Cucumber Castle (1970) is the only Bee Gees record to not feature Robin Gibb, who, at the time, was working on a solo album. The name “Cucumber Castle” should be familiar to Bee Gees’ fans: it’s also the title of a song on Bee Gees 1st and the name of their 1970 television special. The […]
2 Years On (1970) reunited the three brothers and added drummer Geoff Bridgford. This album features the single “Lonely Days,” which made it to no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first Bee Gees’ hit to break the Top Five in the United States. The song opens with melancholy piano, then alternates […]
Trafalgar (1971) included The Bee Gees’ often-covered hit single “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?” The song also earned the group a Grammys nomination for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. Recorded just two months after The Bee Gees finished laying down tracks for their previous album, 2 Years On, Trafalgar […]
To Whom It May Concern (1972) is a graceful follow-up to the previous year’s Trafalgar and an accompanying American tour. Critic Bill Eder of All Music called the album one of the Bee Gees’ “most fully realized works, with pleasing and memorable songs from beginning to end.” The album’s opening track and hit single, “Run to […]
Life in a Tin Can (1972) saw the Bee Gees move from recording in England to sunny Los Angeles. This is one of the group’s shorter albums, at just eight songs. It’s also a more acoustic album than the sweeping orchestral feats of Odessa and Trafalgar, allowing crisp vocals to shine. Rock and country prevail on […]
Mr. Natural (1974) brings a new sound for the Bee Gees, and stands as their first collaboration with producer Arif Mardin. Many of the tracks skew towards R&B and rock, and away from the psychedelic tunes the Bee Gees excelled at in the 60s, resulting in an album that’s truly an easy-to-listen-to, euphonic pleasure. The […]
A must-have for any Bee Gees fan, Main Course is a perfect slice of 70s pop and R&B. The album was recorded in Miami, Florida, a suggestion made to the group by Eric Clapton. Its number one hit, “Jive Talkin,” was originally called “Drive Talking,” has a rhythm inspired by the sound their car made on […]
Children of the World (1976) dominated the airwaves with its smash hit single, “You Should be Dancing.” Critic Joe McEwen of Rolling Stone called the song “an impossibly propulsive track, whose only rival in the genre is KC’s ‘Get Down Tonight.’” “You Should be Dancing” is the first number on this 10-track album, which the […]
