Olivia Newton-John Albums Ranked

Dame Olivia Newton-John (born 26 September 1948) is a British-born Australian raised singer, songwriter, actress, entrepreneur and activist. She is a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career includes five number-one hits and another ten top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and two Billboard 200 number-one albums, If You Love Me, Let Me Know (1974) and Have You Never Been Mellow (1975). Eleven of her singles (including two Platinum) and 14 of her albums (including two Platinum and four 2× Platinum) have been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). With global sales of more than 100 million records, Newton-John is one of the best-selling music artists from the second half of the 20th century to the present. Newton-John has been a longtime activist for environmental and animal rights issues. She has been an advocate for health awareness, becoming involved with various charities, health products and fundraising efforts. Her business interests have included launching several product lines for Koala Blue and co-owning the Gaia Retreat & Spa in her home country Australia. Here are all of Olivia Newton-John’s albums ranked.

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10. First Impressions 

“This red coloured vinyl compilation was pressed and ready for release in 1980 before Festival Records had a change of heart and assigned the run to the scrap heap. A few copies were rescued by staff members and the rest, I guess, were melted down to be reused for hip New Wave singles.”

9. Have You Never Been Mellow 

“I think this is one of Olivia Newton-John’s definitive albums. For the first time John Farrar takes over production of the entire album. He had previously shared producing credits with fellow musician, Bruce Welch. Farrar has a knack for knowing what works well for Olivia and is able to take almost any song and suit it to her pitch-perfect vocals.”

8. Come On Over 

“Come On Over is the middle of Olivia Newton-John’s MOR phase, which means the record is filled with mediocre ballads and seldom rises to interest. Don’t Stop Believin’ is the best from that period, but Come On Over has a few pretty good moments as well, just not as consistently entertaining as her early country or her pop successes.”

7. Don’t Stop Believin’ 

“Like any pop cultural obsession, there’s a little darkness larking just around the edges of my ‘Xanadu thing’ and it came in the form of Olivia Newton-John’s early country records. To the point, it was her covers: her bulging yet deep glossy eyes, pouty lips, the waving blonde hair, sweet innocent face, etc. There were times when I checked her albums out from the local library when I had no turntable to play them on. It was your typical media puppy love crush with a pinch of innocent angst that teenage boys and girls go through when they have too much time on their hands and in their heads.”

6. If You Love Me Let Me Know 

“After leading off her American catalog with a compilation, MCA follows with a second that qualifies as a compilation but stays a little closer to a real album. If You Love Me, Let Me Know is probably the most interesting of Olivia Newton-John’s country albums (or actually any of her pre-pop records), in part because it follows the spirit of her Australian records, pleasant selections given interesting arrangements that don’t come close to real country but make for enjoyable listening. The title track and “I Honestly Love You” are definite winners, but the rest of the album has its moments “Country Girl,” “Home Ain’t Home Anymore”.”

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5. If Not For You 

“Debut solo album by the erstwhile Hayley Mills Look-a-Like Contest winner and one-time girlfriend of Turps. With initial fame from the cornball Funny Things Happen Down Under and winning Johnny O’Keefe’s Sing, Sing, Sing contest, Livvy headed over to the UK for the disaster of Toomorrow and to pal about with bestie Pat Carroll. When her singing duo partner Carroll was shunted off home by the UK’s dastardly Immigration Office, enter Cliffy Richard for encouragement and Aussie pal John Farrar to produce this, her first album.”

4. Physical 

“Long before Kylie Minogue it was Olivia Newton-John who was stroming the charts with her sexy image and hit singles, like “Physical”. Although the song was definately overplayed, still it’s one of the signature songs of the early 80’s, not to mention Olivia’s biggest Pop hit. The album stands out as one of the better studio efforts of her career with songs like title track, “Make a Move On Me”, “Landslide” and “Stranger’s Touch” being undoubtely the highlights.”

3. Soul Kiss 

“Soul Kiss” was the album that by all means ended Olivia Newton-John’s successful career. It was her last Top 40 album that spawned her very last Top 40 Pop single with the title track. In many ways “Soul Kiss” may be analyzed as continuation of “Physical” (in commercial terms Olivia’s opus magnum) with its slightly sexual content and New Wave, synths arrangements. While “Soul Kiss” ended up as Olivia’s commercial swan song I think it’s quite good album that consists of truly enjoyable 80’s Pop music-nothing more, nothing less.”

2. The Rumour 

“The Rumour” was released in a time when Olivia Newton-John was far from being the world’s forefront superstar. While Madonna, Cyndi Lauper and other youngsters stole most of her audience Olivia decided to leave music scene and rest for a while. “The Rumour” was planned to be a commercial comeback for Newton-John after failure of 1985’s “Soul Kiss”. The album’s first single and title track started the promotion and it seemed that everything was going right.”

1. Totally Hot 

“This became my favorite Olivia album the day it was released and has remained so for 30+ years. The hits A Little More Love and Deeper than the Night are, in my opinion, two of her best 5 singles. I’m not sure why Talk to Me or Boats against the Current were never released to radio as singles. “Talk” was an excellent precursor to Physical, although not nearly as suggestive. “Boats” is a beautiful Eric Carmen ballad and remains as one of her finest vocals performances.”