A Celebration in Song
A Celebration in Song is the twenty-third and final solo studio album by British-Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 3 June 2008 by Warner Bros. in Australia. The worldwide release of the album was by EMI, on 2 September 2008. It is her second duets album, following (2), released in 2002 by Festival Mushroom.
On 25 January 2011, the album was re-released by Spring Hill with a new cover.
Background
The album was released in conjunction with Newton-John's walk to Beijing which, together with this album, raised funds for the future The Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Center in Melbourne, Australia.The songs "Never Far Away" and "Sunburned Country" originally belong to Newton-John's 2002 duets album, . The song "Beautiful Thing" was taken from Belinda Emmett's album So I Am and the track is "dedicated with love" to her.
Track listing
Notes- denotes a co-producer
- denotes an arranger
Personnel
Performers and musicians- Olivia Newton-John – vocals
- Andy Downer – keyboards
- Amy Sky – keyboards, acoustic piano, vocals
- Greg Johnston – programming, guitars, bass guitar
- Tony Harrell – Hammond B3 organ
- Doug Emery – keyboards
- Hal Roland – keyboards
- Dane Bryant – keyboards
- Gary Prim – keyboards
- Anthony Vanderburgh – keyboards
- Attila Fias – keyboards
- Richard Marx – keyboards, programming, vocals
- Steve Nathan – organ
- John Farrar – keyboards, guitars, vocals
- Peter Wolf – additional programming
- Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
- Mark Punch – acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibb – guitars
- Michael Severs – electric guitar
- Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar
- Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
- Bill Bell – guitars, bass guitar
- Keith Urban – guitars, vocals
- Mike Bukovik – guitars
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Alison Prestwood – bass guitar
- Mark Kelso – drums
- Dave Sanders – drums
- Steve Brewster – drums
- Lee Levin – drums
- Paul Leim – drums
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Ian Cooper – strings
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, cello
- Amy Laing – cello
- Delta Goodrem – vocals
- Cliff Richard – vocals
- RyanDan – harmony vocals, vocals
- Melinda Schneider – vocals
- Barry Gibb – vocals
- Jimmy Barnes – vocals
- Sun Ho – vocals
- Martin Landin Chapman – backing vocals
- Steve Real – backing vocals
- Jann Arden – vocals
- Belinda Emmett – vocals
- Amy Sky – executive producer
- Greg Johnston – recording
- Victor Florencia – mixing, recording
- Sam Hannan – recording
- Mark Kelso – recording
- James Freeman – additional recording, overdubbing, mixing
- Ethan Carlson – recording assistant, recording, mixing
- Steve Marcantonio – recording
- Bill Bell – recording
- Serge Tsai – recording
- Justin Niebank – engineer
- Elvis Aponte – recording assistant
- Alonzo Vargas – recording assistant
- Todd Gunnerson – assistant engineer
- Noah Passovay – vocal engineer
- Andy Hunt – recording
- John Bailey – recording, mixing
- Chuck Turner – mixing
- Cory Barnes – Pro Tools editing
- Joao Carvalho – mastering
- Kelly David Smith – design
- Michael Caprio – cover design
- Juli Balla – cover photography
- David Anderson – photography
- Chad Allen Smith – reissue design, reissue photography
Concert
The Olivia Newton-John and Friends: Gala Fundraising Concert was a one-night only concert based in the album. The concert was held at the State Theatre in Sydney on 30 September 2008 to raise funds for the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal.Songs performed
- "I Say a Little Prayer"
- "Calling You"
- "A Song for You"
- "All Come Together"
- "My Heart Will Go On"
- "Someone to Watch Over Me"
- "Sunshine on a Rainy Day"
- "My Island Home"
- "Blow Up the Pokies"
- "Run to Paradise"
- "Reminiscing"
- "Memphis medley"
- "Tucker's Daughter"
- "Perfect"
- "The Horses"
- "Reckless"
- "Hopelessly Devoted to You"
- "Let Me Be There"
- "Tenterfield Saddler"
- "Summer Nights"
- "Pearls on a Chain"
- "Courageous"
- "I Honestly Love You"
- "You're the One That I Want"