Audio CD review:
Roy Orbison - Laminar Flow

Roy Orbison - Laminar Flow

Band: Roy Orbison Title: Laminar Flow Rating: Release Date: 01 June, 1989 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Easy Way Out 2: Love Is A Cold Wind 3: Lay It Down 4: I Care 5: We're Into Something Good 6: Movin' 7: Poor Baby 8: Warm Spot Hot 9: Tears 10: Friday Night 11: Hound Dog Man

Customer Reviews Not really that bad Almost nothing, short of Mystery Girl, would compare with his greatest hits. Yes, this album can't compare to his early 60's work with Monument. This album, though, has a lot of good songs on it and remains an album I carry around on my iPod, along with his greatest hits. My favorites are Easy Way Out, Lay It Down and Tears. Orbison said in an interview he felt the album was unfinished to some extent, and it was recorded very close to the time he was recovering from the bypass. So while I understand the other reviewers' "take" on this album, I am not ready to say it was completely without merit. On the contrary, it is probably better than the many "cover" albums he recorded with MGM, even though those, too, had many fine songs on them. Somehow RO doing "Help Me, Rhonda," however, never quite registered high on a scale of songs I'd want the Big O to do!. Should Be Called "Laminar FLAW" In my opion I don't think it is. Is the cd "Laminar Flow" as bad as people say. Sure, it isn't Roy's best work coming less than two yrs after his triple by pass, the cd has it's Flaw's. But it also has some great songs on, for instance the beautiful tribute to Elvis-"Hound Dog Man". There are 4 great ballads on as well- "Poor Baby", "Tears", "Love Is A Cold Wind" and "Easy Way Out". "Movin'" & "Friday Night" are two rockin' tunes. While the flaws are in "Warm Hot Spot ", "Lay It Down " & "We're Into Something Good". Of cource the tunes don't match upto Roy's Monument tunes but so what, the fact is that as Roy fans we should be grateful that Elektra have reissued the disc unlike the "I'm Still In Love With You"cd which is longer avabile, this one is. I would recommended people to purchase the disc not only because who knows when it will be deleatd but because Roy recorded it for us fans and there though we should take the disc to keep his memory alive. A complete dog. Not even completists need this Which, here, can only be described as wretched. This album is many years removed from the string of great 45s (and, truth be told, spottier LPs) that Roy Orbison released in the '50s and '60s, not only chronologically, but also in content. There cannot be any question that this represents the nadir of Orbison's recorded career. Though his mid '70s efforts for Monument were nothing to write home about, at least they remained several steps above dismal. This does not. Roy was in the midst of recovery from a heart attack when this was recorded, and one has trouble imagining what might have "inspired" him to hop back on the recording track for this dreck. Bad songs, lousy performances, hideous cover photo. This album manages to do just about everything wrong. Why Elektra chose to put this one back into print when so many classic early Elektra titles remain unavailable on CD is anyone's guess. dap. . You can see a complete list of all Roy Orbison discography, or go back to the Roy Orbison tabs