Mystery Girl
by Roy Orbison
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Mystery Girl is ranked as the best album by Roy Orbison.
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Mystery Girl track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Mystery Girl rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,193rd | 1980s rank: 471st | 1989 rank: 41st Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 80 Music Albums of 1989 | 45/80 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 20/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1401-1500 | 66/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1989 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Q magazine Recordings Of The Year 1989 | 27/50 | - |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 90 Music Albums of 1989 | 62/90 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 50/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 127 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 478 | |||
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| ! | 08/14/2026 19:19 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 17:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,023 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/28/2026 09:14 | dukeboxkool | 2,267 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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View forum topic (37 mentions) →From Romanelli 02/27/2023 12:49 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Greatest Hits
Romanelli 02/27/2023 12:49 in The Romanelli Music Diary: The Greatest Hits“1591 ROY ORBISON MYSTERY GIRL 1989 – VIRGIN Produced By ROY ORBISON, MIKE CAMPBELL, JEFF LYNNE, T-BONE BURNETT, BARBARA ORBISON & BONO 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…”
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jhuik TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/04/2013 01:14 | #59986 | TOP COMMENT
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Swooning in to rescue late 80's radio from dreck like late career Phil Collins, Michael Bolton and Roxette, Orbison's voice was a beautiful relief.
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There are some amazing songs on this record and I do think it goes slightly under appreciated in how good it actually is considering Roy Orbison was never really an album man. It is quite a consistent listen with all the songs being at least decent and a few transcending that and being brilliant. These tracks are You Got It, California Blue and my personal favourite She's A Mystery To Me. All of these are phenomenal and are up there with his best ever songs. His vocal shines bright as ever on this release and it sounds just as fresh as his earlier releases with just a little extra experience making his control and quality slightly superior to other records. He really was a very unique vocalist and it always warms me whenever I hear him sing. He is also backed beautifully on this record with some outstanding instrumental performances to sink your teeth into. The record never really slows down either and has a great flow to it. However, there are a couple of filler tracks on here which hold it back only a little. Overall, this goes under rated in the grand scheme of music as it is such an enjoyable listen and is probably Roy Orbison's greatest ever release as well as being packed full of quality.
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vinylnut 12/21/2011 18:42 | #33429 | TOP COMMENT
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A truly great voice, whose best work in the 60s is best got at by seeking out the singles. This album was made shortly before his death and, relying on help from 'showbiz pals' like Jeff Lynne and Elvis Costello, should have been dreadful, but isn't, largely because his voice had taken on a strange ethereal quality by this time.
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Very good album. Best 10 songs average is 88,8/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Orbisons voice is gorgeous. Best song is the opener "You got it" i'm rating fully 100/100, followed by "California blue" 95/100 and next "Dream you" 90/100. Favourite!
Genre: Rockabilly, Country Rock
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The hit You Got It brought Roy back to the scene... but he never really was an album maker. He was a hit maker, and has an amazing voice.
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