Oh yeah, still the king.
Elvis was back after 2 years in the army, and RCA were itching to get him in the recording studio as soon as possible. Colonel Tom tried to hold off to negotiate a really good deal, but for once, he didn't get his way.
Elvis was reunited with a bunch of musicians he'd worked with on his early albums and they very quickly churned out this 'comeback' album. It's almost like the essence of Elvis distilled: you get his raunchy 'sexual' (for the time) sound, his 'soda-pop at the diner' style of pop, his sense of fun, his sensitive ballad crooning and the smooth warm vocal on "Fever" gives me funny feelings in my tummy.
I know that the Beatles often get credited as the artist that really opened things up as far as mixing sounds/genres, but Elvis got in a little ahead of them here.
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