If I Can Dream (album)

If I Can Dream
Studio album by Elvis Presley with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Released October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)[1]
Recorded 2015
Genre
Length 49:46
Label RCA, Legacy
Producer Nick Patrick, Don Reedman (also exec.), Mauro Dirago, Priscilla Presley (exec.)
Elvis Presley chronology
The Complete '60s Albums Collection Vol. 2: 1966-1969
(2015)		 If I Can Dream
(2015)
Singles from If I Can Dream
  1. "If I Can Dream"
    Released: August 12, 2015

If I Can Dream is a studio album by American singer Elvis Presley (1935–77). It was released on October 30, 2015 by RCA Records and Legacy Recordings. The album features archival vocal recordings of Elvis accompanied by new orchestral arrangements by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It also features duets with Canadian singer Michael Bublé and Italian trio Il Volo. If I Can Dream was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, England, and it was produced by Nick Patrick and Don Reedman.[2]

The album debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, giving Elvis a record-equalling 12th UK number one. On March 15, 2016, the Daily Mail reported that arena shows in the cities of Glasgow, Leeds, Cardiff, Birmingham, London and Manchester have been already organized where the singer's voice, backed by the live accompaniment from Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra' will play to an estimated audience of at least 100,000 people. This will follow the extraordinary success of the album which has sold more than a million copies in the UK. This undertaking will also be backed by Priscilla Presley, who will also participate in the proceedings and was co-executive producer of the album.

Background

This is the album I think he always would have wanted to do. The label would have never allowed him to have an orchestra. And if it was up to [manager] Colonel Parker, he would have had Elvis just singing — no background, no nothing. I think we have given him the freedom here to experiment with all the orchestras he would have loved in the pieces."

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 — Priscilla Presley on the album.[3]

If I Can Dream was released in commemoration of Elvis' 80th birthday celebration throughout 2015.[2] In an interview with Rolling Stone, Elvis's ex-wife Priscilla Presley, said the vision of the album was to keep Elvis relevant: "Our culture and music has changed so drastically, I think that we have to keep [Elvis] right in line and do whatever we can to keep him current". Priscilla Presley also said the album is carrying the "DNA of Elvis Presley and keeping him authentic".[3] The album was named after Elvis's 1968 single of the same name. Presley continued: "This would be a dream come true for Elvis. He would have loved to play with such a prestigious symphony orchestra. The music…the force that you feel with his voice and the orchestra is exactly what he would have done."[2]

Commercial performance

After debuting at number 1 in the UK, If I Can Dream tied Presley with Madonna for the most UK number-one albums by a solo artist, with each having 12.[4] It is also Presley's 50th album to hit the UK top 10, and 59 years since his first number-one album on the chart, also a record. It sold 79,000 units in its first week at number 1, then 88,000 in its second week at the top, as well as 69,000 in its third week (at number 3), then alternating between positions #3 and #2 on the strength of sales in excess of 77,000, 96,000 105,000 121,000, 173,000, 71,000, 40,000 and 33,165 on its next eight weeks, respectively. On its 12th week, it sold 12,510 units copies, falling to #8, then swaying inside the top 60 for the next fourteen weeks on (rounded) sales of 8,100, 7,200, 6,400, 7,800, 5,600, 7,700, 10,700, 3,800, 3,000, 2,500, 2,200, 2,100, 2,000 and 1,900 units sold, respectively. The album, which reached a million in UK sales on February 26, 2016, was one of the fastest selling of 2015 and, as of December 11, 2015, the year's fourth biggest selling album, actually the 2nd best selling of those released in 2015, after Adele's "25". Also, and by virtue of its having sold in excess of 880,000 units by the end of its ninth week, it also became the year's top selling album by a non UK artist, the top three being Adele's 25, Ed Sheeran's x and Sam Smith's In the Lonely Hour. On January 5, 2016, The Independent reported that the album was the 12th best-selling home entertainment title of 2015, which, along with the tremendous success of the aforementioned Adele and Sheeran albums, helped drive a 4% increase in UK music sales with respect of those of 2014. If I Can Dream's current UK sales stand at 1,037,872 units

In the United States, the album debuted and peaked at number 21 on the Billboard 200[5] after having entered the Billboard Classical Chart at number 17 the previous week. Due to the inclusion of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, this marked the first time a Presley record had entered that chart. It then jumped from #17 to #1 in its second week and held that position in its third week, while then successively remaining inside the top six positions for the next twenty one weeks. If I Can Dream debuted at #3 on the New Zealand Albums Chart and entered at # 1 in both the Scottish and Australian album charts. In the former, he remained in the first three positions for the next seven weeks, returning to #1 in the ninth. In the latter, it held the top spot for a second week, became Presley's second chart-topping album after ELV1S in 2002 and by December 31 had become the 11th biggest album seller of 2015.[6]

On December 22, 2015, the United World Chart, a division of Media Traffic, included it in its weekly list of the world's top 40 selling albums in 2015, entering the chart at #36, with a tally of 820,000 copies sold worldwide up to that date. On December 29, the album rose to the #21 position, as an additional 206,000 in sales were reported in the week prior, thus bringing its worldwide sub total for 2015 to 1,026,000. Finally, on January 5, 2016, the end of year results showed the album finishing the year at position #19, with sales for 2015 totalling 1.114.000. As to the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th weeks of 2016, it went on to sell 54.000, 47.000, 23.000 and 17,000 (ranking at #5, #10, #25 and #33 respectively) thus raising its overall total to slightly over the 1.3m mark, then eventually leaving the United World's Top 40 chart on the week of February 13, 2016.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Burning Love"  Dennis Linde 3:31
2. "It's Now or Never" (featuring Il Volo)Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold 3:18
3. "Love Me Tender"  Vera Matson, Elvis Presley 3:26
4. "Fever" (featuring Michael Bublé)Eddie Cooley, John Davenport 4:26
5. "Bridge over Troubled Water"  Paul Simon 4:37
6. "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind"  Neil Diamond 3:41
7. "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"  Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Weil 4:00
8. "There's Always Me"  Don Robertson 2:21
9. "Can't Help Falling in Love"  Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George Weiss 3:19
10. "In the Ghetto"  Mac Davis 3:13
11. "How Great Thou Art"  Trad., arr. Robin Smith, Don Reedman, Nick Patrick 3:08
12. "Steamroller Blues"  James Taylor 3:10
13. "An American Trilogy"  Trad., arr. Robin Smith, Don Reedman, Nick Patrick 4:33
14. "If I Can Dream"  Walter Earl Brown 3:12

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10] 27
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[11] 24
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[12] 17
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 79
Irish Albums (IRMA)[14] 2
Italian Albums (FIMI)[15] 77
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[16] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[17] 21
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 1
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 17
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 48
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 27
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 1
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[23] 1
US Billboard 200[24] 21
US Top Classical Albums (Billboard)[25] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (2015) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 11
Irish Albums (IRMA)[27] 14
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 4

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[29] Platinum 70,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[30] 3× Platinum
1,037,872[31]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Elvis Presley 'If I Can Dream' Available Now!". Elvis: The Music. Sony Music Entertainment. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "NEW ALBUM IF I CAN DREAM: ELVIS PRESLEY WITH THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AVAILABLE OCTOBER 30". Elvisthemusic.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 Grow, Kory (12 August 2015). "Hear Elvis Presley's Powerful, Newly Orchestrated 'If I Can Dream'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Elvis Presley scores new chart record with 12th UK Number 1 album". officialcharts.com.
  5. ↑ Caulfield, Keith (November 12, 2015). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Country Albums Rule Top 3 for First Time in 5 Years". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (November 7, 2015). "ARIA Albums: Elvis Presley Has the No. 1 Album in Australia (Seriously)". Noise11. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Elvis Presley. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 45, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  21. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Elvis with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – If I Can Dream". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Elvis Presley. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Elvis Presley – Chart history" Billboard Top Classical Albums for Elvis Presley. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  26. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  27. ↑ http://www.irma.ie/#verticalTab2
  28. ↑ Copsey, Rob (January 5, 2016). "The Official Top 40 Biggest Artist Albums of 2015 revealed". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  29. ↑ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums - Australia's Official Top 50 Albums - ARIA Charts". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  30. ↑ "British album certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  31. ↑ Copsey, Rob (March 3, 2016). "Elvis Presley's If I Can Dream album hits massive sales milestone". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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