Olivia is on form with her 1998 album - a lovely mix of delicate pop and light country songs. She was indeed back with a heart - beautiful singing complemented with expert production by some of the best names in the business. The result rocks - some great sounds and excellent production making this one one of her best ever!
It is a lovely mixture of the old and the new - Olivia building on the strengths of her vocal sweetness, but with some great nineties songs delivered with maturity and depth. I love the bittersweetness of 'spinning his wheels' - a gorgeous song of love hanging on as long working hours take their toll. There's a poignancy and dreaminess running through the whole album giving it a lovely feel.
I Honestly Love You is a remake of this 1974 success for Olivia - it is slower and changed a lot in style. It doesn't have the breathy freshness of the original - but nearly a quarter of a century of extra life experience gives the 1998 remake a very different, deeper quality. Many critics in the Seventies figured Olivia would never rise above the 'sugary pop' of her early work. Hah - 25 years on shows we have got a real class act here
For the specific DTS CD (DTS CD 1019) you need a DTS decoder to get the 5.1 five-channel surround sound. This is made clear on the packaging
Songs:
- Precious Love
- Closer To Me
- Fight For Our Love
- Spinning His Wheels
- Under My Skin
- Love Is A Gift
- I Don't Wanna Say Goodnight
- Don't Say That
- Attention
- Back With A Heart
- I Honestly Love You
Original Release
- Format: CD
- Date: 1998
- Country: USA
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Catalog: MCAD - 70030
Other Releases
- Format: CD
- Date: 1998
- Country: Japan
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Catalog: MVCZ-10009
- Format: CD
- Date: 1998
- Country: USA
- Label: MCA Nashville
- Catalog: DTS CD 1019
- Format: CD
- Date: 1998
- Country: Australia
- Label: Festival
- Catalog: TVD93490