Come on Over

Olivia Newton-John | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Special Products
• ASIN: B000002PBS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #121,781 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: NEWTON-JOHN,OLIVIA
Title: COME ON OVER
Street Release Date: 06/21/2005
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Cover!, February 19, 2000

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come on Over (Audio CD)

It's one of Olivia's best covers! But that of course is not the reason this album ranks as one of her best, and most under-rated. She does a wonderful cover of "Jolene," which is more exciting that Dolly's. "Pony Ride" is a beautiful and quite unusual ballad that works well with Olivia's classic breathy voice. Her inclusion of "Greensleeves" is bold, and she does a great job with it. "Don't Throw It All Away," later covered by Dave and Sugar, is a winner. My three favorites are: "Who Are You Now," "Smile for Me," and "Small Talk and Pride." Her cover of "The Long and Winding Road" is commendable, too. Olivia worked well with John Farrar and this shows in this wonderful collection. Definitely a must for Olivia fans and those who haven't discovered her yet!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best of the Non Hit CD's, September 22, 1999

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This review is from: Come on Over (Audio CD)

From Have You Never Been Mellow to her Grease period ONJ produced 4 albums. None provided any top 10 hits. This album is the best of the lot in her transition stage.The title track works well. With so many other potential single releases one wonders why more were not. This along with Making A Good Thing Better remains her only other album to release only one single off of it. The title track reached #23 on pop and #1 on Adult Cont. so, with such potential singles like "It'll Be Me" and "Don't Throw it All Away" this album remains an enigma.Beautifully sung with a mix of Country and Adult Pop this album grows and grows on you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great music, country and otherwise, April 15, 2007

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S. R. Henderson "~~Shooter" (Kalispell, MT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Come on Over (Audio CD)

This great 1976 release from ONJ was a #2 hit on the country album charts, and #13 on the all-genre pop charts. Too bad it only released one single, but what a fantastic one it was. "Come on Over" is one of Olivia's best and most moving performances, and one of my all time favorite songs. It was a #5 country hit and #23 pop hit, also topping the AC charts. There is more great music to be found here as well. I love her version of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," and her interpretation of "Jolene" is a good listen as well. It's more fast and upbeat than Dolly's, with a bit more urgency in the vocal I think (although Dolly's is excellent as well). "Pony Ride" is a nice, mellow ballad. "Don't Throw It all Away" and "Small Talk and Pride" would have made nice singles, especially on the country side.

The cover is beautiful, a cool effect and different from a lot of the covers of the time. (It's too bad MCA's stripped-down packaging for their "Compact Disc-Compact Price" series never has more artwork included than the front cover).

All in all, this is a very good album and worth owning.