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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and go, cat, go!'']]
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4	''Elvis Presley'' is the debut studio album by Music/ElvisPresley, released in 1956. Historically famous for being the first rock 'n' roll album to become a best-seller.
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6	It's generally considered to be Elvis' best, despite the original release not containing all of his most famous hits of this time period due to the common practice of not including most hit singles on regular albums (although a few months after the album's release, [[Creator/RCARecords RCA Victor]] released all 12 songs of the album on singles, which was rather unusual). This explains why "Blue Suede Shoes" is about the only recognizable Elvis hit on this album. The 1999 reissue fixed this frustrating problem by adding more hits from this time period as bonus tracks, including "Heartbreak Hotel" and "Shake, Rattle And Roll". The 2011 Legacy Edition added several more, including "Hound Dog", "Don't Be Cruel" and "Love Me Tender".
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8	An episode of the documentary series ''Series/ClassicAlbums'' was dedicated to the creative process behind the album.
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11	!! Tracklist:
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13	[[AC: Side One]]
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15	# "Blue Suede Shoes" (2:00)
16	# "I'm Counting On You" (2:25)
17	# "I Got A Woman" (2:25)
18	# "One-Sided Love Affair" (2:11)
19	# "I Love You Because" (2:43)
20	# "Just Because" (2:34)
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22	[[AC: Side Two]]
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24	# "[[Music/LittleRichard Tutti Frutti]]" (1:59)
25	# "Tryin' To Get To You" (2:31)
26	# "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)" (2:01)
27	# "I'll Never Let You Go (Little Darlin')" (2:24)
28	# "Blue Moon" (2:40)
29	# "Money Honey" (2:36)
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32	!! Blue Suede Tropes:
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34	* AnythingButThat: "Blue Suede Shoes" is a list of things that can be done to the narrator, given nothing is done to his shoes...
35	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ...including a case of this in a verse.
36	--> ''Well you can burn my house''
37	--> ''Steal my car''
38	--> ''Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar''.
39	* BerserkButton: Whatever you do: don't step on Elvis' "Blue Suede Shoes".
40	* BreakupSong: "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)", where Elvis missed his former girlfriend and cries over her.
41	* CountingToThree: "Blue Suede Shoes".
42	--> ''Well, it's one for the money''
43	--> ''Two for the show!''
44	--> ''Three to get ready, now go, cat, go!''
45	* CoverAlbum: All tracks are covers.
46	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The photograph used on the album cover is in black-and-white.
47	* DooWopProgression: The version of "Blue Moon" on this album was probably the most influential in making the I-vi-IV-V progression extremely popular in TheFifties.
48	* FaceOnTheCover: Elvis Presley playing guitar, with Bill Black playing the double bass in the background. That iconic picture was taken by William V. "Red" Robertson, although it was long believed that Popsie Randolph, who took the pictures used on the back cover, was the one who snapped that image since he was the only photograph credited.
49	* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: This album has been altered with each reissue since 1999, providing more bonus tracks. Interestingly enough this has actually made the album ''better'', because now it has more hits that give a better representation of his work around 1956.
50	* MundaneMadeAwesome: "Blue Suede Shoes" about someone who likes his shoes.
51	* ThePowerOfLove: Most tracks are love songs.
52	* RockAndRoll: This album was the first in the genre to become an international million seller, thus popularising rock among the youth worldwide.
53	* ShoutOut: The album cover of ''Music/LondonCalling'' by Music/TheClash has the same colour typography as this album. As does ''Music/RainDogs'' by Music/TomWaits, ''Distorted Dimensions'' by Mad Sin in 1990, F-Punk by Big Audio Dynamite in 1995, and Reintarnation in 2006 by k.d. lang. Music/{{Chumbawamba}}'s controversial single "Tony Blair" pays homage too.
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