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million units were shipped in Europe: 300,000 units in the UK (where 115,000 were sold the first week) and more than 200,000 units were shipped in Germany, France and Spain. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 the week of October 12, 2002 with more than 500,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan. A Wal-Mart release had a bonus disc with Elvis's post-army interview, while a Japanese release had a bonus disc with three versions of "A Little Less Conversation". It is the first Elvis Presley album to feature the remix of " A Little Less Conversation" by JXL that was released earlier in the year and reached No.

Its most recent certification, a 6× Platinum award, for US sales in excess of six million copies, was announced by the RIAA on March 8, 2018. Robert Christgau gave the album his highest rating out of all of Elvis's albums that he has reviewed and felt that the album showed that Elvis's life was "a continuous whole". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album a mostly positive review, but wrote that it still lacked a lot of good material and that several factors were working against it, such as the number of hits Elvis had and the songs that did not make it to No. It was the largest sum the chart had seen since Dixie Chicks bowed five weeks ago with 780,000 units, it also was the largest sales week for an archival album since The Beatles' 1. surround sound for the first time and the 13 tracks recorded in mono (before 1960) were remastered and presented in a simulated 5.By October, 2003 the album had sold 3,000,000 units in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the United Kingdom the album debuted at number one on October 5, 2002, with 115,000 copies sold, it stayed at the top of the chart for two weeks and remained in the top 100 for 125 weeks. It was part of a massive campaign by RCA and BMG to celebrate Elvis in the 25th anniversary of his death. The album opened at number one in 17 territories around the world, taking the top spot in countries including the US, the UK, Canada, France, Australia and Brazil and shipped 4.

By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies on your device as described in our cookie policy unless you have disabled them. The hits collection of the King Of Rock 'N] Roll, released last September, is the top-sell-ing album here for last year. This interactive vinyl library includes albums, extended plays and singles released in Britain primarily by "His Master's Voice" (HMV) and "RCA Victor". CANOE predicted that the album would not do as well as the Beatles' 1 because almost all of the songs can be found on other collections and it is missing several definitive songs. In 2003, it became the first, and so far, only Elvis album to be issued in the newly created DVD audio-only disc format.The 18 recordings recorded in stereo (1960 and later) were digitally remixed from the original multitrack recordings. There are also bonus tracks which are sections of three songs ("It's Now or Never", "Crying in the Chapel", and "Burning Love"), giving an A:B comparison of the original master and the remaster. By 2003, the album had received certifications in more than 15 regions and had sold millions of copies worldwide.

David Browne of Entertainment Weekly felt that the album did succeed in its purpose, but not all of the songs on the collection had enough "quality". Parke Puterbaugh, in his Rolling Stone review of the album, gave the album five out of five stars and felt that the recordings had improved sound quality. It was certified six times platinum by the RIAA on March 8, 2018, denoting shipments of six millions. You will find gaps as you check this site out, if you have them, please don't hesitate to send me your images to aid me in my quest! by David Bendeth with remastering by Ted Jensen on the first thirteen songs (the mono recordings) and George Marino on the last sixteen songs.The band hired their drummer's roommate's girlfriend to design their logo, and it has been used on the band's branding, releases, promotional materials, and merchandise ever since.