King of Hearts (Roy Orbison album)

King of Hearts
Studio album by Roy Orbison
Released October 20, 1992
Recorded 1987-1992
Genre Rock, soft rock, country
Length 41:21
Label Virgin (86520)
Producer Various
Roy Orbison chronology
A Black & White Night Live
(1989)A Black & White Night Live1989		 King of Hearts
(1992)		 One of the Lonely Ones
(2015)One of the Lonely Ones2015
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King of Hearts is a posthumous album of Roy Orbison songs put together from master sessions and demos by Jeff Lynne for Virgin Records, and Orbison's 23rd album overall. According to the official Roy Orbison discography by Marcel Riesco,[2] the collection was originally released in October 1992 on CD, music cassette, and LP.

History

Roy Orbison died on December 6, 1988, aged 52, from a heart attack in the middle of his career revival. After Orbison's death in 1988, Mystery Girl was released. Several songs had been recorded during the sessions, and there was enough material for a new album. Some songs on this album were recorded as demos. Several individuals produced the various recordings, including Lynne. They were: Don Was, David Was, Pete Anderson, Robbie Robertson, Will Jennings, David Briggs, Chips Moman, Guy Roche, Albert Hammond and Diane Warren.

The album includes the 1987 duet with k.d. lang version of Orbison's 1961 hit single, "Crying". The re-recording was first released as part of the soundtrack for the motion picture Hiding Out. Their collaboration won the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. The duet version was a minor US chart hit for the pair, peaking at No. 42 on the hot country singles chart,[3] though it was a more substantial hit in the UK in 1992, reaching No. 13 on the UK Singles Chart.

"I Drove All Night" was another hit single from the album.

Clarence Clemons appeared on saxophone on "We'll Take the Night".

Track listing

Side One
  1. "You're the One" (Roy Orbison, Bill Dees)
  2. "Heartbreak Radio" (Troy Seals, Frankie Miller)
  3. "We'll Take the Night" (Roy Orbison, Will Jennings, J.D. Souther)
  4. "Crying" (duet with k.d. lang) (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson)
  5. "After The Love Has Gone" (Roy Orbison, Jerry L. Williams)
Side Two
  1. "Love in Time" (Roy Orbison, Will Jennings)
  2. "I Drove All Night" (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly)
  3. "Wild Hearts Run Out of Time" (Roy Orbison, Will Jennings)
  4. "Coming Home" (Roy Orbison, Will Jennings, J.D. Souther)
  5. "Careless Heart" (original demo) (Roy Orbison, Diane Warren, Albert Hammond)

2007 reissue bonus track

  1. "Life Fades Away" (Roy Orbison, Glenn Danzig) From the Less Than Zero soundtrack.

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r55434
  2. ↑ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff,, Riesco, Marcel (First ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 248. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 305. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
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