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Label: Musicrama, Inc
Release Date: 1996-03-18
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Three Is The Charm (5 stars)
Note: This is a re-issue until Rhino Records releases the Remastered Expanded version.
After their unique introduction on "Bee Gees 1st" and a more somber 2nd album, "Horizontal", the Bee Gees are far more confident in their writing, singing and performing on this CD. Barry Gibb's guitar work is exemplary and his voice is strongest on "When The Swallows Fly" and "Swan Song", as well as Robin Gibb on "In The Summer Of His Years" and the huge hit, "I Started A Joke". Maurice experiments a great deal with his bass guitar on the bouncy "Kitty Can", the pensive "Down To Earth" and strong pulsating bass notes (and piano) on the massive hit "I've Gotta Get A Mesage To You". Lead guitarist Vince Melouney writes the only Bee Gees song never written by the brothers; "Such A Shame", an upbeat, harmonica driven rocker with his Mickey Dolenz sound-alike voice. It is the last strong group effort of an album, before the Bee Gees, temporarily went their separate mucical ways.
|  | | | Japanese Reissue (5 stars)
The same 12 tracks of US Version, no bonus track, include OBI Strip. Feature the hit "I Started A Joke", but the all songs are very good.
1. Let There Be Love
2. Kitty Can
3. In The Summer Of His Years
4. Indian Gin And Whiskey Dry
5. Down To Earth
6. Such A Shame
7. Idea
8. When The Swallows Fly
9. I've Decided To Join The Air Force
10. I Started A Joke
11. Kilbum Towers
12. Swan Song
| | | | tough act to follow (5 stars)
My three favorite Bee Gee cd's are the first three. Although not quite as good as First and Horizontal, Idea is still a killer effort-two more hit singles and lots of other good stuff. "Down to Earth" is my favorite Robin song from that era.
Three hit ablums and tons of hit singles here and around the world made for a tough act to follow, and sadly I don't think they ever were quite this good again. But hey, nobody else was either. | | | | Full of ideas! (4 stars)
The awesome album cover concept consists of the physical charcteristics of Barry,Robin and Maurice Gibb,Vince Melouney and Colin Petersen. Hits from this album are I'VE JUST GOTTA GET A MESSAGE TO YOU and I STARTED A JOKE. I do like LET THERE BE LOVE,KITTY CAN,DOWN TO EARTH,the title track,KILBURN TOWERS and I HAVE DECIDED TO JOIN THE AIR FORCE. However,my copy lacks SUCH A SHAME because it was not contained in the U.S. track line-up. It's a second hand LP copy,originally owned by my late uncle. He also had LP copies of BEE GEES 1ST,CUCUMBER CASTLE and RARE,PRECIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL,now all in my possession. In fact,when my uncle bought those albums,the compact disc was not yet invented. Great album,though! IDEA was released in 1968,the same year as the Bee Gees' second album,HORIZONTAL. They were under contract,strongly committed to fulfilling it. | | | | One of the best in the series. (5 stars)
Many fine performances and compositions. A hit in the U.K. (#4 on the charts, their best showing until 1975), and did well in the U.S. along with their first top 10 hits in the States. A couple of silly songs (there always seem to be some on their discs up to the early 1970s) (Kitty Can, ...Airforce). Perhaps the Bee Gees were meant to be more than just the three brothers in the future; one song in this album is not by the brothers (Such A Shame). This album, plus Bee Gees 1st, are my best bets from 1967-1970, perhaps even up to 1974. Really top-notch. Faves: Let There Be Love, Idea, Down To Earth, When The Swallows Fly, Gotta Get A Message To You, I Started A Joke, Swan Song. | | | |
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