Love Letters From Elvis - ELVIS PRESLEY***

Love Letter/When I'm Over You/If I Were You/Got My Mojo Working/Heart Of Rome/Only Believe/This Is Our Dance/Cindy Cindy/I'll Never Know/It Ain't No Big Thing (But Its Growing)/Life

Love Letters From Elvis was the third album release from the marathon Nashville sessions of June 1970. At the turn of the decade Elvis’s career was reinvigorated by the recording of better quality songs and the abandonment of the increasingly stale movie formula. (US:33 UK:7)

“This album is made up of leftover songs from the session that didn't make it onto the superior That's The Way It Is and Country albums. There's nothing downright bad here, but only a few really good songs. Otherwise, the rest is forgettable, if inoffensive.”

“Love Letters demonstrates Elvis' undeniable love for music. He didn't just sing a song, he gave it energy and let it breathe. This is clearly on display in the way he sings on Heart Of Rome. When I'm Over You is another opportunity for him to grab hold of the music and make it his own.”

“I love Elvis ballads. This collection is so beautiful and you hear the full range of Elvis, and his perfect voice. For any one that likes love songs, this is a must have. I have enjoyed each song.”

“In the 1970s, like many performers that were maturing past their hit making age, Elvis mellowed out and began to concentrate more on his blues/country influences. The results were studio albums like this one. Love Letters is an album of love songs in Elvis's own unique style. A very nice album with songs you don't hear that often.”

“In June 1970 Elvis embarked on a marathon recording session that resulted in more than 30 cuts. Two extremely fine albums came out of that session and then there was this, which pretty much scraped up the dregs. If Elvis had not had to meet RCA's excessive contractual demands for product, it's almost certain that this would not have been released. For the most part Presley is in pretty fine form vocally, but most of the material on here is treacly pop poorly suited to his style.”

“Enough good stuff remained from the 1970 Nashville sessions to make this album a worthwhile release at the time. The Nashville dates showcased Elvis in an incredibly broad musical context, attacking everything from the schmaltziness of pop ballads to some of his hardest latter day rockers. While the quality of the songs themselves varies greatly the performances are, for the most part, outstanding.”