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Elvis
Elvis
Studio album by Elvis Presley
Released	July 16, 1973
Recorded	March 1971 – March 28, 1972
Studio	RCA, Hollywood, RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre	Country, pop
Length	25:25
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Felton Jarvis
Elvis Presley chronology
Singles from Elvis
	"Fool"; Released: August 3, 1973;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
MusicHound	^[3]
Rough Guides	^[4]

Elvis is the eighteenth studio album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley, released on July 16, 1973.^[5] It sold over 1 million copies worldwide. To differentiate it from his eponymous 1956 release, it is sometimes called The "Fool" Album, after its first track which appears just below Elvis' name on the front cover. In the US, "Fool" was issued as the B-side of "Steamroller Blues" from the Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite album. In the UK the sides were flipped and "Fool" was issued as the A-side. It reached No. 15.

Content

The album tracks "Fool" and "Where Do I Go From Here" were recorded in March 1972. "It's Impossible" is a live recording from the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas from February 1972, recorded during a successful fifty-seven show season. The remaining tracks were leftovers from the March and May 1971 recording sessions at RCA's Studio B in Nashville. Three songs feature Presley on piano: "It's Still Here", "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" and "I Will Be True". These three selections were all released together for a second time as part of the 1980 boxed set, Elvis Aron Presley. The song "Fool" was also released in this collection. Four other songs in this album were also reissued in other albums: "It's Impossible" (Pure Gold, 1975), "Padre" (He Walks Beside Me, 1978), "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" (A Canadian Tribute, 1978) and "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Our Memories Of Elvis Volume 2, 1979).

Track listing

Original LP release

Side one^[6]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Fool"	James Last, Carl Sigman	March 28, 1972	2:40
2.	"Where Do I Go from Here?"	Paul Williams	March 27–29, 1972	2:38
3.	"Love Me, Love the Life I Lead"	Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay	May 21, 1971	3:03
4.	"It's Still Here"	Ivory Joe Hunter	May 19, 1971	2:04
5.	"It's Impossible" (live dinner show)	Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne	February 16, 1972	2:51

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me"	Gordon Lightfoot	March 15, 1971	2:06
2.	"Padre"	Jacques Larue, Paul Francis Webster, Alain Romans	May 15, 1971	2:28
3.	"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"	Thomas Paine Westendorf	May 19, 1971	2:23
4.	"I Will Be True"	Ivory Joe Hunter	May 19, 1971	2:30
5.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (edited version)	Bob Dylan	May 16, 1971	2:42

Follow That Dream CD reissue

After more than 20 years of being out-of-print on vinyl, RCA reissued this album in March 1994 on the CD format, and again in 2010 on the Follow that Dream collectors label.

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fool"	2:44
2.	"Where Do I Go From Here"	2:41
3.	"Love Me, Love The Life I Lead"	3:05
4.	"It's Still Here"	2:05
5.	"It's Impossible"	2:55
6.	"For Lovin' Me"	2:16
7.	"Padre"	2:30
8.	"I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen"	2:27
9.	"I Will Be True"	2:32
10.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (edited version)	2:48
11.	"Steamroller Blues" (single mix)	3:05
12.	"For The Good Times"	3:10
13.	"Until It's Time For You To Go" (remake take 10)	3:38
14.	"Love Me, Love The Life I Lead"	3:07
15.	"Padre"	2:30
16.	"Fool"	2:49
17.	"Where Do I Go From Here"	1:45
18.	"Reconsider Baby"	2:45
19.	"Blue Hawaii"	2:38
20.	"Early Mornin' Rain"	3:03
21.	"Hawaiian Wedding Song"	2:01
22.	"Ku-U-I-Po"	2:14
23.	"No More"	2:38
24.	"Fool" (single master)	2:49

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For Lovin' Me" (take 1)	3:07
2.	"Until It's Time For You To Go" (takes 1, 2)	5:47
3.	"Love Me, Love The Life I Lead" (takes 1, 2)	5:13
4.	"Padre" (takes 1, 2)	3:32
5.	"For Lovin' Me" (takes 3, 7, 8)	4:58
6.	"It's Still Here" (takes 1, 2, 3)	4:47
7.	"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" (take 1 [undubbed master])	2:24
8.	"I Will Be True" (takes 1, 2)	4:24
9.	"It's Still Here" (takes 4, 5)	5:39
10.	"Until It's Time For You To Go" (take 6)	4:56
11.	"Padre" (take 11)	2:30
12.	"Love Me, Love The Life I Lead" (takes 5, 6)	3:49
13.	"My Way" (takes 1, 2, 3 master)	3:34
14.	"My Way" (take 3 [master])	4:32
15.	"(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me" (takes 9 &10)	4:09
16.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	11:20

Personnel

Elvis Presley – lead vocals, piano
James Burton – lead guitar
The Sweet Inspirations – backing vocals on "It's Impossible"
The Nashville Edition – backing vocals on "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me"
Joe Babcock – backing vocals
Kenneth A. Buttrey – drums
Jerry Carrigan – drums
Chip Young – rhythm guitar
Glen D. Hardin – piano, string arrangements
Dolores Edgin – backing vocals
Joe Esposito – guitar, percussion

Emory Gordy Jr. – bass on "Fool" and "Where Do I Go From Here?"
Charlie Hodge – rhythm guitar
Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
The Imperials Quartet – backing vocals
Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
June Page – backing vocals
Norbert Putnam – bass
Temple Riser – backing vocals
Jerry Scheff – bass on "It's Impossible"

J. D. Sumner – vocals
Ron Tutt – drums
Hurshel Wiginton – backing vocals
John Wilkinson – rhythm guitar on "Fool," "Where Do I Go From Here?" and "It's Impossible"
Mary Holliday – backing vocals
Kathy Westmoreland – backing vocals on "It's Impossible"
Charlie McCoy – harmonica
Joe Guercio – conductor on "It's Impossible"
David Briggs – piano

References

^ "Elvis Presley - Fool". Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ Allmusic review
^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. pp. 892. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
^ Simpson, Paul (2004). The Rough Guide to Elvis. London: Rough Guides. p. 148. ISBN 1-84353-417-7.
^ "Elvis (1973 album)".
^ "Elvis Presley Albums". Softshoe-slim.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-02-15.