Don't Stop Believin' (album)
Don't Stop Believin is the eighth studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 30 October 1976. The album received a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and reached number 33 on the US "Billboard" 200 and number seven on the US Top Country Albums chart. It also became Newton-John's third chart-topping album in the Netherlands. The first single released from the album was the title track, which peaked at number 33 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and number one on the US  Adult Contemporary chart. "Every Face Tells a Story" ended Newton-John's streak of seven consecutive number-one Adult Contemporary hits. "Every Face Tells a Story" also ended her streak of nine consecutive Top 40 hits. "Sam" was Newton-John's highest-charting hit on the "Billboard" Hot 100 since the number 13 peak of "Something Better to Do", and was also her seventh Dutch chart-topping single. A live album recorded on the promotional tour for "Don't Stop Believin", "Love Performance", was released in Japan in 1981, the LP vinyl sold 123,590 and the cassette 10,600 copies there . Reception. "Cash Box magazine" said "Olivia Newton-John's LPs are always greeted with much consumer and industry excitement upon release, and this should be no exception. The title track is already making waves as a single offering, which shouldn't hurt sales at all. John Farrar's production, like the last album, is ultimately sensitive to Newton-John's needs: the instrumentation is sharp, and gives her emotive voice direction, and, at the same time, room to move. Look for 'Every Face Tells a Story' and 'A Thousand Conversations' to get serious play as album cuts. As always, the  record will suit tastes across the board: pop, soft-rock, MOR, and country." Production Personnel. Design