Love Letters from Elvis

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Love Letters from Elvis
Love Letters from Elvis cover
Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released June 16, 1971
Recorded 1970 - 1971
Genre Rock
Length 32:40
Label RCA
Producer Felton Jarvis
Professional reviews
Elvis Presley chronology
You'll Never Walk Alone (Elvis Presley album)
(1971)		 Love Letters from Elvis
(1971)		 Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas
(1971)

Love Letters from Elvis is a 1971 studio album from Elvis Presley.

The album was made up mostly of leftovers from Elvis' marathon June 1970 recording sessions in Nashville. Most of the other 35 songs recorded during those sessions had been used in Elvis' 1970 albums "That's the Way It Is" and "Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)". Wanting to squeeze out a third album from the sessions, RCA records had producer Felton Jarvis mix, overdub and compile the remaining songs. However, few of the songs had the rock, country, or gospel feel that inspired Elvis to his greatest performances. As a result the album was critically panned upon release, and failed to crack the top 20 of the Billboard album charts. Like many Elvis albums, it has since gone gold.

The song's title track was a rare instance of Presley re-recording a past hit in the studio, his original version of "Love Letters" having been released as a single in 1966. "Got My Mojo Working" is edited down from an impromptu jam session; Presley's version incorporates lyrics from "Hands Off", a 1940s-eras song by Frankie Castro (RCA often mislabelled this song "Keep Your Hands Off of It when the complete jam was issued on CD years later).

Three songs from this album were released on singles. The single "Life / Only Believe" was released in March 1971 and reached only #53 on the US Billboard Singles chart. It was Elvis's lowest chart position for a single since "Almost in Love" had reached #95 in late 1968. "Heart Of Rome" was placed on the B-side of the non-album track "I'm Leavin'" released as a single in August 1971.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Love Letters" (Heyman, Young) – 2:53
  2. "When I'm Over You" (Milete) – 2:28
  3. "If I Were You" (Nelson) – 3:01
  4. "Got My Mojo Working" (Foster) – 4:36
  5. "Heart of Rome" (Alan Blaikley, Ken Howard, Stephens) – 2:56
  6. "Only Believe" (Rader) – 2:50
  7. "This Is Our Dance" (Reed, Stephens) – 3:16
  8. "Cindy, Cindy" (Fuller, Kaye, Weisman) – 2:32
  9. "I'll Never Know" (Karger, Wayne, Weisman) – 2:25
  10. "It Ain't No Big Thing (But It's Growing)" (Hall, Merritt, Merritt) – 2:49
  11. "Life" (Milete) – 3:10
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