So much attention is paid to the Saturday Night Fever era that their run of hits from the ’60s - when they were an actual band - is overlooked and underappreciated.īeginning with a black and white clip for “Spicks and Specks”, the first few videos are a godsend for those who favor the guitar-pop singles. Unlike the audio CDs, the clips are in chronological order and feature early appearances on television variety shows as well as promotional clips from several of the later albums. So the only real value here is the collection of eighteen videos on the third disc. Oddly enough, disc one ends with “Spicks and Specks”, their first hit, which is as out of place in that set as “How Deep is Your Love” is opening disc two, where the rest of the older material resides. Rather than progress from the beginning of their career and move forward, Rhino has frontloaded the set with the hits from the disco era as if to convince the listener that there is enough bang in the box to warrant a two-disc package. If you own 2001’s Their Greatest Hits - The Record, for example, you have no reason to pick up this new collection, since the tracklists are virtually identical.Īnother oddity is the order of the songs on the audio discs. Since it’s all been done several times before - some of the less common tracks are even sourced from those collections - the result is that there is nothing unique to this record. But consider that the first Best of the Bee Gees album was released in 1969, and during the 40 years since then the number of anthologies and collections dwarf the band’s original output. As “greatest hits” collections go, there’s certainly enough here to satisfy, including every number one hit (and there are quite a few). I’m not certain who the target audience is for the audio version. The Ultimate Bee Gees is available in a two-CD set as well as a deluxe limited edition that includes a DVD. They key word in that sentence is… again. Currently celebrating their golden anniversary at great length, they are again being recognized for their complete body of work, and not just their output when wearing white three-piece suits.
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The Bee Gees have enjoyed multiple careers over the years, from teenage TV stars to iconic ‘60s pop band to the Kings of Disco to soft rock elder statesmen.