Number Ones

by Bee Gees

Overview

The problem with the recent spate of "number one" collections from the pop elite -- the Beatles, Michael Jackson, and now the Bee Gees -- is that they're consistently marketed as "greatest-hits" collections. The conceptual weight of "number one" singles for the average listener is about as heavy as the slabs of wax they came out on, and compiling an entire record around them only shines the spotlight on the tracks that suffered the cut. In the Bee Gees' case, it's the omission of classics like "Nights on Broadway," "New York Mining Disaster 1941," "If I Can't Have You," and "More Than a Woman" -- the latter does appear on the European versions -- that causes Number Ones to pale in comparison to 2001's highly superior Their Greatest Hits: The Record. ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2004
Label:	Bee Gees / Polydor
UPC:	0602498688519

Tracks

1. Massachusetts
2. World
3. Words
4. I've Gotta Get a Message to You
5. I Started a Joke
6. Don't Forget to Remember
7. Lonely Days
8. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
9. Jive Talkin'
10. You Should Be Dancing
11. Love So Right
12. How Deep Is Your Love
13. Stayin' Alive
14. Night Fever
15. Too Much Heaven
16. Tragedy
17. Love You Inside Out
18. You Win Again
19. Man in the Middle

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bee Gees   Primary Artist
Vince Melouney   Guitar
Barry Gibb   Guitar,Vocals
Robin Gibb   Organ,Vocals
Maurice Gibb   Bass,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Mellotron
Colin Petersen   Drums

Technical Credits

Barry Gibb   Composer,Lyricist
Robin Gibb   Composer,Lyricist
Maurice Gibb   Composer,Lyricist
Winfried Bonengel   Composer