| The Classic Roy Orbison | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Roy Orbison |
| Cover: | ClassicOrbisonAlbum.jpg |
| Released: | July 1966 |
| Recorded: | October 1, 1965 – May 16, 1966 |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 27:58 |
| Label: | MGM |
| Producer: | Wesley Rose, Jim Vienneau |
| Prev Title: | The Orbison Way |
| Prev Year: | 1966 |
| Next Title: | Roy Orbison Sings Don Gibson |
| Next Year: | 1967 |
The Classic Roy Orbison is the ninth studio album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his third on the MGM Records label, released in July 1966. The single taken from it, "Twinkle Toes", would be Orbison's last US top-forty single during his lifetime, scraping in at #39. It also reached #24 in Australia and #29 in the UK.
Some of the songs were leftovers from The Orbison Way sessions.
Bruce Eder of AllMusic felt that "Every song was cast in a familiar, classic Orbison vein, without any of the country piano sounds that showed a digression on recent releases, and most of it -- especially "Just Another Name for Rock and Roll" -- had a beat, this is stripped-down, back-to-basics Orbison", calling the album "the best album be ever did for the label"
Billboard described the album as "one of his best album of dynamic Orbison perfromances"[1]
Cashbox gave a positive review, saying that Orbison "ranges from rhythmic danceables (“Just Another Name For Rock And Roll”) to dramatic, emotional ballads (“Wait”).[2]
The album reached No. 12 in the UK. All tracks composed by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees, except where indicated.Produced by Wesley Rose and Jim VienneauEngineered by Val Valentin