The Very Best of the Bee Gees
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The Very Best of the Bee Gees
is a compilation album
of the Bee Gees' most popular tracks aimed at the European market. Missing are the US hits I Started A Joke
, Lonely Days
, and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
. It was released in 1990 in conjunction with the Tales from the Brothers Gibb
box set in the US. A 1996 re-issue drops "You win again" and "Ordinary Lives" from the track listing.
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...
is a compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
of the Bee Gees' most popular tracks aimed at the European market. Missing are the US hits I Started A Joke
I Started a Joke
"I Started a Joke" is a 1968 song by the Bee Gees from their album Idea, which was released in September of that year.Curiously, it was not released as a single in the UK, where buyers who could not afford the album had to content themselves with a Polydor version by Heath...
, Lonely Days
Lonely Days
"Lonely Days" is a 1970 song by the Bee Gees, featured on their album 2 Years On. The song incorporated the innovative structure and knack for changing tempos exemplified by the second side of The Beatles' Abbey Road album, released the previous year and a clear influence on this single...
, and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" is an adult contemporary ballad released by the Bee Gees in 1971. The song had been written by Barry and Robin Gibb in August 1970, when the Gibb brothers had reconvened following a period of break-up and alienation...
. It was released in 1990 in conjunction with the Tales from the Brothers Gibb
Tales from the Brothers Gibb
**On releases of Tales outside North America, three Barry Gibb solo tracks were added to Chapter IV from the "Hawks" soundtrack right after Robin Gibb's "Toys": "My Eternal Love", "Where Tomorrow Is" and "Letting Go"....
box set in the US. A 1996 re-issue drops "You win again" and "Ordinary Lives" from the track listing.