Bee Gees

Bee Gees - One (German 1st Press) (1989)
1CD | EAC Rip | FLAC(image) + CUE + LOG | 52:18 | Scans | 421 MB
Genre: Pop | Label: Germany TELDEC 9-25887-2

One is the Bee Gees' eighteenth studio album, released in April 1989 (in the United States the release was delayed, coming out in August of the same year). After the European success of their previous album, E.S.P., the Gibb brothers began to work on the One album in early 1988. In March, their brother Andy suddenly died and the Bee Gees took a break until November when they returned to the studio to complete the album. The style of One was more melancholic than E.S.P., and heavily influenced by the loss of their brother. The first single from the album, "Ordinary Lives", dedicated to Andy, was an example of that.

High Civilization is the Bee Gees' nineteenth original album (seventeenth worldwide), released in 1991. For a group that had been making music for almost 30 years, the Bee Gees were still able to surprise their audience. High Civilization was the band's third and final album with Warner Brothers and, following the dark and intense One album, they changed direction again. High Civilization is an upbeat, electronic album, with numerous interesting, often humorous touches that ensure that the album works on several levels.

Size Isn't Everything is the Bee Gees' eighteenth studio album. It was released in the UK on September 13, 1993, and in the United States on November 2, 1993. This album marked Bee Gees' return to Polydor Records after their 3-album contract with Warner Bros. Records. The album was recorded during a time of considerable strain for the Gibb brothers, with Maurice Gibb still struggling with alcoholism and Barry Gibb's wife and prematurely newborn daughter both in ill health. Barry himself was also scheduled to have back surgery. Then on March 5 1993, the brothers' father, Hugh Gibb, died. The date coincided with the birthday of their late brother Andy who had died in 1988.

"Idea" is the fifth album by the Bee Gees. Released in September 1968, the album sold over a million copies worldwide. This is the album where the group began to really 'find their feet'. Lush production, delicious melodies, bizarre subject matter, dark humour and those unmistakable harmonies. This is all topped off with some rather wonderful solo work, particularly from Robin and Barry.

"Still Waters" is the Bee Gees' twenty-first original album, released in March 1997. The gap between this album and the previous album, the glorious Size Isn't Everything, was four years, the biggest gap between albums since that difficult time when fans waited four years for ESP. This time, though, there was a good reason. …

Living Eyes is the Bee Gees' sixteenth original album, released in 1981. The Bee Gees began to break away from the disco sound that was prominent on their work in the mid-late 1970s with this album. However the album was not a commercial success, perhaps due to them being so strongly associated with disco. It sold 750,000 copies worldwide (compared to 16 million copies of their previous studio album "Spirits Having Flown" in 1979), and while it did not sell well in either the UK (#73) or the US (#41), it reached #6 in Norway and #4 in Spain.

Australian Tour is a concert from The Bee Gees recorded live at the National Tennis Centre in Melbourne, Australia in November 1989. Melbourne was the final stop on their 1989 One For All World Tour, which included the United States, the first time The Bee Gees played live there since their 1979 Spirits Having Flown Tour.