The Big O

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共28首歌曲

艺人: Roy Orbison
语种: 英语
厂牌: London
发行时间: 1970年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Bruce Eder

As though to distinguish it from his previous ballad album (The Many Moods of Roy Orbison), Roy Orbison opened The Big O with a rousing, upbeat, rhythm-driven number, &Break My Mind.& The Big O has the distinction of being the only Roy Orbison album never to get a U.S. release -- it was actually a substitute for an intended live album that didn't quite come off, recorded at the Batley Variety Club. That tape was eventually released as part of a live anthology on Orbison, but for the album, he made a series of studio recordings encompassing some of the same oldies, mostly in a rock & roll vein, including &Help Me Rhonda,& &Money,& and &Land of 1,000 Dances,& that were part of his concert set, broken up by originals such as the highly charged and exciting &Down the Line.& MGM in America apparently had no enthusiasm for the record and passed on it, which was a pity, as it turned out to be one of the best albums that Orbison had cut in years, and a superb vehicle for his rock & roll singing (as opposed to the ballads that he'd loaded onto his prior album). The only bizarre moment comes, ironically enough, with the single from these sessions, &Penny Arcade,& which sounds more like the kind of song you'd hear at a beer hall than a rock & roll single.