The Bee Gees' third album is something of a departure, with more of a rocking sound and with the orchestra (apart from a few well-placed harp arpeggios) somewhat less prominent in the sound mix than on their first two LPs. The two hits, "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" and "I Started a Joke," are very much of a piece with their earlier work, but on "Kitty Can," "Indian Gin and Whisky Dry," and "Such a Shame" (the latter written by the group's then lead guitarist, Vince Melouney), among other cuts, they sound much more like a working band with a cohesive group sound, rather than a harmony vocal group with accompaniment. Their writing still has a tendency toward the dramatic and the melodramatic, which would manifest itself prominently again on their next album, Odessa, six months later, but here the group seemed to be trying for a somewhat less moody, dark-toned overall sound, and some less surreal lyrical conceits, though "Kilburn Towers" (despite some pop-jazz inflections) and "Swan Song," as well as "I Started a Joke," retain elements of fantasy and profundity. [In 2006, as part of the shift of the group's back catalog to Reprise Records, Idea was reissued in remastered form, with seriously improved sound and expanded to two CDs with a brace of chronologically-related outtakes -- comprising some of the most fascinating material of their history -- initially as part of the collection The Studio Albums 1967-1968.]
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Idea Review
by Bruce Eder
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | Bee Gees | 03:36 | Amazon | ||||
| 2 | Bee Gees | 02:43 | Amazon | ||||
| 3 | Bee Gees | 03:14 | Amazon | ||||
| 4 | Bee Gees | 02:05 | Amazon | ||||
| 5 | Bee Gees | 02:36 | Amazon | ||||
| 6 | Bee Gees | 02:29 | Amazon | ||||
| 7 | Bee Gees | 03:01 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | Bee Gees | 02:57 | Amazon | ||||
| 9 | Bee Gees | 02:36 | Amazon | ||||
| 10 | Bee Gees | 02:16 | Amazon | ||||
| 11 | Bee Gees | 03:12 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | Bee Gees | 02:22 | Amazon | ||||
| 13 | Bee Gees | 03:03 | Amazon |
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