Clearly Love

Clearly Love is the sixth studio album by Olivia Newton-John, released in September 1975.^[2]

Clearly Love
Studio album by Olivia Newton-John
Released	30 September 1975
Recorded	May–June 1975
Studio	EMI Studios, London^[1]
Genre	Country country pop
Length	31:13
Label	MCA
Producer	John Farrar
Olivia Newton-John chronology
Have You Never Been Mellow (1975) Clearly Love (1975) Come On Over (1976)
Singles from Clearly Love
"Something Better to Do" Released: September 1975 "Let It Shine" Released: December 1975

Commercial performance

The album was certified gold in the US.^[3] 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.^[4]

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

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something Better to Do"	John Farrar	3:16
2.	"Lovers"	Mickey Newbury	2:40
3.	"Slow Down Jackson"	Michele Brourman Karen Gottlieb	3:05
4.	"He's My Rock"	Sharon K. Dobbins	2:17
5.	"Sail into Tomorrow"	John Farrar	3:40

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying"	Labi Siffre	3:00
7.	"Clearly Love"	Diane Berglund Jim Phillips	2:19
8.	"Let It Shine"	Linda Hargrove	2:26
9.	"Summertime Blues"	Eddie Cochran Jerry Capehart	2:11
10.	"Just a Lot of Folk (The Marshmallow Song)"	Diane Berglund Jim Phillips	2:47
11.	"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"	Bobby Scott Bob Russell	3:54

Japan 2010 SHM-CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Something Better to Do" (live in Osaka, Japan, December 1976)	2:55
13.	"Fairy Tale Hero" (previously unreleased)	3:07

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).

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1975–1976) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[5] 50 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[6] 39 Japanese Oricon LP Chart^[7] 3 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[8] 34 US Billboard 200^[9] 12 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10] 6 US Cash Box Top Albums^[11] 8 US Cash Box Country Albums^[12] 7

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13] 20

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[14]	Platinum	100,000^^
Japan (Oricon Charts)	—	110,450^[7]
United States (RIAA)^[15]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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