Reception
Olivia was a commercial failure when released in the UK on Pye International in 1972, as the follow-up to 1971's If Not for You. An American release of the LP never materialized. Therefore, the record label did not want to risk a release of the album in the United States on Uni Records, her US label at the time. Newton-John's subsequent release, Let Me Be There, would reach a sales position (UK Chart: 37) that would earn it the certification "Gold".
The cover art, done in blue tint, was later used (in a blueish-green tint) as the cover of the US release of Let Me Be There on MCA Records in 1973, following the success of the hit single penned by John Rostill.
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