A Date with Elvis is the third full-length studio album by the American rock band the Cramps, released in the UK on Big Beat Records in 1986.[5][6] The title was appropriated from A Date with Elvis (1959), the eighth album by Elvis Presley. The album was recorded in fall 1985 and engineered by Steve McMillan and Mark Ettel at Ocean Way Studios in Hollywood, California. The album was first released in the US in 1990 by Enigma Records, with the bonus tracks "Blue Moon Baby", "Georgia Lee Brown", "Give Me a Woman", and "Get Off the Road". The Cramps reissued the album (with bonus tracks) on their own Vengeance Records in 2001. The original album was reissued in the UK by Big Beat in 2013 on orange vinyl, and subsequently reissued again by Vengeance Records in the US, UK and Canada in 2014. It was the Cramps' most commercially successful album release, charting internationally and reaching the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart.
The album was dedicated to Ricky Nelson, whose version of the song "Lonesome Town" (covered by the Cramps on their first EP Gravest Hits and later included on compilation album ...Off the Bone) was a US hit single in 1958. It is also significant in that it is the only Cramps album to feature vocals by guitarist Poison Ivy, on "Kizmiaz" (as well as on the B-side "Get Off the Road" included on the 1990 reissue).
Robert Palmer, in The New York Times, praised the album and called it the band's best. He wrote: "After a decade together, the Cramps have learned to focus and intensify their inventive revisions of rock-and-roll tradition and their playfully anarchic spirit."[3]The A to X of Alternative Music called it the band's "most effective distillation of psychedelia, punk and rock'n'roll."[7]
^ abcCummings, Sue (June 1986). "The Cramps: A Date With Elvis". Spin. 2 (3): 32. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
^ abcCleary, David. "The Cramps: A Date with Elvis Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
^ abPalmer, Robert (July 30, 1986). "The Pop Life; Evolution of Psychobilly on New Cramps Album" – via NYTimes.com.
^Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (June 21, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN9780743201698 – via Google Books.
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A Date with Elvis is the third full length studio album by the American rock band the Cramps released in the UK on Big Beat Records in 1986 5 6 The title was appropriated from A Date with Elvis 1959 the eighth album by Elvis Presley The album was recorded in fall 1985 and engineered by Steve McMillan and Mark Ettel at Ocean Way Studios in Hollywood California The album was first released in the US in 1990 by Enigma Records with the bonus tracks Blue Moon Baby Georgia Lee Brown Give Me a Woman and Get Off the Road The Cramps reissued the album with bonus tracks on their own Vengeance Records in 2001 The original album was reissued in the UK by Big Beat in 2013 on orange vinyl and subsequently reissued again by Vengeance Records in the US UK and Canada in 2014 It was the Cramps most commercially successful album release charting internationally and reaching the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart A Date with ElvisStudio album by the CrampsReleased1986RecordedEarly 1985StudioOcean Way Hollywood CaliforniaGenreRockabilly 1 2 garage rock 2 punk rock 1 surf 1 Length43 51LabelBig Beat 3 ProducerThe CrampsThe Cramps chronologyBad Music for Bad People 1984 A Date with Elvis 1986 RockinnReelininAucklandNewZealandXXX 1987 Singles from A Date with Elvis Can Your Pussy Do the Dog Released October 1985 UK only What s Inside a Girl Released April 1986 UK only Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 2 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4 The album was dedicated to Ricky Nelson whose version of the song Lonesome Town covered by the Cramps on their first EP Gravest Hits and later included on compilation album Off the Bone was a US hit single in 1958 It is also significant in that it is the only Cramps album to feature vocals by guitarist Poison Ivy on Kizmiaz as well as on the B side Get Off the Road included on the 1990 reissue Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 3 1 The Cramps 3 2 Technical 4 Charts 5 ReferencesCritical reception editRobert Palmer in The New York Times praised the album and called it the band s best He wrote After a decade together the Cramps have learned to focus and intensify their inventive revisions of rock and roll tradition and their playfully anarchic spirit 3 The A to X of Alternative Music called it the band s most effective distillation of psychedelia punk and rock n roll 7 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach except where notedA Date with Elvis track listingNo TitleWriter s Length1 How Far Can Too Far Go 4 102 The Hot Pearl Snatch 3 173 People Ain t No Good 3 464 What s Inside a Girl 3 225 Can Your Pussy Do the Dog 3 226 Kizmiaz 3 017 Cornfed Dames 5 268 Chicken Traditional arranged by Interior and Rorschach1 409 Hot Pool Of Womanneed 3 0910 Aloha from Hell 2 3511 It s Just That Song Charlie Feathers Ramon Maupin2 35 Reissue bonus tracksNo TitleWriter s Length12 Blue Moon Baby Meridan Rowe Satalsk2 3813 Georgia Lee Brown Hafner Zinn3 2414 Give Me a Woman Willie Jacobs2 2515 Get Off the Road H G Lewis3 12Personnel editThe Cramps edit Lux Interior vocals Poison Ivy Rorschach guitars bass guitar vocals on Kizmiaz and Get Off the Road Nick Knox drums bongos with McMartin Preschool Choir includes Fur Dixon vocals on People Ain t No Good Technical edit Mark Ettel Steve Macmillan engineer Joe Schiff Tony Chiappa assistant engineers Eddy Schreyer mastering The Cramps cover layout photography Phil Smee cover illustration lettering Charts editChart performance for A Date with Elvis Chart 1986 Peakposition Australian Albums Kent Music Report 8 98 New Zealand Albums RMNZ 9 23 Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 10 41 UK Albums OCC 11 34References edit a b c Cummings Sue June 1986 The Cramps A Date With Elvis Spin 2 3 32 Retrieved 2022 08 10 a b c Cleary David The Cramps A Date with Elvis Review at AllMusic Retrieved September 10 2011 a b Palmer Robert July 30 1986 The Pop Life Evolution of Psychobilly on New Cramps Album via NYTimes com Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian David June 21 2004 The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Simon and Schuster ISBN 9780743201698 via Google Books Cramps Guides Firm Rough June 21 2003 The Rough Guide to Rock Rough Guides ISBN 9781858284576 via Google Books Taylor Steve September 27 2006 The A to X of Alternative Music A amp C Black ISBN 9780826482174 via Google Books Kent David 1993 Australian Chart Book 1970 1992 illustrated ed St Ives N S W Australian Chart Book p 76 ISBN 0 646 11917 6 Charts nz The Cramps A Date with Elvis Hung Medien Retrieved October 12 2023 Swedishcharts com The Cramps A Date with Elvis Hung Medien Retrieved October 12 2023 Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved October 12 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Date with Elvis The Cramps album amp oldid 1179648187, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
