Totally Hot

She was offered the lead role of Sandy after meeting producer Allan Carr at a dinner party at Helen Reddy's home.

Six of the cuts here are up-tempo, including an explosive version of the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'" on which a hot Newton-John squeals, shouts and spits out the lyrics in a departure which will amaze her long-time fans and perhaps finally win over her detractors.

[9] Cashbox noted that "the title of Olivia's first studio album in nearly two years describes her status since her eminently successful role in Grease.

[10] Rolling Stone were harsh in their criticism, referring to the album as "an abysmal, by-the-numbers affair probably whipped up by some leading exponents of the New Hollywood music scene to capitalize on Olivia Newton-John's less-than-incandescent performance in the film version of Grease.

While the queen of cotton-candy soul peers out in desperado drag from the album's inner sleeve, song titles like "Never Enough," "Totally Hot" and "Gimme Some Lovin'" promise the kind of down-and-dirty grit that Newton-John is scarcely equipped to deliver.

And "A Little More Love," the one number that could conceivably arouse any interest, merely serves to showcase the singer's newly acquired rock squawk in the upper registers."