Olivia Newton-John - Gold
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Free Music Review: The fans are right...
Hit: 5 Stars
...this is a great collection. Unlike previous collections, this one gathers songs from all eras of Olivia's careers plus some gems. The remastering is great, and Olivia's vocals come out crisp and clear.
What I like about this collection is that it pays attention to her career after 1983, since most collections of her music stop after "Twist of Fate". Here we get the Top 20 song, "Soul Kiss", the ballad "The Best of Me" (with David Foster), which still gets lots of radio airplay here in Canada, and one of Olivia's best and most underrated songs, "The Rumor" which is still as punchy and catchy as it was back in 1988 when radio ignored it.
Even the reprise of the Grease Megamix and the 1998 version of "I Honestly Love You" fits well. A worthy collection for both casual and serious Olivia fans.
Free Music Review: The Quintessential Olivia Newton-John!!
Hit: 5 Stars
An incredible bargain if you love Olivia! Forty! Count them ... Forty of the very best of Olivia! At $14.99, that is only $0.37 per song (iTunes, put THAT price in your pipe and smoke it ... ). We operate a professional D.J. service, and are always looking for the best deal. This is one of the best.
NOW, regarding the actual songs and artist. If you know Olivia, you don't need any encouragement. If you DON'T know Olivia, you are missing one of life's great auditory joys. Grab a copy of this CD! You may as well get the DVDs of "Grease" and "Xanadu" while you are at it, so you can see what an adorable, delightful entertainer she is.
Free Music Review: LONG LIVE OLIVIA!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This is the CD I have been waiting for---everything that she is known for and then some. I never thought that there would be an ON-J compilation that would get it right---I thought the closest I was going to get was the "Magic...The Very Best Of Olivia Newton-John" CD. But now the "Gold" CD is on the market and when I was told about it, I wasted no time in ordering it. This is the DEFINITVE greatest hits collection---and if you don't believe me, just take a listen to it yourself---you won't be sorry. True story, hand to God.Free Music Review: A comprehensive USA hits collection
Hit: 5 Stars
Like most major artists, Olivia has had some truly international hits but has had other hits that have charted in just one or two countries. This American compilation contains all her USA hits, however minor, except for a duet with Andy Gibb (I can't help it) although you can find that track on an Andy Gibb compilation - maybe it couldn't be licensed for inclusion here. So this compilation should satisfy all of Olivia's American fans. Brits and expatriate Brits will notice the absence of three major UK hits (What is life, Take me home country roads, Long live love) and may prefer the 2004 UK compilation (Definitive collection) that contains seventeen of the tracks that can be found here together with those three major UK hits and a minor UK hit (I need love).
Olivia established her position in the UK pop charts a few years before breaking through in America. This compilation contains two of those early hits (If not for you, Banks of the Ohio), both of which charted high for Olivia in America although at a lower level than in the UK.
Following the failure of Long live love in the 1974 Eurovision song contest, Olivia switched her base to America and had a lot of American hits (Let me be there, If you love me let me know, I honestly love you, Have you never been mellow, Please Mr Please, Come on over, Don't stop believing, Sam), of which only two (I honestly love you, Sam) charted in the UK.
Olivia's most commercially successful period music began in 1978 with the release of Grease, featuring two major international hit duets with John Travolta (You're the one that I want, Summer nights) and a solo ballad, Hopelessly devoted to you, which was also a major international hit. The follow-up album yielded two further hits (A little more love, Deeper than the night).
Next came the outstanding ballad, Magic, which was one of her biggest American hits, followed by Xanadu, this time featuring Olivia in a temporary role as lead singer of ELO. Following Xanadu came Suddenly, a duet with Cliff Richard.
Then came Physical, a monster American hit that stayed at the very top of the charts for over two months. The follow-up, Landslide, was only a minor American hit but it made the UK top ten. Further hits include Make a move on me, Heart attack and Twist of fate. Olivia's last major international hit, The Grease megamix, provided a new generation of fans with a chance to get to hear her voice.
This is the most comprehensive collection of Olivia's American hits yet released. I hope that there will one day be a double-CD would encompass all of Olivia's major hits in both Britain and America as the equivalent Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck compilations in this series do. Such a compilation may appear one day but Hip-O clearly decided to give priority to Olivia's minor American hits. This compilation will clearly please Olivia's American fans, but if you want her British hits, buy Definitive collection instead.
Free Music Review: Almost ultimate!!!
Hit: 4 Stars
Would be ultimate buy if the collection include hits "I can't help it" (duet with Andy Gibb), "Toughen up" and "I need love".