The 50 Greatest Love Songs

Personnel includes: Elvis Presley, J. D. Sumner & The Stamps, Mary Greene, Donna Thatcher, Susan Pilkington, Mary Holladay, The Jordanaires, The Sweet Inspirations, The Imperials Quartet, Kelly Westmoreland, Sherrill Nielsen, Rad Robinson, Jon Dodson, Charles Prescott, Ben Speer, Brock Speer, Gordon Stoker. Compilation producers: Ernst Mikael Jorgensen, Roger Sermon. When will the onslaught of Elvis Presley repackaging end? This isthe question even the most obsessive Elvis collectors have been asking themselves ever since the king's death. Apparently, as the intervening decades have shown, the answer is never. So those who admire the man's work might as well sit backand enjoy the seemingly endless parade of new clothes adorning the royal catalog. A collection of Elvis's love songs is hardly a new spin, but a compilation this extensive (the titular 50 tunes take up two full discs) is an impressive turn of events. Those who long for the rockabilly rebel of the Sun Records era shouldlook elsewhere, but anyone entranced by Elvis's way with a romantic ballad will be in heaven upon experienced the abundance of riches here. From the milestone "Suspicious Minds" to the Kris Kristofferson evergreen "For the Good Times, " thisset runs the romantic gamut with considerable aplomb.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 always on my mind
  • 2 and i love you so [alternate take 1]
  • 3 suspicious minds
  • 4 don't cry daddy
  • 5 are you lonesome tonight?
  • 6 surrender
  • 7 it's now or never
  • 8 the wonder of you
  • 9 you've lost that lovin' feelin'
  • 10 it's impossible
  • 11 until it's time for you to go
  • 12 you don't have to say you love me
  • 13 for the good times
  • 14 spanish eyes
  • 15 there goes my everything
  • 16 make the world go away
  • 17 she wears my ring
  • 18 unchained melody
  • 19 it's only love
  • 20 i just can't help believin'
  • 21 let it be me
  • 22 rags to riches
  • 23 i've lost you
• Disc 2
• • 1 can't help falling in love
  • 2 hawaiian wedding song
  • 3 fame and fortune
  • 4 good luck charm
  • 5 she's not you
  • 6 suspicion
  • 7 the girl of my best friend
  • 8 the thrill of your love
  • 9 pocketful of rainbows
  • 10 there's always me
  • 11 love letters
  • 12 i'll remember you
  • 13 it hurts me
  • 14 you don't know me
  • 15 love me tender
  • 16 true love
  • 17 i was the one
  • 18 i want you, i need you, i love you
  • 19 loving you
  • 20 love me
  • 21 old shep
  • 22 that's when your heartaches begin
  • 23 young and beautiful
  • 24 don't ask me why
  • 25 as long as i have you
  • 26 don't
  • 27 (now and then there's) a fool such as i