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CD: Olivia Newton-John: Back to Basics (17 Tracks Collection 1971–92) CD-New $34.99
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30 Apr 2024
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Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971–1992 is the third greatest hits album by English-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John , released on 9 June 1992 by Geffen Records . It is the first compilation to contain both her country and pop hits. The album contained four new tracks: lead single "I Need Love" (produced by Giorgio Moroder ), US Adult Contemporary top-20 single "Deeper Than a River", "Not Gonna Be the One" and a cover version of Brenda Lee 's 1960 US number one "I Want to Be Wanted ". A tour was planned to promote the album, but had to be cancelled when Newton-John was diagnosed with cancer.
An artist well-defined by her hit singles, Olivia Newton-John has had a stylistically varied career, as is illustrated on Back to Basics: The Essential Collection 1971-1992, a set that ranges from her teary ballad "I Honestly Love You" to that bouncy paean to getting horizontal, "Physical." Fans may quibble that such hits as "Let Me Be There" and "Make a Move on Me" are not included, but Newton-John's two greatest-hits albums are out of print, and this is the only collection to combine both her good-girl and bad-girl personae.
Tracklist:
| "Deeper Than a River" | Diane Warren |
| 4:19 |
| "Not Gonna Be the One" | Seth Swirsky | John Farrar | 3:12 |
| "I Want to Be Wanted" |
| Peter Asher | 3:26 |
| "I Need Love" |
| Giorgio Moroder | 4:12 |
| "Twist of Fate" |
| David Foster | 3:43 |
| "Physical" |
| John Farrar | 3:43 |
| "Magic" | Farrar | John Farrar | 4:25 |
| "Deeper Than the Night" |
| John Farrar | 3:35 |
| "A Little More Love" | Farrar | John Farrar | 3:27 |
| "You're the One That I Want" (with John Travolta) | Farrar | John Farrar | 2:47 |
| "Summer Nights" (with John Travolta) |
| Louis St. Louis | 3:36 |
| "Hopelessly Devoted to You" | Farrar | John Farrar | 3:00 |
| "Please Mr. Please" |
| John Farrar | 3:24 |
| "Sam" |
| John Farrar | 3:37 |
| "Have You Never Been Mellow" | Farrar | John Farrar | 3:28 |
| "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" | Rostill | John Farrar | 3:12 |
| "I Honestly Love You" |
| John Farrar | 3:36 |