Crying (album)

Crying
Studio album by
Roy Orbison
ReleasedJanuary 1962
RecordedFebruary 27 – November 15, 1961
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" b/w "Candy Man"
    Released: 1961
  2. "Running Scared" b/w "Love Hurts"
    Released: 1961

Crying is the third album by Roy Orbison, released in 1962. It was his second album on the Monument Record label. The album name comes from the 1961 hit song of the same name. The album was ranked No. 136 on Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.[2]

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.[3] It entered the UK albums chart on June 30, 1963, reaching number 17 over the course of three weeks.[4] It reached No. 35 on the Cashbox albums chart.[5]

The album was released on compact disc for the first time 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.[6]

  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. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Roy Orbison". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 278. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ^ "Sings Lonely and Blue/Crying". allmusic.com. Retrieved 23 September 2024.