Spirits Having Flown
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| Studio album by the Bee Gees | ||
| Released | January, 1979 | |
| Recorded | March - November, 1978 | |
| Genre | Disco | |
| Label | RSO | |
| Producer(s) | The Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| the Bee Gees chronology | ||
| Children of the World (1976) |
Spirits Having Flown (1979) |
Living Eyes (1981) |
Spirits Having Flown is the Bee Gees' thirteenth original album, released in 1979. It was the group's first album after the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. Spirits Having Flown sold 20 million copies worldwide. The album's first three tracks went to number one in the US.
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[edit] Chicago/Bee Gees connection (1978-1979)
Chicago horns: James Pankow, Walt Parazaider and Lee Loughnane guested on this album. They were next door working on the Chicago album Hot Streets.
[edit] Track listing
- Tragedy – 5:05 (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb/Maurice Gibb)
- Too Much Heaven – 4:57 (B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)
- Love You Inside Out – 4:13 (B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)
- Reaching Out – 4:07
- Spirits (Having Flown) – 5:21 (B. Gibb/R. Gibb/M. Gibb)
- Search, Find – 4:16
- Stop (Think Again) – 6:41
- Living Together – 4:23
- I'm Satisfied – 4:23
- Until – 2:27
[edit] Rejected material
The Bee Gees also recorded "Desire" for the album, with guest vocals by brother Andy Gibb, but it was rejected and instead released as an Andy Gibb solo single.
[edit] Personnel
- Barry Gibb - Guitar, Vocals
- Robin Gibb - Vocals
- Maurice Gibb - Bass, Vocals
- Neal Bonsanti - Horns
- Gary Brown - Saxophone
- Dennis Bryon - Drums
- Harold Cowart - Bass
- Kenneth Faulk - Horns
- Albhy Galuten - Synthesizer, Bass, Conductor
- Peter Graves - Horns
- Alan Kendall - Bass, Guitar
- Joe Lala - Percussion, Conga
- Lee Loughnane - Horns
- Herbie Mann - Flute
- James Pankow - Horns
- Walter Parazaider - Horns
- Bill Purse - Horns
- Whit Sidener - Horns
- George Terry - Guitar
- Blue Weaver - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Arp
- Stanley Webb - Horns
- Daniel Ben Zubulon - Percussion, Conga
[edit] Audio sample
- Love you inside out, by The Bee Gees (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- The Bee Gee's ninth US number one single from 1979. It topped the chart for three weeks
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