For Sunday Morning, eating cornmeal pancakes (ran out of maple syrup and used melted boysenberry jam which was even better), you can't beat this record. VP doesn't usually reach for the Pop first thing in the day but I really really like this record probably because there's so much heart in Elvis's version of Pop. TRUST was produced by Nick Lowe (this was the fifth consecutive album Lowe produced) and though the album is mostly upbeat, the lyrics reflect Elvis's disenchantment with a newly elected Conservative government in England and his unhappiness in his marriage.  Elvis calls it his most drug-induced album.

I have to admit, "Watch Your Step" is my all time favorite Elvis song but I love "Pretty Words" too, and who doesn't love "Different Finger"? I always imagine Elvis playing that one in a country bar to a two-stepping crowd, though I doubt that's ever happened.

Elvis is so present in all of his songs (even under the influence) and even back in '81 he featured lush instrumentation and lyrics that he became famous for later on in his career. If you haven't heard this record in a while you need to revisit it. Don't forget the pancakes.