Sleeve: Silver, to follow last year's gold compilation. On back, Elvis in late-Sixties leather look. Hand reaching out for more cash.
Sleevenotes: Corporate sales pitch by Ernst Mikael Jorgensen; potted history by Elvis biographer Peter Guralnick; publishing credits and USA and UK chart place details.
Content: Same formula as 2002's Elvis 30 #1 Hits; 30 more chronological Elvis numbers.
High point: The wake-up call of Elvis's first recording, That's All Right, July 1954.
Low point: 2nd To None is, in reality, second to last year's 1, the one with the number ones.
Glaring omission: What's missing is any heart. Soulless exercise in taking care of yet more Presley business.
Anything new?: Previously unreleased I'm A Roustabout, forgotten in 1964 and still forgettable. Paul Oakenfold's rubber-legged remix of Rubberneckin'.
Excuse for release: No excuse
Where might this end up?: In the pocket of DJs for more Elvis re-mixing.
Updated: 08:54 Thursday, October 30, 2003
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