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Crying (album)

Crying
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedJanuary 1962
StudioRCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length29:23
LabelMonument (M 4007)
ProducerFred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
Roy Orbison at the Rock House
(1961) 		Crying
(1962) 		Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits
(1962)
Singles from Crying
  1. "Crying"
    Released: July 31, 1961[2]
  2. "Running Scared"
    Released: March 27, 1961[2]

Crying is the third album by Roy Orbison, released in January 1962.[3] It was his second album on the Monument Record label.[4] The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name. In 2002 the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award,[5] and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[6] The album was ranked No. 136 on Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.[7] Crying also features Multiple covers songs including "The Great Pretender", & "Love Hurts"[4] and the early recordings of "She Wears My Ring" (which would become a huge hit for Country Singer Ray Price in 1968)[8]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated April 7, 1962, remaining on the chart for 31 weeks and peaking at number 21.[9] It entered the UK albums chart on June 30, 1963, reaching number 17 over the course of three weeks.[10] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 7, 1962. and remained on the chart for 10 weeks, peaking at No. 35[11]

The album was released on compact disc by Monument Records in 1993 as tracks 13 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD, with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Orbison's debut album, Lonely and Blue.[12] It was released as one of two albums on one CD by Legacy Recordngs on February 26, 2008, along with Orbison's 1963 album, In Dreams.[13] It was also released as one of two albums on one CD by Sony BMG on September 17, 2007, along with Orbison's 1989 Live album, A Black & White Night Live.[14] Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set.[15] Sony Music label included this CD in the 2013 Roy Orbison The Monument Box Set.[16] Avid Rock 'n' Roll labels included this CD in the 2017 3 Classic Albums Plus Box Set.[17]

  1. ^ a b Segretto, Mike (2022). "Rock and Roll: The First Eight Years". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 23. ISBN 9781493064601.
  2. ^ a b Amburn, Ellis (1990). Dark star: The Roy Orbison Story. New York, NY: Carol Pub. Group. pp. 105–106. ISBN 9-780818-405181.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference AMG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Kruth, John (2013). Rhapsody in black : the life and music of Roy Orbison. Milwaukee, WI: Backbeat Books. p. 80. ISBN 978-1-4768-8679-4.
  5. ^ Jasinski, Laurie E. (February 22, 2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas A&M University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-8761-1297-1.
  6. ^ "500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  7. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  8. ^ Escott, Colin (2002). Roadkill on the Three-Chord Highway: Art and Trash in American Popular Music. Routledge. p. 31. ISBN 9-780415-937832.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 580. ISBN 0898201179.
  10. ^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  12. ^ "Sings Lonely and Blue/Crying". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Crying/In Dreams". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  14. ^ "Black & White Night/Crying". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  15. ^ "Orbison 1955-1965". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Monument Box Set - Roy Orbison". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  17. ^ "3 Classic Albums Plus". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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