Come on Over [IMPORT] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Olivia Newton-John

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 12, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Festival Records
• ASIN: B00000I2E9
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,001 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
Digitally remastered reissue of her top 20 1976 album. 12 tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Come On Over' and covers of Dolly Parton's 'Jolene' & The Beatles' 'The Long And Winding Road'. 1998 Festival Records release.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Olivia album, July 7, 2002

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This used to be one of my most-played albums, and I still enjoy listening to it. It's never sounded better than in this remastered Australian version.

Come on over was written by the Bee Gees and appeared on one of their albums, but they didn't release their version as a single.

There are some classic covers - Jolene (Dolly), Long and winding road (Beatles), Greensleeves (I've heard it claimed that this was originally written by King Henry the 8th around 1580), Smile for me (Lynn Anderson) and Blue eyes crying in the rain (which Olivia probably covered after hearing Willie Nelson's version, but country fans know that it was originally sung by Roy Acuff).

Don't throw it all away, written by Gary Benson, is another great cover. I don't remember who had the pop hit with it. Dave and Sugur had a country hit with it, but they probably covered Olivia's version.

The songs written especially for this album are wonderful. I certainly can't agree with the reviewer who claims they all sound the same. Yes, they have something in common - they are all soft, romantic songs of the type Olivia does particularly well - and I love them all.

I recommend this as a starting point for fans of country music who want to buy some of Olivia's music. It is rare for any of these tracks to find their way onto compilations, so you can always add a hits collection later.

If country is not your favorite music, you might be best to try some of Olivia's other music first.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Highwater mark in Olivia's fantastic recordings, September 23, 2006

By	Christopher Todd Durnil (Champaign, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This is, perhaps, Olivia's greatest vocal album. Coming off a string of country-oriented recordings, to which Olivia struck gold with "Let Me Be There," "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)," "I Honestly Love You," "Please Mr. Please," and "Let It Shine," Olivia and producer John Farrar decided to toss aside the airy vocals that Olivia had been harshly criticized for (Listen to "Have You Never Been Mellow?") and record with an orchestra, vocals full front. The results are breathtaking. The powerful first single, a cover of the Bee Gees classic "Come On Over" (taken from their masterpiece "Main Course") had Olivia front and center in a confrontational tone, and her stirring vocals sailed up to #1 on the Adult Contemporary charts (Olivia was the #1 female AC artist of the 70's), and landed top-20 on the pop charts. The album is filled with several songs that could have easily become huge hits, but Olivia was broiled in controversy at the time with the American country music genre (many major stars did not approve of this Aussie coming in and taking awards from such county queens as Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, and Donna Fargo), so Olivia quickly went to Nashville and recorded a speedy follow-up ("Don't Stop Believin'"), leaving "Come On Over" in the dust. Too bad, because it truly signalled a change in her music and represents the best of her early albums.

Highlights include the pleading Dolly Parton cover "Jolene" (released as a single worldwide, yet not in America), the beautiful "Pony Ride," the rocking "It'll Be Me, Babe," the haunting "Who Are You Now?." Even more impressive is Olivia's stunning arrangement of the centurys-old "Greensleeves," and her beguiling take on the Beatles' classic "The Long and Winding Road," which is perhaps one of the greatest covers of a Beatles song ever. Any one of them could have been huge hits. All are amazing in their breadth.

For anyone wanting a great glimpse of pre-Grease Olivia, this is the place to start. An amazing album!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Hidden Gem, July 20, 2005

By	Aaron (Tacoma WA USA) - See all my reviews

A lot of the tracks found on this LP are not on compilations and the songs are so good. This is the album I never had as a kid, and finally having it as an adult, I can see that she's got a gold voice on this, Greensleeves is perfect, Pony Ride is wonderful (the live in Japan version is WONDERFUL), and her version of Long and Winding Road just blows me away. I also find the backup singers to be delightful in contrast to her voice on It'll Be Me and Smile For me (awesome backup singers) And of course Jolene and Come on Over are also awesome tracks.