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