Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits V.2 [Import, Original recording remastered]

Olivia Newton-John | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 28, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Festival Records
• ASIN: B000006ZN8
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,640 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Changes

2. Every Face Tells A Story

3. Let It Shine

4. Come On Over

5. Love Song

6. Have You Never Been Mellow

7. Don't Cry For Me Argentina

8. Please Mr. Please

9. Something Better To Do

10. Jolene

11. The Air That I Breathe

12. Don't Stop Believin'

13. Making A Good Thing Better

14. Sam

Editorial Reviews

Not to be confused with MCA's American release of the samename that features hits from 1978-1983, this 14 trackretrospective on Festival focuses on her hits prior to then,including 'Sam', 'Making A Good Thing Better', 'Don't StopBelievin'' and 'Please Mr. Please'. All tracks are digitallyremastered. 1998 release.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Than Hits, September 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits V.2 (Audio CD)

This Australian collection brings together more than just "Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits" it gives us some of her best recordings spanning from 1975-1977. Some songs like "Have You Never Been Mellow" (#1 in the US), "Please Mr. Please" (#3 in the US) and "Sam" (#1 A/C hit in the US)are well-known hits that most everyone is familiar with. But this CD provides some jewels that may not have been big hits, but are musical treasures. "Changes", which was written by Olivia illustrates the pain of divorce on parents with a young child. Olivia's cover of "The Air That I Breathe" is hauntingly beautiful as is "Love Song." One of her best moments on record is "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" from 1977. Olivia delivers it with great confidence and heart which won over many critics who had up to this point taken great pleasure in dissing her music. Other classic tracks include Olivia's take on Dolly Parton's "Jolene", "Come On Over" which was written by the Bee-Gees, "Something Better To Do" a light-hearted look at lonliness and many more. This album was origianly released at the end of 1977 and serves as a cap on her early country career since she will take a bold new direction the following summer in the movie "Grease." If you buy this title I also recommend "First Impressions- Great Hits" [IMPORT] to get the early hits like "Let Me Be There" and "I Honestly Love You" as well as "Olivia's Greatest Hits Volume 3 [IMPORT] for the huge pop hits like "Xanadu" and "Physical" With these three CD, you'll have a complete collection of the BEST OF OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track List, October 22, 2000

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Sandra Van Alstyne (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits V.2 (Audio CD)

I bought this CD a couple years ago in Ireland. It's not available in this form in the US. It's a combination of the U.S. LP release "Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits" and some other excellent tracks from other early albums.

The track list is: 1. Changes, 2. Every Face Tells A Story, 3. Let It Shine, 4. Come On Over, 5. Love Song, 6. Have You Never Been Mellow, 7. Don't Cry For Me Argentina, 8. Please Mr. Please, 9. Something Better To Do, 10. Jolene, 11. The Air That I Breathe, 12. Don't Stop Believin', 13. Making A Good Thing Better, 14. Sam.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There Are No Singers Like This Anymore, June 6, 2011

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This review is from: Olivia Newton-John - Greatest Hits V.2 (Audio CD)

Great voice and a great beauty. Been in love with her since I was eight years old when I first heard "Please Mr. Please".

It's probably because I'm an old foggy, but you don't find a voice like Olivia nowadays with all the hip-hop, Disney kids and Fox "stars" being pushed at us.

If you like Norah Jones' first album, you'll like this one too.