Main Course

by Bee Gees

Main Course cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: RSO
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:27
  • Community rating: 3.47/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Robin Gibb, Alan Kendall, Dennis Bryon, Blue Weaver, Barry Gibb

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Arif Mardin, 'Main Course' marked a seismic stylistic shift for the Bee Gees, heavily integrating burgeoning R&B and disco rhythms into their harmony-rich pop foundation. The album introduced Barry Gibb's iconic falsetto on the breakout hit 'Jive Talkin',' essentially setting the stage for their late-70s global domination.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic, falsetto, funky, dance

Tracklist

  1. Nights On Broadway (4:31)
  2. Jive Talkin' (3:42)
  3. Wind Of Change (4:52)
  4. Songbird (3:34)
  5. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love) (4:03)
  6. All This Making Love (3:03)
  7. Country Lanes (3:26)
  8. Come On Over (3:27)
  9. Edge Of The Universe (5:22)
  10. Baby As You Turn Away (4:23)

Credits

  • Bee Gees - primary artist
  • Dennis Bryon - drums, percussion, membranophone
  • Alan Kendall - electric guitar, steel guitar, guitar
  • Blue Weaver - keyboards, synthesizer, written-by, piano, keyboard
  • Barry Gibb & Maurice Gibb - rhythm guitar [rhythm electric guitars], bass, vocals, guitar, electric guitar, background vocals vocal
  • Barry Gibb - rhythm guitar, vocals, written-by, guitar
  • Robin Gibb - vocals, written-by, background vocals vocal
  • Ray Barretto - congas [conga drums]
  • Joe Farrell - Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax]
  • Don Brooks - Harmonica

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