Mystery Girl
by Roy Orbison
- Type: Album
- Released: 31 January 1989
- Label: Virgin
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:14
- Community rating: 3.78/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Released posthumously following Orbison's unexpected death in 1988, 'Mystery Girl' was completed with the assistance of several high-profile collaborators, including Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty. The album frames Orbison's signature operatic vocal style within a polished contemporary pop-rock production.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, ballad, polished, crooning, classic
Tracklist
- You Got It (3:30)
- In The Real World (3:41)
- (All I Can Do Is) Dream You (3:38)
- A Love So Beautiful (3:31)
- California Blue (3:55)
- She's a Mystery to Me (4:14)
- The Comedians (3:22)
- The Only One (3:53)
- Windsurfer (4:00)
- Careless Heart (4:08)
- You May Feel Me Crying (4:17)
Credits
- Roy Orbison - primary artist, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, written-by, producer, vocals, backing vocals, guitar, vocals, vocals, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - art direction
- Melanie Nissen - art direction
- Don Smith - consultant [production consultant], engineer, engineer, mixed by
- Tim Stedman - design
- Randy Staub - engineer [assistant, a&m studios], mixed by
- Andy Udoff - engineer [assistant, rumbo recorders]
- Julian Stoll - engineer [assistant, rumbo recorders]
- Robin Laine - engineer [assistant, rumbo recorders]
- Barbara Orbison - executive-producer, backing vocals
- Richard Sassoon - liner notes
- Stephen Marcussen - mastered by
- Glen Erler - photography by
- Sarah McMullen - public relations [publicity]
- Tom Petty - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, written-by
- Phil Jones - drums, percussion
- Phil McDonald - engineer
- Richard Dodd - engineer
- Jeff Lynne - guitar, keyboards, piano, bass, backing vocals, producer, written-by, acoustic guitar, keyboards, bass, backing vocals
- Michael Utley - arranged by [strings]
- Howie Epstein - backing vocals, bass, bass, backing vocals
- Mike Campbell - bass, guitar, producer, acoustic guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Al Kooper - organ
- Richard Kerr - written-by
- Will Jennings - written-by
- Billy Burnette - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, written-by
- Buell Neidlinger - arco bass
- Mickey Curry - drums
- T-Bone Wolk - electric bass
- Rick Vito - electric guitar, backing vocals, slide guitar
- Kevin Killen - engineer
- Rik Pekkonen - engineer
- Michael C. Ross - engineer [assisted by]
- T-Bone Burnett - producer, guitar
- David Malloy - written-by
- George Harrison - acoustic guitar
- Louis Clark - conductor [strings]
- Ray Cooper - drums
- Ian Wallace - drums, percussion
- Benmont Tench - arranged by, piano, strings [cheap strings], organ, piano
- Bono - guitar, producer
- Dave Evans - written-by
- Paul Hewson - written-by
- Sid Page - concertmaster
- David Miner - double bass [string bass]
- Jerry Scheff - double bass [string bass]
- David Rhodes - guitar
- Gary Coleman - percussion
- Mitchell Froom - piano
- Elvis Costello - written-by
- Steve Cropper - arranged by [memphis horn arrangements], guitar
- Jim Horn - horns
- Craig Wiseman - written-by
- Wesley Orbison - written-by
- Albert Hammond - written-by
- Diane Warren - written-by