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Track Listings
| 1. You're The One That I Want | |||
| 2. Xanadu | |||
| 3. Magic | |||
| 4. Sam | |||
| 5. I Honestly Love You | |||
| 6. Hopelessly Devoted To You | |||
| 7. Suddenly | |||
| 8. I Need Love | |||
| 9. A Little More Love | |||
| 10. Summer Nights | |||
| 11. Physical | |||
| 12. What Is Life | |||
| 13. Heart Attack | |||
| 14. Landslide | |||
| 15. Make A Move On Me | |||
| 16. Have You Ever Been Mellow | |||
| 17. Deeper Than The Night | |||
| 18. Banks Of The Ohio | |||
| 19. Take Me Home Country Roads | |||
| 20. Long Live Love | |||
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The Definitive Collection includes all of Olivia Newton-John’s most popular hits. Features "You're The One That I Want", "Xanadu", "Physical" and "Take Me Home Country Roads".
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The Definitive Collection includes all of Olivia Newton-John’s most popular hits. Features "You're The One That I Want", "Xanadu", "Physical" and "Take Me Home Country Roads".
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I guess 'Grease' really sums up Olivia's contribution to the pop scene - cool, calm and collected as the country girl with the silky voice, with tracks like 'Sam', 'I Honestly Love You', 'A Little More Love', 'Deeper than the Night', 'Take Me Home'......et al. Middle road with the early tracks in Grease....., progressing to the 'chick' at the end, with 'You're the One that I Want'!
A dynamic image change from 'Sandra Dee' to Pink Lady, 'Sandie'!
A dynamic image change from 'Sandra Dee' to Pink Lady, 'Sandie'!
This CD is a mix of the lively and the lovely, with the lyrics to 'Banks of the Ohio', surprising the odd new listener!
Our personal favourites are:- 'Magic', 'Xanadu', 'Physical', 'Heart Attack' and 'Long Live Love'.
Personally we would have omitted the 'Grease Megamix' at the end - it sounds like it has been slotted in as a last minute filler!
Overall, a great listen and representing excellent value for money from Amazon, today.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
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 British compilation contains all except two of her UK hits, both of them minor and neither of them essential. Note that fifteen of the twenty-one tracks that can be found on the American compilation (Magic - Very best of) from a few years back. So if you've got that, you probably don't need this.
Olivia established her position in the UK pop charts a few years before breaking through in America. This compilation contains all those early hits (If not for you, Banks of the Ohio, What is life. Take me home country roads, Long live love). None of those charted for Olivia in America and are therefore omitted from the American compilation. Olivia's next two UK hits (I honestly love you, Sam) both charted in America too and can be found on both compilations. However, during that time Olivia had a lot of American hits that didn't chart in Britain (Let me be there, If you love me let me know, Have you never been mellow, Come on over, Don't stop believing) so those are omitted from this compilation.
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), which both topped the UK charts, plus a solo ballad, Hopelessly devoted to you, which made number two. The follow-up album yielded two further hits (A little more love, Deeper than the night).
Next came Xanadu, Olivia's third and last UK number one hit, this time featuring ELO. It is odd that Olivia had three UK chart-toppers but none of them were solo recordings. She was far more successful in America where she had several solo number one hits. Following Xanadu came the outstanding ballad, Magic, which was only a minor UK hit but it was one of her biggest American hits. It was followed by Suddenly, a duet with Cliff Richard that made the UK top ten.
Then came Physical, a monster American hit that made the UK top ten. The follow-up, Landslide, did make the UK top ten and is included here although omitted from the American compilation. Make a move on me and Heart attack were both minor UK hits. Another minor UK hit, Twist of fate, is one of only UK hits omitted from this collection although it is included on that American compilation.
A revival of interest in Olivia's greatest triumph took The Grease megamix into the UK top three but the follow-up, The dream mix, was only a minor UK hit and is not included either here or on the American compilation, which also omits Olivia's final UK hit, I need love.
This is the strongest collection of Olivia's British hits yet released. It would require a double CD to provide a truly definitive Olivia compilation with all her British and American hits. Until and unless such a compilation is released, we now have a choice. If you want all of Olivia's important British hits, buy this. If you want her American hits, buy Magic - Very best of.
Olivia established her position in the UK pop charts a few years before breaking through in America. This compilation contains all those early hits (If not for you, Banks of the Ohio, What is life. Take me home country roads, Long live love). None of those charted for Olivia in America and are therefore omitted from the American compilation. Olivia's next two UK hits (I honestly love you, Sam) both charted in America too and can be found on both compilations. However, during that time Olivia had a lot of American hits that didn't chart in Britain (Let me be there, If you love me let me know, Have you never been mellow, Come on over, Don't stop believing) so those are omitted from this compilation.
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), which both topped the UK charts, plus a solo ballad, Hopelessly devoted to you, which made number two. The follow-up album yielded two further hits (A little more love, Deeper than the night).
Next came Xanadu, Olivia's third and last UK number one hit, this time featuring ELO. It is odd that Olivia had three UK chart-toppers but none of them were solo recordings. She was far more successful in America where she had several solo number one hits. Following Xanadu came the outstanding ballad, Magic, which was only a minor UK hit but it was one of her biggest American hits. It was followed by Suddenly, a duet with Cliff Richard that made the UK top ten.
Then came Physical, a monster American hit that made the UK top ten. The follow-up, Landslide, did make the UK top ten and is included here although omitted from the American compilation. Make a move on me and Heart attack were both minor UK hits. Another minor UK hit, Twist of fate, is one of only UK hits omitted from this collection although it is included on that American compilation.
A revival of interest in Olivia's greatest triumph took The Grease megamix into the UK top three but the follow-up, The dream mix, was only a minor UK hit and is not included either here or on the American compilation, which also omits Olivia's final UK hit, I need love.
This is the strongest collection of Olivia's British hits yet released. It would require a double CD to provide a truly definitive Olivia compilation with all her British and American hits. Until and unless such a compilation is released, we now have a choice. If you want all of Olivia's important British hits, buy this. If you want her American hits, buy Magic - Very best of.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What a superb CD! This is an excellent compilation of Olivia Newton-John's greatest hits. The problem with some of Olivia Newton-John's previous greatest hits CD's is that they cover far too many songs from her pre-Grease days or either her later career. This CD compilation is wonderful because it really does feature a wide range of songs across her long and illustrious singing career. 'Country Roads,' 'The Banks of the Ohio,' 'I Honestly Love You,' 'Landslide,''Xanadu,' and 'Physical,' are among some of the many songs on this great CD. For any Oliva Newton-John fan this is definitely one CD that must be added to your collection.
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Nothing special
I was hoping that this CD would have the same impact that the music had when it first came out. Unfortunatley although it had all the usual Olivia Newton John popular songs it... Read more
Published 18 days ago by Mrs C
No apology needed
it seems to me that when you say I'm a HUGE Olivia fan people expect you to apologise for it (well they do here in the uk) well let me point out a few things about this angel. Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Evans
Outstanding!
Olivia is a fabulous ladt or great talent and these songs are the songs of a generation. She seems top have been going for so long yet she is still fresh. Great album - buy it!
Published 5 months ago by Mr. T. Banks
Cd you want
An excellent introduction to Olivia Newton John, sit back and relax with these delightful tracks.
Published 22 months ago by D. P. Parks
Suprisingly good!!
I ordered this for my brother (on his request) when it dropped on to my mat, I phoned and told him it had arrived, `can I give it a quick spin?` I asked. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2008 by G. G. Saunders
Olivia's Greatest Hits, in no particular order
Call me soft if you like, but as someone who had all of Olivia's albums on vinyl up to and including "Physical" I have to say that I always preferred her early work, and wasn't... Read more
Published on 17 Dec 2004 by Mr. R. B. Ager
You don't have to be a monster fan
In truth other than a really old scratched LP, this is the only Olivia album I have brought and I am so glad I did. Read more
Published on 21 Nov 2004 by "nitajb"
A very good album for Olivia Newton John fans!
Olivia Newton-John's album combines the hit singles of her singing career coupled with her successes from the film Grease such as Summer Nights. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2004
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