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The King's first album of all-new material following his release from the Army, Elvis Is Back! is arguably the most fully realized album of his career. It's a slightly different Elvis here than the one who was drafted, slightly tamer (though he looks like a Martian on the cover), jumping from style to style--from R&B (a definitive cover of Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters' " Such A Night") to pure pop (a cover of Ral Donner's " The girl of my best friend" with a Hank Garland guitar sound that presaged Merseybeat) to doo-wop (the gorgeous " Soldier Boy") to some of the hardest blues of his career (several cuts here, including an incredible version of Lowell Fulsom's " Reconsider Baby"). He even makes Peggy Lee's "Fever" his own here. No hit singles; just a great LP--and no indication of the "movie years" dreck soon to follow. --Bill Holdship