Love Songs (Bee Gees album)

Infobox Album | Name = Love Songs
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = Bee Gees


Released = December 6, 2005
Recorded = 1967-2001
Genre = Rock/Pop/Disco
Label = Universal Records
Producer = Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson, Robert Stigwood
Last album = "Number Ones"
(2004)
This album = "Love Songs"
(2005)
Next album =

Love Songs was the third Bee Gees compilation album in 4 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", 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 the live version of "Islands In The Stream", which many consider the superior Bee Gees version as compared with the techo-version found on 2001's .

The U.S. & 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. This irked many fans as this was not a true Bee Gees song in that it prevented other classic Bee Gees tracks from making the album. 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 it's best showing was in France where it went Top 20, peaking at #18.

Track listings:

USA/International
* To Love Somebody
* Words
* First of May
* Lonely Days
* How Can You Mend 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 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)