Bee Gees - One
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Artist: Bee GeesEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1999-05-31
Music Label: Warner Brothers
Soundtracks:
- Ordinary Lives
- One
- Bodyguard
- It's My Neighborhood
- Tears
- Tokyo Nights
- Flesh And Blood
- Wish You Were Here
- House Of Shame
- Will You Ever Let Me
- Wing And A Prayer
Free Music Notes for One
Free Music Review: This rating is for the Out of Print US Version
Hit: 5 Stars
I have the original US version of this CD that was issued by Warner Brothers in 1989. The version being sold here by Amazon is an Import, since the US version is out of print. There are 2 differences between my CD and the one listed here:
#1: Track 1 and Track 2 are reversed. My CD starts with "One" and then goes on to "Ordinary Lives", the reverse of how they are listed here.
#2: Track #11 on this CD is a song called "Wing and a Prayer", my CD has "You Win Again". "You Win Again" was a track off of their 1987 CD, "ESP", and it was a hit all over Europe, but it failed to chart here in the US. I assume Warner Brothers included that song on this CD hoping that if the CD took off, they would give that song a 2nd chance as a hit here in the US.
Some of the other reviewers have referred to this CD as being heavy and sad as a result of brother Andy's passing in 1988. I disagree. While the CD does contain some touching moments (namely "Wish You Were Here"), it also contains some of the most catchy, up-beat numbers that they had done in years.
The Bee Gees as a group had not had a Top 10 hit here in America since "Love You Inside Out" in 1979. 1989 was the year that saw many chart veterans stage impressive comebacks. Besides the Bee Gees, other acts that returned to the Top 10 in 1989 after being away for several years included Donny Osmond, Bette Midler, Donna Summer, Alice Cooper and the Doobie Brothers.
The Bee Gees rode that wave of veteran chart resurgence with the lively "One". It certainly deserved to be a Top 10 hit, and in my opinion, should have gone all the way to #1. The 2nd release, "Bodyguard", was one of the brothers lush ballads. It failed to make the Hot 100, although it did receive a lot of airplay on AC stations.
The rocking, uptempo numbers on this CD include the following: "One", "Oridnary Lives", "It's my Neighborhood", "Tokyo Nights", "Flesh and Blood", "House of Shame", and "Will You Ever Let Me". I can't comment on "Wing and a Prayer" since it is not on my CD. But that is 7 out of 11 tracks being uptempo, and only 2 ballads: "Tears" and "Wish You Were Here".
I was 21 when this CD came out, and I was out having a lot of fun that summer. The fact that so many of my favortie artists were back on the charts made that summer even more memorable. When I listen to this CD, it certainly does not put me in a somber mood. It makes me think of the fun I had and my excitement at hearing the Bee Gees music back on the radio. If you want to hear a Bee Gees CD full of somber music, check out "Still Waters". That CD is good, but there is not one up-beat song on the entire CD.
If you love the Bee Gees, you will love this CD. I am sure the import is as good as the US version, even though it does not include "You Win Again". I'm a bit jealous, because those of you who own the import have heard "Wing and a Prayer", but I have never gotten to hear it.
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Deleted in the U.S., this is a foreign pressing of their 1989 Warner Brothers album featuring the top 10 title smash.11 tracks total.Pop Music CDs
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