Lisa Marie Presley To Whom It May Concern CD

Bearing the brunt of being Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie Presley wisely chose to sit back and experience life before emerging with her full-length debut album TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. The results are surprisingly good, thanks to Presley's decision to sidestep becoming some prefabricated pop mannequin and instead take the creative reigns by penning all the lyrics, save the lament "The Road Between." Most of the record is steeped in dark imagery that goes well with her smoky phrasing and finds her serving up autobiographical tidbits like "Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis/That's where my family's buried and gone" from the mid-tempo rock of "Lights Out." A slow-burn vitriol that could be construed as being directed at former spouse Michael Jackson bubbles up throughout the simmering "Important," and will surely have amateur biographers cocking their ears. Lisa Marie avoids making this musical outing one solely steeped in bitterness by including "So Lovely," a sweet ode to her children that's laced with crying guitar and a snatch of the theme from the film MIDNIGHT COWBOY.

2003 debut top 10 US Album incldues the single 'Lights Out and Sinking', with 5 tracks co-written by Glen Ballard.

Recorded at Royaltone Studios, North Hollywood, California; Animas Studio, Hollywood, California; Capito Studios, Hollywood, California; Exactly Studios, Los Angeles, California.

Personnel: Lisa Marie Presley (vocals); Bruce Watson, Gus Walsh, Stuart Mathis, Steve Caton, David Walsh, Wendy Melvoin, Jon Brion, Lyle Workman, Doyle Bramhall, Rusty Anderson (guitar); Cameron Stone (viola, cello); Patrick Warren (piano); Eric Rosse (Fender Rhodes piano, organ, programming); Jim Cox (Hammond B-3 organ); Zac Rae (chamberlain); Paul Bushnell (bass); Matt Chamberlain (drums, tambourine, percussion); Gary Novak (drums, percussion); Abe Laboriel Jr. (acoustic & electronic drums); Lenny Castro (percussion); Danielle Keough, Benjamin Keough, Nicolai Dorian (background vocals).

Personnel: Lisa Marie Presley (vocals); Bruce Watson (guitar, mandolin); Abe Laboriel, Jr. (guitar, drums); Doyle Bramhall II, David Walsh, Steve Caton, Jon Brion, Lyle Workman, Rusty Anderson, Wendy Melvoin (guitar); Eric Rosse (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, synthesizer, programming, sound effects); Patrick Warren (piano); Zac Rae (chamberlin); Matt Chamberlain (drums, tambourine, percussion, electronic percussion); Lenny Castro (percussion).

Audio Mixers: Jim Scott; Tom Lord-Alge.

Recording information: Animas Studios, Hollywood, CA; Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA; Extacy Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Royaltone Studios, North Hollywood, CA.

Editors: Eric Rosse; Howard Willing.

Photographer: Mario Testino.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. Enhancements include "Lights Out" video and a behind the scenes look at the making of the video.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (5/1/03, p.53) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A dark memoir, alternately regretful and scathing, dripping confessional acid..."
Entertainment Weekly (4/11/03, p.77) - "...Country-flecked rock with wedges of pop and not a little surliness....Her rich, smoky vocals evoke Sheryl Crow and occasionally bear traces of Courtney Love's ragged disaffection..." - Rating: B-
Mojo (Publisher) (7/03, p.107) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Presley's husky voice is tinged with a world weariness that gives the album a melancholy feel..."