| If You Love Me, Let Me Know | ||||
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| Studio album by Olivia Newton-John | ||||
| Released | May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1973, 1974 | |||
| Genre | Country, adult contemporary | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | John Farrar | |||
| Olivia Newton-John chronology | ||||
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If You Love Me, Let Me Know was a United States and Canada-only album by singer Olivia Newton-John, released in 1974.
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Half of the tracks on the album are from her European and Australian release, Long Live Love, and the other half are tracks from Olivia with the title song and the much heralded track "I Honestly Love You" being the new additions. Essentially, this is the second of the two early compilation albums released by MCA Records, the other album being Let Me Be There, released in 1973. The result of MCA picking Newton-John's stronger tracks plus newer singles in the same vein led to the album earning widespread critical acclaim and strong album sales in North America.
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| Allmusic | [1] |
It was the first of two Newton-John albums to top the Billboard 200 pop albums chart, the second being Have You Never Been Mellow the following year. Two hit singles were culled from the LP in the U.S.: the title song and "I Honestly Love You", the latter of which became Newton-John's first #1 single in the U.S. after listener requests for the song prompted MCA to release it as a single....much to Newton-John's delight after she originally pleaded with the label to release it as such. Both songs reached the top 10 of the U.S. Pop, Adult Contemporary and Country charts, affirming Newton-John's status as the top female country-crossover star of the day and continuing the chart hot streak begun with the Grammy-winning "Let Me Be There" the previous year.
The title track ranks as Newton-John's highest charting single on the country charts, reaching #2, although she would have many more top 10 hits to come.
The album was certified Gold in the US.[2]
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| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 1974 | Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| Preceded by Endless Summer by The Beach Boys |
Billboard 200 number-one album October 12 – October 18, 1974 |
Succeeded by Not Fragile by Bachman–Turner Overdrive |
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