Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Elvis’s performances give the songs character, but the collection’s shifts between recording periods and appended alternate takes make it feel assembled rather than shaped as one …
What we noticed
- The opening run moves from the lilting title song into the 1957 rock-and-roll drive of “Santa Claus Is Back in Town,” with hymns and slower ballads interrupting that pace.
- The sequence shifts toward the slower 1971 Christmas material around “It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You)” and “If I Get Home on Christmas Day.”
- After the main song sequence, alternate takes of three songs and a spoken Christmas message with “Silent Night” extend the catalogued edition to 24 tracks.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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3/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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4/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 If Every Day Was Like Christmas 2:54
- 2 Blue Christmas 2:08
- 3 Here Comes Santa Claus 1:55
- 4 White Christmas 2:25
- 5 Santa Bring My Baby (Back to Me) 1:53
- 6 I'll Be Home for Christmas 1:54
- 7 O Little Town of Bethlehem 2:37
- 8 Santa Claus Is Back in Town 2:24
- 9 It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You) 2:42
- 10 If I Get Home on Christmas Day 2:53
- 11 Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees 2:14
- 12 Merry Christmas Baby 5:45
- 13 Silver Bells 2:28
- 14 I'll Be Home on Christmas Day 3:45
- 15 On a Snowy Christmas Night 2:50
- 16 Winter Wonderland 2:19
- 17 The Wonderful World of Christmas 1:58
- 18 O Come All Ye Faithful 2:49
- 19 The First Noel 2:11
- 20 It Won't Seem Like Christmas (Without You) (alternate take 6) 2:33
- 21 Silver Bells (alternate take 1) 2:31
- 22 Holly Leaves and Christmas Trees (alternate take 8) 2:13
- 23 I'll Be Home on Christmas Day 3:50
- 24 Christmas Message From Elvis / Silent Night 2:18
Reference: MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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