Physical

Artist: Olivia Newton-John
Label: Festival Records
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 9399605300327
ASIN: B00000G6H1

Release Date: 2001-03-27

Physical

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Tracks:

Landslide
Stranger's Touch
Make a Move on Me
Falling
Love Make Me Strong
Physical
Silvery Rain
Carried Away
Recovery
Promise (The Dolphin Song)

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Album Description

Reissue of Olivia's top 10, double platinum 1981 album for MCA. 10 tracks, including the smash title song that spent 10consecutive weeks at #1 in the U.S., plus the top five 'MakeA Move On Me' and the chart hit 'Landslide'. All tracks are digitally remastered. 1998 Festival Records release.

Customer Reviews:

what a great album this is ...hearing it for the first time in 2006 .......2006-02-25

All I have to say ...my god Falling and the dolphin song and silver rain I never heard such a beautiful sad bone chilling songs like that. Olivia's voice is so awesome I can't even tell you. She had ... I think had... the best voice ever...Her vibrato and her pitch and phrasing and the arrangement is other worldly. I love the moog like solo in the middle of falling. When you look at her and hear that voice I want to melt into oblivion. WHERE CAN I FIND MY OWN OLIVIA DOES SHE EXIST...I NEED THAT FOR REAL...BY THE WAY I LOVED HER SINCE YOU GUESSED IT 1978..BUT LET HER GO AFTER XANADU....ALONG CAME KATE BUSH AND WELL WELCOME BACK OLIVIA IM FINALLY GOING TO GET ALL YOUR MUSIC. I NEED IT ALL...UPDATE 3/30/07 THEN ALONG CAME DUSTY...WOW...

ONJ...you made this man aware...this person care...you did what you promised!.......2005-11-01

Landslide- Great way to open an album with a bang! Awesome rock song...love the "heaven" bridge in the middle...beautiful harmonies! Too bad this song was single #3 off the "Physical" album...I feel the melody was too complicated for the commercial audiences to appreciate at the time...hence, the poor chart placing...not to mention possible radio overkill of her two previous singles and maybe everyone was too "physical-ed" out to give this song a chance!

Stranger's Touch- ooh yeah! The slinky verses have ONJ oozing with seduction and the chorus packs a punch! This should have definately been a single! Very commercial, pop appeal...

Make A Move On Me- a solid pop song for single #2 off the album...possible over-kill with the synthesisers though! But it was the 80s so I'll give this song a break! This sounds like something off Madonna's debut album...even though this album came out before that! ONJ truly was a torchbearer for strong, female solo artists...songs like this give her credit

Falling- hmm...I think I lost count of the times the word "falling" is mentioned in this song?! Every single line of this song seems to end with the word "falling"!? I think this ballad is just OK...a bit too theatrical...sounds like some Broadway musical ballad...not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing, yet...

Love Make Me Strong- um....the beat is awesome! I'm trying to find nice things to say about this song...it is decent filler for an 80s album...

Physical- this video of this song infamous for spawning 80s fashion-fitness trends like legwarmers and headbands...I actually skip this song a lot...not because it is a bad song...but it has been played to death so much...it is definately catchy though...

Silvery Rain- it took me a while to get into this song...which is quite unique! With sweet acoustic verses that then burst into an angry, loud chorus...this song makes reference to that nursery rhyme "Fly away Peter, Fly away Paul" and is actually an anti-crop dusting song...has to be heard to be believed...I think the last note ONJ holds on this song is the longest note she has ever held in tune! Impressive...

Carried Away- this song is a typical, BeeGees, paint-by-numbers song...and I mean that in a good way! You can tell it was written by The BeeGees...it has the type of melodies and hooks they write...probably the best ballad on the album...a very dreamy song with lush arrangements that ONJ pulls off well

Recovery- such an overlooked song! This has to be one of my favourite ONJ songs ever! A beautiful, long intro with a Spanish/Tropical feel...even though the song sounds quite peppy, the lyrics are quite nihilistic which is a great juxtaposition...the chorus is basically a duet with John Farrar because his voice is featured heavily kind of "duelling" with ONJ's...the final chorus is just incredible! The way ONJ harmonises...with herself! This is such a layered song...I can listen to it over and over...you hear different things every time you listen! The album highlight!

The Promise (The Dolphin Song)- I think it is very cute how the dolphins and the Miami ocean are given instrumental credit on the linear notes to this song! This sounds like a "New Age" song with all the water sounds and dolphin squeaks...I only wish the chorus was featured more...it seems to go verse, verse, chorus, verse...and that's it?! The chorus where ONJ sings "Then I'll have done what I promised you" is extremely soothing and beautiful...a very classy song

This Olivia album is still a blast !!!.......2005-10-18

It's one of those 80's album I had fun listening (or bouncing) to. It still holds up way above any of the current pop trash acts. The only thing that's missing on this cd are the liner photos or lyrics. Other than that, it's going to be on my home and car stereo. Nice album Olivia!

Olivia in Top Form.......2005-09-25

Other reviewers have said it better and in greater detail so I'll keep it short and simple. I've been a life long Olivia fan beginning when her first songs were played mostly on the Country stations then did something unheard of at the time and began to be played on both Country and Pop stations at the same time. I wathced her go from girl-next-door to the sultry vixen in Grease as well as her Physical album...and yes I first owned it when it was an actual vinyl album with a fold out cover-slip and lots of great photos, that's the only downside to this CD, there's not engouh room for all the original cover art the album cover first sported, other than that it's pure Olivia gold.

The Before and After Review.......2005-01-15

In October 1981, Olivia Newton-John released "Physical"

BEFORE:
The poster-girl of sweet wholesome pop music, Olivia began changing her image in Grease and the "Totally Hot" album which followed suit. She also had appeared in the movie Xanadu, which flopped but had a hit soundtrack. This was to be her first studio album in three years.

AFTER:
The title track was a #1 hit for ten weeks (making it the #1 song of the 1980's), the album went double platinum and peaked at #6. The album had another top five hit with "Make A Move On Me". Olivia was on top of the world at the moment. Hosting SNL, preparing to open Koala Blue, and embarking on a wildly successful 1982 tour. This was the peak of Olivia's popularity.

While Physical, the track, has been overplayed to the extent that the song is a caricature instead of an actual record, the album as a whole retains as the strongest album of Livvy's career.

1. Landslide (5/5) is the perfect leadoff single. The song is fast, dancy and sets the pace for the record.
2. Stranger's Touch (5/5) is even better (a shame it wound up on a b-side). The sexiest moment off the album.
3. Make A Move On Me (5/5) is a classic and is catchy as hell. The video was terrible but the song makes up for it.
4. Falling (5/5) is a beautiful acoustic haunting ballad about falling in love.
5. Love Make Me Strong (3.5/5) is a good song but probably the worst track.
6. Physical (5/5), what needs to be said about it? everyone knows this song.
7. Silvery Rain (5/5). Olivia was caring about the environment back when most of the "environmentalist" rock stars weren't even signed yet. The song rocks and is one of the best of the album. Starts out like a mellow 70's ONJ rock song and then becomes a rocker during the chorus. Even though Cliff Richard did the song a decade before Livvy, you can tell she deeply cares about the lyrics.
8. Carried Away (4.5/5). A pretty Gibb ballad that was originally written but then rejected for Barbra Streisand's "Guilty" album, and it probably wouldn't have fit there because it's structured a little too much like "Woman In Love". A soothing upbeat early 80's ballad you could listen to in the tub.
9. Recovery (4/5) kinda reminds me of "(Want You) Back In My Life" by The Carpenters. Kind of a tropical sounding sound with very audible John Farrar background vocals.
10. The Promise (4.5/5). Another environmentalist ballad. Very beautiful and Olivia sings about her love for dolphins (you can hear dolphins in the background). A beautiful song.

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