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Composer: John FarrarComposer: Jeff Lynne
Orchestra: Electric Light Orchestra
Performer: Olivia Newton-John
Performer: Cliff Richard
Performer: E.L.O.
Performer: Gene Kelly
Performer: The Tubes
Performer: John 'Fee' Waybill
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1998-09-08
Music Label: MCA
Soundtracks:
- Magic - Farrar, John
- Suddenly - Farrar, John
- Dancin' Round and Round - Farrar, John
- Suspended in Time - Farrar, John
- Whenever You're Away from Me - Farrar, John
- I'm Alive - Lynne, Jeff
- The Fall - Lynne, Jeff
- Don't Walk Away - Lynne, Jeff
- All Over the World - Lynne, Jeff
- Xanadu - Lynne, Jeff
Free Music Notes for Xanadu
Free Music Review: Before Harrison, Dylan and McCartney there was Newton-John
Hit: 3 Stars
Let's just start by saying that I was buying the Idle Race 2-cd set and realized that I now had just about everything Jeff Lynne had ever recorded......EXCEPT FOR XANADU!
How could I resist?
Anyway, I am not going to waste too much space on a Xanadu review. A few of my (random) thoughts:
-> This CD confirms my theory that ELO was at least better than Olivia Newton-John (as for my assertion that ELO was better than Abba, we'll have to wait for another day). The ELO half of the CD is WAY BETTER! Actually, the only ONJ track I was able to get through was MAGIC, and I probably won't even listen to that one again for quite a while. Once every 25 years is often enough for me.
-> ALL OVER THE WORLD is quite possibly the best Motown rip-off ELO (or anyone else for that matter) ever pulled off. Couldn't they have just done a cover of HEATWAVE or DANCING IN THE STREETS instead?
-> I'M ALIVE is still annoying.
-> The two ELO non-singles (THE FALL and DON'T WALK AWAY) are actually really good, although the sequence of the two songs should be reversed, since the "It's a lie" chorus in THE FALL sounds a little bit too much like "I'm alive."
-> The title track is probably the best thing Olivia ever did. How does Jeff Lynne do it?
Finally, I think it is also pretty funny that, before working with his idols (Roy Orbison, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, etc.), Jeff Lynne had to do a duet with Olivia Newton-John. Talk about paying your dues.
I guess I did waste a fair amount of space there. Sorry about that.
Xanadu Poster
Unavailable on CD in the U.S., this is CBS's 1989 reissue ofMCA's top five & double platinum 1980 soundtrack to directorRobert Greenwald's 1980 musical starring Olivia Newton-John at a high point in her career and Gene Kelly at the bottom of his. The album features 10 tracks, five each from E.L.O. & Olivia Newton-John, including the #1 smash 'Magic' by Newton-John, the top 10 title cut by both her & E.L.O. and the top 20 duet 'Suddenly' by Newton-John and Cliff Richard!Pop Music CDs
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