Audio CD review:
Olivia Newton-John - Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John - Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John

Band: Olivia Newton-John Title: Magic: The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John Rating: Release Date: 11 September, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Let Me Be There 2: If You Love Me (Let Me Know) 3: I Honestly Love You 4: Have You Never Been Mellow 5: Please Mr. Please 6: Come On Over 7: Don't Stop Believin' 8: Sam 9: You're The One That I Want 10: Hopelessly Devoted To You 11: Summer Nights 12: A Little More Love 13: Deeper Than The Night 14: Magic 15: Xanadu 16: Suddenly 17: Physical 18: Make A Move On Me 19: Heart Attack 20: Twist Of Fate 21: The Grease Megamix

Editoral Review Even when she was decked out in stretch pants and stiletto heels at the end of Grease, you never mistook her for a wild girl. It's hard to have a more milquetoast image than Olivia Newton-John. Proudly carrying the torch once held high by Karen Carpenter, Newton-John embodied the safer and, yes, blander side of the '70s and early '80s. But just like Carpenter went on to be rehabilitated as a pop singer, Newton-John's career deserves a second look--and this compilation is a good way to start. Even if the singer's precise touch was audible as early as 1973 (on the countryish "Let Me Be There"), she reached her peak five years later with Grease and the torchy "Hopelessly Devoted to You. " "Physical" may be the best-known episode of the singer's leg-warmer years, but the one to cherish forever remains "Xanadu. " On it, Newton-John basically fronted Electric Light Orchestra and the result is one of the most underrated songs of the past 25 years. --Elisabeth Vincentelli .. You can see a complete list of all Olivia Newton-John discography, or go back to the Olivia Newton-John tabs