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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.
The track listing contains 99% of the singles released by Olivia covering from the early 70's up to present day.
For the first time ever on cd, the track Fool Country is included, a b-side to the Xanadu single. The track was in the movie but never made it onto the soundtrack album.
Another reason to purchase this collection is having The best of me with David Foster included. It was only included on his album in the mid 80's but never made it onto an Olivia compliation.
This is a fans sort of greastest hits as it includes as much as you can on this double cd set. Even though the Grease-mega mix has been included as well as the other Grease tracks they could have included, I need Love, Toughen Up or Take me home country roads.
If your interested in Olivia and dont own a greatest hits package, out of all the ones available i would suggest this. Not only for track listing but for the fantastic booklet included.
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