Label: Reprise Records (Japan), WPCR-15263
Style: Pop
Country: England
Time: 36:11
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 236 Mb
Charts: AUS #8, CAN #10, GER #3, UK #4, US #17.
Idea, released in September 1968, was the Bee Gees' third international album. "We were in friction at that point," says Barry. "We weren't getting on, and that was it. I think it was a mixture of the group not getting along very well and egos. Ego, I think, is the key word for this group. It's not unlike any other group in that everybody wants to be the one that gets the attention. Unfortunately, I think that happens a lot. Certainly it happened to us."
Many of the songs on the album's second side reflect a yearning for escape ("When the Swallows Fly," "I've Decided to Join the Air Force," "Swan Song") while Vince Melouney's "Such a Shame" was, by his own admission, about how it was a shame that the group was disintegrating.
"In the Summer of His Years" was Robin's requiem for the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein who had died in August 1967. "I've Decided to Join the Air Force" was written specially for the occasion when the Bee Gees played at the Royal Albert Hall earlier in 1968 with the musicians of the Royal Air Force backing them.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idea_(album))
01. Let There Be Love (03:36)
02. Kitty Can (02:43)
03. In The Summer Of His Years (03:14)
04. Indian Gin And Whisky Dry (02:05)
05. Down To Earth (02:36)
06. Such A Shame (02:29)
07. I've Gotta Get A Message To You (03:01)
08. Idea (02:57)
09. When The Swallows Fly (02:36)
10. I Have Decided To Join The Airforce (02:17)
11. I Started A Joke (03:12)
12. Kilburn Towers (02:22)
13. Swan Song (02:57)
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