Xanadu (Soundtrack) (soundtrack album) by Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra

Xanadu (Soundtrack) by Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 5,483rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 71 votes)
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Average Rating: 
69/100 (from 71 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 66.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.8.

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80/100
From 01/12/2024 22:52
I think Olivia Newton-John was my first celebrity crush. I must have watched this stupid movie at least a dozen times on the Movie Channel after school. Unlike the movie, the soundtrack actually holds up pretty well. "Magic" is Livvy's greatest song ever. And the Electric Light Orchestra side of this stands as some of their best material.
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65/100
From 08/19/2020 20:04
What can yet say other than abysmal film. Article this week states this brought ELO down, possibly so, but all over world is right up there as one of his best radio friendly tunes. Overall the high octave backing vocals grate a bit and the keyboards sounds irritate. But three quality tunes on ELO side of the 5. ONJ side is best left alone.
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Rating:  
60/100
From 10/02/2018 11:40
They where allready old-fashioned in 1980. Today I have to smile. I like the track " The Fall"
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30/100
From 01/05/2017 09:08
Not unlistenable. Lackluster, middle-of-the-road pop-disco. Each of these artists has plenty of better material than rep'd in this soundtrack.
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85/100
From 03/16/2016 23:26
A great soundtrack to a really bad film.
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90/100
From 08/18/2013 20:15
Easy to bash because the movie was a coke-inducted disco nightmare (though its fun for its camp value) but the soundtrack is another story. Both ELO and Olivia were in their prime when this album was made and I personally love both halves of the album.
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95/100
From 08/28/2012 18:20
Classic soundtrack to a movie I love!
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From 10/31/2011 10:03
Irresistible 80s pop, and criminally underrated.

But yeh, the movie does suck.
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75/100
From 06/22/2011 20:16
Underrated. First side is shallow fun and ultimately harmless. The second side has some of ELOs best tracks on it.

The movie sucks though.
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