Bee Gees - Living Eyes

Title: Living Eyes Artist: Bee Gees Release Date: 1981 Label: Polydor, Bee Gees/Reprise Duration: 46:04 Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 042281364228, 4988005118684, 4988005382412, 603497986972 Genre: Rock Styles: Adult Contemporary, Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock Moods: Party/Celebratory, Romantic, Sentimental, Sweet, Theatrical, Cheerful, Gentle, Laid-Back/Mellow, Lush, Soothing, Sophisticated, Stylish, Yearning, Poignant, Amiable/Good-Natured, Innocent, Melancholy, Wistful, Carefree, Eerie Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Living Eyes
2. He's a Liar
3. Paradise
4. Don't Fall in Love With Me
5. Soldiers
6. I Still Love You
7. Wildflower
8. Nothing Could Be Good
9. Crying' Every Day
10. Be Who You Are

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Bee Gees/Reprise 2005 CD Polydor 8136422 2004 CD Polydor UICY3819 1998 CD Polydor 2033

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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. ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Stegmeyer Assistant Engineer, Assistant Albhy Galuten Horn Arrangements, String Arrangements, Producer, Synthesizer, Bass Alec Clarke Assistant Alex Clark Assistant Engineer Barry Gibb String Arrangements, Horn Arrangements, Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic) Bee Gees Producer Bob Glaub Bass Bob Sherman Photography Bonaroo Horns Horn Brett Murphey ?, Horn C.P. Sidney Synthesizer Chuck Kirkpatrick Slide Guitar, Guitar, Sitar Dale Peterson Assistant Engineer, Assistant Dan Bonsanti Horn David Wolinski "Hawk" Keyboards Dennis Hetzendorfer Assistant Engineer, Assistant Dick Ashby Co-Coordinator Don Brewer Assistant, Assistant Engineer Don Brooks Harmonica Don Felder Piano, Guitar Don Gehman Engineer Gene Orloff String Arrangements, Conductor, String Contractor George Bitzer Piano, Synthesizer, Producer, Fender Rhodes George Terry Guitar Glenn Ross Artwork, Design Greg Lonnman ? Harold Cowart Bass Hog Cowart Bass Jeff Porcaro Drums Jerry Peel ? Jim Pace Assistant, Assistant Engineer Joe Galdo Drums, Drums (Snare) Karl Richardson Engineer, Producer Ken Wadenpfuhl ? Kenneth Faulk Horn, ? Lincoln Clapp Assistant Engineer, Assistant Maurice Bigg Horn Arrangements Maurice Gibb String Arrangements, Horn Arrangements, Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic) Mike Fuller Mastering, Assistant Minsei Tominaga Photography Neal Bonsanti Horn Neal Kent Co-Coordinator Nicky Kalliongis Assistant, Assistant Engineer Peter Graves ?, Horn Ralph MacDonald Percussion Richard Tee Fender Rhodes, Piano, Keyboards Robin Gibb Vocals Russ Kunkel Drums Sam Taylor Assistant Engineer Sarah Lemire Wardrobe Solly Noid Drums Steve Gadd Drums Tom Kennedy Co-Coordinator Whit Sidener Horn