Danzig Sings Elvis

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Danzig Sings Elvis
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)
Length39:21
LabelCleopatra
Danzig chronology
Black Laden Crown
(2017)
Danzig Sings Elvis
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
PunkNews[3]
Slant Magazine[4]

Danzig Sings Elvis is the twelfth studio album by American heavy metal band Danzig. It was released on April 17, 2020, through Cleopatra Records.[5] The album consists of cover versions of tracks originally recorded by Elvis Presley.[6] "Always on My Mind" was released as the album's sole single on July 29, 2020. The single was released on 7-inch vinyl as well as via digital and streaming formats and features an alternate vocal version of "Loving Arms" as its B-side.

Critical reception

Danzig Sings Elvis was met with mixed reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 60, based on five reviews.[1] In a review for AllMusic' Mark Deming noted "While [Glenn] Danzig doesn't sound exactly bad here, the harder he tries to sound like Presley, the more he misses the target, and the grain of his voice and the occasional moments where he's reaching for notes he doesn't quite have make it clear he shouldn't have waited until he was 64 years old to do this, when his voice isn't nearly as nimble as Presley's in his prime.[2] Also touching on the quality of the vocal delivery, Amanda Petrusich of The New Yorker said " [h]is vocals are pleasantly imperfect—still thick and round, but a little bit frayed at the edges, and not in an especially deliberate way, sometimes Danzig's voice gets a little wobbly, as if it were late at night, and maybe he has been drinking" but went on to praise the structures of the songs: "most of the arrangements are faithful to the originals. Danzig doesn't transform any of these tracks into speed-metal songs or fiddle around with the melodies".[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."
Is It So Strange"
2:32
2."One Night"2:41
3."Lonely Blue Boy"2:18
4."First in Line"3:32
5."Baby Let's Play House"2:35
6."Love Me"3:09
7."Pocket Full of Rainbows"2:55
8."Fever"3:45
9."When It Rains, It Really Pours"1:49
10."Always on My Mind"3:14
11."Loving Arms"3:02
12."Like a Baby"2:36
13."The Girl of My Best Friend"2:51
14."Young and Beautiful"2:22
Total length:39:21

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Danzig Sings Elvis
Chart (2020) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8] 192
US
Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[9]
32

References

  1. ^ a b "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Sings Elvis". AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Gentile, John (May 7, 2020). "Danzig - Danzig Sings Elvis (2020)". PunkNews. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ Joshua Rowin, Michael (April 16, 2020). "Danzig Sings Elvis Approximates the King But Fails to Create a Unique Vision". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  5. ^ Bloom, Madison (February 27, 2020). "Glenn Danzig Reveals Release Date for Elvis Presley Covers Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  6. ^ Grow, Kory (April 9, 2020). "Glenn Danzig Talks 'Labor of Love' Elvis Tribute Album and His History With the King". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Petrusich, Amanda (May 12, 2020). "Glenn Danzig Sings Elvis". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  8. ^ "Danzig Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "Danzig Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2020.