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Olivia
Studio album by
Olivia Newton-John
Released11 August 1972
StudioAbbey Road, Studio 2, London
Genre
Length40:38
LabelFestival
ProducerBruce Welch, John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
If Not for You
(1971) 		Olivia
(1972) 		Let Me Be There
(1973)
Singles from Olivia
  1. "What Is Life"
    Released: March 1972
  2. "Just a Little Too Much"
    Released: 1972

Olivia is the second studio album by the British-Australian singer-songwriter Olivia Newton-John, released in 1972. Two of its songs were released as singles ("What Is Life" and "Just a Little Too Much"). 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.

She covers two songs from George Harrison on this album, "Behind That Locked Door" and "What Is Life", both originated from Harrison's first solo album All Things Must Pass published in 1970.

Reception

The first single "What Is Life" reached number 18 in Ireland,[1] and number 16 in the UK,[2] but the album itself was a commercial failure when released in the UK on Pye International in 1972.

The cover art, done in blue tint, was later used (in a blueish-green tint) as the cover of the US release of Let Me Be There on MCA Records in 1973, following the success of the hit single penned by John Rostill.

Track listing

  1. "Angel of the Morning" (Chip Taylor) – 3:54
  2. "Just a Little Too Much" (Johnny Burnette) – 2:07
  3. "If We Only Have Love" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman) – 3:22
  4. "Winterwood" (Don McLean) – 2:48
  5. "My Old Man's Got a Gun" (John Farrar) – 2:48
  6. "Changes" (Olivia Newton-John) – 2:30
  7. "I'm a Small and Lonely Light" (John Farrar, Peter Best) – 2:43
  8. "Why Don't You Write Me" (Paul Simon) – 2:38
  9. "Mary Skeffington" (Gerry Rafferty) – 2:29
  10. "Behind That Locked Door" (George Harrison) – 3:06
  11. "What Is Life" (George Harrison) – 3:21
  12. "Everything I Own" (David Gates) – 3:00
  13. "Living in Harmony" (Alan Tarney, Trevor Spencer) – 2:47
  14. "I Will Touch You" (Steve Cagan) – 3:05

References

  1. ^ "Search by Artist > Olivia Newton-John", irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Artist: Olivia Newton-John", Official Charts Company. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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