There were some suspicious minds amongst the music press when Lisa Marie Presley decided to follow in her father's footsteps by launching a music career. But now it seems her doubters just can't help falling in love with the new album.
The first single from the record has been released to radio stations in the US and has been very warmly received. The 35-year-old daughter of Elvis Presley faces inevitable comparisons to her late dad, but thus far music critics have been both surprised and impressed.
"Lisa Marie is a solid singer with plenty of character in her husky voice, a cross somewhere between Sheryl Crow and Cher," wrote respected music critic Bill Ellis. Her forthcoming album, To Whom It May Concern "is better than you might think," he added.
Los Angeles Times journalist Robert Hilburn meanwhile described the single Lights Out as "a powerfully haunting, personal work".
Lisa Marie, who was only nine years old when Elvis passed away in 1977, has included references to the loss of her father in the new single. "Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis," she sings. "That's where my family's buried and gone. Last time I was there I noticed a space left, next to them there in Memphis, in the damn back lawn."
The singer insists she didn't set out to write a song about her family, but admits that seems to be what has happened. "I never wanted to write a song, ever, about anything indicating my genetic code, or my background," she said. "But if I had to do it, Lights Out would be that song."
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