Two Strong Hearts Live
Two Strong Hearts Live | ||||
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Live album by John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John | ||||
Released | 16 June 2015 | |||
Recorded | Melbourne, April 2015 | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Label | Sony Music Australia | |||
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Olivia Newton-John chronology | ||||
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Two Strong Hearts Live is a live album by John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John recorded in Melbourne with Philharmonia Australia in April 2015.
During the concert, the two performed a set spanning their hits over five decades along with several covers.
Chong Lim who is Farnham’s musical director, put together the show with a mishmash of songs from both artists, spanning over two acts, one that only had 14 songs and ending in a total of 31 songs.
This is also Newton-John’s debut under her new contract with Sony Music Australia.
The set list included of:
[DVD]
Act 1: Act 2:
- Overture 15. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
- Two Strong Hearts 16. Burn For You
- Let Me Be There 17. Hit The Road Jack/Fever
- Magic 18. Cry Me A River
- Have You Never Been Mellow 19. A Little More Love
- Xanadu 20. Hopelessly Devoted To You
- I Honestly Love You 21. You’re The One That I Want
- Tenterfield Saddler 22. Summer Nights
- No One Comes Close 23. Reasons
- Love To Shine 24. Man Of The Hour
- Age Of Reason 25. Pressure Down
- That’s Freedom 26. Play’in To Win
- Suddenly 27. Heart’s On Fire
- Dare To Dream INTERMISSION 28. If Not For You
29. Every Time You Cry
30. Physical
. 31. You’re The Voice
32. It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock ‘n’ Roll)
CD Version:
- Overture
- Two Strong Hearts
- Let Me Be There
- Xanadu
- I Honestly Love You
- Tenterfield Saddler
- No One Comes Close
- Love To Shine
- Suddenly
- Dare To Dream
- Somewhere Over The Rainbow
- Burn For You
- Hit The Road Jack/Fever
- You’re The One That I Want
- Summer Nights
- Heart’s On Fire
- If Not For You
- Every Time You Cry
- Physical
- You’re The Voice
- It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock ‘n’ Roll)
The live album was released on 16 June 2015 with the live DVD being released on 21 August 2015. [1]
Contents
1 Critical reception
2 Track listing
3 Charts
3.1 Year-end charts
4 Certifications
5 See also
6 References
Critical reception
Cameron Adams gave the album 4 out of 5 stars saying, "John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John have a chemistry and friendship you just can’t fake. And zero egos. The fact these two were having serious fun is not lost in the recorded translation. You also see new sides, like Farnham blitzing 'Over the Rainbow' and Livvie cutting loose with rock wailing on 'Hit the Road Jack'. That’s another one of the joys here, we rarely get to hear Olivia live and from the divine thrills of 'Xanadu' to the spine chills of I Honestly Love You it’s our loss. On the Grease favourites 'Summer Nights' and 'You’re the One That I Want', Farnham slips into John Travolta mode [and] Farnham sings 'Olivia Newton-John' better than ONJ’s original duet partner Cliff Richard". [2]
Track listing
- CD: DVD:
- "Overture” 1. “Overture” 15. “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
- "Two Strong Hearts" 2. “Two Strong Hearts” 16. “Burn For You”
- "Let Me Be There" 3. “Let Me Be There” 17. “Hit The Road Jack/Fever”
- "Xanadu" 4. “Magic” 18. “Cry Me A River”
- "I Honestly Love You" 5. “Have You Never Been Mellow” 19. “A Little More Love”
- "Tenterfield Saddler" 6. “Xanadu” 20. “Hopelessly Devoted To You”
- "No One Comes Close" 7. “I Honestly Love You” 21. “You’re The One That I Want”
- "Love to Shine" 8. “Tenterfield Saddler” 22. “Summer Nights”
- "Suddenly" 9. “No One Comes Close” 23. “Reasons”
- "Dare to Dream" 10. “Love To Shine” 24. “Man Of The Hour”
- "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" 11. “Age Of Reason” 25. “Pressure Down”
- "Burn for You" 12. “That’s Freedom” 26. “Playing To Win”
- "Hit the Road Jack / Fever" 13. “Suddenly” 27. “Heart’s On Fire”
- "You're the One That I Want" 14. “Dare To Dream” 28. “If Not For You”
- "Summer Nights" 29. “Every Time You Cry”
- "Hearts on Fire" 30. “Physical”
- "If Not for You" 31. “You’re The Voice”
- "Everytime You Cry" 32. “It’s A Long Way To The Top”
- "Physical"
- "You're the Voice"
- "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)"
Band Personnel:
Angus Burchall - Drums
Craig Newman - Bass Guitar
Stuart Fraser - Guitar
Chong Lim - Musical Director/Keyboards
Brett Garsed - Guitar Backing Vocals:
1. Lisa Edwards
2. Susie Ahern
3. Rod Davies
4. Lindsay Fields
5. Steve Real
Charts
Two Strong Hearts Live debuted at No. 1 on the ARIA Charts. This is the second time Farnham and Newton-John had topped the charts together; in 1998, their Highlights from The Main Event album (with Anthony Warlow) also peaked at No. 1.[3]
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 1 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2015) | Position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 31 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[6] | Gold | 35,000^ |
^shipments figures based on certification alone |
See also
- List of number-one albums of 2015 (Australia)
References
^ "Two Strong Hearts: Live In Concert". www.jbhifi.com.au. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Cameron Adams (25 June 2015). "Album Reviews: John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John". www.news.com.au. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ Gavin Ryan (4 July 2015). "ARIA Albums: John Farnham & Olivia Newton-John Have The No 1 Album". www .noise11.com. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
^ "Australiancharts.com – John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John – Highlights from Two Strong Hearts Live". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
^ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Albums 2015". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
^ "ARIA Australian Top 50 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.