''TCB'' (an abbreviation for "Taking Care of Business") is the tenth solo

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by Australian singer/songwriter

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. The album was released on 12 April 2010. The album debuted and peaked at number 32 in Australia. ''TCB'' is a tribute album to Reyne's idol

Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...

, with Reyne explaining: "Elvis and his guys – his 'inner circle', his bodyguards – they used to give each other these little key rings and badges with TCB on them and they'd say 'Yeah, we're takin' care of business'." TCB was the name of Elvis' band.

Background and promotion

Reyne said choosing songs for this album meant listening to a vast catalogue of Presley tunes. He deliberately avoided the earlier/iconic songs like " Hound Dog"’, "

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" and avoided Elvis' gospel records. Reyne said that he wanted to do ‘Kentucky Rain’ and others from the movies "I really wanted Kentucky Rain because it's a brilliantly written song but also quite cheesy, lyrically, but there is something that appeals to me and I think that's it with a lot of the music the tongue is in the cheek." Reyne celebrated the release of ''TCB'' album by performing two special theatre shows in May where he exclusively performed songs from this album along with other 'Elvis' material. The shows featured an 8 piece band and Reyne did not perform any of his own material at these performances. These shows took place on 21 May at

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, St Kilda and 22 May at State Theatre, Sydney. Reyne also filmed a special for Music Max that aired in May 2010.

Critical reception

Andrew Murfett of ''

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'' gave the album three out of five stars and wrote, "Reyne's oft-maligned voice is routinely excellent; he's rarely put in a better vocal performance. He also knows better than to sing " Are You Lonesome Tonight?" too earnestly. He avoids the gospel-era Elvis, instead opting for some cheese: "

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", " Return to Sender", " Girls, Girls, Girls" and "

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". What could have been embarrassing is instead a playful lark" adding "It's a heap of fun." Mark Milan of ''The Daily Vault'' gave the album a B+ and felt that " eyne'svoice gives so easily to the material here, and while there are no band credits in the liner notes, whoever is playing on this thing did a mighty fine job." Milan said " Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is a negative on the album and “Burning Love” just sounds generic and flat. Milan praises "

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", "Girls Girls Girls" and " Little Egypt" adding "Reyne has definitely Taken Care Of Business and done so with authority."

Commercial performance

''TCB'' debuted at number 32 in Australia for the week commencing 19 April 2010.

Track listing

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Bernie Baum Bernie Baum (October 13, 1929 – August 28, 1993) was a songwriter who worked extensively with Elvis Presley. He grew up in New York City and later worked with Harvey Zimmerman (better known as Bill Giant) and Florence Kaye. The majority of t ...

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Charts

Release history

References

External links

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