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Bee Gees: Spirits Having Flown

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s

Artist: Bee Gees
Title: Spirits Having Flown
Released: 1979.01.20
Label: PolyGram Records
Time: 45:28
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Appears with:
Category: Disco
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Purchase date:  2001.05.04
Price in €: 10,03
Web address: www.bee-gees.com

 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Tragedy (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 5:03
[2] Too Much Heaven (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 4:55
[3] Love You Inside Out (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 4:11
[4] Reaching Out (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 4:05
[5] Spirits [Having Flown] (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 5:19
[6] Search, Find (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 4:13
[7] Stop [Think Again] (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 6:40
[8] Living Together (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 4:21
[9] I'm Satisfied (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 3:55
[10] Until (B.Gibb/M.Gibb/R.Gibb) - 2:27

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


BARRY GIBB - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
MAURICE GIBB - Bass, Vocals, Producer
ROBIN GIBB - Vocals, Producer

The BEE GEES Band:
DENNIS BRYON - Drums
BLUE WEAVER - Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboards, Vibraphone, Arp
ALAN KENDALL - Bass, Guitar

Guest Musicians:
GARY BROWN - Saxophone solos
HAROLD COWART - Bass
JOE LALA - Percussion, Conga
HERBIE MANN - Flute on [5] and [9]
GEORGE TERRY - Guitar
DANIEL BEN ZEBULON - Percussion, Conga

BONEROO Horns:
BILL PURSE - Horn
STANLEY WEBB - Horn
NEAL BONSANTI - Horn
PETER GRAVES - Horn
WHIT SIDENER - Horn
KENNETH FAULK - Horn

CHOCAGO Horns:
BONAROO HORNS - Horn
LEE LOUGHNANE - Horn
JAMES PANKOW - Horn
WALTER PARAZAIDER - Horn

ALBHY GALUTEN - Synthesizer, Bass, Conductor, Producer
KARL RICHARDSON - Producer, Engineer
DENNIS HETZENDORFER - Assistant Engineer
JOHN BLANCHE - Assistant Engineer
TED JENSEN - Mastering
ED CARAEFF - Art Direction, Design, Photography

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1979 CD Polydor 827335-2
1979 LP RSO 3042
1981 LP Nautilus NR-17
1979 LP RSO 1
1979 LP RSO 3041
1979 CS Polydor 827335-4



How does one follow up a phenomenal success? Well, that was the question the Bee Gees faced after their contributions catapulted them into the disco stratosphere. They appeared they could do no wrong, writing hits not only for themselves, but for many others as well. However, Spirits Having Flown, while a solid effort, did not catch fire with the public. This time out, there were no memorable hooks to grab the listener, or even the dancer. Who knows? Perhaps they tried too hard. The tracks "Too Much Heaven," "Tragedy" and "Love You Inside and Out" were all number one hits, but the public didn't bite the way they had before. Good music, but a bit dated. Reminders of polyester jumpsuits abound.

James Chrispell, All-Music Guide



Spirits Having Flown is regarded today as something of a letdown, representing the tail-end of the Bee Gees' period of greatest success, perhaps because it preceded a two-year layoff that, in turn, heralded a decline in their fortunes. At the time, however, no one heard anything less than what they expected -- beautiful slow dance numbers ("Too Much Heaven," "Love You Inside Out"), achingly gorgeous romantic numbers ("Reaching Out"), soaring ballads ("Spirits (Having Flown)"), and pounding dance-rock numbers ("Tragedy"). If a few songs on the LP's second side, like "Stop (Think Again)" or "Search, Find," weren't quite up to that high standard, even the latter song displayed dazzling interwoven vocals on the choruses (which were pretty infectious) that made the trip worthwhile. The record showcased the usual superb singing, and featured the most delicate and ambitious production and arrangements in their history. It may have lacked the spirit of freedom and experimentation found on Main Course or Children of the World, but in its place was a boldness that manifested itself not only in the singing, but also the most intricate and ambitious production and arrangements of the group's entire history. This was also the first Bee Gees album to get serious airplay on black radio stations, a major breakthrough for the trio and one of the last bits of unfinished business in the group's move into soul music, which also likely helped -- along with three chart-topping singles, the major tour that followed, and the network television special in the wake of the tour -- in propelling Spirits Having Flown to 35 million sales.

Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

 L y r i c s


TRAGEDY

Here I lie
in a lost and lonely part of town
Held in time
In a world of tears I slowly drown
Goin'home
I just can't make it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving you

Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're
goin' nowhere
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on

Night and day
there's a burning down inside of me
Burning love
With a yearning that won't let me be
Down I go
and I just can't take it all alone
I really should be holding you
Holding you
Loving you loving

Tragedy
When the feeling's gone and you can't go on
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one to love you you're
goin' nowhere
Tragedy
When you lose control and you got no soul
It's tragedy
When the morning cries and you don't know why
It's hard to bear
With no-one beside you you're
goin' nowhere

Tragedy etc.


TOO MUCH HEAVEN

CHORUS:
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb

Oh you and me girl
Got a lot of love in store
And it flows through you
And it flows through me
And I love you so much more
Then my life..I can see beyond forever
Ev'rything we are will never die
Loving's such a beautiful thing
Oh you make my world.. a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away

Chorus..

You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears you had to cry
You're my life..
I can see a new tomorrow
Ev'rything we are will never die
Loving's such a beautiful thing
When you are to me, the light above
Made for all to see our presious love

Chorus..

Love is such a beautiful thing
You make my world a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away

Chorus..

Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as wide as a river and harder to cross

Chorus..(repeat and fade)


LOVE YOU INSIDE OUT

Baby, I can't figure it out
Your kisses taste like honey
Sweet lies don't gimme no rise
Oh, oh what you're trying to do?

Livin' on your cheatin'
and the pain grows inside me
It's enough to leave me crying in the rain
Love you forever but you're
driving me insane
and I'm hanging on
Oh, oh, I'll win, I'll never give in

Our love has got the power
Too many lovers in one lifetime
ain't good for you
You treat me like a vision in the night
Someone there to stand behind you
When your world ain't working right

I ain't no vision, I am the man
who loves  you inside out
backwards and forwards with
my heart hanging out
I love no other way

What am I gonna do if we lose that fire?
Wrap myself up and take me home again
Too many heartaches in one
lifetime ain't good for me
I figure it's the love that keeps you warm

Let this moment be forever
we won't ever feel the storm
I ain't no vision, I am the man
who loves  you inside out
backwards and forwards with
my heart hanging out

I love no other way
What am I gonna do if we lose that fire?
Don't try to tell me it's all over
I can't hear a word I can't hear a line
No man could love you more
And that's what I'm cryin' for
You can't change the way I feel inside

You're the reason for my laughter and my sorrow
Blow out the candle I will burn again tomorrow
No man on earth can stand
between my love and I
And no matter how you hurt me
I will love you till I die

I ain't no vision, I am the man
who loves  you inside out
backwards and forwards with
my heart hanging out
I love no other way
What am I gonna do if we lose that fire?


REACHING OUT

Watching ev'ry day go by , living in a foolish game
Just the way I feel today
Living my life without you
Never hear a single word , living in a lullaby
Praying ev'ry tear I cry
Living my life without you
And ev'rywhere you go I fly (I love you with a special feeling)
And darling till the day I die (baby never stop believing)
I'll be reaching out, I'll be reaching out , Ahh....
Reaching out (there's a woman goin' through me)
I'll be reaching out ( got a chance to hold you to me ) Ahh..
Ev'rything is lonely and I need you
Living my life forever , forever
 
Watching ev'ry day go by
Living on the one I love
What I got is not enough
Living my life without you
And I believe in yesterday (yesterday was once tomorrow)
With love, with love wide open ev'ry way(baby you're the light I follow)
I'll be reaching out , I'll be reaching out , Ahh
Reaching out (there's a woman going through me)
I'll be reaching out (got a chance to hold you to me)
Ev'rything is lonely and I need you
Living my life forever
I'll be reaching out
I'll be reaching out
Reaching out
I'll be reaching out
Living my life forever
 
Reaching out , I'll be reaching out (repeat and fade )


SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN

I never fell in love so easily
Where the four winds blow I carry on
I'd like to take you where my spirit flys
Through the empty skys
We go alone never before having flown
Faster than light'ning is this heart of mine
In the face of time I carry on
I'd like to take you where my rainbow ends
Be my lover friend
We go alone never before having flown

I am your hurricane
Your fire in the sun
how long must I live in the air
you are my paradise
My angel on the run
How long must I wait
It's the dawn of the feeling
that starts from the moment you're there

You'll never know what you have done for me
You broke all those rules I live upon
I'd like to take you to my shangrila
neither here or far away from home
never before having flown
There I'd like to take you where my spirit flys
Through the empty skys we go alone
Never before having flown


SEARCH FIND

Don't let the day keep movin' on with tears and pride             
they hide the sun                                                    
Look to the road that lies ahead
I'm turning to the dream we left to die
Dying alone, cry for the moment you passed me by
Baby I don't now how , I'm only crying now
 
Search find
No stone unturned ,no hell,no fury gonna stop my love and all it's glory
Search find, no man, no god ,no pain can sever my love for you
God, we're forever
 
(break)
 
Don't lose the will to make it right
A day is just a brighter night
And from the flames , a dying love can learn to fly
and rise above to be all that we are
You are the heart of my ev'rything
Maybe I lose my mind , I'm not the losing kind
 
Search find
No stone unturned ,no hell, no fury gonna stop my love and all it's glory
Search find , no man,no god, no pain can sever my love for you
God, we're forever
 
(break)
 
Search find
No stone unturned,no hell, no fury gonna stop my love and all it's glory
Search find
No man ,no god ,no pain can sever my love for you
God , we're forever

(repeat last verse twice and fade out)


STOP, THINK AGAIN

From daybreak to sunset you are the heart of me
saying what you don't really mean
Now I know where you go and all the plans you made
playing for a love not a dream
All that I want is you now and somehow I let you down
Lost in my pain , that where I lie
 
You got to stop, think again, before you give it to him
Stop, baby, one of us got to lose
You gotta stop , think again, before you lost the heaven
Stop, baby one of us got to try
 
Oh, It's a great big world that we live in
Pleasure and pain , that's where I lie
You got to stop, think again , before you give it to him
Stop, baby , one of us got to try
 
Midnight you leave me taking the part of me
that loves you like he loves you , only more
Birds cry ,my sky falls
Darkness becomes my life , he got you
I got nothing to be living for
 
Oh , It's a great big world that we live in
Pleasure and pain , that's where I lie
You got to stop, think again before you give it to him
Stop , baby one of us , one of us , one of us
You got to stop , think again before you lose the heaven
Stop baby one of us got to try


LIVING TOGETHER

Why ain't we livin',livin' together instead of being so so far apart
Why ain't we livin',livin' together instead of being so so far apart
Why ain't we livin' together, livin' together instead of bein' alone
Why ain't we livin' together, livin' together instead of bein' alone
 
I lay my heart on you and you can show the way
I give my everlasting love until my dying day
Take this lonely soul , the water or the wine
A chance to make you mine
I lay my body on the line
 
Why ain't we livin', livin' together instead of bein' so so far apart
Why ain't we livin', livin' together instead of bein' so so far apart
Why ain't we livin' together ,livin' together instead of bein' alone
Why ain't we livin' together ,livin' together instead of bein' alone
 
My life was emptiness until you came along
I nearly fell apart , you took my heart and made me strong
I need all of you to get me through the night
A chance to see the light
I lay my body on the line
 
Why ain't we livin',livin' together instead of bein' so so far apart
Why ain't we livin',livin' together instead of bein' so so far apart
Why ain't we livin' together instead of bein' alone
Why ain't we livin' together instead of bein' alone
 
(break)
Why ain't we livin', livin' together instead of being so so far apart
Why ain't we livin', livin' together instead of being so so far apart
Why ain't we livin' together , livin' together instead of bein' alone
Why ain't we livin' together,  livin' together instead of bein' alone
 
Why ain't we livin' livin' together instead of bein' so so far apart
Why ain't we livin' livin' together instead of bein so so far apart
Why ain't we livin' livin' together instead of bein' so so far apart(fade)


I'M SATISFIED

With you , baby I'm satisfied , making my love to you
'cause you got me hypnotized
And you came to me alone girl
I was a heart that's made of stone girl
And you broke it down in pieces
And you took me for your own girl
I lie beneath your ecstasy
You can pour it all over me
I won't break the chains of loving you
We got ev'rything , anybody needs
And it's here with me ,with you
Baby I'm satisfied , makin' my love to you
(makin' my love , makin' my love)
'cause you got me hypnotized
Before you took me by the hand girl
I was a statue in the sand girl
I was broken down for reasons
You could never understand girl
I was living on desire
But that was just the way we were
Till you make a world of love in you
We got ev'rything , anybody needs
And it's here with me , with you
Baby I'm satisfied , making my love to you
'cause you got me hypnotized
Anytime you wander, get yourself back to me girl
Any cloud you're under , you got to get yourself free girl
Ahh, ahh, baby with you
Baby I'm satisfied , making' my love to you
'cause you got me hypnotized , oh baby , with you
 
(repeat last 2 lines and fade out )


UNTIL

You were a lovely child
And your hair was like the morning sun
And I knew we were in love
We were alone to dream a dream
We held our love that held our hearts
And who are we who knew
all there was in life and coming through
And ev'ry lonely sad mistake
Ev'ry change and interchange we make
We held our love and that held our hearts
 
Until, until , oohh
 
Ahh .....

 M P 3   S a m p l e s


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