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 […]
The film Saturday Night Fever (1977) followed Tony Manero (John Travolta), a young Italian-American man who becomes a fixture in the nightclub scene of 1970s New York. The Bee Gees wrote several songs for the now iconic soundtrack, including the instantly recognizable hit “Stayin’ Alive,” “Night Fever,” “How Deep Is Your Love?”, and “More than […]
Spirits Having Flown (1979) was the album that closed out the 70s for the Bee Gees, a decade during which they dominated the airwaves and the charts. The first three tracks—”Tragedy,” “Too Much Heaven ” (of which the 3 brothers donated their copyright to Unicef) and “Love You Inside Out”—all shot to no. 1 in […]
