The Orbison Way

The Orbison Way is the eighth album recorded by Roy Orbison, and his second for MGM Records, released in January 1966. Two singles were taken from the album — "Crawling Back" and "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart" — both of which were chart hits in England, the US and Australia.

Cash Box described "Crawling Back" as a "tender, slow-moving, laconic ode about a love-sick fella who'll go to any lengths to get his ex-gal back again." Cash Box described "Breakin' Up Is Breakin' My Heart" as a "medium-paced, full orked and chorus backed soulful tearjerker about a lonely guy who's been singing the blues since his gal jilted him."

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 5, 1966, and remained on the chart for three weeks, peaking at number 128. it debuted on the Cashbox looking ahead albums chart in the issue dated February 12, 1966, and remained on the chart for seven weeks, peaking at number 107. In the UK, it spent ten weeks on the albums chart, peaking at number 11.

The album was released on compact disc by Diablo Records on October 5, 2004, as tracks 12 through 24 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 12 consisting of Orbison's debut MGM album, There Is Only One Roy Orbison. The Orbison Way was included in a box set entitled The MGM Years 1965-1973 - Roy Orbison, which contains 12 of his MGM studio albums, 1 compilation, and was released on December 4, 2015.