Regeneration (Roy Orbison album)

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Regeneration
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Studio album by
Roy Orbison
Released1976
Studio Monument Recording, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Rock
Length26:42
Label Monument
Producer Fred Foster
Roy Orbison chronology
I'm Still in Love with You
(1976)		Regeneration
(1976)		 Laminar Flow
(1979)
Singles from Regeneration
  1. "Belinda"
    Released: March 1976 [1]
  2. "(I'm A) Southern Man"
    Released: October 1976 [1]
  3. "Under Suspicion"
    Released: April 1977 [1]

Regeneration is an album by the American musician Roy Orbison, released in November 1976. [2] [3] It marked his return to Monument Records, where he had launched his greatest successes more than fifteen years earlier. It was produced by Fred Foster. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Cashbox said the album "features a sound similar to the one that made [Orbison] a legend" with his "unique style" being "well utilized on the ballads like 'Born to Love Me' and 'Old Love Song'." [8]

Jim Evans of Record Mirror harps on the reunion between Orbison and producer Fred Foster. Noting that Orbison's "distinctive voice is still there, sensitive without being sentimental", the "album starts to rekindle the old magic" and "almost gets there." [7]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I'm a Southern Man" (Tony Joe White)
  2. "No Chain at All" (Bob Morrison)
  3. "Old Love Song" (Bob Morrison, Alice Kiester)
  4. "Can't Wait" (Alan Rush, Dennis Linde)
  5. "Born to Love Me" (Bob Morrison)

Side two

  1. "Blues in My Mind" (Fred Rose)
  2. "Something They Can't Take Away" (Kris Kristofferson)
  3. "Under Suspicion" (Alan Rush, Dennis Linde)
  4. "I Don't Really Want You" (Dennis Linde)
  5. "Belinda" (Dennis Linde)

Personnel

Tracks 3, 5, 6, 8 Arranged by Bill Justis
Tracks 4, 6, 10 Arranged by Bergen White

References

  1. 1 2 3 Amburn, Ellis (1990). Dark star: The Roy Orbison Story. New York, NY: Carol Pub. Group. pp. 257–258. ISBN   9-780818-405181.
  2. ↑ Orbison, Roy Jr; Orbison, Alex; Orbison, Wesley; Slate, Jeff (2017). The Authorized Roy Orbison. New York: Center Street. p. 247. ISBN   978-1-4789-7654-7. OCLC   1017566749.
  3. ↑ Arrington, Carl (Nov 13, 1976). "Roy Orbison's Got It Made in the Shades". Detroit Free Press. p. 8C.
  4. ↑ Lehman, Peter (2010). Roy Orbison: Invention of an Alternative Rock Masculinity. Temple University Press. p. 14.
  5. ↑ "Regeneration Roy Orbison". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1062. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 Evans, Jim (February 26, 1977). "Albums Reviews" (PDF). Record Mirror . p. 19 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  8. ↑ "Cashbox Country LP Reviews: Regeneration". Cash Box . Vol. 38, no. 28. December 11, 1976. p. 34.
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