I Honestly Love You (album)

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I Honestly Love You
Delta Goodrem - I Honestly Love You.jpg
Soundtrack album by
Released11 May 2018 (2018-05-11)
Genre Pop
Length42:20
Label Sony Music Australia
Delta Goodrem chronology
Wings of the Wild
(2016)
I Honestly Love You
(2018)
Only Santa Knows
(2020)

I Honestly Love You is the soundtrack to the Australian biographical miniseries Olivia: Hopelessly Devoted to You , the first part of which screened on the Seven Network on 13 May 2018, with the second part to air on 20 May 2018. The miniseries tells the story of Olivia Newton-John, an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. [1] The soundtrack comprises the star of the series, Delta Goodrem, performing covers of iconic songs from Newton-John's career and was released in Australia on 11 May 2018.

Contents

Upon announcement, Goodrem said “Having Olivia as a friend for all these years has been such an incredible gift. From a young age, she was an artist I admired and looked up to.” [2]

The album was announced and available for pre-order on 29 April 2018 [3] and came with the pre-order duet "Love Is a Gift", to which Newton-John explains "When we wrote "Love Is a Gift", we wrote it as a love song. Now, when [Delta and I] sing it, it's about friendship and love between friends and so it still has the same meaning; it's just a different time for the song." [2]

Reception

David from AuspOp gave the album 3 out of 5 and wrote: "Listening through the songs, nothing is overly groundbreaking, but the covers do feel like they have had some attention paid to them". He called the album "decent enough" and "an opportunity to take a look at Olivia Newton-John's music from a different perspective", noting "Physical", "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "Love Is a Gift" as highlights. [4]

Track listing

I Honestly Love You track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're the One That I Want" (featuring Dan Sultan) John Farrar 3:02
2."I Honestly Love You"3:47
3."Physical"
3:43
4."Magic"Farrar4:28
5."Hopelessly Devoted to You"Farrar2:55
6."Xanadu" Jeff Lynne 3:28
7."Let Me Be There" (with Olivia Newton-John) John Rostill 3:04
8."Today" (featuring Georgia Flood) Chris Andrews 2:15
9."Till You Say You'll Be Mine" Jackie DeShannon 2:31
10."Anyone Who Had a Heart"3:17
11."If Not for You" Bob Dylan 2:56
12."Trust Yourself"Newton-John2:35
13."Love Is a Gift" (with Olivia Newton-John)
4:19
Total length:42:20

Charts

Chart performance for I Honestly Love You
Chart (2018)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 4
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ) [6] 2

Release history

Release history for I Honestly Love You
RegionDateFormatEdition(s)LabelCatalogue
Australia11 May 2018 [7] [8]
  • CD
  • digital download
Standard Sony Music Australia 19075856212
New Zealand25 May 2018 [9]

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