The Orbison Way

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.

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]

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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