BEE GEES: CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
From mushy pop ballads through late-Sixties psychedelia and low-key rock, the Bee Gees have demonstrated a chameleonlike ability to adapt to disparate pop trends. The Bee Gees have taken production into their own hands with Children of the World, and at the very least have come up with one of the year’s killer singles. The album was also somewhat experimental in its way, making more use of synthesizers in a pop music setting than had ever been heard on a mainstream, commercial long-player before. Children of the World is beautifully sung, but the group's sound changed here as well, Barry Gibb's falsetto now dominating the vocals, with Robin and Maurice Gibb moved out of center stage. But it's still one of the most enjoyably lighthearted albums in the group's history, and the dance numbers provided a fore-taste of their work on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.
Tracklist:
1.You Should Be Dancing 2.You Stepped Into My Life 3.Love So Right 4.Lovers 5.Can't Keep A Good Man Down 6.Boogie Child 7.Love Me 8.Subway 9.The Way It Was 10.Children Of The World
Lineup:
Barry Gibb - lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, Robin Gibb - lead, harmony and backing vocals, Maurice Gibb - harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar except "Subway" and "The Way It Was". Bee Gees Band: Alan Kendall - lead guitar, Dennis Bryon - drums, Blue Weaver - keyboards, synthesizer, piano. Additional musicians: Joe Lala - percussion, Gary Brown - saxophone, George "Chocolate" Perry - bass guitar on "Subway" and "The Way It Was", Stephen Stills - percussion on "You Should Be Dancing", Peter Graves, Whit Sidener, Kenny Faulk, Neil Bonsanti, Bill Purse - horns