Album Description
This unique collection is a befitting tribute to Elvis Presley’s 3 x Grammy Award-winning gospel and inspirational work. Discs 1 through 3 feature his entire non-secular studio masters in chronological order. Disc 4 covers the additional masters made for Elvis’ movies, his comeback TV special in 1968, and recordings made live on stage. Disc 4 also includes two segments of Elvis singing religious songs in a more informal setting. The first segment includes Elvis with J… More >>
Elvis Presley is Elvis Presley, but, although there are 4 CDs, I could listen only CD2 and CD4 due to unknown problems on CD1 and CD3, I believe quality of CDs were not good !
Rating: 1 / 5
The South does it gain somewhat sappy on some arragements but the faith and belief comes through
Rating: 5 / 5
I love every one of his songs so I can’t say enough about this set. I was great.
Rating: 5 / 5
First, let me make it clear that this set is very good and the music is 5 stars. However, after comparing the 3 Elvis spiritual/gospel box sets “Amazing Grace”, “Peace in the Valley”, and “I Believe”, one cannot help but be a bit disappointed with this one because it’s something of a missed opportunity. As others have noted, there is a significant amount of previously released material that has unfortunately been left off. The very idea of omitting the “Miracle of the Rosary” is mind boggling–a bit like leaving “Hey Jude” off of a Beatles singles collection (”Miracle…” is on both previous box sets as well as “Elvis Now”).
There are any number of Elvis gospel single disc compilations, but the double disc set, “Amazing Grace,” was clearly aimed at those looking for a reasonably broad overview that goes a wee bit further than a single disc. On the other hand, the “Peace in the Valley” box was designed for those (like me) who have really wanted a complete collection of the Elvis gospel material. (One critic from All Music Guide criticized it for being overly complete!)
With the current “I Believe” box, which has been marketed as updated and comprehensive, the compilers should have begun with everything on the “Peace in the Valley” box, and then added whatever additional rarities or alternate tracks they could come up with– possibly including more broadly spiritual numbers (e.g.”Bridge over Troubled Water”). When I initially found out that the “I Believe” box would be a 4 disc set, I incorrectly assumed that the extra disc would consist of such music. In fact, there is less here than on the 3 disc “Peace” box. Many of the rarities not included here are, in my view, VERY essential.
“I Believe” is very good but if you already own the “Peace in the Valley” box set you may want to simply purchase and download the few songs that are not already on the earlier but more extensive box.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have the albums, my friend want me to buy this set for him, what can I say. Elvis at his best, that many will not give listening time to, simply because it is Gospel.
Rating: 5 / 5