Long Live Love (album)
Long Live Love | ||||
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Studio album by Olivia Newton-John | ||||
Released | 24 June 1974 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road and CSS, London[1] | |||
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Length | 36:46 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | John Farrar, Bruce Welch | |||
Olivia Newton-John chronology | ||||
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Singles from Long Live Love | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Long Live Love is the fourth studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released in June 1974 by EMI Records.
Singles
The title track was released in March 1974. Newton-John performed it at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest when she represented the UK. Along with the title track, five other tracks from the LP had been the six shortlisted songs for the UK selection for Eurovision, broadcast as A Song for Europe, 1974. The song that placed second, "Angel Eyes", was also released as the B-side of the "Long Live Love" single. (The other four songs were "Someday", "Loving You Ain't Easy", "Have Love, Will Travel", and "Hands Across the Sea".)[citation needed]
Track listing
Side one
- "Free the People" (Barbara Keith) – 3:20
- "Angel Eyes" (Tony Macaulay, Keith Potger) – 2:45
- "Country Girl" (Alan Hawkshaw, Peter Gosling) – 3:49
- "Someday" (Gary Benson, David Mindel) – 2:57
- "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 2:48
- "Loving You Ain't Easy" (Stuart Leathwood, Bob Saker, Gary Sulsh) – 2:47
Side two
- "Home Ain't Home Anymore" (John Farrar, Peter Robinson) – 2:52
- "Have Love, Will Travel" (Roger Greenaway, Geoff Stephens) – 2:45
- "I Honestly Love You" (Peter Allen, Jeff Barry) – 3:38
- "Hands Across the Sea" (Ben Findon, Geoff Wilkins) – 2:55
- "The River's Too Wide" (Bob Morrison) – 3:16
- "Long Live Love" (Valerie Avon, Harold Spiro) – 2:46
Japanese bonus tracks
- "Mon Amour, Mon Impossible Amour" – 3:40
- "Long Live Love" (German version) – 2:48
Personnel
- John Farrar, Nick Ingman, Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett - arrangements
- John Kelly - photography
Charts
Chart (1974) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4] | 19 |
UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 40 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | Platinum | 50,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love". Discogs. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Olivia Newton-John – Long Live Love at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 3933. ISBN 978-1-56159-237-1.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book. p. 217. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Olivia Newton-John | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
- ^ "Olivia Newton John - Australian album plaques in 1978". ARIA. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via Imgur.com.
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