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A Celebration in Song

A Celebration in Song is the twenty-third 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" (with Richard Marx) and "Sunburned Country" (with Keith Urban) originally belong to Newton-John's 2002 duets album, (2). 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

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Personnel

Performers and musicians

  • Olivia Newton-John – vocals
  • Andy Downer – keyboards (1)
  • Amy Sky – keyboards (1, 6, 11), acoustic piano (11), vocals (11)
  • Greg Johnston – programming (1, 2, 10), guitars (1, 2, 10), bass guitar (1, 2, 10)
  • Tony Harrell – Hammond B3 organ (3)
  • Doug Emery – keyboards (4)
  • Hal Roland – keyboards (4)
  • Dane Bryant – keyboards (5)
  • Gary Prim – keyboards (5)
  • Anthony Vanderburgh – keyboards (5)
  • Attila Fias – keyboards (6)
  • Richard Marx – keyboards (7), programming (7), vocals (7)
  • Steve Nathan – organ (8)
  • John Farrar – keyboards (9), guitars (9), vocals (9)
  • Peter Wolf – additional programming (9)
  • Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar (3)
  • Mark Punch – acoustic guitar (3)
  • Steve Gibb – guitars (4)
  • Michael Severs – electric guitar (5)
  • Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar (5)
  • Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar (5)
  • Bill Bell – guitars (6), bass guitar (6)
  • Keith Urban – guitars (8), vocals (8)
  • Mike Bukovik – guitars (8)
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar (3, 5)
  • Alison Prestwood – bass guitar (8)
  • Mark Kelso – drums (1, 6)
  • Dave Sanders – drums (1)
  • Steve Brewster – drums (3)
  • Lee Levin – drums (4)
  • Paul Leim – drums (5)
  • Chris McHugh – drums (8)
  • Ian Cooper – strings (3)
  • Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (5), cello (5)
  • Amy Laing – cello (11)
  • Delta Goodrem – vocals (1)
  • Cliff Richard – vocals (2)
  • RyanDan – harmony vocals (2), vocals (11)
  • Melinda Schneider – vocals (3)
  • Barry Gibb – vocals (4)
  • Jimmy Barnes – vocals (5)
  • Sun Ho – vocals (6)
  • Martin Landin Chapman – backing vocals (8)
  • Steve Real – backing vocals (8)
  • Jann Arden – vocals (10)
  • Belinda Emmett – vocals (12)

Technical

  • Amy Sky – executive producer
  • Greg Johnston – recording (1, 2, 10)
  • Victor Florencia – mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10), recording (4)
  • Sam Hannan – recording (1, 6)
  • Mark Kelso – recording (1, 6)
  • James Freeman – additional recording (3, 11), overdubbing (5), mixing (5)
  • Ethan Carlson – recording assistant (2), recording (4), mixing (4)
  • Steve Marcantonio – recording (5)
  • Bill Bell – recording (6)
  • Serge Tsai – recording (6, 10)
  • Justin Niebank – engineer (8)
  • Elvis Aponte – recording assistant (6, 10)
  • Alonzo Vargas – recording assistant (6, 10)
  • Todd Gunnerson – assistant engineer (8)
  • Noah Passovay – vocal engineer (9)
  • Andy Hunt – recording (10)
  • John Bailey – recording (11), mixing (11)
  • Chuck Turner – mixing (6)
  • Cory Barnes – Pro Tools editing (1, 2, 6, 11)
  • 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

References