Horizontal (album)

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Horizontal
Studio album by the Bee Gees
Released	January 1968
Recorded	1967, IBC Studios
Genre	Rock, Pop
Length	36:40
Label	Polydor Records
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Bee Gees 1st (1967)	Horizontal (1968)	Idea (1968)

Horizontal is the Bee Gees' second album, released in 1968. It included the international hit singles "Massachusetts" and "World".

Other standout tracks include "And The Sun Will Shine", a love ballad song by Robin complete with psychedelic references to trains walking by and pastoral orchestral backing conducted by Bill Shepherd. Two other Robin-led tracks are worth noting. "Harry Braff" is a rocking story about a racing driver that is reminiscent The Beatles or The Kinks and the poignant "Really and Sincerely", which documented Robin's emotions following his survival of the Hither Green train wreck while the album was being made.

Psychedelia also abounds in the quirky "Lemons Never Forget" which without the familiar string-backing and featuring guitar work from Vince Melouney as well as the piano and bass interplay of Maurice Gibb, shows a side of the early Bee Gees rarely seen by singles buyers.

[edit] Track listing

1. "World" – 3:13
2. "And the Sun Will Shine" – 3:36
3. "Lemons Never Forget" – 3:04
4. "Really and Sincerely" – 3:29
5. "Birdie Told Me" – 2:24
6. "With the Sun in My Eyes" – 2:40
7. "Massachusetts" – 2:25
8. "Harry Braff" – 3:19
9. "Daytime Girl" – 2:34
10. "The Earnest of Being George" – 2:45
11. "The Change is Made" – 3:37
12. "Horizontal" – 3:34

All compositions by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb.