Their Greatest Hits: The Record

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Their Greatest Hits - The Record
Greatest hits by Bee Gees
Released	November 12, 2001 (UK)
Genre	Pop/Rock/R&B/Disco
Length	150:27
Label	Polydor Records
Producer	Bee Gees, Various
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This Is Where I Came In (2001) Their Greatest Hits - The Record (2001) Number Ones (2004)

Their Greatest Hits: The Record is the career retrospective greatest hits album by the Bee Gees, released on UTV Records in November 2001. The album includes 40 tracks spanning over 35 years of music. Four of songs were new recordings of the classic Gibb compositions "Emotion," "Heartbreaker," "Islands In The Stream," and "Immortality" originally recorded by other artists.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on December 8, 2001 at number 49. It spent 40 weeks on the chart. It was certified gold and platinum awards by the RIAA on February 28, 2002.

[edit] Song placement

Most of the songs are in chronological order, except for the placement of "You Should Be Dancing," which was released before "Love So Right." Also, "Spicks And Specks," a song from 1966 closes out Disc Two, which makes it somewhat of a bonus track.

"Emotion" and "Heartbreaker" were recorded in 1994 as part of an album called Love Songs which was never released. "Islands In The Stream" was recorded in 2001 with Robin singing lead in contemporary R&B sound rather than the more traditional arrangement like that heard on One Night Only, which had Barry singing lead; Barry did not perform vocals on this revised version. "Immortality" is the original writing demo from 1996, which includes Barry singing in high falsetto to mimic the sound which Celine Dion would eventually sing with.

The very first UK pressings used the wrong version of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" with Barry singing the opening verse. A mastering fault was also present in "More Than a Woman," with the audio noticeably dipping to the right briefly during the first verse. These were corrected after several thousand copies had been distributed.

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Disc one

1. "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 2:12
2. "To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 3:02
3. "Holiday" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 2:55
4. "Massachusetts" – 2:25
5. "World" – 3:16
6. "Words" – 3:17
7. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:52
8. "I Started a Joke" – 3:09
9. "First of May" (Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb) – 2:50
10. "Saved by the Bell" (Robin Gibb) – 3:08
11. "Don't Forget to Remember" (Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb) – 3:29
12. "Lonely Days" – 3:48
13. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 3:59
14. "Run to Me" – 3:13
15. "Jive Talkin'" – 3:46
16. "Nights on Broadway" – 4:36
17. "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)" (Barry Gibb/Maurice Gibb) – 4:04
18. "Love So Right" – 3:37
19. "If I Can't Have You" – 3:22
20. "Love Me" – 4:04
21. "You Should Be Dancing" – 4:15

[edit] Disc two

1. "Stayin' Alive" – 4:47
2. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:03
3. "Night Fever" – 3:31
4. "More Than a Woman" – 3:17
5. "Emotion" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 4:03
6. "Too Much Heaven" – 4:57
7. "Tragedy" – 5:03
8. "Love You Inside Out" – 4:11
9. "Guilty" by Barbra Streisand with Barry Gibb – 4:24
10. "Heartbreaker" – 4:25
11. "Islands in the Stream" (Add. lyrics Pras Michel) – 4:22
12. "You Win Again" – 4:03
13. "One" – 4:57
14. "Secret Love" – 3:35
15. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" – 3:58
16. "Alone" – 4:22
17. "Immortality" – 4:15
18. "This Is Where I Came In" – 4:00
19. "Spicks & Specks" – 2:51