The Rumour (album)

Track listing

1. "The Rumour" – 3:55
2. "Love and Let Live" – 3:25
3. "Can't We Talk It Over in Bed" – 3:53
4. "Let's Talk About Tomorrow" – 3:18
5. "It's Not Heaven" – 3:58
6. "Get Out" – 3:55
7. "Big and Strong" – 4:32
8. "Car Games" – 4:45
9. "Walk Through Fire" – 5:30
10. "Tutta La Vita" – 3:31

• The Australian version of the album contains the track "It's Always Australia for Me".
• The single version of "The Rumour" was backed with "Winter Angel", not available on LP.

2. "Winter Angel" – 3:40
3. "It's Always Australia for Me" – 3:19

   Personnel

• Olivia Newton-John – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Elton John – digital piano, lead and backing vocals
• James Newton Howard – additional keyboards, additional synthesizer, drum programming
• John Philip Shenale – keyboards, programming
• Bob Thiele Jr. – keyboards, programming
• Charles Giordano – keyboards
• John Sheard – keyboards
• John Capek – keyboards, programming, synthesizer arrangement
• Randy Goodrum – keyboards, programming, arrangements
• Leon Ware – keyboards, programming, backing vocals
• David Ricketts – keyboards, programming
• Davey Johnstone – guitar
• Dann Huff – guitar
• Jerry Friedman – guitar
• Michael Landau – guitar
• Jimmy Rip – guitar
• Mark Heard – guitar, keyboards, programming
• Jef Scott – guitar, backing vocals
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass guitar
• Davey Faragher – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jason Scheff – bass guitar, backing vocals
• David Baerweld – bass guitar, guitar
• Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar
• Carlos Vega – drum overdubs
• Ed Greene – drums
• Lenny Castro – percussion
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Kim Hutchcroft – baritone saxophone
• Gary Herbig – tenor saxophone
• Dan Higgins – tenor saxophone
• Gerald Albright – saxophone
• Lincoln Adler – saxophone
• Lew McCreary – trombone
• Bill Reichenbach Jr. – trombone
• Gary Grant – trumpet
• Jerry Hey – trumpet
• Chuck Findley – trumpet
• Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Billy Meyers – string arrangements, keyboards, programming
• Bruce Roberts – backing vocals
• Janis Liebhart – backing vocals
• Davitt Sigerson – backing vocals
• Amy Sky – backing vocals
• Tom Keane – backing vocals
• Julia Waters-Tillman – backing vocals
• Luther Waters – backing vocals
• Maxine Waters Willard – backing vocals
• Oren Waters – backing vocals
• Ned Albright – backing vocals
• Steven Soles – backing vocals

  Production

• Producers – Elton John and James Newton Howard ; Davitt Sigerson ; Sandy Linzer and Hank Medress ; Randy Goodrum
• Production coordination – Shari Sutcliffe and Steve Rosen
• Engineers – Jack Joseph Puig, Ross Pallone and Bob Schaper ; John Beverly Jones ; Bill Schenman
• Assistant recording – Mike Klouster, Michael Mason and Martin Schmeizie ; Ted Blaisdell, Jim Dineen, Ken Felton and Mitch Zelezry ; Randy Goodrum
• Strings on tracks 4 and 8 recorded by Allen Sides
• Recorded at Kren Studio and The Grey Room ; Skyline Recording ; Ocean Way Recording, Sunset Sound, Ground Control Studios, California Phase Studios and Studio 55 ; Avatar ; Right Track Recording and Skyline Studios
• Mixing – Ross Pallone ; Brian Malouf ; John Beverly Jones
• Mixed at Studio 55
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering
• Art direction and design – Jeff Adamoff and Michael Diehl
• Photography – Herb Ritts

  Charts

Album

Single

''Olivia Down Under'' video

Contents

• "Tutta La Vita"
• "Click Go the Shears"
• "Walk Through Fire"
• "Old Fashioned Man"
• "Let's Talk About Tomorrow"
• "Winter Angel"
• "Get Out"
• "Big and Strong"
• "Love and Let Live"
• "Australia for Me"
• "The Rumour"