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The Essential Roy Orbison
Recording information: 1956 - 1987. Reviews: Dirty Linen (pp. 87-88) - "[The release] captures two CDs' worth of some of his best music ever. . . . [Orbison] still inspires awe. . . "No Depression (pp. 90-91) -"[With] that voice, all west Texas pinched and nasal, a tenor with a tone -- a texture, really -- that feels lonely and elegant, sobbing yet stoic, and like no one else's we've ever heard. "
Track Listing
- Disc 1
- 1 ooby dooby
- 2 go! go! go!
- 3 rock house
- 4 uptown
- 5 only the lonely
- 6 blue angel
- 7 i'm hurtin'
- 8 lana
- 9 love hurts
- 10 crying
- 11 candy man
- 12 dream baby
- 13 the crowd
- 14 leah
- 15 falling
- 16 working for the man
- 17 mean woman blues
- 18 blue bayou
- 19 pretty paper
- 20 it's over
- 21 oh, pretty woman
- Disc 2
- 1 you got it
- 2 she's a mystery to me
- 3 california blue
- 4 the only one
- 5 ride away
- 6 crawling back
- 7 best friend
- 8 communication breakdown
- 9 walk on
- 10 that lovin' you feelin' again
- 11 running scared [1985 version]
- 12 in dreams [1987 version]
- 13 a love so beautiful
- 14 the comedians [live]
- 15 claudette [live]
- 16 i drove all night
- 17 wild hearts run out of time
- 18 coming home
- 19 life fades away

