01. Silver Bells (featuring The London Symphony Orchestra) 2:50        play
02. The First Noel 3:41
03. (There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays (With Vince 4:07
Gill featuring The London...
04. Silent Night 3:23
05. Christmas Never Felt Like This Before 3:52
06. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (With Kenny Loggins & 1:17
Clint Black)
07. What Child Is This (featuring The London Symphony Orchestra) 2:56  play
08. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (With Kenny Loggins) 4:03
09. O Holy Night (featuring The London Symphony Orchestra) 4:50
10. Away In The Manger (With Vince Gill Ft. The London Symphony 4:10
Orchestra)
11. White Christmas (With Kenny Loggins & Clint Black) 1:39
12. Ave Maria (featuring The London Symphony Orchestra) 6:31

Olivia Newton-John's The Christmas Collection finds the singer in fine voice as she interprets some of the season's classic songs, as well as some original material, in a slightly countrified setting. Together with the London Symphony Orchestra, Kenny Loggins, Clint Black, and Vince Gill, Newton-John delivers gently festive versions of "The First Noel," "Silver Bells," "White Christmas," and "Silent Night," among others. While the original song, "Christmas Never Felt Like This Before," is nothing special, Christmas Collection is still a pleasant-enough holiday album, particularly for Newton-John fans. ---Heather Phares, AllMusic Review

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01. Love Song
02. Banks Of The Ohio
03. If Not For You
04. If You Could Read My Mind
05. Lullaby
06. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye
07. Winterwood
08. What Is Life
09. Changes
10. Living In Harmony
11. If We Only Have Love
12. Take Me Home Country Roads
13. I Honestly Love You
14. Music Makes My Day
15. Rosewater
16. Let Me Be There
17. Please Mr Please
18. Air That I Breathe
19. If You Love Me, Let Me Know
20. Have You Never Been Mellow

This albums covers Olivia Newton John's early career, the pre-Grease era. Her voice is crystal clear and in great shape. Her own versions of Brel's "If We Only Have Love" & "The Air That I breathe" are unsurpassed. Her kindness and love shine on this album... "Country Girl" is strictly recommended. ---amazon.com

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01. If Not For You
02. Banks Of The Ohio
03. What Is Life
04. Take Me Home Country Roads
05. I Honestly Love You
06. Have You Never Been Mellow
07. Sam
08. You’re The One That I Want
09. Hopelessly Devoted To You
10. Summer Nights
11. A Little More Love
12. Xanadu
13. Magic
14. Suddenly
15. Physical
16. Soul Kiss
17. The Rumour
18. Not Gonna Be The One
19. I Need Love
20. Deeper Than A River

Australian singer and actress Olivia Newton-John was one of the most successful vocalists of the 1970s. This four-time Grammy award winner landed five songs on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts – “I Honestly Love You,” “Have You Never Been Mellow,” “You’re the One That I Want,” “Magic,” and “Physical.”Who can forget Olivia’s turn as Sandy in Grease, the international hit movie that also included the smash singles “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “Summer Nights.”

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01. The Rumour                  play
02. Love and Let Live
03. Can’t We Talk It Over in Bed
04. Let’s Talk About Tomorrow
05. It’s Not Heaven
06. It’s Always Australia for Me
07. Get Out
08. Big and Strong
09. Car Games
10. Walk Through Fire
11. Tutta la Vita               play

Olivia Newton-John is best known for playing schoolgirl Sandy Olsson in the film adaptation of Grease (1978), alongside John Travolta, and the songs she performed for the soundtrack. "You're the One That I Want" and "Summer Nights" (both with Travolta), and "Hopelessly Devoted to You" were all Top 5 hits from the album, with "You're the One That I Want" topping the UK and US charts and selling two million copies in each country. Prior to this breakthrough, Newton-John had already been a very successful singer. If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) were chart-topping albums, while "I Honestly Love You" and "Have You Never Been Mellow" topped the Hot 100. She had also enjoyed nine No.1s on the Adult Contemporary chart, and seven Top 10s in the Country chart. After Grease, "A Little More Love" and "Magic" were both huge hits that showed a more adventurous style. Her most successful single ever, "Physical", topped the Hot 100 for a record 10 weeks in 1981, eventually going double platinum (as did the accompanying album of the same name). "Make a Move on Me", "Heart Attack" and "Twist of Fate" were further big hits for Newton-John, but after she took a break to have a child, she struggled to regain her audience. She was treated for breast cancer in the early 90s, an experience that prompted Newton-John to campaign in aid of cancer awareness charities. In recent years she has focussed on family life, occasionally releasing spiritual or Christmas albums in Australia.

The Rumour is an album released in 1988. The title track was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin; and features backing vocals and piano by John. The album featured the singles 'The Rumour', 'Can't We Talk It Over In Bed' (later covered by Grayson Hugh) and the Australian-only promo-single 'It's Always Australia For Me', which was released for the Australian Bicentenary in 1988.

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01. Please Don't Keep Me Waiting (Stephen Sinclair, Joe Falsia) - 5:48
02. Dancin' 'Round And 'Round (Adam Mitchell) - 3:56
03. Talk To Me (Olivia Newton-John) - 3:27						play
04. Deeper Than The Night (Tom Snow, Johnny Vastano) - 3:35		play
05. Borrowed Time (Olivia Newton-John) - 3:34
06. A Little More Love (John Farrar) - 3:25
07. Never Enough (John Farrar, Pat Farrar, Alan Tarney, Trevor Spencer) - 4:08
08. Totally Hot (John Farrar) - 3:10
09. Boats Against The Current (Eric Carmen) - 3:56
10. Gimme Some Lovin' (Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, Spencer Davis) - 4:10

Personnel:
- Olivia Newton-John - vocals
- Mike Botts - drums
- Ed Green - drums 
- David Kemper - drums 
- David McDaniels - bass
- David Hungate - bass 
- Jai Winding - piano , organ 
- David Foster - piano 
- Tom Snow - piano 
- John Farrar - guitar, vocals, producer, arranger
- Steve Lukather - guitar 
- Michael Botticker - synthesizer 
- Steve Madaio - trumpet 
- Marty Grebb - alto saxophone 
- Chuck Findley - trombone 
- Gerald Peterson - tenor saxophone 
- Lenny Castro - percussion 
- Victor Feldman - percussion 

There is something special about this album. It still sounds great some 27 years later. Hot on the tail end of Grease, Olivia delivered this fine album in late 1978 with several songs penned by her trustworthy Aussie friend and songwriter John Farrar. John had already written tonnes of songs for Olivia over the years, and with this album he continued to shine.

The album begins on a high with the stunning "Please don't keep me waiting", before switching to a country feel with "Dancing round and round". The brilliant "A little more love" can be found on this album, as can the very catchy "Deeper than the night". The album also includes possibly John Farrar's best song ever with "Never Enough" - a gorgeous ballad that continues to send shivers up my spine all these years later.

The album contains two covers - the first is Eric Carmen's "Boat's against the current" which Olivia performs beautifully. The next (and final track) is a cover of Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme some lovin'". This version is probably the album's weakest song ... although it is still acceptable. It is just not suited to her vocals, but this is only a minor complaint.

Overall, Totally Hot is a fine album - red hot in fact. Don't be put off by the silly title (which does sound dated and cheesy I know), you will not be disappointed by this album. It can be difficult to purchase overseas, so consider buying from Australia where it is quite easy to source. --- William (Australia), amazon.com

Totally Hot is Olivia Newton-John's ninth US and tenth international studio album. Released in November 1978, it became her first solo Top 10 (No. 7) album since 1975's Have You Never Been Mellow. Dressed on the album cover all in leather, Newton-John's transformation in Grease from goody-goody "Sandy 1" to spandex-clad "Sandy 2" emboldened her to do the same with her music. The album's singles "A Little More Love" (No. 3 Pop, No. 94 Country, No. 4 AC), "Deeper Than The Night" (No. 11 Pop, No. 87 Country, No. 4 AC), and the title track (No. 52 Pop) all demonstrated a more aggressive and uptempo sound for Newton-John. (The "Totally Hot" single was remixed for commercial release adding an instrumental bridge that lengthened the song by over thirty seconds from the original album track.) Newton-John filmed promotional videos for all three singles and wrote two of the album's tracks, "Borrowed Time" and "Talk To Me".

Although the album de-emphasized country, it still reached No. 4 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Newton-John released the B-side, "Dancin' 'Round And 'Round," of the "Totally Hot" single to Country radio - the first time since her 1975 single, "Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy ... He's My Brother", that Newton-John worked both sides of a single to different radio formats. "Dancin' 'Round And 'Round" peaked at No. 29 Country and is her last charted solo Country airplay single to date. (The song also charted Pop (No. 82) and AC (No. 25) after Totally Hot completed its chart run.)

The album was certified Platinum in the United States and the single, "A Little More Love", was certified gold. The album only reached No. 30 in the UK where it was also released as a limited edition picture disc, but "A Little More Love" reached No. 4 on the UK Singles chart. It was also certified Gold in the UK. The album was a Top 10 success in Australia, Canada and Japan (although none of its singles charted in Japan). The album was re-released in Japan during 2010 featuring two bonus tracks - an extended version of "Totally Hot" and "Love Is Alive" from her 1981 live album, "Love Performance."

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