Lonely And Blue
by Roy Orbison
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Roy Orbison bestography
Lonely And Blue is ranked 4th best out of 38 albums by Roy Orbison on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Roy Orbison is Mystery Girl which is ranked number 3183 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 480.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Lonely And Blue track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Lonely And Blue rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 43 Music Albums of 1961 | 42/43 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  skelter54 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1961 | 12/20 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | #1 albums per year since 1960 | 2/66 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 99 Music Albums of 1961 | 3/99 | 5 |
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Weepingguitarman | Top 14 Music Albums of 1961 | 9/14 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 28/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1961 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1961 | 4/20 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 88 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 282 | |||
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Lonely And Blue ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/08/2026 12:39 | cicadelic | 13,907 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2026 03:53 | BurndenAce | 1,317 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2026 16:19 | Jakor | 5,535 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 10/02/2019 01:27 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?
Repo 08/21/2019 13:01 in What album are you listening to right now?Lonely And Blue comments
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2nd-Impressions 10/18/2020 23:56 | #259417
66/100
Best track: Only the Lonely
Worst track: I'm Hurtin (Edited)
Roy Orbison has always been one of my favorite artists of the 60's, and this album is one of my three favorites (the other two being "Crying" and "Mystery Girl"). It's easy for anyone to see how Roy became such an icon to so many. He was so inept at his craft of singing and songwriting, that he fit right in with the iconic artists of his time.
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