Kiss Me Quick/Just For Old Time Sake/Gonna Get Back Home Somehow/(Such An)Easy Question/Steppin’ Out Of Line/I’m Yours/Something Blue/Suspicion/I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever/Night Rider/Fountain Of Love/ That’s Someone You Never Forget
A rare studio album since, for the rest of the decade, Elvis’s album output would largely be confined to movie soundtrack releases. Four of the tracks would later be released as singles, Kiss Me Quick in 1963, (Such An) Easy Question and I’m Yours, both 1965, and Suspicion in 1976. (US:4 UK:1)
“Pot Luck is an apt name for this album. While it will never be viewed as one of the classic or even memorable Elvis releases, it does in its own way hold up well. It remains a relaxing album and proves that Elvis could make almost any group of songs worthwhile.”
“Pot Luck was a good name for this album as there is little cohesion in the selection of material. This was another album lacking a memorable track, but overall the parts added up to a better than average release.”
“This is a mellow Elvis who has established his own unique style along with the Blue Hawaii album and before all the rubbish that followed. This is as good as it gets and fans will search for decent product after this release and come up empty handed.”
“Pot Luck was not itself a film soundtrack, but you can definitely hear the formulaic approach that Elvis took towards his film work rubbing off on the sound here. It is safe and restrained; a pastiche of the Nashville country sound and the unthreatening pop, which had come to define the Billboard charts at the time.”
“Pot Luck is definitely not his best or most inspired sounding work by a long stretch, but the intrinsic quality and presence of the man does just enough to save this album from complete tedium.”
"Except for gospel releases, it would be his last true studio album for years. It was very apparent to the RCA label and manager Col. Tom Parker that movies and soundtrack albums were more popular, and hence made the most money for Elvis as well as themselves.”
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