Mystery Girl

Roy Orbison | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 29, 1992)
• Original Release Date: February 1, 1989
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000WGN
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,699 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Got It

2. In The Real World

3. (All I Can Do Is) Dream You

4. A Love So Beautiful

5. California Blue

6. She's A Mystery To Me

7. The Comedians

8. The Only One

9. Windsurfer

10. Careless Heart

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is only one Roy Orbison, April 17, 2000

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Denis Reed (Stockton-on-tees, Cleveland England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mystery Girl (Audio CD)

If you only ever buy one Roy Orbison record this is it.Orbison's recording career had an uncanny knack of mirroring the incredible highs and lows of his life.That he died shortly after completing his masterpiece would have seemed unbelievable in a Hollywood 50's biopic.In the life of Roy Orbison it was just the next logical step.He probably wrote a song about it in heaven. Every track is a standout.When Roy sings 'In the real world we must say real goodbyes'he really means it.'A love so beautiful'will rip your heart out.This was the final performance every star dreams of,few experience.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is such an awesome album, March 18, 2004

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Johny Bottom "Insane and lonely guitarist" (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery Girl (Audio CD)

1989 was a very turbulant year for me, drugs, alcohol, crazy girlfriend, on my own for the first time, it's a miracle I survived. I do not know why, when, or where I bought this album, but I'm so glad I did. When things were quiet at night and I was alone in my apartment, I would shut off all the lights and listen to the tape over and over again in complete darkness. It just seemed like the right thing to do.

Roy's haunting voice and bittersweet songs described everything I was going through at the time, even Windsurfer (I grew up on the beach). Comedians, Love so beautiful, and the title track haunt me to this day. It's such a shame Roy died around the time of this album's release. The yearning in his voice made him sound like he was so alone, and I was too. If he were alive and I had the chance, I'd shake his hand and thank him for making an album that could touch the heart of this Speed Metal Headbanger.

We could only wonder what else he could have done if given more time. Maybe there's a lesson here for us.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hell hound on his trail..., March 3, 2000

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Rob Damm - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery Girl (Audio CD)

A sad, sweeping swansong that easily rates among his greatest works. In fact, it is probably the strongest LP of his career as it is imbued with a coherence and a complexity that binds these shimmering pop songs together. His voice soars. Years had done nothing to diminish his multi-octave crooning... and the wisdom of middle age had added a certain poingancy to each trembling note. These are songs about lost love and broken dreams... beautifully arranged, breathtakingly sung. The production is a little slick and compressed, but Roy's voice is captured perfectly. You can hear every nuance of his phrasing. Sadly,this album is often overlooked. I beleive it stands as one of a handful of great records from the last two decades... this from some one who was supposed to be "irrelevant" by the beginning of the '70's. Roy Orbison, we miss you.