Xanadu (From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
by Olivia Newton-John & Electric Light Orchestra
(Soundtrack album)
Year: 1980
Release date: 1980-06-27
Overall rank: 5,665th
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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.
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.
Leonard 10/02/2018 11:40 | #221957
They where allready old-fashioned in 1980. Today I have to smile. I like the track " The Fall"
Not unlistenable. Lackluster, middle-of-the-road pop-disco. Each of these artists has plenty of better material than rep'd in this soundtrack.
A great soundtrack to a really bad film.
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.
Kyle39 08/28/2012 18:20 | #49494
Classic soundtrack to a movie I love!
Irresistible 80s pop, and criminally underrated.
But yeh, the movie does suck.
FlashRah 06/22/2011 20:16 | #23399 | TOP COMMENT
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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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