Music Review

Heartbreak Hotel (1996)

Elvis Presley
Reviewed by Steve Futterman | Jun 28, 1996
EW's GRADE
A

Details Lead Performance: Elvis Presley; Genres: Pop, Reissues

You can never get enough of peak-period Elvis. This outtake of his 1956 national breakthrough single reveals a magnificent singer who didn't vary his vocal approach considerably from take to take. ''Heartbreak Hotel'' remains one of rock's eeriest lovelorn odes, and Presley's near-feral virility is as immediately evident today as it was 40 years ago. A

Originally posted Jun 28, 1996 Published in issue #333-334 Jun 28, 1996 Order article reprints

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