| The Orbison Way | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | January 1966 | |||
| Recorded | July 8 - November 14, 1965 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 27:11 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Producer | Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau | |||
| Roy Orbison chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
The Orbison Way is the 8th album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his second for MGM Records, released in January 1966. Two singles were taken from the album — "Crawling Back" and "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart", both of which were chart hits in England, the US and Australia. The album charted at #11 in the UK and #128 in the US.
Cash Box described "Crawling Back" as a "tender, slow-moving, laconic ode about a love-sick fella who’ll go to any lengths to get his ex-gal back again."[3] Cash Box described "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart" as a "medium-paced, full orked and chorus backed soulful tearjerker about a lonely guy who’s been singing the blues since his gal jilted him."[4]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated. Five of their songs feature his band, The Candy Men
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crawling Back" | 3:15 | |
| 2. | "It Ain't No Big Thing" | 2:22 | |
| 3. | "Time Changed Everything" | Buddy Buie, John Rainey Adkins | 2:09 |
| 4. | "This Is My Land" | Bill Dees | 3:05 |
| 5. | "The Loner" | Bill Dees, John Rainey Adkins | 2:24 |
| 6. | "Maybe" | 2:24 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart" | 2:09 | |
| 2. | "Go Away" | 3:03 | |
| 3. | "A New Star" | 2:58 | |
| 4. | "Never" | 2:15 | |
| 5. | "It Wasn't Very Long Ago" | Barry Booth | 2:33 |
| 6. | "Why Hurt the One Who Loves You?" | 2:36 |
Personnel
- Produced by Wesley Rose & Jim Vienneau
- Arranged by Bill McElhiney
- Bill Malloy - engineer
- Val Valentin - director of engineering
- Ace Lehman - cover design
References
- ↑ The Orbison Way at AllMusic
- ↑ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (5 March 1966). "Roy Orbison: The Orbison Way" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 260. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 30, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ↑ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 15, 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
