- Olivia (Olivia Newton-John album)
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Olivia 
Studio album by Olivia Newton-John Released 1972 Genre Pop music, Country music Label Festival Records Producer Bruce Welch and John Farrar Olivia Newton-John chronology If Not for You
(1971)Olivia
(1972)Let Me Be There
(1973)Singles from Olivia - "What Is Life"
- "My Old Man's Got a Gun"
Olivia is the second album from the singer Olivia Newton-John. Two of its songs were released as singles ("What Is Life" and "My Old Man's Got a Gun"). In its initial release, it was not issued in the United States, though it was sold there as an import. A digitally remastered version was released in 1995.
Reception
Olivia was a commercial failure when released in the UK on Pye International in 1972, as the follow-up to 1971's If Not for You. An American release of the LP never materialized, nor did a single. Therefore, the record label did not want to risk a release of the album in the United States on Uni Records, her U.S. label at the time. Newton-John's subseqyent release, Let Me Be There, would reach a sales position (U.K Chart: 37) that would earn it the certification "Gold".
The cover art, done in blue tint, was later used (in a blueish-green tint) as the cover of the U.S. release of Let Me Be There on MCA Records in 1973 following the success of the hit single penned by John Rostill.
Product Description
A digitally-remastered reissue of the 1972 album came out in the 1990s on the Festival label, complete with the original cover art. Not released in the United States, Olivia contains 14 tracks, including covers of Bread's Everything I Own, George Harrison's "What Is Life" and "Behind That Locked Door" and Merrilee Rush's Angel of the Morning.
Track listing
- Angel of the Morning (Chip Taylor)
- Just a Little Too Much
- If We Only Have Love
- Winterwood
- My Old Man's Got a Gun
- Changes
- I'm a Small and Lonely Light
- Why Don't You Write Me (Paul Simon)
- Mary Skeffington (Gerry Rafferty)
- Behind That Locked Door (George Harrison)
- What Is Life (George Harrison)
- Everything I Own (David Gates)
- Living in Harmony (Alan Tarney/Trevor Spencer)
- I Will Touch You
Albums · Singles · Tours · Films · Awards and Honors Studio albums If Not for You • Olivia • Let Me Be There • Long Live Love • If You Love Me, Let Me Know • Have You Never Been Mellow • Clearly Love • Come On Over • Don't Stop Believin' • Making a Good Thing Better • Totally Hot • Physical • Soul Kiss • The Rumour • Warm and Tender • Gaia: One Woman's Journey • Back with a Heart • 'Tis the Season • 2 • Indigo: Women of Song • Stronger Than Before • Grace and Gratitude • Christmas Wish • A Celebration in SongCompilations Greatest Hits • Greatest Hits Vol. 2 • Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 • The Christmas Collection • OthersLive albums Soundtracks Grease • Xanadu • Two of a Kind • Sordid Lives • Sordid Lives: The SeriesBox sets 40th Anniversary CollectionVideo compilations Live releases Olivia in Concert • The Main Event • Live at the Sydney Opera HouseConcerts tours Totally Hot World Tour • The Main Event Tour • 30 Musical Years Tour • Heartstrings World Tour • ONJ with the Sydney Symphony • Grace and Gratitude Tour • Body Heart & Spirit TourFilmography Funny Things Happen Down Under • Toomorrow • Grease • Xanadu • Two of a Kind • A Mom for Christmas • A Christmas Romance • It's My Party • Sordid Lives • The Wilde Girls • Sordid Lives: The Series • 1 a Minute • Score: A Hockey Musical • A Few Best MenRelated articles Chloe Rose Lattanzi • Matt Lattanzi • Max Born • Festival Records • MCA Records • Eurovision Song Contest 1974 • ARIA Hall of Fame • Toomorrow (soundtrack) • "Bad Reputation" • "Journey to Regionals"
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