The Soul of Rock and Roll

No modern emo sad sacks could hope to top the ecstatically morose lost-love laments of Roy Orbison. And no previous compilations can beat the heft of this four-decade, 107-track set The Soul of Rock and Roll. Every classic make-you-bawl ballad appears (”Crying,” ”It’s Over”), along with newly exhumed demo-recording downers like ”Defeated” and ”I Give Up.” The liner notes can turn mawkish, but the best of Orbison’s deeply felt music never does. A