With his career in free fall, Elvis Presley returns to Hawaii, the site of one of his biggest successes: 1961's Blue Hawaii.
Released five long years later, Paradise, Hawaiian Style is a faint shadow of that previous success, containing little of its charm and certainly none of its craftsmanship.
The familiar team of Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, and Florence Kaye cranks out six of the album's ten songs, taking credit for such aggressive inanities as "Queenie Wahine's Papaya" and "Stop Where You Are," tunes that still manage not to be among the worst cuts here.
That honor belongs to the singalong "Datin'," which explains romance in a fashion only a five-year-old could understand, and "A Dog's Life," a canine rock & roller that's a far cry from "Hound Dog." When paired with campy island exotica -- the title track, "Drums of the Islands," "House of Sand" -- it adds up to a nadir for Elvis: this isn't as clamorous as Frankie & Johnny, but it's certainly every bit as calamitous.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paradise, Hawaiian StyleBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Florence Kaye | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:39 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 2 | Queenie Wahine's PapayaBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Buddy Kaye | Elvis Presley | Play | 01:35 | 3 MB | 9 MB |
| 3 | Scratch My BackBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Buddy Kaye | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:16 | 5 MB | 12 MB |
| 4 | Drums of the IslandsRoy Bennett, Sid Tepper | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 5 | Datin'Randy Starr, Fred Wise | Elvis Presley | Play | 01:23 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 6 | A Dog's Life | Elvis Presley | Play | 01:59 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 7 | House of SandBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Buddy Kaye | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:04 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 8 | Stop Where You AreBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Buddy Kaye | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:06 | 4 MB | 11 MB |
| 9 | This Is My HeavenBernie Baum, Bill Giant, Buddy Kaye | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:36 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 10 | Sand CastlesDavid Hess | Elvis Presley | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 15 MB |
| 22 mins | 50 MB | |||||
| 22 mins | 125 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bernie Baum | Composer |
| 2 | Roy Bennett | Composer |
| 3 | Bill Giant | Composer |
| 4 | David Hess | Composer |
| 5 | Buddy Kaye | Composer |
| 6 | Florence Kaye | Composer |
| 7 | Elvis Presley | Guitar, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 8 | Randy Starr | Composer |
| 9 | Sid Tepper | Composer |
| 10 | Fred Wise | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |