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Bee Gees - Living Eyes (1981) [1983, W.-Germany, 1st Press]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 7 Dec 2018 20:36:26

"Living Eyes" is the Bee Gees' 16th original album (14th internationally), released in 1981. The Bee Gees turned away from the disco sound that was prominent on their work in the middle-to-late 1970s with this album. However, the album was not a commercial success, perhaps due to their being so strongly associated with disco. It sold 750,000 copies worldwide, compared to 16 million copies of their previous studio album, "Spirits Having Flown", in 1979. While it did not sell well in either the UK or the US, the album itself was a Top 40 hit in the majority of territories in which it saw wide release. It would be the band's final album on RSO Records. The label would be absorbed into Polydor and subsequently discontinued.

~Wikipedia

In terms of hit singles and precise musical vision, it would have been difficult for anyone to have to follow-up the brilliant Spirits Having Flown album, but these industry veterans created a real gem in Living Eyes which seems to have gotten lost in the maze that is their deep catalog. The title track is almost up there with "Spirits Having Flown," which is significant praise, and the song "Paradise" follows suit, pretty and passionate. "Don't Fall in Love With Me" has all three Bee Gees brothers contributing to this ballad with their trademark highly creative hooks. The one downer, unbelievable as it seems, is the hit single "He's a Liar." It just doesn't make it odd vocals on a theme which goes nowhere. Nicking the Top 30 in October of 1981, well after "Love You Inside Out," their final (and questionable) number one hit, the tune disrupts their staggering array of wonderful singles. To stay off the charts for two and a half years might have been fallout from the Sgt Pepper film debacle; though the successful Spirits Having Flown came after that non-epic, it all added up to massive overexposure. The victim of too much airplay (or too much heaven) was this very decent and highly listenable album. "I Still Love You" has Robin Gibb in classic Bee Gees form with lush arrangements and production. There is even additional information included on the inner sleeve regarding the consoles used in recording and the wardrobe person, as well as photos of co-producers Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. The album exhibits the opulence enjoyed by the brothers on the front, back cover, and inside gatefold regal photos which are enhanced by the fact that the boys had the chops to back it up. "Wildflower," not the 1973 hit by Skylark but a brilliant original with folky overtones, really should have been the single. How it didn't hit for the Bee Gees or the popular acts they were working with Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton in 1982 and Dionne Warwick in 1983 is evidence of the richness of their songbook. Barry Gibbs' lead on "Nothing Could Be Good" is so perfectly adult contemporary, a song written by Galuten and the three brothers, it is just stunning that they did nothing with it and that this beautiful work is so forgotten. A song from the Staying Alive film soundtrack went Top 25 in 1983, and in 1989 they broke the Top Ten with "One," but there is no reason for such time in between hits. "Cryin' Every Day" has it, another brilliant hook accompanied by dramatic production; the title track has it; and Barry Gibbs' ethereal and dreamy conclusion to this disc, "Be Who You Are," has it. A strong work by a classic group which is worth hearing again. Truly the weakest track is the hit single "He's a Liar," which must have contributed to this album getting lost in the shuffle.

~Review by Joe Viglione

Release of this album: 1981, October [LP RSO Records, Cat.# TRSBG 002 (3215 065), UK]
Release of this CD: 1983 [CD RSO/PolyGram (W.-Germany), Cat.# 813 642-2 (813 642-2 YH) / UPC: 042281364228]
℗ 1981 B., R., M. Gibb
Made by PolyGram in Hanover, West Germany.
Printed in West Germany.

Credits:

Acoustic Guitar – Barry Gibb (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), Maurice Gibb (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Albhy Galuten, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb
Bass – Harold Cowart (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8)
Conductor [Strings] – Albhy Galuten
Contractor [Strings] – Gene Orloff
Design, Artwork By – Glenn Ross
Drums – Jeff Porcaro (tracks: 1, 5, 9), Russ Kunkel (tracks: 7, 9, 10), Steve Gadd (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – George Bitzer (tracks: 7, 8), Richard Tee (tracks: 1, 3)
Engineer – Don Gehman, Karl Richardson
Engineer [Assistant, Criteria] – Al Stegmeyer, Alex Clarke, Dennis Hetzendorfer
Engineer [Assistant, Digital Magnetics] – Jim Pace
Engineer [Assistant, Media Sound] – Don Brewer, Lincoln Clapp, Nick Kalliongis
Engineer [Assistant, Middle Ear] – Dale Peterson, Sam Taylor
Guitar – Don Felder (tracks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10), George Terry (tracks: 1, 10)
Mastered By – Mike Fuller
Percussion – Ralph McDonald (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5)
Photography By [Back Cover] – Bob Sherman
Photography By [Front Cover & Inner Spread] – Minsei Tominaga
Piano – George Bitzer (tracks: 3, 10), Richard Tee (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8)
Producer – Albhy Galuten, Bee Gees, Karl Richardson
Synthesizer – Albhy Galuten (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 6, 9, 10)
Written-By – Barry Robin & Maurice Gibb* (tracks: 1 to 9)

Tracklist:

01. Living Eyes (04:23)
02. He's A Liar (04:05)
03. Paradise (04:22)
04. Don't Fall In Love With Me (04:57)
05. Soldiers (04:28)
06. I Still Love You (04:28)
07. Wildflower (04:27)
08. Nothing Could Be Good (04:14)
09. Cryin' Every Day (04:06)
10. Be Who You Are (06:41)

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DR13 0.00 dB -14.31 dB 4:05 02-He's a Liar
DR14 -0.17 dB -16.15 dB 4:22 03-Paradise
DR13 -0.08 dB -15.53 dB 4:57 04-Don't Fall in Love With Me
DR13 -0.20 dB -14.79 dB 4:28 05-Soldiers
DR14 -1.53 dB -18.56 dB 4:28 06-I Still Love You
DR15 -0.18 dB -17.31 dB 4:27 07-Wildflower
DR14 -0.14 dB -17.05 dB 4:14 08-Nothing Could Be Good
DR13 -0.02 dB -15.73 dB 4:06 09-Cryin' Every Day
DR14 -2.06 dB -20.33 dB 6:41 10-Be Who You Are
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Official DR value: DR13

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Channels: 2
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Bitrate: 844 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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See also:
Bee Gees - Tales From The Brot...1967-1990 (1990) [4CD Box Set]
Bee Gees - Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits (2017)

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