Album Description: Unavailable on CD in the U.S., this is CBS's 1989 reissue ofMCA's top five & double platinum 1980 soundtrack to directorRobert Greenwald's 1980 musical starring Olivia Newton-John at a high point in her career and Gene Kelly at the bottom of his. The album features 10 tracks, five each from E.L.O. & Olivia Newton-John, including the #1 smash 'Magic' by Newton-John, the top 10 title cut by both her & E.L.O. and the top 20 duet 'Suddenly' by Newton-John and Cliff Richard!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Very addictive sound track
I never even heard of Xanadu before my wife told me about it. She forced me to watch it and quite frankly it's a great movie. I ended up loving the sound track as well. I would recommend this if your a fan of the movie.
Rating: - 4.5 Stars.... Guilty pleasure stands the test of time
Music: 5 stars; Album sequencing: 4 stars
This movie soundtrack was originally released in 1980, presenting the improbable mix of songs of Olivia Newton-John (penned by John Farrar) and Electric Light Orchestra (penned by Jeff Lynne) in a truly terrible movie, but the music was first rate, with both Olivia and ELO at their peak.
You have to imagine "Xanadu" (10 tracks; 42 min.) as the original vinyl album, with an A and a B side. On the A side are the John Ferrar-penned Olivia-sung tunes, with mega-hit "Magic" kicking things off. "Suddenly" is a fantastic ballad, featuring ... Read More
Rating: - Before Harrison, Dylan and McCartney there was Newton-John
Let'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 ... Read More
Rating: - Xanadu CD
I love the music from the movie. ELO has some of their best songs in this CD. It is wonderful!!!!!
Rating: - Call me goofy
Call 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 ... Read More
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