Clearly Love review

It is very likely that Olivia Newton-John will find a niche in films where her bright personality can carry her sans song. The frail sanitarium sentimentality which sparked her initial hits just hasn’t the staying power or the variety to fuel many more albums. It’s, like, who needs a sequel to “Camille.” It would be one last gasp too many.

The latest album, Clearly Love (MCA), is beautiful and one-note, everything sounding like something we’ve heard before. The one nod to novelty, a ’50s-styled “Summertime Blues is simply junky, proving the limited emotional range Miss N-J has to spread.