Idea (album)

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Idea
Idea cover
Studio album by the Bee Gees
Released August, 1968
Recorded IBC Studios
Genre Rock, Pop
Length 35:17
Label Polydor
Producer The Bee Gees
Robert Stigwood
John Pantry (engineer)
Professional reviews
the Bee Gees chronology
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(1968)		 Idea
(1968)		 Odessa
(1969)
American LP issue
American LP issue

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. "Such A Shame" was included on the British version of the album but deleted from the American issue, which in turn included their recent hit "I've Gotta Get a Message to You," not on the UK LP. When the album was issued on CD in the 1980s, both tracks were included.

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. "Idea" – 2:51
  8. "When the Swallows Fly" – 2:32
  9. "I Have Decided to Join the Air Force" – 2:11
  10. "I Started a Joke" – 3:08
  11. "Kilburn Towers" – 2:19
  12. "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.

[edit] Personnel

  • Barry Gibb – Vocals, Guitar
  • Robin Gibb – Vocals
  • Maurice Gibb – Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
  • Vince Melouney – Lead Guitar, Vocals on Such A Shame
  • Colin Petersen – Drums
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The Bee Gees
Barry Gibb · Robin Gibb · Maurice Gibb
Colin Petersen · Vince Melouney
Studio Albums
1960's
Barry Gibb and the Bee Gee's (1965) · Spicks and Specks (1966) · Bee Gees' 1st (1967) · Horizontal (1968) · Idea (1968) · Odessa (1969)
1970's
Cucumber Castle (1970) · 2 Years On (1970) · Trafalgar (1971)  · To Whom It May Concern (1972) · Life in a Tin Can (1973) · Mr. Natural (1974) · Main Course (1975) · Children of the World (1976) · Spirits Having Flown (1979)
1980's
Living Eyes (1981) · E.S.P. (1987) · One (1989)
1990's
High Civilization (1991) · Size Isn't Everything (1993) · Still Waters (1997)
2000's
Singles (US & UK)
1960's
New York Mining Disaster 1941 (1967) · To Love Somebody (1967) · Holiday (1967) · Massachusetts (1967) · World (1967) · Words (1968) · Jumbo (1968) · I've Gotta Get a Message to You (1968) · I Started a Joke (1968) · First Of May (1969) · Tomorrow, Tomorrow (1969) · Don't Forget to Remember (1969)
1970's
If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else (1970) · I.O.I.O. (1970) · Lonely Days (1970) · How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? (1971) · Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself (1971) · My World (1972) · Run To Me (1972) · Alive (1972) · Saw a New Morning (1973) · Wouldn't I Be Someone (1973) · Mr. Natural (1974) · Throw a Penny (1974) · Charade · Jive Talkin' (1975) · Nights on Broadway (1975) · Fanny (Be Tender with My Love) (1976) · You Should Be Dancing (1976) · Love So Right (1976) · Boogie Child (1977) · Edge of the Universe (Live) (1977) · How Deep is Your Love? (1977) · Stayin' Alive (1977) · Night Fever (1978) · Too Much Heaven (1978) · Tragedy (1979) · Love You Inside Out (1979) · Spirits (Having Flown) (1979)
1980's
He's a Liar (1981) · Living Eyes (1981) · The Woman in You (1983) · Someone Belonging To Someone (1983) · You Win Again (1987) · ESP (1987) · Crazy For Your Love (1988) · Ordinary Lives (1989) · One (1989)
1990's
Bodyguard (1990) · Secret Love (1991) · When He's Gone (1991) · Paying The Price Of Love (1993) · For Whom The Bell Tolls (1993) · How to Fall in Love, Part 1 (1994) · Alone (1997) · I Could Not Love You More (1997) · Still Waters (Run Deep) (1997) · Immortality (1998)
2000's
This Is Where I Came In (2001)
Soundtracks
Melody (1971) · Saturday Night Fever (1977) · Staying Alive (1983)
Live Albums
Compilation Albums
Best of Bee Gees (1969) · Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 (1973) · Bee Gees Gold (1976) · Bee Gees Greatest (1979) · Their Greatest Hits: The Record (2001) · Number Ones (2004) · Love Songs (2005)
Gibb Productions
Andy Gibb's "Flowing Rivers" (1977), "Shadow Dancing" (1978) & "After Dark" (1980) · Jimmy Ruffin's "Sunrise" (1980) · Barbra Streisand's "Guilty" (1980) · Dionne Warwick's "Heartbreaker" (1982) · Kenny Rogers' "Eyes That See in the Dark" (1983) · Diana Ross' "Eaten Alive" (1985) · Carola's "Runaway" (1986)
See also: Bee Gees discography
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