Description
The individual voices of the legendary Brothers Gibb—Maurice, Barry, and Robin—are each wonderfully distinctive in their own right. In combination, they lock together for extraordinary harmonies, perfectly blending and magically complementing each other. This vocal wizardry is at the heart of their phenomenal success, which spanned five decades and transcended multiple genres with chart-busting glory. From their Beatles-esque ‘60s roots and the subsequent flowering of their own progressive pop-rock songwriting and performance style through their blue-eyed R&B superstardom and Saturday Night Fever disco-era domination, the Bee Gees constantly evolved and never stopped delivering timeless hits. The trio’s beautifully crafted, sonically enchanting work is one of the cornerstones of contemporary popular music, and this hit-packed compilation spotlights their career-spanning best.
Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. New York Mining Disaster 1941
2. To Love Somebody
3. Holiday
4. Massachusetts
5. World
6. Words
7. I've Gotta Get A Message To You
8. I Started A Joke
9. First Of May
10. Saved By The Bell
Disc: 2
1. Stayin' Alive
2. How Deep Is Your Love
3. Night Fever
4. More Than A Woman
5. Emotion
6. Too Much Heaven
7. Tragedy
8. Love You Inside Out
9. Guilty -- Barbra Streisand With Barry Gibb
10. Heartbreaker
Review: By a music fan
The Bee Gees created some pretty remarkable music with catchy melodies during their time together as a group; and this two CD set will please any fan. This is an excellent retrospective of the work.
The first CD starts with "New York Mining Disaster 1941," an early hit for The Bee Gees. The guitars work well as the group harmonizes well. "To Love Somebody" became more popular than the first track; "To Love Somebody" has excellent orchestration for that classic Bee Gees sound. The strings, drums and percussion play well as they sing so well about unrequited love. Moreover, "I've Gotta Get A Message To You" gives us The Bee Gees crying out about reconciling with a woman they loved after a bad breakup.
"Lonely Days" is one especially tender piece from The Bee Gees; it begins with a Beatlesesque sound that eventually gives way to a more disco beat. They harmonize to perfection; and "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart" stays in that same mode as they deal with unrequited love. Great!
"Jive Talkin'" gives us a terrific disco tune about people who tell too many lies; and "You Should Be Dancing" is yet another disco tune from the Bee Gees about partying. Great! They could really do a disco tune well! And, if you really like disco, listen for "Stayin' Alive" on the second CD; this was written for the movie Saturday Night Fever.
"How Deep Is Your Love" reverts to a more traditional love ballad style in which they sing of a man who wants to know if his woman loves him as much as he loves her. Terrific percussion and strings! "Love You Inside Out" swings back into disco as The Bee Gees flawlessly sing of a man's love for a woman who doesn't treat him right at all.
"Guilty" features Barbra Streisand singing with Barry Gibb; they do a magnificent duet of this number with great backup vocals. "Alone" has a great musical arrangement as The Bee Gees sing flawlessly once again; and listen also for "Spicks & Specks," the last track on the second CD. The simple arrangement for piano gradually gets enhanced by the drums and more as The Bee Gees sing without a superfluous note!
The liner notes include an essay about The Bee Gees; and we get some nice black and white photos of the group. We get recording and release dates for almost all of the songs, too.
The Bee Gees deserve a lot of credit for creating music that helped people forget their worries, get out on the dance floor and have themselves a good time. They had a unique sound that remains appealing to many people today; and I am certain that their music will be available for quite some while to come.
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