- pop, rock
- 32 min
- 12 tracks
- London Records
Cry Softly Lonely One is the twelfth music album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his sixth for MGM Records. The album was released in October 1967, and was available both in stereo and mono. and included two singles: "Communication Breakdown" and the title tune, both of which were minor hits in the States early that year.
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Grave, spare, classical in form and character-led.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- A1She2:38
- A2Communication Breakdown2:57
- A3Cry Softly, Lonely One2:52
- A4Girl Like Mine2:20
- A5It Takes One (To Know One)2:56
- A6Just Let Me Make Believe2:33
- B1Here Comes the Rain, Baby2:50
- B2That’s a No-No2:42
- B3Memories2:48
- B4Time to Cry2:38
- B5Only Alive2:04
- B6Just One Time2:15
12 tracks, 32 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Roy Orbison
- Label
- London Records
- Released
- 1967
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Vinyl
- Country
- DE
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