In Dreams: The Greatest Hits

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In Dreams: The Greatest Hits
Compilation album by Roy Orbison
Released	1987
Genre	Rock
Length	50:13
Label	Virgin
Producer	T-Bone Burnett Roy Orbison Michael Utley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Roy Orbison chronology
Class of '55 (1986) In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987) For The Lonely: A Roy Orbison Anthology (1988)

In Dreams: The Greatest Hits is a music album of Roy Orbison songs released in 1987 on Virgin Records. The two-record set was produced by Roy Orbison and Mike Utley except for the song "In Dreams" which was produced by Orbison with T Bone Burnett and film director, David Lynch. All songs are new recordings by Orbison from 1985, except for the song "In Dreams", which was recorded in April of 1987.

The original 1960s versions of these songs were hit records for Orbison when recorded on Monument Records from 1960 to 1964, with two exceptions. The first exception, "Ooby Dooby", was a hit for Orbison on Sun Records in 1956. "Claudette", the second exception, was a song Orbison wrote that became a hit for The Everly Brothers in 1958. Orbison himself didn't record "Claudette" until he had signed with MGM Records in 1965 -- ironically, a few months after he had divorced his wife Claudette, who had inspired the song. (They later reconciled in 1966, before her death in a motorcycle accident.)

The album contains four songs named by Rolling Stone in 2004 on its list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."

[edit] Track listing - (songwriter)

Side One

1. "Only The Lonely" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
2. "Leah" - (Roy Orbison)
3. "In Dreams" - (Roy Orbison)
4. "Uptown" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
5. "It's Over" - (Roy Orbison & Bill Dees)

Side Two

1. "Crying" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
2. "Dream Baby" - (Cindy Walker)
3. "Blue Angel" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
4. "Working For The Man" - (Roy Orbison)
5. "Candy Man" - (Beverly Ross & Fred Neil)

Side Three

1. "Running Scared" - (Roy Orbison & Will Jennings)
2. "Falling" - (Roy Orbison)
3. "I'm Hurtin" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
4. "Claudette" - (Roy Orbison)

Side Four

1. "Oh, Pretty Woman" - (Roy Orbison & Bill Dees)
2. "Mean Woman Blues" - (Claude Demetrius)
3. "Ooby Dooby" - (Wade Moore & Dick Penner)
4. "Lana" - (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)
5. "Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison & Joe Melson)

[edit] References

http://www.discographyguide.com/royorbison/royorbison-discography1020.html

v • d • e Roy Orbison Studio Albums Roy Orbison at the Rock House (1961)• Lonely and Blue (1961)• Crying (1962)• In Dreams (1963)• There Is Only One Roy Orbison (1965)• Orbisongs (1965)• The Orbison Way (1966)• The Classic Roy Orbison (1966)• Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson (1967)• The Fastest Guitar Alive (1967)• Cry Softly Lonely One (1967)• Roy Orbison's Many Moods (1969)• Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way (1970)• Big O (1970)• Roy Orbison Sings (1972)• Memphis (1972)• Milestones (1973)• I'm Still In Love With You (1974)• Regeneration (1977)• Laminar Flow (1979)• In Dreams: The Greatest Hits (1987 -- studio re-recordings of earlier hits) • Mystery Girl (1989)• King Of Hearts (1992) Compilations Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1962)• More of Roy Orbison's Greatest Hits (1964)• The Great Songs of Roy Orbison (1970) Collaborations Class of '55 (1986)• Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 (1988) Soundtrack appearances Roadie (1980) • Less Than Zero (1987) Live A Black & White Night Live (1987)