| In Dreams: The Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | May 1987 | |||
| Recorded | January 1986 – April 1987 | |||
| Studio | Record One, Sherman Oaks, CA | |||
| Genre | Rockabilly, country, pop rock | |||
| Length | 50:13 | |||
| Label | Virgin, Sony Legacy (2013 re-release) | |||
| Producer | T Bone Burnett, Roy Orbison, Michael Utley, David Lynch | |||
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In Dreams: The Greatest Hits is a two-record album set by Roy Orbison songs released in 1987 on Virgin Records. It was produced by Orbison and Mike Utley, except for the song "In Dreams", produced by Orbison with T-Bone Burnett and film director David Lynch. All songs are re-recordings by Orbison from 1986,[1] except "In Dreams" from April 1987.
The original 1960s versions of these songs were hit records for Orbison when recorded on Monument Records from 1960 to 1964, with two exceptions. The first exception, "Ooby Dooby", was a hit for Orbison on Sun Records in 1956. "Claudette", the second exception, was a song Orbison wrote that became a hit for the Everly Brothers in 1958. Orbison did not record the latter exception until he had signed with MGM Records in 1965, a few months after he had divorced his wife Claudette, who had inspired the song. (They later reconciled and remarried in 1966, before her death in a motorcycle accident).
The album contains four songs named by Rolling Stone in 2004 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   link |
| Record Mirror | [2] |
| Robert Christgau | (B) link |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
- ^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley; Orbison, Alex; Slate, Jeff (2nd ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 197. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
- ^ Culp, Nancy (11 July 1987). "Albums". Record Mirror. p. 14. ISSN 0144-5804.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 29 August 2024.