It's one of Olivia's best covers! But that of course is not the reason this album ranks as one of her best, and most under-rated. She does a wonderful cover of "Jolene," which is more exciting that Dolly's. "Pony Ride" is a beautiful and quite unusual ballad that works well with Olivia's classic breathy voice. Her inclusion of "Greensleeves" is bold, and she does a great job with it. "Don't Throw It All Away," later covered by Dave and Sugar, is a winner. My three favorites are: "Who Are You Now," "Smile for Me," and "Small Talk and Pride." Her cover of "The Long and Winding Road" is commendable, too. Olivia worked well with John Farrar and this shows in this wonderful collection. Definitely a must for Olivia fans and those who haven't discovered her yet!

From Have You Never Been Mellow to her Grease period ONJ produced 4 albums. None provided any top 10 hits. This album is the best of the lot in her transition stage.The title track works well. With so many other potential single releases one wonders why more were not. This along with Making A Good Thing Better remains her only other album to release only one single off of it. The title track reached #23 on pop and #1 on Adult Cont. so, with such potential singles like "It'll Be Me" and "Don't Throw it All Away" this album remains an enigma.Beautifully sung with a mix of Country and Adult Pop this album grows and grows on you.

This great 1976 release from ONJ was a #2 hit on the country album charts, and #13 on the all-genre pop charts. Too bad it only released one single, but what a fantastic one it was. "Come on Over" is one of Olivia's best and most moving performances, and one of my all time favorite songs. It was a #5 country hit and #23 pop hit, also topping the AC charts. There is more great music to be found here as well. I love her version of "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," and her interpretation of "Jolene" is a good listen as well. It's more fast and upbeat than Dolly's, with a bit more urgency in the vocal I think (although Dolly's is excellent as well). "Pony Ride" is a nice, mellow ballad. "Don't Throw It all Away" and "Small Talk and Pride" would have made nice singles, especially on the country side.

The cover is beautiful, a cool effect and different from a lot of the covers of the time. (It's too bad MCA's stripped-down packaging for their "Compact Disc-Compact Price" series never has more artwork included than the front cover).

All in all, this is a very good album and worth owning.

Come on Over is my favorite album--and the first I heard at the age of seven (when I fell in love!). So much so, that I became a devoted fan. The harmonies in this album are unbelievable, with "Don't Throw it all Away" leading, and "Come on Over" a close second (as a child my favorite was "Greensleeves", but now I think that that song is a little boring). What I particularly liked in "Don't Throw it all Away" was how Olivia really expressed regret with her whispery vocals, and then strength at the same time, with perfect pitch. And "Come on Over"!!! Perhaps 'Come Hither' would be more apt! Great album--I'm glad that it's on CD (I am wearing out my third record!). In addition, I would like to add that this CD's quality is one of the best I've ever heard--24-bit digitally remastered and manufactured in Germany.

When I was a kid, I was kind of 'disapointed' when Olivia became such a commercial success and changed her sweet, 'girl-next-door' image after "Grease". Now, I also like "Totally Hot" (I liked the comments of a another reviewer of that album, who described it as 'virgin to vixen', or something along those lines)and slower songs from some of her other albums.

Have since purchased "Back with a Heart"--somewhat disappointed! It seemed to me that she was just trying too hard!! It must be difficult to try and reach those soaring melodies as in "Come On Over".

I have listened to this music since 1981 and want others to know this is Olivia at her finest.