Elvis Presley – Paradise, Hawaiian Style (VG/VG+) – LP, AU

Paradise, Hawaiian Style is an LP by Elvis Presley released on the RCA Victor label.

About this album

Paradise, Hawaiian Style is one of Elvis Presley’s more light-hearted 1960s soundtrack albums, mixing pop gloss, ballads and novelty island colours into a compact cinematic set. Released in 1966 alongside the film of the same name, it reflects the period when Presley’s studio work was closely tied to Hollywood vehicle pictures rather than his early rock ’n’ roll breakthroughs. Songs such as the title track and Queenie Wahine’s Papaya lean into the Hawaiian theme, while Presley’s voice keeps the material personable and unmistakably his. For listeners tracking his soundtrack era, it captures the middle years of his screen-and-record career.