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Are You Sincere

Rating:
3.7 / 5

Words & Music: Wayne Walker

Are you sincere when you say I love you
Are you sincere when you say you love me too
Oh and are you really mine every day, all the time
I've gotta know which way to go
Will our love grow, are you sincere

Are you sincere when you say I love you
Honey, are you sincere when you say you love me too

And are you really mine every day, all the time
I've gotta know which way to go
Will our love grow, are you sincere

Recordingdate: 1973/09/23, first released on: Raised on Rock (album)

Musicians

Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Are You Sincere:

(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(piano)
(accordion)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)

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MJB63 wrote on May 01, 2009
The best version was on the Our memories of Elvis album,no overdubbing.The spoken part makes the song.
Deano1 wrote on March 06, 2010
Elvis does a great version of this old ballad and it was the 2nd song on the LP "Raised On Rock" (1973) after the title song. The "Our Memories Of Elvis" version is a little bit better, but both the original and the undubbed version are 4 star tracks.
Steve V wrote on December 05, 2010
Not bad, not great. Why couldnt Elvis find good NEW material for a whole LP?
Deke Rivers 6 wrote on August 03, 2011
Fair song sung well almost in his old style,but the LP was pretty poor.I think he was getting bored with the songs that were given to him.I think he had lost his way by this time,not entirely his own fault.
dgirl wrote on August 03, 2011
If Elvis wanted to revive old songs for an LP titled Raised On Rock, why couldnt it have been an old rock song? Make sense? I guess he wasn't into it. This is good but nothing to turn on a new generation of fans. Kind of old fashioned & stale for 1973.
Rob Wanders wrote on August 03, 2011
not really a good song, and sung a bit unspired.
Great Dane wrote on August 03, 2011
I like it, like a lot of songs on this album. His voice here sounds so good, also on the other ballads. 4 stars
TCB1974 wrote on August 03, 2011
This is a pretty ballad with nice spoken part. Don't like the ending with the voices though and not the top material that he should have been given in 1973, when he was the superstar in the world, confirmed with the massive success of Aloha from Hawaii in that same year. Three stars from me.
ElvisSacramento wrote on October 26, 2012
I've never liked Elvis' version of this song. I've always found Elvis' version to be boring and plain. The only version of this song that I've ever heard that I like is Andy Williams' hit version.
sugartummy wrote on February 24, 2013
An occasional listener might think Elvis is going to sing Are you lonesome tonight when he starts to sing are you.... sincere. I like the song, but it sounds Elvis didn't have his heart in it.
Gorse wrote on April 22, 2013
Our man could sure put plenty of meaning into a ballad, with that rich tenor come baritone voice - yes I like this one - 4 stars from me
JerryNodak wrote on April 04, 2020
Certainly not great, but not bad either. Pleasant. I liked it then. I still enjoy it today. Song: 3 stars. I listen to the FTD version of the Raised On Rock LP frequently. LP: 4 stars.
bajo wrote on April 05, 2020
This song never really "hit" me. The other ballads on the album were better imo. Until I heard the outtake as presented on Platinum, with that spliced ending bar. That's how it should have been on the album back then. So, to me, take 2 as on Platinum is the one I listen to!
jaques marcello wrote on April 05, 2020
For me it's a great song, I also really like the album
Cruiser621 wrote on April 05, 2020
Definite 5-stars as far as I'm concerned.
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