Moody Blue cover

Moody Blue

Released

The last Elvis Presley album to be released during his lifetime, Moody Blue is superficially a mess, combining six tracks recorded at Graceland in February and October 1976 (he stopped going to recording studios in 1975) with four live tracks from 1974 — “Let Me Be There,” the same recording used for Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis — and 1977. The performances (vocal and musical: his bands continued to kick ass) are uniformly good, though, and include a surprising live version of the doo-wop chestnut “Little Darlin’”, a dramatic take on Johnny Ace’s “Pledging My Love,” and a widescreen version of George Jones’s “She Thinks I Still Care.”

Phil Freeman

Recommended by

Suggestions
Georgia Satellites cover

Georgia Satellites

The Georgia Satellites
Clics Modernos cover

Clics Modernos

Charly García
Diamonds & Dirt cover

Diamonds & Dirt

Rodney Crowell
Got No Breeding cover

Got No Breeding

Jules And The Polar Bears
Mi Vida Loca cover

Mi Vida Loca

Los Auténticos Decadentes
Sunflower cover

Sunflower

The Beach Boys
All the Young Dudes cover

All the Young Dudes

Mott the Hoople
Before Hollywood cover

Before Hollywood

The Go-Betweens