Description
Bee Gees – Odessa / Polydor Audio CD Stereo / 825 451-2
UPC 042282545121
Odessa is the sixth studio album by the Bee Gees, a double vinyl LP released on 30 March 1969, initially in an opulent red flocked cover with gold lettering. Despite reaching the UK Top Ten and the US Top 20, the album was not particularly well-received, though now is regarded by many as the most significant of the group's Sixties albums. An ambitious project, originally intended as a concept album on the loss of a fictional ship in 1899, it created tension and disagreements in the band regarding the work's direction; finally, a dispute over which song to release as a single led to Robin Gibb temporarily leaving the group.
Released by Polydor Records in the UK and Atco Records in the US, Odessa was the group's fourth album released internationally, and their only double album of original music. It would be the final Bee Gees album to include guitarist Vince Melouney. The album includes the 1969 hit single "First of May" (UK no. 6 / US no. 37) and notable tracks such as "Lamplight", "Marley Purt Drive" and "Melody Fair", the latter of which features on the 1973 compilation Best of Bee Gees Vol. 2.
The album was reissued as a single disc in September 1976 when interest was revived in the Bee Gees' career. Since then the album has gained increasing critical acclaim. It was reissued again in January 2009, as a deluxe three-disc set, and is included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
| Label: | Polydor – 825 451-2 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | UK |
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| Genre: | Rock, Pop |
| Style: | Vocal |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Odessa (City On The Black Sea) | 7:33 | |
| 2 | You'll Never See My Face Again | 4:16 | |
| 3 | Black Diamond | 3:27 | |
| 4 | Marley Purt Drive | 4:26 | |
| 5 | Edison | 3:07 | |
| 6 | Melody Fair | 3:48 | |
| 7 | Suddenly | 2:29 | |
| 8 | Whisper Whisper | 3:24 | |
| 9 | Lamplight | 4:47 | |
| 10 | Sound Of Love | 3:27 | |
| 11 | Give Your Best | 3:26 | |
| 12 | Seven Seas Symphony | 4:09 | |
| 13 | With All Nations (International Anthem) |
1:45 | |
| 14 | I Laugh In Your Face | 4:09 | |
| 15 | Never Say Never Again | 3:28 | |
| 16 | First Of May | 2:48 | |
| 17 | The British Opera | 3:17 |
- Directed By – Bill Shepherd
- Engineer – A. Barber, P. Wade, E. Sharp
- Producer – The Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood
- Written-By – B. R. & M. Gibb
