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Title: The "Best of" - literally
Review: This album starts off with a strong aim - to collect all of Roy Orbison's Monument singles under one umbrella. And we all know that this is the most successful period of the Orbison career. The great thing about this Cd is that it doesn't limit itself to "Greatest Hits". So whilst you get the obvious tracks like "Oh Pretty Woman" and "Only the Lonely", you also get tracks which are just as strong, but which, for one reason or another, didn't make it. "Belinda", "The Crowd", "Drifting Away" and "Goodnight" are all examples of songs which were strong A sides, but didn't really achieve commercial success. And then you have the B sides. Some are banal, such as "Candy Man" and "What'd I Say". But some eclipse their more famous A-sides in terms of artistry. See "Only With You", "Here Comes That Song Again", "Yo Te Amo Maria", "Indian Wedding" and "The Actress" to understand just how special this man really was as a singer.
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