. Such A Night (Lincoln Chase) - 3:00
9. It Feels So Right (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) - 2:10
10. Girl Next Door Went A' Walking (Bill Rise, Thomas Wayne) - 2:13
11. Like A Baby (Jesse Stone) - 2:40
12. Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulsom) - 3:40

Personnel and recording data

Personnel on all recordings:

• Elvis Presley - vocals, guitar
• Scotty Moore - guitar
• Bob Moore - bass
• D.J. Fontana - drums
• Buddy Harman - drums
• Floyd Cramer - piano
• The Jordanaires - vocals
• Hank Garland - bass (March 20), guitar (April 3)

Additional personnel on April 3:

• Boots Randolph - sax (on Reconsider Baby only)
• Charlie Hodge - vocals (harmony vocals on I Will Be Home Again)

1999 track listing

The sessions in March and April also produced songs that were intended to be released as singles: Stuck on You, Fame And Fortune, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, I Gotta Know, It's Now Or Never & A Mess Of Blues. These songs can be found in various compilations and on the 1999 remaster of the original album.

1. Make Me Know It (Otis Blackwell) - 2:00
2. Fever (John Davenport, Eddie Cooley) - 3:33
3. The Girl Of My Best Friend (Beverly Ross/Sam Bobrick) - 2:23
4. I Will Be Home Again (Benjamin, Leveen, Singer) - 2:34
5. Dirty, Dirty Feeling (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) - 1:34
6. The Thrill Of Your Love (Stanley Kesler) - 3:01
7. Soldier Boy (David Jones, Theodore Williams Jr.) - 3:06
8. Such A Night (Lincoln Chase) - 3:00
9. It Feels So Right (Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) - 2:10
10. Girl Next Door Went A' Walking (Bill Rise, Thomas Wayne) - 2:13
11. Like A Baby (Jesse Stone) - 2:40
12. Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulsom) - 3:40
13. Stuck on You (McFarland, Schroeder) - 2:20
14. Fame and Fortune (Weisman, Wise) - 2:32
15. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Handman, Turk^{[disambiguation needed]}) - 3:08
16. I Gotta Know (Evans, Williams) - 2:14
17. It's Now or Never (Gold, Schroeder) - 3:16
18. A Mess of Blues (Pomus, Shuman) - 2:42

2005 track listing

This is the tracklisting from the FTD Special Edition

1. "Make Me Know It (Blackwell) - 2:01
2. "Fever (Cooley, Davenport) - 3:34
3. "The Girl of My Best Friend (Bobrick, Ross) - 2:24
4. "I Will Be Home Again (Benjamin, Leveen, Singer) - 2:35
5. "Dirty, Dirty Feeling (Leiber, Stoller) - 1:35
6. "Thrill of You Love (Kesler) - 3:02
7. "Soldier Boy (Jones, Williams) - 3:06
8. "Such a Night (Chase) - 3:01
9. "It Feels So Right (Weisman, Wise) - 2:11
10. "The Girl Next Door (Went A'walking) (Rise, Wayne) - 2:15
11. "Like a Baby (Stone) - 2:40
12. "Reconsider Baby (Fulson) - 3:45
13. "Stuck on You (McFarland, Schroeder) - 2:20
14. "Fame and Fortune (Weisman, Wise) - 2:32
15. "It's Now or Never (Gold, Schroeder) - 3:16
16. "A Mess of Blues (Pomus, Shuman) - 2:42
17. "Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Handman, Turk) - 3:08
18. "I Gotta Know (Including Take 1) ((Evans, Williams) - 2:58
19. "Make Me Know It (Take 1) (Blackwell) - 2:37
20. "Fever (Take 1) (Cooley, Davenport) - 3:49
21. "The Girl of My Best Friend (Take 3) (Bobrick, Ross) - 2:36
22. "Soldier Boy (Take 1) (Jones, Williams) - 3:03
23. "Such a Night (Take 1) (Chase) - 3:14
24. "It Feels So Right (Take 1) (Weisman, Wise) - 2:09
25. "Stuck on You (Take 1) (McFarland, Schroeder) - 2:19
26. "Fame and Fortune (Take 2) (Weisman, Wise) - 2:33
27. "It's Now or Never (Take 1) (Gold, Schroeder) - 3:29
28. "Are You Lonesome Tonight? (Takes 1, 2) (Handman, Turk) - 3:39
29. "Make Me Know It (Take 3) (Blackwell) - 2:12
30. "Make Me Know It (Blackwell) - 2:41
31. "Make Me Know It (Takes 17, 18) (Blackwell) - 2:47
32. "Soldier Boy (Jones, Williams) - 5:11
33. "Soldier Boy (Jones, Williams) - 3:39
34. "Stuck on You (Takes 1-FS, 2) (McFarland, Schroeder) - 2:36
35. "Fame and Fortune (Weisman, Wise) - 4:04
36. "A Mess of Blues (Take 1) (Pomus, Shuman) - 2:56
37. "A Mess of Blues (Pomus, Shuman) - 2:51
38. "It Feels So Right (Take 2) (Weisman, Wise) - 2:06
39. "It Feels So Right (Takes 4, 3) (Weisman, Wise) - 2:41
40. "Fever {Takes 2, 3) (Cooley, Davenport) - 4:00
41. "Like a Baby (Stone) - 2:13
42. "Like a Baby (Take 2) (Stone) - 2:41
43. "Like a Baby (Takes 3, 4) (Stone) - 3:34
44. "It's Now or Never (Take 2) (Gold, Schroeder) - 3:24
45. "It's Now or Never (Gold, Schroeder) - 3:56
46. "The Girl of My Best Friend (Takes 2, 4, 5, 6) (Bobrick, Ross) - 5:15
47. "The Girl of My Best Friend (Take 9) (Bobrick, Ross) - 2:26
48. "Dirty, Dirty Feeling (Take 1) (Leiber, Stoller) - 1:41
49. "Dirty, Dirty Feeling (Leiber, Stoller) - 1:44
50. "Thrill of Your Love (Kesler) - 4:09
51. "Such a Night (Chase) - 3:51

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