Clearly Love is the sixth studio album by Olivia Newton-John, 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) 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 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).