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Gaia is a delightful album - fresh, intimate, hopeful and reflective all at the same time. This is the first album in Olivia's career where she wrote all the songs, and had a large hand in the production as well - and what a lovely result! Gaia is a very atmospheric album which has more of a theme running through it than Olivia's earlier recordings.

Gaia was a particularly rich source of collectables since it was released on a number of independent labels around the world. See the Gaia feature in Collector's Corner for more details.

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Album Title GAIA (pronounced Guy-ya) is the spirit of Mother Earth. She is the giver of dreams and the nourisher of plants and young children.

"One Woman's Journey"

DON'T CUT ME DOWN - I found this half finished ina drawer full of tapes I started it in the late 80's. It reflects my ongoing feelings for the old growth forests that are so threatened by man. LA 198?

NOT GOING TO GIVE IN TO IT - I wrote this after chemotherapy treatment. It speaks for itself. Los Angeles 1992.

WHY ME - I wrote this song the night after my surgery, as I was pondering the question "why me" as everyone does. My father died with dignity of cancer on the day I was diagnosed and he never complained for a moment, this is for him. Los Angeles August 1992.

THE WAY OF LOVE - I find it painful that some people are so unaccepting of each others beliefs, in my experience they all have merit, Chloe and her school sang on this one. Byron Bay 1993.

GAIA - Gaia is the spirit of Mother Earth. She is the giver of dreams and the nourisher of plants and young children. This song came to me at 3:00 AM on a cold winters morning in Byron Bay and I was compelled to write and finish it. I feel the spirit of Mother Earth spoke to me. August 1993.

I NEVER KNEW LOVE - This song was born of joy, I asked for help and received it. Byron Bay August 1993.

DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO - To kindred spirits everywhere. LA Sept 93.

TRUST YOURSELF - This song was born out of my decision to write, record and co-produce for the first time, an album of songs about my personal feelings, in order to do so I had to let some other comitments go.

SILENT RUIN - The first song that I have ever been asked to write was for a powerful and frightening documentary "The Last Whale", I feel this is the plight of all the planets creatures and I changed whale to wild for the album. Byron Bay Nov 93

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO - This song came to me in the car on the way to the studio, it was during a time when I was having a lot of problems and I sent this song to all the negative forces in my life. December 93

PEGASUS - I saw Pagasus in a meditation so vividly that the next night I woke up with this song in my head!

NO OTHER LOVE - For the loves of my life, Matt and Chloe. Byron Bay Jan 94

Note: No Matter What You Do was released in Australia as a CD single with a bonus track as Silent Ruin.

Songs:

1. Trust Yourself
2. No Matter What You Do
3. No Other Love
4. Pegasus
5. Why Me
6. Don't Cut Me Down
7. Gaia
8. Do You Feel
9. I Never Knew Love
10. Silent Ruin
11. Not Gonna Give In To It
12. The Way Of Love

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