Track List
Making a Good Thing BetterSlow DancingRing of FireCoolin' DownDon't Cry For Me ArgentinaSad SongsYou Won't See Me CrySo Easy to BeginI Think I'll Say GoodbyeDon't Ask a FriendIf Love Is RealAlbum Remarks & Appraisals:
Digitally remastered reissue of her top 40 1977 album. 11tracks, including the hit title song & covers of popstandards such as 'Ring Of Fire', 'Slow Dancing', 'Don't CryFor Me Argentina' & 'You Won't See Me'. 1998 FestivalRecords release.
Album Notes
Personnel: Olivia Newton-John (vocals); Jay Graydon (acoustic & electric guitars); John Farrar (electric & slide guitar, background vocals); Jay Graydon (electric & slide guitars); Doug Livingston, Sneaky Pete (steel guitar); Byron Berline (fiddle, mandolin); George Marge (oboe, ocarina); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); James Newton-Howard (piano, harpsichord); Greg Mathieson (piano, clavinet, harpsichord); Randy Edelman (harmonium); Lee Sklar (bass); Jeff Porcaro (drums, percussion); Joe Porcaro (percussion); Myrna Matthews, Laura Creamer, Julia Rinker, Marti McCall, Pattie Brooks (background vocals).
Engineers: Bill Schnee, Armin Steiner, Linda Tyler, Tom Bush.
Newton-John has actually made a good thing blander on her 1977 release, in which she milks her tender innocence and soft vocals until all that is left is a drought-driven yearning for substance. She would later learn the rules of rock on Grease and Physical, but here she makes you suffer through an array of drippy ballads and folk music. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" has been turned from soaring death-bed proclamation to bone-thin ballad. It is rare that a musical artist of Newton-John's stature would turn out an album that is completely bad, and indeed there are still some songs that make a showcase for her. Johnny Cash admirers will probably cringe at her version of "Ring of Fire," but it is great fun. "I Think I'll Say Goodbye" is upbeat country-pop in tradition of her hit "If You Love Me Let Me Know." Newton-John, whose voice is overtly feminine, works best with songs that are raw and untamed. It does not mean she should keep away from ballads, but on this selection of monotonously low-key ballads, she would at least benefit from less whimpering. ~ Peter Fawthrop
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