''Clearly Love'' is the sixth studio album by

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

, released in September 1975.

Commercial performance

The album was certified gold in the US. 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 Linda Hargrove (married name Bartholomew, born Tallahassee, Florida February 3, 1949 – October 24, 2010, Tallahassee, Florida) was an American country songwriter and musician. She wrote many country music hits for a variety of artists and h ...

) reaching 5. ''Clearly Love'' also did well in Japan, reaching number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart and selling 110,450 copies there.

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

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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

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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 Terence Ernest Britten (born July 1947) is an English-Australian singer-songwriter and record producer, who has written songs for Tina Turner, Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo and Michael Jackson amongst many others. Britten (along w ...

– acoustic guitar *

John Farrar John Clifford Farrar ( ; born 8 November 1946) is an Australian music producer, songwriter, arranger, singer, and guitarist. As a musician, Farrar is a former member of several rock and roll groups including The Mustangs (1963–64), The Stra ...

– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, backing vocals, arrangements * B.J. Cole – steel guitar * Keith Nelson – 5-string banjo *

Alan Tarney Alan Tarney (born 19 November 1945) is an English record producer and musician. He was born in Northside, Workington, Cumberland, but spent his teenage years in Adelaide, Australia, where he met his songwriting and musical partner Trevor Spence ...

– bass * Dave Olney - bass on "Summertime Blues" * Mike Sammes - bass vocal on "Summertime Blues" * Brian Bennett – drums *

Vicki Brown Vicki Brown (23 August 1940 – 16 June 1991) was an English pop, rock and contemporary classical singer. She was a member of both The Vernons Girls and The Breakaways and was the first wife of fellow singer and musician Joe Brown and mother o ...

– 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

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(London, UK). * Mastered at MCA Recording Studios (North Hollywood, California, USA).

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

{{Authority control 1975 albums Olivia Newton-John albums Albums produced by John Farrar MCA Records albums