Crying (album)

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Crying is the third album by Roy Orbison, released in January 1962.<ref name="AMG" /> It was his second album on the Monument Record label.<ref name=":12" /> 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,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The album was ranked No. 136 on Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Crying also features Multiple covers songs including "The Great Pretender", "Love Hurts",<ref name=":12">Template:Cite book</ref> and the early recordings of "She Wears My Ring" (which would become a huge hit for Country Singer Ray Price in 1968).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref> It entered the UK albums chart on June 30, 1963, reaching number 17 over the course of three weeks.<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite book</ref> The single, "Running Scared" made its debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on April 10, 1961, eventually spending one week at number one during its 17-week stay.<ref name=":52">Template:Cite book</ref> on the Cashbox singles it spent two weeks at number one during its 15-week stay.<ref name=":022" /> and number nine in The U.K during its 15-weeks stay.<ref name=":02" /> Another single, "Crying", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on August 14, 1961, eventually spending one week at number two during its 16-week stay.<ref name=":13">Template:Cite book</ref> number 25 in The U.K during its nine-weeks stay.<ref name=":02" /> on the Cashbox singles weeks it spent one week at number one during its 16-week stay.<ref name=":022" />

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sony Music label included this CD in the 2013 Roy Orbison The Monument Box Set.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Avid Rock 'n' Roll labels included this CD in the 2017 3 Classic Albums Plus Box Set.<ref name=":04">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reception

Template:Music ratings Billboard in its Spotlight of the Week album reviews stated that the album "features a fine collection of tunes."<ref name=":0">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Cashbox described the album as a "top-notch listening pleasure album."<ref name=":132">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that the album "was above-average considering the slight standards of the time, but was a fairly slight effort nonetheless. In its favor, the album features nearly all original material by Orbison and some of the writers who frequently tailored songs for him, such as Boudleaux and Felice Bryant and Joe Melson.<ref name="AMG">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Charts

Chart (1962)	Peak position
US Top LPs (Billboard)<ref name=":1" />	21
US Cashbox<ref name=":3" />	35
UK Albums Chart<ref name=":02"/>	17

Singles

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1961	"Running Scared"	1	1	3	9
	"Crying"	2			25

Personnel

• Roy Orbison - vocals, guitar
• Boudleaux Bryant, Fred Carter Jr., Grady Martin, Hank Garland, Harold Bradley, Joe Tanner, Ray Edenton, Scotty Moore - guitar
• Bob Moore - bass
• Bill Pursell, Floyd Cramer - piano
• Buddy Harman, John Greubel - drums
• Charlie McCoy - harmonica
• Boots Randolph, Harry Johnson - saxophone
• Cam Mullins, Karl Garvin - trumpet
• Byron Bach - cello
• Brenton Banks, Cecil Brower, Dorothy Walker, George Binkley, Lillian Hunt, Solie Fott, Suzanne Parker, Vernal Richardson, Wilda Tinsley - violin
• Howard Carpenter - viola

Technical

• Bill Porter - recording engineer

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