Moody Blue - ELVIS PRESLEY***

Unchained Melody/If You Love Me (Let Me Know)/Little Darlin'/He'll Have To Go/Let Me Be There/Way Down/ Pledging My Love/Moody Blue/She Thinks I Still Care/Its Easy For You

Moody Blue was the final Elvis Presley album, released shortly before his death. It features mainly covers both live and studio, with critics noting the dark mood throughout. Features the UK No. 1 Way Down and the top ten title track. (US:3 UK:3)

“This is the final album of new material released during Elvis' lifetime. Way Down and Moody Blue were the singles and they are definitely the standout tracks. The rest is an assortment of various cover songs. In each case, the original artist's interpretation is much better. Unchained Melody is the best of these.”

“Not the best album to remember Elvis by. The hit single, Way Down is the best, She Thinks I Still Care is a nice ballad, and the title song, Moody Blue is adequate. Not much else is worthy of comment. Elvis deserved better.”

“Moody Blue is an album with some very good tracks but is kept from being excellent by a few less than stellar performances. It remains an essential Elvis release due to the fact that it was the last album released during his lifetime.”

“Despite the inclusion of a couple of quite enjoyable tracks, Way Down and somewhat less so, Moody Blue, this album is a bit of a mixed bag. For some unknown reason several live tracks are included, and although Unchained Melody is a pretty remarkable performance, the rest of the live stuff seems unnecessary.”

“Although Elvis recorded Moody Blue during a time when most people felt he was in decline and when he was only months away from his own death, the album actually contains some bracingly strong cuts. Divided between studio pieces and live recordings, it displays a singer who continued to care deeply about the material he recorded and put everything he had into it. Perhaps the finest track is the eerily prescient Way Down, in which Elvis almost seems to predict his own demise.”

“Things stopped being light when Moody Blue came out. Elvis seemed to be in a real depression during the album and its dark mood makes it seem like that. This is not the happy Elvis but a mature performer doing songs that are very serious and emotionally draining, focused on love lost, a pull toward the melancholy.”