Bee Gees Albums Ranked

The Bee Gees were a music group formed in 1958. Their lineup consisted of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was especially successful as a popular music act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and later as prominent performers of the disco music era in the mid-to-late 1970s. The group sang recognizable three-part tight harmonies; Robin’s clear vibrato lead vocals were a hallmark of their earlier hits, while Barry’s R&B falsetto became their signature sound during the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s. The Bee Gees wrote all of their own hits, as well as writing and producing several major hits for other artists. The Bee Gees are widely referred to by many critics, media outlets, and fellow artists as the “Kings of Disco”. Following Maurice’s death in January 2003 at the age of 53, Barry and Robin retired the group’s name after 45 years of activity. In 2009, Robin announced that he and Barry had agreed the Bee Gees would re-form and perform again. Robin died in May 2012, aged 62, after a prolonged struggle with cancer and other health problems, leaving Barry as the only surviving member of the group. Here are all of the Bee Gees albums ranked.

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10. Number Ones (2004)

“Too Much Heaven, Tragedy, and Love You Inside Out all represent the Spirits monster. While I love all three dearly and historically there is no way around these three number ones, Number Ones here gives the impression once again that the late seventies were the be all end all of The Bee Gees. The next track being 1987’s You Win Again doesn’t help the case either. I think the idea was to have hits only from The Bee Gees banner, but Guilty might have been a nice addition.”

9. Best Of Bee Gees (1969)

“This is the Pre-Disco, late 1960’s Bee Gees,which many thought sounded like the Beatles. The Bee Gees have always had great harmonies in addition to being fantastic songwriters. Frankly, this is my favorite era of the Bee Gees, especially for their songwriting. My favorite songs are; I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You, First Of May, Massachusetts, Every Christian Lion Hearted Man Will Show You, and New York Mining Disaster 1941. During this period, NOBODY, wrote or sang, like the Bee Gees. In all, there’s a total of twelve hits, all original recordings.”

8. Trafalgar (1971)

“aking the motif from the battle of Trafalgar, this album excels in diversity and vocal variety. “How Can You Mend A Broken Heart” was #1 in the United States for four weeks but “Israel” was only released in Europe as a single. No matter. “Israel” shows demonstrates Barry’s flair for screaming rhythm and blues with a marvelously typical passion. “Remembering” and “Dearest” are two ballads that Robin and Barry suck sorrow from their gut that surpasses anything they have sung before this album.”

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7. Children Of The World (1976)

“This album is the first where the Gibbs are the sole producers and you see a very mature and confident band that’s tight and ready to take the music world by storm. This would lead to some of the greatest songs of their career and their songwriting prowess, especially Barry’s, would now take center stage in music. Barry and Robin Gibb are every bit the songwriting duo as any of their contemporaries and with songs like “You Should Be Dancing”; “You Stepped Into My Life”; “Love So Right”; “Love Me” and “Children Of The World”, the brothers were giving notice that they were indeed here to stay. This was a great time in music and The Bee Gees were a major reason why.”

6. Idea (1968)

“”Idea” is part three of the fine remastered re-issue series of the early Bee Gees albums. At this point the group was still a five-piece with the three Gibb-brothers, guitarist Vince Melouney and drummer Colin Petersen. The big heavily orchestrated ballads were always a big part of the group, but the simpler band approach of “Horizontal” is also continued here with songs like “Such a Shame”, “Kitty Can”, “Indian Gin and Whisky Dry”, “Idea” and “Kilburn Towers”. Apart from “Such a Shame”, which is pretty ordinary, these songs are among the highlights of the album.”

5. Horizontal (1968)

“This album, which came less than a year after their debut, is simply outstanding. Pay close attention also to “Daytime Girl” which shows off their great lyrical content and music composition skills. This album has everything, soft rock, hard rock, country, folk, you name it and it’s here. This is an incredible album and one of my favorites of all time. It really shows the range and skills of the band and helped establish them as a major force on the music scene.”

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4. Spirits Having Flown (1979)

“This is truly a work of art and an album that has stood the test of time. It is one of the best of all time and should be treasured by fans for many more years to come. It seems that in the last several years, The Bee Gees are in the midst of being reevaluated by so called “critics” some of which are finally starting to give them their due. It’s about time too! This band suffered such an incredible backlash in the 1980’s and radio stations refused to play their songs on air. There’s no telling how many more records they would have broken if not for such blatant hateful actions by the many in the music scene at that time.”

3. 1st (1967)

“While this is not technically their “1st” album (they released 2 previous LP’s in Australia) it is, however, as previously stated, their 1st international album and the first time they achieved true exposure outside of their adopted home of Australia were they were already major stars. With this album, they would be introduce to the world who would be given a glimpse of what was to come. With this album they would begin a journey that would take them across the world bringing gorgeous harmonies, majestic melodies and thought provoking lyrics along for the ride.”

2. Main Course (1975)

“MAIN COURSE may be the finest moment of what I call the 2nd phase of their brilliant career. The had moved to the U.S. and began recording in Miami, Florida with legendary producer Arif Mardin. He began to move them away from their previous soft rock & pop early career to a more R&B based sound that would soon lead to them topping the charts and releasing a string of albums and songs that would put them in the conversations about the greatest of all time.”

1. Odessa (1969)

“The album opens with the title cut, a mini opera about a sailor trapped on an iceberg thinking about the girl he lost while the iceberg slowly melts away. The next 2 songs deal with lost love before coming to MARLEY PURT DRIVE which was a huge hit for Jose Feliciano. EDISON is very beautiful but an odd subject for a song (more about that later). MELODY FAIR was used in a movie. Other favorites include LAMPLIGHT which starts off in French, the ersatz bluegrass song GIVE YOUR BEST, and the celebrated tearjerker FIRST OF MAY. Many of the songs are filled with the most incredible romantic imagery and they still resonate with me today.”