Living Eyes (Bee Gees album)

Living Eyes (Bee Gees album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Living Eyes
Type = Album
Artist = the Bee Gees


Released = 1981
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length = 46:04
Label = RSO, Polydor Japan
Producer = The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hx66mpc39f1o link]
Last album = "Spirits Having Flown"
(1979)
This album = "Living Eyes"
(1981)
Next album = "E.S.P."
(1987)

"Living Eyes" is the Bee Gees' fourteenth original album, released in 1981. The Bee Gees completely broke away from disco with the release of this album. In spite of this, the album was virtually ignored in the United States because of the anti-disco backlash. The album sold 750,000 copies worldwide and while it did not enter the Top 40 in either the U.S. or the UK, it reached #6 in
Norway and #4 in Spain.

The album also features minimal falsetto vocals and only the song "Soldiers" gets the full Soprano treatment.This album may have not sold strongly but is still a quality Bee Gees album, which remains a big favourite with fans all over the world."Living Eyes" was chosen to be the first ever album to be manufactured on CD for demonstration purposes, as seen on the BBC TV program "Tomorrow's World" in 1981, and was featured on the inaugural issue of the Compact Disc trade magazine. It was the first Bee Gees album to be released on CD, in early 1983, when CDs first reached the market, though few were manufactured. After RSO Records was absorbed by Polygram Records, "Living Eyes" was the only Bee Gees album in their catalog not released on CD in the late 1980s. It became very rare until years later when it became available on CD in Japan.

Track listing

All songs written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb, except as indicated.
#"Living Eyes" – 4:20
#"He's a Liar" – 4:05
#"Paradise" – 4:21
#"Don't Fall in Love with Me" – 4:57
#"Soldiers" – 4:28
#"I Still Love You" – 4:27
#"Wildflower" – 4:26
#"Nothing Could Be Good" (Albhy Galuten, B. Gibb, R. Gibb, M. Gibb) – 4:13
#"Cryin' Everyday" – 4:05
#"Be Who You Are" (B. Gibb) – 6:42

Outtakes

#"Heart (Stop Beating In Time)" - later recorded by Leo Sayer
#"Heat Of The Night"
#"Loving You Is Killing Me"
#"Hold Her In Your Hand" - later recorded by Maurice Gibb in 1984 for the soundtrack to "A Breed Apart"

Personnel

*Barry Gibb – vocals, acoustic guitar
*Robin Gibb – vocals
*Maurice Gibb – vocals, acoustic guitar
*Steve Gadd - drums


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