Viva Elvis (soundtrack)
Viva Elvis: The Album | ||||
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Soundtrack album by Elvis Presley | ||||
Released | November 11, 2010 | |||
Genre | Rock music | |||
Length | 41:42 | |||
Label | Sony Legacy Recordings | |||
Producer | Erich van Tourneau | |||
Elvis Presley chronology | ||||
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Viva Elvis is the soundtrack remix album of the Cirque du Soleil show Viva Elvis, which focuses on the life and music of American singer and musician Elvis Presley. The album, though initially produced as a soundtrack to the show, does not include all of the songs featured in the show. The CD tracks are rearranged and extended versions of songs heard in the show, and in fact the album includes two instrumental versions of the songs "Memories" and "You'll Never Walk Alone", neither of which is in the Cirque du Soleil show.
This album marks the third official posthumous album by Elvis Presley created from scratch, whereas previous albums were compilations of previously released or unreleased studio material recorded well before his death. The two prior albums were the urban country-influenced 1981 Guitar Man record and the 2008 Christmas Duets CD. Similar to Cirque du Soleil's soundtrack to The Beatles-themed Love, "Viva Elvis" contains samples from throughout the entire span of Elvis Presley's career, including interview clips, home recordings, studio outtakes and snippets of dialogue from Elvis's feature films.
Unlike Love, however, Viva Elvis features new backing instrumentation on each track in an attempt to modernize the arrangements.[1] This has met with a mixed critical response, with some reviewers praising the production quality and others opining that Elvis's music is best left untampered with.
Track listing
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | 2010 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Also sprach Zarathustra" | Richard Strauss | 2:11 |
2. | "Blue Suede Shoes" | Carl Perkins | 3:11 |
3. | "That's All Right" | Arthur Crudup | 4:41 |
4. | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden, Elvis Presley | 4:54 |
5. | "Love Me Tender" | Vera Matson, Elvis Presley | 4:13 |
6. | "King Creole" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 4:26 |
7. | "Bossa Nova Baby" | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | 3:07 |
8. | "Burning Love" | Dennis Linde | 4:15 |
9. | "Memories" | Mac Davis, Billy Strange | 0:54 |
10. | "Can't Help Falling In Love" | Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss | 4:39 |
11. | "You'll Never Walk Alone" (piano interlude) | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II | 1:27 |
12. | "Suspicious Minds" | Mark James | 4:28 |
Bonus tracks
In each country, a bonus version of "Love Me Tender" was included, featuring a local singer in place of the singer from the Cirque du Soleil show.
- Finland - Anna Puu
- Netherlands - Lisa Lois
- France - Amel Bent
- Spain - Russian Red
- America and Wal-Mart Exclusive in United States - Thalía
- Australia - Jessica Mauboy
- Belgium - Dani Klein
- Canada - Marie-Mai
- Portugal - Aurea
- Japan - Miho Fukuhara
Personnel
- Vocals - Elvis Presley
- Guest singers - Dea Norberg ("Love Me Tender"), Jennlee Shallow ("King Creole"), Sherry St-Germain ("Can't Help Falling In Love"), Stacie Tabb ("Suspicious Minds")
- Drums - Ben Clement
- Bass - Patrick Levergne
- Electric guitars - JS "The Flash" Chouinard, Mike Plant, Steve Nadeau, Martin Bachand, Paul Deslauriers, Erich van Tourneau
- Acoustic guitars - Olivier Goulet, Erich van Tourneau
- Piano and keyboards: Erich van Tourneau
- Harmonica - Guy Belanger
- Scratch - DJ Pocket
- Brass section - Jean-Francois Thibeault (T-Bone), Brune Dumont (Sax), David Perrico (Trumpet), Jean-Francois Gagnon (Flugel)
Production
- Producer and arranger: Eric van Tourneau
- Assistant producer and assistant arranger: Hugo "Wedge Montecristo" Bombardier
- Executive producers: Steve Berkowitz, Adam Block, Stephanie Mongeau, Jacques Methe, Stephane Bergevin, Gary Hovey and Priscilla Presley
Chart performance
Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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Netherlands Top 100 Albums[2] | 13 |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Sweden (GLF)[3] | Gold | 20,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
See also
- Cirque du Soleil
- Viva Elvis
- Cirque du Soleil discography
- ELVIS 2022 Soundtrack
References
- ^ Allmusic.com review of the album
- ^ Dutch Charts - Viva Elvis - The Album
- ^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2010" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-17. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
External links
- Allmusic.com review of the album
- Official album website Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Official Sony Legacy Elvis website
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