The Orbison Way
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedJanuary 1966
RecordedJuly 8 - November 14, 1965
GenreRock
Length27:11
LabelMGM
ProducerWesley Rose, Jim Vienneau
Roy Orbison chronology
Orbisongs
(1965) 		The Orbison Way
(1966) 		The Classic Roy Orbison
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Crawling Back" 3:15
2."It Ain't No Big Thing" 2:22
3."Time Changed Everything"Buddy Buie, John Rainey Adkins2:09
4."This Is My Land"Bill Dees3:05
5."The Loner"Bill Dees, John Rainey Adkins2:24
6."Maybe" 2:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(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 Booth2:33
6."Why Hurt the One Who Loves You?" 2:36

Personnel

References

  1. ^ The Orbison Way at AllMusic
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. October 30, 1965. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  4. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. January 15, 1966. p. 20. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
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