Idea (album)

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Idea
Studio album by the Bee Gees
Released	August, 1968
Recorded	IBC Studios
Genre	Rock, Pop
Length	35:17
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	The Bee Gees, Robert Stigwood
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Horizontal (1968)	Idea (1968)	Odessa (1969)

Idea is the Bee Gees' third album on the ATCO label, released in August, 1968 (see 1968 in music). The album sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. This album features "Such a Shame", the only Bee Gees song where lead vocals aren't sung by (nor written by) a Gibb brother.

In 2006, Reprise Records reissued Idea (using the European cover) with both stereo and mono mixes on one disc and a bonus disc of unreleased songs, non-album tracks, and alternate mixes.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Let There Be Love" – 3:32
2. "Kitty Can" – 2:39
3. "In The Summer of His Years" – 3:10
4. "Indian Gin and Whisky Dry" – 2:01
5. "Down to Earth" – 2:32
6. "Such a Shame" – 2:28 (Vince Melouney)
7. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:56
8. "Idea" – 2:51
9. "When the Swallows Fly" – 2:32
10. "I've Decided to Join the Air Force" – 2:11
11. "I Started a Joke" – 3:08
12. "Kilburn Towers" – 2:19
13. "Swan Song" – 2:58

Bonus Disc for 2006 Reissue

All songs marked with an asterisk (*) were previously unissued.

1. "Chocolate Symphony"*
2. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" Mono Single Version
3. "Jumbo"
4. "The Singer Sang His Song"
5. "Bridges Crossing Rivers"*
6. "Idea" Alternate Mix*
7. "Completely Unoriginal"*
8. "Kitty Can" Alternate Mix*
9. "Come Some Christmas Eve or Halloween"*
10. "Let There Be Love" Alternate Mix*
11. "Gena's Theme"
12. "Another Cold and Windy Day" Coke Spot #1*
13. "Sitting in the Meadow" Coke Spot #2*

All compositions by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb except as indicated.