Bee Gees' 1st

by Bee Gees

Bee Gees' 1st cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 August 1967
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 37:40
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving in London, the Gibb brothers dressed their pristine vocal harmonies in rich, orchestral arrangements adorned with mellotrons and varied percussion. The songwriting retains a distinctively wistful, melancholic edge, even when backed by upbeat, kaleidoscopic pop instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, orchestral, strings, crooning, falsetto

Tracklist

  1. Turn Of The Century (2:27)
  2. Holiday (2:55)
  3. Red Chair Fade Away (2:20)
  4. One Minute Woman (2:19)
  5. In My Own Time (2:16)
  6. Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You (3:39)
  7. Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy Of Arts (2:20)
  8. New York Mining Disaster 1941 (2:12)
  9. Cucumber Castle (2:06)
  10. To Love Somebody (3:02)
  11. I Close My Eyes (2:25)
  12. I Can't See Nobody (3:47)
  13. Please Read Me (2:18)
  14. Close Another Door (3:29)

Credits

  • Bee Gees - primary artist, arranged by [arrangers]
  • Bill Shepherd - arranged by [arrangers]
  • Phil Dennys - arranged by [arrangers]
  • Ossie Byrne - co-producer, co producer
  • Klaus Voormann - design [sleeve design], design
  • Barry Gibb - performer, written-by
  • Colin Petersen - performer
  • Maurice Gibb - performer
  • Robin Gibb - performer, written-by
  • Vince Melouney - performer
  • Robert Stigwood - producer
  • Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb - written-by

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