The Very Best of Roy Orbison

by Roy Orbison

The Very Best of Roy Orbison cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: June 1966
  • Label: Monument
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 26:23
  • Community rating: 4.18/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This utterly definitive collection summarizes the legendary vocalist's incredibly successful, genre-defining tenure with Monument Records. Showcasing his unparalleled, almost operatic multi-octave range, the album is dominated by soaring, intensely dramatic pop-rock mini-symphonies focused heavily on profound romantic despair. It stands as a flawless monument to the most emotionally sophisticated and vocally demanding architect of early 1960s rock and roll.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, crooning, melodic, orchestral, soaring-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Only The Lonely (2:24)
  2. Crying (2:45)
  3. Running Scared (2:10)
  4. It's Over (2:47)
  5. Candy Man (2:48)
  6. Oh Pretty Woman (2:55)
  7. Blue Angel (2:50)
  8. In Dreams (2:46)
  9. Dream Baby (2:35)
  10. Mean Woman Blues (2:23)

Credits

  • Roy Orbison - primary artist, written-by
  • Beverly Ross - written-by
  • Bill Dees - written-by
  • Cindy Walker - written-by
  • Claude DeMetrius - written-by
  • Fred Neil - written-by
  • Joe Melson - written-by

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