Mystery Girl

Mystery Girl
Mystery Girl
Studio album by Roy Orbison
Released	January 31, 1989
Recorded	July 1987 – November 1988
Studio	Rumbo, Los Angeles; A&M, Hollywood; FPSHOT, Oxfordshire;
Length	38:17
Label	Virgin
Producer	Roy Orbison; Mike Campbell; Jeff Lynne; T Bone Burnett; Barbara Orbison; Bono;
Roy Orbison chronology
Singles from Mystery Girl
	"You Got It"; Released: January 3, 1989; "She's a Mystery to Me"; Released: February 7, 1989; "California Blue"; Released: June 1989;

Mystery Girl is the twenty-second album by American singer Roy Orbison. It was his last album to be recorded during his lifetime, as he completed the album in November 1988, a month before his death at the age of 52, and it was released posthumously by Virgin Records on January 31, 1989.^[2] It includes the hit singles "You Got It", which was co-written by Orbison and his Traveling Wilburys bandmates Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, and "She's a Mystery to Me", written by Bono and The Edge. The album was a critical and commercial success; it peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, the highest position Orbison had achieved on that chart, and number 2 on the UK Albums Chart.^[3]

Mystery Girl was Orbison's first album of all-new material since 1979 and its success posthumously continued the resurgence that his career had undergone since 1986. Among the many other contributors to the album were Mike Campbell and other members of the Heartbreakers, T Bone Burnett, George Harrison, Jim Keltner and Rick Vito. For the 25th anniversary of its release, the album was reissued with bonus tracks including "The Way Is Love", a song recorded by Orbison on a cassette tape in the 1980s that was subsequently completed by his sons and producer John Carter Cash.

^ Clayson, Alan (2003). George Harrison. London: Sanctuary. pp. 422–23. ISBN 1-86074-489-3.
^ Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff (Second ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 235. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 408–409. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[1] Clayson, Alan (2003). George Harrison. London: Sanctuary. pp. 422–23. ISBN 1-86074-489-3.

[:0-2] Orbison, Roy Jr. (2017). The authorized Roy Orbison. Orbison, Wesley,, Orbison, Alex,, Slate, Jeff (Second ed.). New York: Center Street. p. 235. ISBN 9781478976547. OCLC 1017566749.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-3] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 408–409. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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