Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. If Not for You
2. Banks of the Ohio
3. Let Me Be There
4. If You Love Me (Let Me Know)
5. I Honestly Love You
6. Have You Never Been Mellow
7. Please Mr. Please
8. Something Better to Do
9. Let It Shine
10. Come on Over
11. Don't Stop Believin'
12. Every Face Tells a Story
13. Sam
14. Making a Good Thing Better
15. Hopelessly Devoted to You
16. Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta
17. You're the One That I Want - Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta
18. Little More Love
19. Deeper Than the Night
20. Dancin' 'Round and 'Round
21. Totally Hot
22. Fool Country

Disc 2:

1. Xanadu - Electric Light Orchestra, Olivia Newton-John
2. Magic
3. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John, Cliff Richard
4. Physical
5. Make a Move On Me
6. Landslide
7. Heart Attack
8. Tied Up
9. Twist of Fate
10. Livin' in Desperate Times
11. Soul Kiss
12. Best of Me - David Foster, Olivia Newton-John
13. Can't We Talk It Over in Bed
14. Rumour
15. Reach Out for Me
16. Deeper Than a River
17. Grease [Mega Mix] - Olivia Newton-John, John Travolta
18. I Honestly Love You - Babyface, Olivia Newton-John

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120315 in Music
• Released on: 2005-06-14
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Original recording remastered, Import
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Customer Reviews

At Last!
There have been hundreds of Olivia compliations but i think at last Universal/ Hip-o have released the defintive collection of the biggest female star of the 70's.

The track listing contains 99% of the singles released by Olivia covering from the early 70's up to present day.

For the first time ever on cd, the track Fool Country is included, a b-side to the Xanadu single. The track was in the movie but never made it onto the soundtrack album.

Another reason to purchase this collection is having The best of me with David Foster included. It was only included on his album in the mid 80's but never made it onto an Olivia compliation.

This is a fans sort of greastest hits as it includes as much as you can on this double cd set. Even though the Grease-mega mix has been included as well as the other Grease tracks they could have included, I need Love, Toughen Up or Take me home country roads.

If your interested in Olivia and dont own a greatest hits package, out of all the ones available i would suggest this. Not only for track listing but for the fantastic booklet included.

A comprehensive USA hits collection
Like most major artists, Olivia has had some truly international hits but has had other hits that have charted in just one or two countries. This American compilation contains all her USA hits, however minor, except for a duet with Andy Gibb (I can't help it) although you can find that track on an Andy Gibb compilation - maybe it couldn't be licensed for inclusion here. So this compilation should satisfy all of Olivia's American fans. Brits and expatriate Brits will notice the absence of three major UK hits (What is life, Take me home country roads, Long live love) and may prefer the 2004 UK compilation (Definitive collection) that contains seventeen of the tracks that can be found here together with those three major UK hits and a minor UK hit (I need love).

Olivia established her position in the UK pop charts a few years before breaking through in America. This compilation contains two of those early hits (If not for you, Banks of the Ohio), both of which charted high for Olivia in America although at a lower level than in the UK.

Following the failure of Long live love in the 1974 Eurovision song contest, Olivia switched her base to America and had a lot of American hits (Let me be there, If you love me let me know, I honestly love you, Have you never been mellow, Please Mr Please, Come on over, Don't stop believing, Sam), of which only two (I honestly love you, Sam) charted in the UK.

Olivia's most commercially successful period music began in 1978 with the release of Grease, featuring two major international hit duets with John Travolta (You're the one that I want, Summer nights) and a solo ballad, Hopelessly devoted to you, which was also a major international hit. The follow-up album yielded two further hits (A little more love, Deeper than the night).

Next came the outstanding ballad, Magic, which was one of her biggest American hits, followed by Xanadu, this time featuring Olivia in a temporary role as lead singer of ELO. Following Xanadu came Suddenly, a duet with Cliff Richard.

Then came Physical, a monster American hit that stayed at the very top of the charts for over two months. The follow-up, Landslide, was only a minor American hit but it made the UK top ten. Further hits include Make a move on me, Heart attack and Twist of fate. Olivia's last major international hit, The Grease megamix, provided a new generation of fans with a chance to get to hear her voice.

This is the most comprehensive collection of Olivia's American hits yet released. I hope that there will one day be a double-CD would encompass all of Olivia's major hits in both Britain and America as the equivalent Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck compilations in this series do. Such a compilation may appear one day but Hip-O clearly decided to give priority to Olivia's minor American hits. This compilation will clearly please Olivia's American fans, but if you want her British hits, buy Definitive collection instead.

more than magic.
this has got to be the ultimate compilation of olivia to date.it shows the diversity of one of the greatest female vocalists of all time.although aimed at the american market this should have been released here in the uk instead of the definitive collection last christmas.this album spans 40 tracks from 1971 to 1998 and includes the rare track fool country from the movie xanadu this is the first time ever this track has been available on cd anywhere.it contains most the singles anybody would like including all 3 grease tracks and even the grease megamix (which really should have been left off). unfortunately there are a few olivia classics which are not included ie i cant help it a superb duet with andy gibb,take a chance a duet with john travolta from the movie two of a kind, i need love a suprb dance number from 1992 ,and my fave olivia track ever not gonna be the one (which should have been a single). it would have the been the perfect compilation if a couple more rarites had been added such as you made me love you, electric, winter angel and the single remix for the rumour(on here its the original album version).its also a shame there are no tracks from olivias latest albums 2 and indigo women of song. still this is a fantastic compilation and deserves to sell well.this is by far the best compilation of olivia to gain her new fans and us older fans should be satisfied with the inclusion of fool country.if you dont have any olivia cd s do yourself a favour get this it really shows how talented ,yet underrated this britah born singer is. true olivia fans call her the godess this is clear with this album has olivia truly does have the voice of an angel.