Gold [2 CD]
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Taking the time to write a review takes time and patience. The album must be exciting and worth my time. This compilation is a case study in great digital remastering. We all agree that the song selection is excellent but for me it's the audiophile sound quality that got my attention. So congrats to those engineers that created such a wonderful listening experience. This is worthy of 5 stars."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'One of the main reasons to get this is for the song Fool Country from Xanadu. This was never on the original Xanadu Soundtrack but is included here. In Xanadu this is the moment Olivia does a medley and comes out as a Rocker and segues into a country song.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I had a huge crush on Olivia back in the Seventies. Hence, I bought several of her compilation songs over the years, but they always lacked ALL her hits. I’m her to say “problem” solved with GOLD. I was hoping to find it as a digital download, but unfortunately, it was not to be. I decided to go Old School, and buy the double CD. It has every big hit of her chart topping career, so I am thrilled. If you are an ONJ fan, this is the Holy Grail. Highly recommended.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This CD is Gold! I have loved Olivia Newton-John since grade school. This CD is wonderful. My favorite tracks are Deeper Than a River and Magic. Actually, I love all the tracks on here mostly. You cannot go wrong with this amazing collection of songs from the great ONJ. Everything from the song Suddenly to the amazing beat of Soul Kiss is classic.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This IS the best of Olivia Newton-John. Olivia is a legend in her own time & has many great songs on this GOLD album. The best of the songs include: LET ME BE THERE, IF YOU LOVE ME (LET ME KNOW), I HONESTLY LOVE YOU, HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW, HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU, SUMMER NIGHTS, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT, XANADU, MAGIC, PHYSICAL, HEART ATTACK, TWIST OF FATE, & the GREASE MEGAMIX. SO Olivia Newton-John lovers check this one out because it's a treat & worth it for the money!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Great CD because it truly considers all of the hits, and not just the major chart busters. It covers smaller hits and good album cuts, starting with the Dylan cover "If Not For You" in 1971. The greatest hits album she put out was totally incomplete (no "Let Me Be There" or "If Not For You" or "Soul Kiss" so this is an album for someone who wants ALL the great songs you heard on the radio. The sound is clear and rich and well produced, and is well recommended. Olivia has sang country, MOR, pop, musicals, rock, and hard rock (A Little More Love), and has proven she can sing it all.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2008', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Olivia Newton-John is a multi-talented, multi-faceted performer who has had a career that has lasted decades and covered many different styles of music. This GOLD collection is the best out there in trying to represent all the periods from her career. Olivia's signature song I HONESTLY LOVE YOU was a pop classic and garnered her two Grammys. But it also raised controversy among the country music community as to whether she was truly a country artist as she claimed. And the answer to that is yes, she was. (FYI - the Grammy for I HONESTLY LOVE YOU was for best pop artist.) Before this infamous song Olivia had recorded many albums that were pure country. They were amazing releases and she had hits like IF NOT FOR YOU and LET ME BE THERE. Her country period is represented with 14 songs on this collection.\n\nThen came GREASE and Olivia's career took a turn towards definite pop. There were many hits from GREASE and she also released two great pop albums TOTALLY HOT and PHYSICAL. Then there was the soundtrack to XANADU. This period is represented with 18 songs on this collection.\nThe remainder of the songs here are other hits and a super GREASE megamix. The standouts on the whole collection are in my opinion BANKS OF THE OHIO, HAVE YOU NEVER BEEN MELLOW, COME ON OVER, EVERY FACE TELLS A STORY, A LITTLE MORE LOVE, TOTALLY HOT, XANADU, SUDDENLY and THE RUMOUR made with Elton John.\n\nOlivia has always been blessed and cursed. She is beautiful and possesses the voice of an angel. She has amazing range and great emotive delivery. But often the prettiness of her voice had people seeing all her music as mere pop and they didn't see the layers beneath. She has always been hugely popular but definitely deserves more critical acclaim. She has covered country, pop and standards and made each genre her own. This collection is a great overview but for each period of her career you are interested in do yourself a favor and get the albums she released at those times. They are all on cd and her albums had some excellent cuts other than all the hits.\n\nI must end by saying the remastering here is superb. The sound quality is excellent and I highly recommend this collection."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is a wonderful collection of songs from ONJ’s career! I chose it mainly because I was looking for some of her early recordings such as “Banks of the Ohio” and “If not for you” that are not included in some of the other compilation CD’s. It has a great selection of Olivia’s country songs, ( which personally I prefer) and her newer material after she changed her musical direction. All in all, a good retrospective of Olivia’s songs, country and pop.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Olivia Newton John- From the mid 70s thru the middle 80s, she had 5 number one charted major hits. I honestly love you, have you ever been mellow, you know what I want, magic, and let's get physical. They are all on these 2 CDs- along with a number of other memorable hits. This set is a super buy for those who cherish hits from those days!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2005', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Olivia, 70\'s mellow queen, Grease mega star, Physical guru, cancer survivor, animal advocate, and maker of fine wine, releases her most comprehensive hits package yet, some rarities on this one, let me break it down song by song for you.\n\nIf Not For You- her first hit record, a minor top 100 hit in the USA and abroad, an amateurish remake of a Bob Dylan song.\n\nBanks Of The Ohio- a folk song covered many times, by many people, but one of my faves\n\nLet Me Be There- her breakout mega hit in the USA, Nashville played it like crazy, but the good ole boys didn\'t like an Aussie winning all their awards.Top 5 hit\n\nIf You Love Me- the followup single, equally big hit, and the album of the same name hit number one on the charts, top 5 hit\n\nI Honestly Love You- if you haven\'t heard this you must be living on Mars, her first USA number one single.\n\nHave You Never Been Mellow- number one billboard single, number one album of the same name.\n\nPlease Mr. Please- Another Nashville smash song, this one even makes a reference to Nashville. Top 5 hit\n\nSomething Better To Do- a saccharin sound Olivia became known for, top 40 hit\n\nLet It Shine-a real hoe down country song, dated lyrics\n\nCome On Over- a classic gem, she revised this accapella for her concert tour, top 40 hit\n\nDon\'t Stop Believin\'- a great single didn\'t get enough attention, Olivia starts to slide in the charts\n\nEvery Face Tells A Story-great song but once again sales are weak\n\nSam -sam, sam you know where I am, that says it all folks, this one did better in the charts, top 10 hit\n\nMaking A Good Thing Better-she started to slide off the charts with this weak single and weak album, sales were bad, could have been her swan song if it hadn\'t been for Grease the following year.\n\nHopelessly Devoted To You -she\'s back in the top 5!! this song is from a movie you may have seen\n\nSummer Nights -another top 10 hit for Olivia from GREASE\n\nYou\'re The One That I Want -ofcourse the smash duet with John Travolta...number one on USA Charts and most of the world\n\nA Little More Love-riding high and literally becoming Sandy 2 on the next album , top 5 hit\n\nDeeper Than The Night - one of my faves, great pop single, top 20 hit\n\nDancin\' \'Round And \'Round- a last try at a country single\n\nTotally Hot-Sandy 2 reincarnated, sounds like it should be from GREASE\n\nFool Country -rare song never released, except on the b-side of the Xanadu 45 vinyl singles..performed during the finale of Xanadu, didn\'t make it onto the soundtrack.\n\nXanadu- duet with ELO doing backup vocals and the music, from the movie of the same name, been remade by other artists, but none stand up to this version, a number one smash single in Europe, top 10 in the USA.\n\nMagic-even Roger Ebert said the movie Xanadu was bearable because of this great song, number one on the charts for several weeks\n\nSuddenly- a great duet with Cliff Richard, a spacy love song, top 20 hit\n\nPhysical-Olivia cuts her hair off, starts a fad, and stays on billboard charts at number one for 10 weeks\n\nMake A Move On Me - superstar Olivia sings her sexy way into the top 10 again\n\nLandslide - top 20 in Europe, tepid hit in the USA, imaginative song\n\nHeart Attack- a filler for a greatest hits album, suprisingly hits number 3 on the charts\n\nTied Up- another song from the gretaest hits volume 2 album, this one was written better but was a weaker single, top 40 hit\n\nTwist Of Fate- Livvy still riding high on the charts with this song of heavenly intervention, top 5 hit\n\nLivin\' In Desperate Times - described as "manic pop", top 40 hit, I love this one\n\nSoul Kiss- naughty naughty, she sings about getting down on her knees, you do the math, top 20 hit in the USA\n\nThe Best Of Me-duet with David Foster, great song, didn\'t chart well suprisingly, made top 100 on the charts\n\nCan\'t We Talk It Over In Bed- the 2nd single from the Rumour album, odd choice but nice to see it getting some attention, no chart position\n\nThe Rumour-Elton John wrote it and did back up vocals, great song from album of same name, top 60 hit\n\nReach Out For Me-remake of Burt Bacharach classic from her lullaby album dedicated to her daughter\n\nDeeper Than A River -a new song added to a 1992 greatest hits collection, adult contempoary hit, not as a big hit as the other single from the album though\n\nGrease Mega-Mix -a compilation of the hit songs from the movie\n\nI Honestly Love You -1998 remake of her 1974 classic, this time she sings it with Babyface, and marks her short lived return to country music, performed decent on the charts, making this the 3rd time it charted'}]