The Orbison Way
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| Released | January 1966 | |||
| Recorded | July 8 - November 14, 1965 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 27:11 | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Producer | Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau | |||
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The Orbison Way is the eighth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his second for MGM Records, released in January 1966. Two singles were taken from that album; "Crawling Back" and "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart", both of which were chart hits in England, the US and Australia.
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
The album charted #11 in the UK and #128 in the US.
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Categories:
- Roy Orbison albums
- 1966 albums
- Albums produced by Wesley Rose
- MGM Records albums