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Album • 1968

Idea

Bee Gees13 songs • 35 minutes

Idea is the fifth album by the Bee Gees. Released in August 1968, the album sold over a million copies worldwide. The album was issued in both mono and stereo pressings in the UK. The artwork on the Polydor release designed by Wolfgang Heilemann featured a "beehive" neon lightbulb with a group photo in its base, while the North American ATCO release designed by Klaus Voormann featured a composite head made from each band member. It was their third internationally released album – the first two albums being released only in the Australian market. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" and "I Started a Joke" were both released as singles in North America. In the UK, "Message" was released only as a single and "I Started a Joke" was only an album track, though another album track, "Kitty Can", was featured on the B-side of "I've Gotta Get a Message to You". The LP's opening track, "Let There Be Love", in a limited release as a single in early 1970, reached the Top 20 in the Netherlands. The North American ATCO LP and the South African Polydor LP replaced "Such a Shame" with "I've Gotta Get a Message to You". Both songs were included when the album was released on CD in 1989. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_(a...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)

Songs

  1. 1
    Let There Be Love
  2. 2
    Kitty Can
  3. 3
    In The Summers Of His Years
  4. 4
    Indian Gin And Whisky Dry
  5. 5
    Down To Earth
  6. 6
    Such A Shame
  7. 7
    I've Gotta Get A Message To You
  8. 8
  9. 9
    When The Swallows Fly
  10. 10
    I Have Decided To Join The Airforce
  11. 11
    I Started A Joke
  12. 12
    Kilburn Towers
  13. 13
    Swan Song

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