| Crying | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Roy Orbison |
| Cover: | Crying - Roy Orbison.jpg |
| Released: | January 1962 |
| Recorded: | February 27 – November 15, 1961 |
| Studio: | RCA Victor Studio B, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 29:23 |
| Label: | Monument (M 4007) |
| Producer: | Fred Foster |
| Prev Title: | Roy Orbison at the Rock House |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
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. In 2002 the song was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award,[3] and In 2004, it ranked #69 on Rolling Stone Magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[4] The album was ranked No. 136 on Pitchfork's 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.[5] Crying also features Multiple covers songs including "The Great Pretender", & "Love Hurts"[6] and the early recordings of "She Wears My Ring" (which would become a huge hit for Country Singer Ray Price in 1968)[7]
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.[8] It entered the UK albums chart on June 30, 1963, reaching number 17 over the course of three weeks.[9] It reached No. 35 on the Cashbox albums chart.[10]
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.[11] Bear Family included also the album in the 2001 Orbison 1955-1965 box set.[12]
Billboard gave the album a positive review, saying that "it features a fine collection of tunes."[13]
Cashbox described the album as a "top-notch listening pleasure album."[14]
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.[15]
| Chart (1962) | Peakposition | |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Top LPs (Billboard) | 21 | |
| U.S. Cashbox | 35 | |
| U.K. Albums Chart | 17 |
| Year | Title | U.S. Hot 100[16] | U.S. Cashbox[17] | CAN[18] | U.K. Albums Chart[19] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Running Scared" | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| "Crying" | 2 | 25 | |||