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April 15, 2004

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 37) Roy Orbison

By K.D. Lang

Mystery Girl

The late Roy Orbison's first album of all-new material in ten years, Mystery Girl cloaks the epic sweep and grandeur of his classic sound in meticulous, modern production – the album encapsulates everything that made Orbison great, and for that reason it makes a fitting valedictory.

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1989 RS: 4of 5 Stars

Laminar Flow

1979

I'm Still in Love with You

1976

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One of the original, if not the most enthusiastic, Sun Records rockabilly artists, Roy Orbison went on to become one of the most distinctive singers in popular music. In his first peak period (1961-64), Roy Orbison vacillated between snarling blues rock and his mainstay, the romantic/paranoiac ballad with crescendoing falsetto and strings. With his twanging guitar and quavering bel canto tenor, Or...

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