Spirits Having Flown

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Spirits Having Flown
Spirits Having Flown cover
Studio album by the Bee Gees
Released January, 1979
Recorded March - November, 1978 Criteria Studios, Miami
Genre Disco
Label RSO
Producer The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Professional reviews
the Bee Gees chronology
Children of the World
(1976)		 Spirits Having Flown
(1979)		 Living Eyes
(1981)

Spirits Having Flown is the Bee Gees' thirteenth original album, released in 1979. It was the group's first album after the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Spirits Having Flown sold 30 million copies worldwide. The album's first three tracks went to number one in the US.

Contents

[edit] Chicago/Bee Gees connection (1978-1979)

The horn section from Chicago (James Pankow, Walt Parazaider and Lee Loughnane) made a guest appearance on this album. At the time, they were next door working on the Chicago album Hot Streets.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Tragedy" – 5:05 (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb)
  2. "Too Much Heaven" – 4:57 (B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)
  3. "Love You Inside Out" – 4:13 (B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)
  4. "Reaching Out" – 4:07
  5. "Spirits (Having Flown)" – 5:21 (B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)
  6. "Search, Find" – 4:16
  7. "Stop (Think Again)" – 6:41
  8. "Living Together" – 4:23
  9. "I'm Satisfied" – 4:23
  10. "Until" – 2:27

[edit] Rejected material

The Bee Gees also recorded "Desire" for the album, with guest vocals by brother Andy Gibb, but it was rejected and instead released as an Andy Gibb solo single.

[edit] Awards

Sprits Having Flown was voted Best Pop/Rock Album of 1979 at the 1980 American Music Awards ceremony.

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1979 Pop Albums 1

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Audio sample

"Love You Inside Out", by The Bee Gees

The Bee Gee's ninth US number one single from 1979. It topped the chart for three weeks.
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Preceded by
Blondes Have More Fun by Rod Stewart		 Billboard 200 number-one album
March 3 - April 6, 1979
April 21 - April 28, 1979		 Succeeded by
Minute by Minute by Doobie Brothers
v • d • e
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) · 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