Xanadu
MCA - MCA
Release date: 1998-09-08
Audio CD
Adult Contemporary, Album Rock, Film Music, Musicals, Pop, Pop/Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Soft Rock, Soundtrack, Soundtracks, Soundtracks & Film Scores, Soundtracks & Scores
1. Magic - Olivia Newton-John
2. Suddenly - Olivia Newton-John
3. Dancin' - Olivia Newton-John
4. Suspended In Time - Olivia Newton-John
5. Whenever You're Away From Me - Olivia Newton-John
6. I'm Alive - Electric Light Orchestra
7. The Fall - Electric Light Orchestra
8. Don't Walk Away - Electric Light Orchestra
9. All Over The World - Electric Light Orchestra
10. Xanadu - Olivia Newton-John/Electric Light Orchestra
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Xanadu
Date undefinedLet's just start by saying that I was buying the Idle Race 2-cd set and realized that I now had just about everything Jeff Lynne had ever recorded......EXCEPT FOR XANADU!
How could I resist?
Anyway, I am not going to waste too much space on a Xanadu review. A few of my (random) thoughts:
-> This CD confirms my theory that ELO was at least better than Olivia Newton-John (as for my assertion that ELO was better than Abba, we'll have to wait for another day). The ELO half of the CD is WAY BETTER! Actually, the only ONJ track I was able to get through was MAGIC, and I probably won't even listen to that one again for quite a while. Once every 25 years is often enough for me.
-> ALL OVER THE WORLD is quite possibly the best Motown rip-off ELO (or anyone else for that matter) ever pulled off. Couldn't they have just done a cover of HEATWAVE or DANCING IN THE STREETS instead?
-> I'M ALIVE is still annoying.
-> The two ELO non-singles (THE FALL and DON'T WALK AWAY) are actually really good, although the sequence of the two songs should be reversed, since the "It's a lie" chorus in THE FALL sounds a little bit too much like "I'm alive."
-> The title track is probably the best thing Olivia ever did. How does Jeff Lynne do it?
Finally, I think it is also pretty funny that, before working with his idols (Roy Orbison, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, etc.), Jeff Lynne had to do a duet with Olivia Newton-John. Talk about paying your dues.
I guess I did waste a fair amount of space there. Sorry about that.
Xanadu
Date undefinedI love the music from the movie. ELO has some of their best songs in this CD. It is wonderful!!!!!
Xanadu
Date undefinedCall me goofy but I so enjoyed this CD. I've played it quite a few times since I purchased it. I have the original vinyl albumn around here somewhere but forgot all about it until I was wandering around on Amazon and saw this. I haven't hear Cliff Richards in years. Is he still alive? I was sorry that there were so few songs, I wanted to hear more. I usually land up listening to it twice each time I play it. I also enjoyed the movie because it was so stupid. Roller skating muses anyone? Now I'm in the mood to go see the broadway production. I wonder how that cast albumn will be. Maybe Amazon should offer a twin pack with both versions. Will anyone be able to compete with Olivia Newton-John?
