Blues for Elvis: Albert King Does the King's Things

Albert King

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 11, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1970
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Stax
• ASIN: B000000ZHX
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #57,802 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD
Albert King from Indianola smiles on the more famous "King" from Tupelo, putting his soul blues cachet on "Heartbreak Hotel," "Jailhouse Rock," and seven more. Originally released in 1969. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars !, December 30, 1999

By	Christopher Marsheck (USA) - See all my reviews

The King of Blues covers the King of Rock and Roll! It just doesn't get much cooler than this. Albert King (of whom i've been a fan for many years) reworks Elvis (of whom I've also been a fan for many years) with style and taste. He does it Albert King's way but doesn't ruin Elvis songs. Cover versions are rarely as good as the originals but King's stax blues sound works well. All and all this cd is really neat and you should listen to it :-)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Albert King meets King Elvis, December 20, 2005

By	Blue Boy (Champs sur Marne, France) - See all my reviews

It may not sound interesting to hear Albert King do the Elvis Presley hits (he didn't even choose to do it, he was forced by Stax Records) but in the end he gives great versions of all these songs.
I bought it one day because I found it in a record store and I'm a big Elvis fan. I thought I would sell it on e-bay if I didn't like it but since then it's always in the jukebox CD player. I just love this CD because Albert King does not replicate the same sound, he turns it into real blues songs and makes the songs his own. For once, it's not someone trying to sing like the King because noone can sing like him, there's no use trying.
So I'm sure Albert King, even if he didn't want to record all these songs in the beginning, enjoyed himself singing them as you can hear on the record. And in the same manner, I didn't believe in this record at first but now I can't live without it.
I wish Elvis had done an Albert King cover album.

5.0 out of 5 stars a pair of kings, April 6, 2008

By	W. Landis (des moines, iowa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

even elvis would have to say, after listening to this cd, that is cool, man. albert does it his way, as he always did.