Idea (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Idea
Type = studio
Artist = the Bee Gees


Released = September 1968 (original album)
1990 (CD edition)
January 23 2007 (CD re-issue)
Recorded = IBC Studios, January 8 – July 12 1968 (except "Swan Song", December 13 1967)
Genre = Rock, Pop
Length = 36:11 (stereo LP)
35:22 (mono LP)
36:06 (CD issue)
107:06 (2006 CD reissue)
(CD 1 71:42 / CD 2 35:24)
Label = Polydor
Producer = The Bee Gees
Robert Stigwood
John Pantry (engineer)
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:i69us31ba39g link]
*"Rolling Stone" (Not Rated) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thebeegees/albums/album/212961/review/5943907/idea link]
Last album = "Horizontal"
(1968)
This album = "Idea"
(1968)
Next album = "Odessa"
(1969)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = American LP issue
Type = studio


Lower caption =

"Idea" is the Bee Gees' third album on the ATCO label, released in August, 1968 (see 1968 in music). The album sold over a million copies worldwide. This album features "Such a Shame", the only Bee Gees song where lead vocals aren't sung by (nor written by) a Gibb brother. "Such A Shame" was included on the British version of the album but deleted from the American issue, which in turn included their recent hit "I've Gotta Get a Message to You," not on the UK LP. When the album was issued on CD in the 1980s, both tracks were included.

In 2006, Reprise Records reissued "Idea" (using the European cover) with both stereo and mono mixes on one disc and a bonus disc of unreleased songs, non-album tracks, and alternate mixes.

Track listing

Original LP

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

#"Let There Be Love" – 3:32
#"Kitty Can" – 2:39
#"In The Summer of His Years" – 3:10
#"Indian Gin and Whisky Dry" – 2:01
#"Down to Earth" – 2:32
#"Such a Shame" (Vince Melouney) – 2:28
#"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:57
#*"Available only on the U.S. version of the album."
#"Idea" – 2:51
#"When the Swallows Fly" – 2:32
#"I Have Decided to Join the Air Force" – 2:11
#"I Started a Joke" – 3:08
#"Kilburn Towers" – 2:19
#"Swan Song" – 2:58

"The original CD edition follows the original U.S. edition, including "I've Gotta Get a Message to You".

2006 CD reissue

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

Disc 1
#"Let There Be Love" – 3:36
#"Kitty Can" – 2:43
#"In The Summer of His Years" – 3:14
#"Indian Gin and Whisky Dry" – 2:05
#"Down to Earth" – 2:36
#"Such a Shame" (Vince Melouney) – 2:29
#"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 3:01
#"Idea" – 2:57
#"When the Swallows Fly" – 2:36
#"I Have Decided to Join the Air Force" – 2:17
#"I Started a Joke" – 3:12
#"Kilburn Towers" – 2:22
#"Swan Song" – 3:03
#"Let There Be Love" (mono mix) – 3:32
#"Kitty Can" (mono mix) – 2:37
#"In The Summer of His Years" (mono mix) – 3:09
#"Indian Gin and Whisky Dry" (mono mix) – 2:00
#"Down to Earth" (mono mix) – 2:33
#"Such a Shame" (Vince Melouney) (mono mix) – 2:31
#"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (mono mix) – 2:56
#"Idea" (mono mix) – 2:57
#"When the Swallows Fly" (mono mix) – 2:28
#"I Have Decided to Join the Air Force" (mono mix) – 2:13
#"I Started a Joke" (mono mix) – 3:09
#"Kilburn Towers" (mono mix) – 2:20
#"Swan Song" (mono mix) – 2:57

Disc 2
#"Chocolate Symphony"* – 2:46
#"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" "Mono Single Version" – 3:04
#"Jumbo" – 2:11
#"The Singer Sang His Song" – 3:21
#"Bridges Crossing Rivers"* – 2:10
#"Idea" "Alternate Mix"* – 2:50
#"Completely Unoriginal"* – 3:37
#"Kitty Can" "Alternate Mix"* – 2:40
#"Come Some Christmas Eve or Halloween"* – 3:32
#"Let There Be Love" "Alternate Mix"* – 3:36
#"Gena's Theme" – 3:33
#"Another Cold and Windy Day" ("Coke Spot #1") – 0:57
#"Sitting in the Meadow" ("Coke Spot #2"*)– 1:02

*Previously unissued.

Personnel

*Barry Gibb – Vocals, Guitar
*Robin Gibb – Vocals
*Maurice Gibb – Bass, Keyboards, Vocals
*Vince Melouney – Lead Guitar, Vocals on Such A Shame
*Colin Petersen – Drums