Love Songs (Bee Gees album)
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Love Songs was the third Bee Gees
compilation album in four years, though the first to cover a specific musical style. A proposed album of love songs was in the works around 1995 when the Bee Gees recorded old hits like "Heartbreaker" and "Emotion" from the late '90s, but that project was soon shelved and those recordings remained unavailable until 2001.
Following the success of the Number Ones
compilation in 2004, Universal once again tried to mine the Bee Gees catalog, this time focusing on their ballads. Spanning their entire career, Love Songs features many of the group's big hits, but also includes some lesser known tracks such as "Secret Love" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls", which were both big hits in Europe. Also, included is a live version of "Islands In The Stream".
The U.S. and the UK versions differed slightly in song selection and running time. Included in the UK version were 1993's "Heart Like Mine" and a song the Gibb Brothers wrote for Ronan Keating in 1999 called "Lovers And Friends" in which The Bee Gees sing backup. Another anomaly was the inclusion of the Robin Gibb solo hit "Juliet" from 1983, which was a big hit in many countries, except in the UK and the U.S.
By the time Love Songs was released, there had been several Bee Gees compilations on the market as well as their entire back catalog, so this release seemed somewhat redundant. In the U.S. it did chart but only managed to reach #166. In the UK it climbed to #51, but its best showing was in France where it went Top 20, peaking at #18.
UK/Japan
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
compilation album in four years, though the first to cover a specific musical style. A proposed album of love songs was in the works around 1995 when the Bee Gees recorded old hits like "Heartbreaker" and "Emotion" from the late '90s, but that project was soon shelved and those recordings remained unavailable until 2001.
Following the success of the Number Ones
Number Ones (Bee Gees album)
Number Ones is a compilation album by the Bee Gees released in 2004. It includes 18 of their greatest hits and a tribute to band member Maurice Gibb, who died in 2003...
compilation in 2004, Universal once again tried to mine the Bee Gees catalog, this time focusing on their ballads. Spanning their entire career, Love Songs features many of the group's big hits, but also includes some lesser known tracks such as "Secret Love" and "For Whom The Bell Tolls", which were both big hits in Europe. Also, included is a live version of "Islands In The Stream".
The U.S. and the UK versions differed slightly in song selection and running time. Included in the UK version were 1993's "Heart Like Mine" and a song the Gibb Brothers wrote for Ronan Keating in 1999 called "Lovers And Friends" in which The Bee Gees sing backup. Another anomaly was the inclusion of the Robin Gibb solo hit "Juliet" from 1983, which was a big hit in many countries, except in the UK and the U.S.
By the time Love Songs was released, there had been several Bee Gees compilations on the market as well as their entire back catalog, so this release seemed somewhat redundant. In the U.S. it did chart but only managed to reach #166. In the UK it climbed to #51, but its best showing was in France where it went Top 20, peaking at #18.
Track listing
USA/International- To Love Somebody
- Words
- First of May
- Lonely Days
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- How Deep Is Your Love
- More Than a Woman
- (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
- Emotion
- Too Much Heaven
- Heartbreaker
- Islands in the Stream
- Juliet
- Secret Love
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Closer Than Close
- I Could Not Love You More
- Wedding Day
UK/Japan
- To Love Somebody
- Words
- First of May
- Lonely Days
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- How Deep Is Your Love
- More Than a Woman
- (Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away
- Emotion
- Too Much Heaven
- Heartbreaker
- Islands in the Stream
- Juliet
- Secret Love
- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Heart Like Mine (bonus track)
- Closer Than Close
- I Could Not Love You More
- Wedding Day
- Lovers and Friends (bonus track)