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Clearly Love is the sixth studio album by Olivia Newton-John, released in September 1975.[2]

Clearly Love
Studio album by Olivia Newton-John
Released	30 September 1975
Recorded	May–June 1975
Studio	EMI Studios, London[1]
Genre	Country country pop
Length	31:13
Label	EMI
Producer	John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) Clearly Love (1975) Come On Over (1976)
Singles from Clearly Love
"Something Better to Do" Released: September 1975 "Let It Shine" Released: December 1975

Commercial performance

The album was certified gold in the US.[3] and both of the album's singles were country chart hits, with "Something Better to Do" reaching number 19 and "Let It Shine" (written by Nashville songwriter Linda Hargrove) reaching 5. Clearly Love also did well in Japan, reaching number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart and selling 110,450 copies there.[4]

Singles

The 1940s retro sounding "Something Better to Do" and the country "Let it Shine" (backed with her version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother") were the two single releases. This song became popular on country music stations, hitting the top 10 on the Country chart. Both singles were number 1 Adult Contemporary chart hits in the United States, but performed comparatively poorly on the Billboard Hot 100 at numbers 13 and 30 respectively, the beginning of a decline at Newton-John's popularity at Top 40 radio in the US that would not be reversed until her starring role in the movie musical Grease in 1978.

Track listing

Personnel

• Olivia Newton-John – lead vocals
• Graham Todd – keyboards; arrangement on "Slow Down Jackson"
• Terry Britten – acoustic guitar
• John Farrar – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, arrangements
• B.J. Cole – steel guitar
• Keith Nelson – 5-string banjo
• Alan Tarney – bass
• Dave Olney - bass on "Summertime Blues"
• Mike Sammes - bass vocal on "Summertime Blues"
• Brian Bennett – drums
• Vicki Brown – backing vocals
• Pat Farrar – backing vocals
• Margo Newman – backing vocals
• Clare Torry – backing vocals
• John Fiddy - orchestration on "Slow Down Jackson"

Production

• John Farrar – producer
• Tony Clark – engineer
• Allan Rouse – engineer
• Michael Stavroes – mixing
• Brian Ingoldsby – mastering
• George Osaki – art direction, design
• Charles William Bush – photography
• Larry Marmorstein – graphics

Studios

• Recorded at Abbey Road Studios (London, UK).
• Mixed at AIR Studios (London, UK).
• Mastered at MCA Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California, USA).

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[14]	Platinum	100,000^
Japan (Oricon Charts)	—	110,450[7]
United States (RIAA)[15]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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Clearly Love — шестой студийный альбом австралийской певицы Оливии Ньютон-Джон, выпущенный 30 сентября 1975 года на лейбле EMI. Альбом был сертифицирован золотым в США[2]. И оба сингла с альбома стали хитами кантри-чарта: «Something Better to Do» достиг 19-го места, а «Let It Shine» — 5-го. В Соединенном Королевстве же ситуация была совсем иной, так как ни альбом, ни его синглы там вообще не попали в чарты. Альбом также имел успех в Японии, где достиг 3-го места в чарте альбомов Oricon, а продажи превысили 110 450 экземпляров[3].

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