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Have You Never Been Mellow
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Track Listing
- Have You Never Been Mellow
- Loving Arms
- Lifestream
- Goodbye Again
- Water Under the Bridge
- I Never Did Sing You a Love Song
- It's So Easy
- Air That I Breathe
- Follow Me
- And in the Morning
- Please Mr. Please
- If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #78319 in Music
- Released on: 1998-10-05
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Import
Customer Reviews
A brilliant album from 1975
This album contains three big American hits – the title track, Please Mr Please and If you love me let me know – but this album is of a high quality throughout. In style, it is very typical of Olivia’s early music, with a nice mix of ballads and upbeat songs. The general mood of the album is upbeat.
There are covers of two John Denver songs (Follow me and Goodbye again), The air that I breathe (originally recorded by Phil Everly but made famous by the Hollies), Lifestream (Rick Nelson). Loving arms is a song that has been covered frequently, including by Elvis Presley and, more recently, the Dixie Chicks.
There are some great originals apart from the hits already mentioned. It’s so easy sounds very upbeat, but the music belies the lyrics. Water under the bridge, And in the morning and I never did sing you a love song are all lovely ballads.
If you like pop-country music of the seventies, this is definitely worth listening to.
Hitting her stride.
Olivia Newton-John's second US #1 album is a mixed affair. The title track is by far the strongest cut, a beautifully melodic tune that shows Olivia's soaring vocals off to the max. Please Mr. Please, It's So Easy, Lifestream and Follow Me are all first rate, too. Not so hot are the eternally dull I Never Did Sing You A Love Song and Olivia's vapid version of The Air That I Breathe, but you can't have everything. ONJ has made better albums than this since, but it's not hard to see why this collection made the US take her to their hearts. The bonus cut on this Aussie CD is another of Olivia's break through hits, If You Love Me (Let Me Know). A worthy addition.
