| Robin's Reign | ||||
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| Studio album by Robin Gibb | ||||
| Released | February 1970 | |||
| Recorded | March - October 1969 IBC Studios, London |
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| Genre | Oldies, folk, country | |||
| Label | Polydor Atco (US), (CA) |
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| Producer | Robin Gibb, Vic Lewis | |||
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Robin's Reign was the first solo album by singer-songwriter Robin Gibb. Best known as a member of The Bee Gees with his brothers Barry and Maurice, Robin had left the group following an altercation. Although the album was not a great success commercially, it did spawn Robin's biggest solo hit Saved by the Bell.
This album was reissued by RSO Records in 1978.
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The song chosen as the A-side of the single from the Bee Gees' Odessa was First Of May which featured only Barry Gibb with an orchestra. Robin had hoped for the song Lamplight, a full group performance which featured him on lead vocals, to be the single but in the end it came out on the B-side.
Tensions between the three brothers were already high and Robin left the group after this incident, beginning work on Robin's Reign soon afterward.
Despite Robin's break with the Bee Gees, twin brother Maurice Gibb played bass and piano on the album.
A follow-up album Sing Slowly Sisters was shelved when the Bee Gees reformed in late 1970. Robin would not release another solo album until 1983.
The album remained unavailable for many years with only a limited CD release in Germany, but was reissued as a download on Amazon and Spotify (but not iTunes) in 2011.
All songs written by Robin Gibb