(2) is the nineteenth studio album by Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 12 November 2002 in Australia. A duets album, the majority of tracks are with Australian artists, along with two American performers (Richard Marx and Michael McDonald). The Peter Allen and Johnny O'Keefe duets are built around archive recordings, with new vocals added by Newton-John.

Track listing

Release and promotion

The album was a great success in Australia, reaching the top 10 in the ARIA Charts, being certified Platinum. A TV special for the album promotion, A Night with Olivia, also aired in the country, featuring John Farnham and Tina Arena as special guests.

The Australian leg of Newton-John's Heartstrings World Tour also served in the promotion of album. These were the first solo concerts in Australia of Olivia since 1982 and were very well received by the public and critics. The New Idea magazine published an article of "the comeback of queen" in 2002, highlighting the success of the album and tour, as well as its induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame.^[1]

The Newton-John's 2008 duets album, A Celebration in Song, contains two songs originally released on (2): "Never Far Away" and "Sunburned Country".

Personnel

• Peter Allen  Piano
• Andrew Bojanic  Synthesizer, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Drum programming
• Dario Bortolin  Bass
• Peter Carrette  Photography
• Greg Clarke  Assistant Engineer
• Joe Creighton  Bass
• Michelle Day  Photography
• Charles Fisher  Producer
• Stuart Fraser  Guitar
• Val Garay  Engineer
• Todd Gunnerson  Assistant Engineer
• Liz Hooper  Vocals (background)
• Mark Kennedy  Drums
• Ok Hee Kim  Mixing Assistant
• Iki Levy  Drums, Drum programming
• Chong Lim  Keyboards
• Liz  Producer

• Stephen Marcussen  Mastering
• Jimi Maroudas  Assistant Engineer
• Richard Marx  Keyboards, Producer
• Chris McHugh  Drums
• Steve Nathan  Organ
• Olivia Newton-John  Executive Producer
• Justin Niebank  Engineer
• Rick Nowels  Keyboards, Producer
• Mark O'Connor  Bass, Keyboards
• Tim Pierce  Guitar
• Alison Prestwood  Bass
• Steve Real  Vocals (background)
• Adam Rhodes  Engineer
• Don Smith  Mixing
• Billy Thorpe  Guitar
• Andy Timmons  Producer
• Keith Urban  Guitar
• Tony Wall  Engineer

Charts

Chart positions

End of year charts

Certifications

References

hu:2 (Olivia Newton-John album)