"The best grouping of new songs on one disc. Great melodies. Great vocals, and songs with meaning. Too bad it didn't sell well in the US. I spent years trying to find it and then.........the internet. I never knew finding great old music could be so easy. Olivia is timeless and her music always sounds great and relavent."
A Strong Cd
G. Carter | Temple Hills, maryland United States | 02/21/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Rumour is a strong release from Olivia, the first single the catchy 'The Rumour' is a fun song written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, this cd has great production and solid vocals from Olivia, if you're building a Olivia collection make sure this one is included."
Excellent, as always. She's perfect
Dr. Lawrence C. Barber | Dallas, TX | 03/09/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'm 44 and met Liv when I flew in from grad school at the last Neiman's Fortnight (Dallas). I hoped to get a glimpse and did much better. This CD is one of her better CDs; you can't go wrong with any of her CDs--believe me.
Lawrence C. Barber, Ph.D. clinical psychologist"
You Can't Fight The Livvie
Bradley Jacobson | 06/25/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I love my Livvie and since Australia also has a fondness for the girl, they remastered all of her albums in 1998 and I have been listening to the gems since then. Now I have finally bought the ones I want and was more than excited to get this 1988 album.
Known primarily for the title track co-written by Elton John, this was not a huge success for ONJ, but that is only in sales because this is probably her best album ever. Co-writing most of the album, Livvie tackles divorce in "It's Not Heaven", a sort of letter to her daughter, AIDS in "Love and Let Live", the rain forest and pollution in "Let's Talk About Tomorrow", sexual politics in "Get Out" and she ends it all with the terribly catchy "Tutta La Vita" - a little rhumba ish ditty about love and success where "It's not a mansion in Malibu/ or a face lift at forty/ you can't get there by a car/ not even your BMW"... if you find a used copy of this sucker, you buy it - Livvie and I both would want it that way."