Kid Galahad / Girls Girls Girls [Import]

Elvis Presley | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00019FW7Q
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #76,551 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. King Of The Whole Wide World

2. This Is Living

3. Riding The Rainbow

4. Home Is Where The Heart Is

5. I Got Lucky

6. A Whistling Tune

7. Girls! Girls! Girls!

8. I Don't Wanna Be Tied

9. Where Do You Come From

10. I Don't Want To

11. We'll Be Together

12. A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You

13. Earth Boy

14. Return To Sender

15. Because Of Love

16. Thanks To The Rolling Sea

17. Sonf Of The Shrimp

18. Walls Have Ears

19. We're Coming In Loaded

20. Mama

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Better than expected, July 24, 2009

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Paul D. Langley (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kid Galahad / Girls Girls Girls (Audio CD)

I really wanted to hate this CD. I tried to find reasons to rip it apart and say how horrible it is. After all, it is the near the start of Elvis' long string of movies, and it does not feature his best work.

But I found this oddly compelling. It is not the best music in the world. Despite that, it seeps into you. The songs are hypnotic even though most of the tracks sound like fragments, incomplete pieces that someone intends to finish later. Yet it is very listenable.

This is the merger of 1 movie EP with 1 one standard (at that time) short soundtrack into a single disk. The overall effect is a music that slips in and out of your conscousness, sometimes in the forefront, sometimes in the background. The standout hit "Return to Sender" does not jump out at you, it sneaks up on you, and you find yourself humming or singing along before the music drops into the background. The effect reminds me of Brian Eno's ambient records. And I never thought I would be comparing Elvis to Eno in a review.

On the downside, I don't know when I am ever going to play this disk again. It is not right for a party, or for active contempletion, or for any purpose I can think of. Yet I want to give it a chance to sneak up on me some more.

Let's give it 3 stars, put it in a changer on continous play, and hope than when it's turn to play comes around the heaven are lined up right.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Couple solid soundtracks for Elvis fans, June 19, 2007

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CJ Gish "CJ" (Nampa, ID) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kid Galahad / Girls Girls Girls (Audio CD)

These two soundtracks were some of Elvis' solid material from the early 60s when he still cared about the vocals and before things started getting really, really corny script wise. "Kid Galahad" offers gems in "This Is Living", "Home Is Where The Heart Is", "I Got Lucky" and "A Whistling Tune" -- all in all, some great foot tappers and strong ballads.

In "Girls! Girls! Girls", you get a few more duds, but also some strong songs in "Return To Sender", "I Don't Wanna Be Tied", "Thanks To The Rolling Sea", and the title track. Other than that, there are some songs that have some things to be desired.

Overall, it's a fairly solid combination of soundtracks that I would recommend.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad set, June 17, 2007

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A Fan (VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kid Galahad / Girls Girls Girls (Audio CD)

This includes the music from two of Elvis' movies from 1962, Kid Galahad and Girls! Girls! Girls! The soundtrack for Girls! Girls! Girls! was a big hit in the US reaching number 3 on the album chart and was certified GOLD by the RIAA. No soundtrack album was released for Kid Galahad but an EP was which was also certified GOLD. This CD includes one of Elvis' signature songs, Return to Sender, which was a huge hit worldwide. It peaked at number 2 on the US singles chart and was certified PLATINUM. It's flip side, Where Do You Come From, was a minor hit just cracking the top 100. King of the Whole Wide World was a modest hit reaching 30 on the US singles chart. All in all, this is not a bad collection.