Words & Music:
Sid Tepper
Roy C. Bennett
Am I ready, can my heart be true?
Am I ready, to fall in love with you
One love, one girl,one dream shared by two
Am I ready, to fall in love with you
I have touched your lips,and now I know
I would be a fool, to let you go
Should I, could I, how I wish I knew
Am I ready, to fall in love with you
Should I, could I, how I wish I knew
Am I ready, to fall in love with you
Fall in love...with..you...
Recordingdate: 1966/02/16, first released on: Spinout (album)
Musicians
Musicians who contributed to the first recording of Am I Ready:
(guitar)
(guitar)
(guitar)
(bass)
(drums)
(drums)
(piano)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(vocals)
(sax)
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Pretty ballad...Elvis always sang these kind of songs well.
One of two strong ballads from Elvis 22nd movie "Spinout" (the other being "All That I Am"). This one is sung with a touch of vulnerability and Elvis is in fine voice. A three star song given five star treatment by Elvis for a total of four stars.
A pleasant but unmemorable ballad.
Interchangeable with so many other movie ballads. Nothing outstanding.
I have always found the backing a little OTT on this but it does not detract too much from what is a lovely song, beautifully delivered by our man.
The California Holiday album is hardly a classic Presley release save for the outstanding bonus tracks, All that I am and this simple ballad. The problem was by this time nearly all Elvis' film ballads began to sound alike.
Nice but they all sounded the same at this point. Where was the innovation? Oh yeah, a look at the song writers says it all.
I very much like the song, but yes, it sounds like about 5 other pretty movie ballads. I do, however, like how upfront Elvis' voice is on this track. It really shows how flawlessly he sang. I mean, you can hear every breath; you can practically hear his lips moving! Honestly, it is probably bad production, but I appreciate that a few of the soundtrack ballads ("Please Don't Stop Loving Me" is another one) are so up-close and personal. Truly a voice that transcended the material.
The outtakes are a delight to hear...
In the 60s Elvis voice was outstanding for romantic ballads and this pretty recording proofs it once more. The song has a close and personal feeling to it, but is not remarkable as a few pretty movie ballads were released each year. Three stars from me.
Its a smooth great vocal performance. I like it.
This is such an excellent, underrated and overlooked ballad and Elvis' rendition of it was spectacular. It's easily one of Elvis' very best movie songs from the 1960's.
A good ballad, but a song that kind of get lost between many similar ballads, it deserves 3,5 stars though.
Yes another film ballad without beong innovative but nevertheless an enjoyable experience. A nice tune excellently performed by the main man showing great vocal control.
Good song, believe it or not, I consider Spinout Elvis' best 60's soundtrack album. I like it much more than GI Blues or BLue Hawaii. Sure each of those has a few GREAT songs on it, but overall, I would rather listen to Spinout. GI Blues and Blue Hawaii have a few 5 star songs and a bunch of 2 star songs, Spinout has 3 and 4 stars songs throughout and the bonus songs are all 5 star.
I quite agree with ElvisSacramento on this. A lovely song which should probably be better appreciated. All things considered, it did not do too bad in the charts either.
jb
An innocuous ballad,fairly typical of Elvis' movie songs in the late 60s. I never play it but at least it was well penned.
nice track and vocal...I like it.
If the song is Interchangeable with so many other movie ballads, as suggested earlier, maybe a Movie ballad medley.. would work, with a nice musical overdub. If anything, it would be a nice bonus track to a Love song Album collection.
Isn't the piano intro the same as on "As long as I have you"? Anyway, a nice ballad, with great singing by Elvis.
A beautiful number. Always enjoy this song. Fantastic lyric and Elvis sang it with passion. His voice was top notch. Can go on listening to it over and over in any mood. Never a boring tune.
Gives me goosebumps every time I hear it!
This song was virtually unknown to casual listeners until it appeared on the 1972 Camden album, "Burning Love And Hits From His Movies, Volume 2". "Am I Ready" is nothing special and certainly wasn't a factor in the sales of the "Spinout" album or the very popular "Burning Love" album.
Acceptable but more of the same.
Good song from a favorite soundtrack of mine. Still play song and soundtrack today. 3.5 stars.
The song is acceptable, but nothing great. A generic ballad you don't have to skip, but that's it. The sound and the mix doesn't help either. Overall not a masterpiece. 2,5 stars, with a tendency to 2, so i gave 2.