''Dead Elvis'' is the debut album by
British
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band
Death in Vegas
Death in Vegas are an English electronic music group, for which Richard Fearless serves as frontman. The band was formed in 1994 by Fearless and Steve Hellier and signed to Concrete Records under the name of Dead Elvis. Owing to an Irish record ...
. It was released on 10 March 1997 in the United Kingdom and on 16 September 1997 in the United States. This was the only Death in Vegas album to feature original member Steve Hellier. The British release features coloured Elvis graffiti on the cover, while the US version features a tattoo artist. The music video for "Dirt" was a minor hit on
MTV's ''120 Minutes''. "GBH" was featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 American comedy-thriller film ''
Homegrown''.
As of July 2013, it was certified silver by
British Phonographic Industry
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with ...
for 60,000 sold units in UK.
Track listing
All tracks by Richard Fearless & Steve Hellier
# "All That Glitters" – 6:34
# "Opium Shuffle" – 5:02
# "GBH" – 5:09
# "Twist and Crawl" (bonus track not featured on all versions) – 4:59
# "Dirt" – 5:52
# "Rocco" – 6:34
# "Rekkit" – 6:27
# "I Spy" – 4:58
# "Amber" – 8:07
# "Rematerialised" – 8:21
# "68 Balcony" – 5:07
# "Sly" – 3:33
Bonus disc (''Dead Elvis Remix Sessions'')
In France only, initial copies of ''Dead Elvis'' came packaged with a 10-track bonus CD, titled ''Dead Elvis Remix Sessions''.
# "Dirt" (Slayer mix) – 6:33
# "Rocco" (Dave Clarke mix) – 6:18
# "Twist and Crawl" (Full mix) – 4:57
# "Opium Shuffle" (Monkey Mafia mix) – 6:15
# "City Rub" – 6:22
# "Dirt" (Old School mix) – 5:29
# "Rocco" (Dub) – 6:35
# "Opium Shuffle" (Dead Elvis mix) – 5:14
# "Claiming Marilyn" – 5:41
# "Dirt" (Mullet mix) – 6:09
Track 8 is the same as the album version.
Singles
* "Dirt" (29 April 1996)
* "Rocco" (14 October 1996; reissued 13 October 1997)
* "Twist and Crawl" (14 April 1997)
* "Rekkit" (9 June 1997)
Samples
* "Dirt" contains samples from the MC at the
Woodstock Festival
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addressing the crowd, as well as from "
The 'Fish' Cheer / I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag" by
Country Joe & the Fish, and "Big Mama" by
Roxanne Shante
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.
* "Rocco" contains a sample from "
Moanin' Low" by
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor ( Wemlinger; March 8, 1910April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Key Largo'' (1948), and received nomina ...
, from the film ''
Key Largo
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'' (the main antagonist of the film is called Rocco). The sample can be heard explicitly in "Rocco (Dave Clarke mix)".
* "All That Glitters" contains a vocal sample from “Fonky Thang, Diamond' Rang” by
The Dells
The Dells were an American R&B vocal group. Formed in high school in 1953 by founding members Marvin Junior, Verne Allison, Johnny Funches, Chuck Barksdale, and Michael and Lucius McGill, under the name the El-Rays. They released their first r ...
, (Sweet As Funk Can Be LP) 1972.
Personnel
* Richard Fearless
* Steve Hellier – keyboards, programming
* Anthony Anderson – guitar
* Seamus Beaghen – hammond organ, fender rhodes
*
Ranking Roger
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– vocals
* Paul Rutherford – trombone
* Selah – vocals
* Andy Visser – flute, harmonica, saxophone
* Mat Flint – bass
* Tim Weller – drums
* Steve Dub – engineer
* Luke Gordon – engineer, mixing
* Tim Holmes – engineer, mixing
Certifications
References
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Death in Vegas albums
1997 debut albums
Big beat albums