“Pot Luck” by Elvis Presley - album review

features in: Album Chart of 1962Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s

TJR says

If any rockers were still hanging in with Elvis in 1962 they would undoubtedly be approaching each new LP with a sense of trepidation. “Pot Luck” makes a decent fist of it, before its rebel rating collapses with an extremely lame run at the end of the set. Inclusions from the trusty pens of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman certainly help; four of the best five tracks are theirs. The rollicking “Gonna Get Back Home Somehow” is an early highlight; great sax, rolling rhythms; nice guitar licks. It’s a great shame that team members like Scotty Moore (guitar), Boots Randolph (sax) and Floyd Cramer (piano) weren’t allowed to be free and loose with Elvis more often. “Steppin’ Out Of Line” is another hip-swivelling lip-snarling winner on Side 1. The latino-pop flavour of “Suspicion” is best on the album – delivered with a sultry and classy performance from the front man. Strangely, “Fountain of Love” tries the same tricks but falls flat on its face. Should’ve just given the whole album over to Doc and Mort for writing…

The Jukebox Rebel
15–Aug–2008

Tracklist
A1 [02:49] 5.8.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Kiss Me Quick (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) Pop
A2 [02:11] 4.3.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Just For Old Time Sake (Roy C. Bennett, Sid Tepper) Pop Ballad
A3 [02:30] 6.4.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Gonna Get Back Home Somehow (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) Blues / Rhythm n Blues
A4 [02:21] 4.1.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - (Such An) Easy Question (Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott) Pop
A5 [01:55] 6.7.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Steppin’ Out Of Line (Ben Weisman, Fred Wise, Dolores Fuller) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
A6 [02:23] 3.9.png Elvis Presley - I’m Yours (Hal Blair, Don Robertson) Pop Ballad
B1 [03:01] 4.4.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Something Blue (Paul Evans, Al Byron) Rock n Roll Ballad
B2 [02:37] 6.8.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Suspicion (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) Pop
B3 [01:42] 3.7.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - I Feel That I’ve Known You Forever (Doc Pomus, Alan Jeffreys) Pop Ballad
B4 [02:11] 4.6.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Night Rider (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly
B5 [02:16] 2.7.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - Fountain Of Love (Bill Giant, Jeff Lewis) Pop
B6 [02:50] 3.3.png Elvis Presley with The Jordanaires - That’s Someone You Never Forget (Elvis Presley, Red West) Pop Ballad

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