Released to coincide with Australia's best-selling pop diva's performance at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, this is a live album featuring 21 of her greatest hits recorded during her recent American... more » tour. Packed with smashes, it includes 'Xanadu', 'Magic', 'Have You Never Been Mellow?', 'You're The One That I Want', 'Hopelessly Devoted To You', 'Summer Nights', 'If You Love Me', 'Let's Get Physical' and 'I Honestly Love You'. Recorded live at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ on August 26 & 27, 1999. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.« less
Released to coincide with Australia's best-selling pop diva's performance at the opening ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, this is a live album featuring 21 of her greatest hits recorded during her recent American tour. Packed with smashes, it includes 'Xanadu', 'Magic', 'Have You Never Been Mellow?', 'You're The One That I Want', 'Hopelessly Devoted To You', 'Summer Nights', 'If You Love Me', 'Let's Get Physical' and 'I Honestly Love You'. Recorded live at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, NJ on August 26 & 27, 1999. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.
"This CD captures 30 years of Olivia and is well worth the money! Seeing her in concert during her anniversary tour several years ago was the greatest, and this CD serves as a wonderful reminder of that memory."
Beautiful Voice - Beautiful Lady
Gary L. Stanley | Silver Spring, MD United States | 10/09/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've always liked Olivia's sweet voice and have several of her albums so when I saw that this live performance had been produced by DTS Entertainment, I jumped on it.
This disc has multiple play modes:
1) DTS track for discrete 5.1 channel sound for which a DTS decoder is required.
2) Dolby Digital 5.1 that will play in any DVD player (even in the car!)
3) DVD-Audio track that produces a high-definition audio experience. The DVD-Audio track is recorded in MPL lossless 5.1 surround which requires a DVD-Audio compatible player. While the package does not state the sampling frequency used in this rendition, the norm for DVD-Audio is 96 kHz as opposed to 44.1 kHz for a standard CD. This disc gets 5 stars just for the technical execution.
Olivia is brilliant as always with her vocals in extraordinary shape. In this concert she performed a great variety of her best-loved songs and even included a couple from the Grease soundtrack.
A wonderful addition to any audiophile's collection and highly recommended."
To clear things up on her vocals
333 | 04/17/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I think Olivia's a great singer. Her songs were truly magnificent and she just soared in songs like "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and "You're the One that I Want"....HOWEVER...this live cd is not as good as her original recordings. I disagree with what some other people say because her voice in this live recording is a little strained and her voice is not as PURE and sweet as she was in the past.
I do think this is due to her aging...it's not easy singing once u grow older...her voice just isn't what it used to be. I'm not hearing that pure and sweet melodic voice from Grease or Xanadu.
Overall, a GREAT compilation of songs but the vocal part is a bit disappointing compared to what i've heard in the past.
Still, it's still great!"
Olivia at her very Best !
Diana | Germany | 02/28/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Olivia is truly at her very best "LIVE" very clearly illustrated here! Her vocal pitch as amazing as ever and her vocal diction always impeccable but what is so touching is her genuine warmth and compassion both vocally and in prose which is so prominent when the lady performs live. So treat yourself to adding this musical masterpiece of a star performer to your collections, guaranteed to enhance it in a rather unique and special way as inimitable Olivia's star magic shines through !"