King of Hearts

Roy Orbison, ???????? with KD??? | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 20, 1992)
• Original Release Date: October 20, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WJ6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #165,722 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You're the One

2. Heartbreak Radio

3. We'll Take the Night

4. Crying

5. After the Love Has Gone

6. Love in Time

7. I Drove All Night

8. Wild Hearts

9. Coming Home

10. Careless Heart [Original Demo]

Editorial Reviews

This CD is an out of print collectible!It is the original 1992 Virgin Records release. Catalog 0777-7-86520-2-1. There is a saw cut on the spine of the case.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great posthumous release with some old and new songs., October 28, 1999

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Bob Kuhn ([e-mail]) (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Hearts (Audio CD)

Roy Orbison fans who cannot get enough of his music will find this CD a delightful find. And we should all be grateful to Barbara Orbison for producing this recording for our enjoyment! It includes the duet of "Crying" with kd Lang (maybe the only place it's available), the original demo of "Careless Heart," and what are probably initial attempts at songs-in-progress. Some of Roy's music friends took these unfinished songs and added additional arrangements to give them a finished sound. Remarkably, and because Roy's voice was so good, even when he was just laying down vocal tracks for demo tapes, most of the material is as good as anything in "Mystery Girl." "Heartbreak Radio" is a great rocker; "Love in Time" a haunting ballad; and "Coming Home" an unusual departure for Roy, with a stunning arrangement and vocal performance.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A sensitively assembled collection, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: King of Hearts (Audio CD)

This album is made up of songs that had been previously released by Orbison on soundtracks and demos with arrangements subsequently added to them.

From this album came three United Kingdom Top Twenty Hits - Crying, Heartbreak Radio and I Drove All Night.

The last was the biggest hit, reaching #2, and shows Orbison in a driving rock style only hinted at on his previous album "Mystery Girl". Heartbreak Radio is a similar song, although of lesser quality. But the highlight of the album is the duet with kd land on Crying. Recorded in 1987 for the film "Hiding Out", this may be one of Orbison's best performances ever. Despite serious health problems, he overshadows lang without any production tricks - the quality of his voice is truly heartbreaking to behold.

The album also contains a demo of "Careless Heart", which some say is better than the studio version on "Mystery Girl". It has several nice ballads such as "Coming Home". But one of the best is "Wild Hearts Run Out of Time", recorded in 1984, and the start of Roy Orbison's Virgin style, although recorded before he joined them. Here was the first hint that a once great name could be great again, and so it proved.

If you enjoy this album, you will want to check out the soundtracks to "End of Violence" and "Lezz than Zero", both of which feature superb Roy Orbison material from the same period.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, February 6, 2004

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6part "6parts" (florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of Hearts (Audio CD)

I just bought this; all I can say is wow; every song is great.
Crying, and I drove all night, are songs I had heard before and why I bought it. I particularly liked; Your the One, We'll take the Night,After the love has gone, and Careless Heart.
If you can find this pick it up.