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2009 compilation album by the Bee Gees
The Ultimate Bee Gees
Compilation album by the Bee Gees
Released3 November 2009
Recorded1967–2001
Genre
LengthDisc 1: 78:48
Disc 2: 68:02
LabelReprise
The Bee Gees chronology
Love Songs
(2005) 		The Ultimate Bee Gees
(2009) 		Mythology
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic

The Ultimate Bee Gees is a compilation album released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Bee Gees. Although the group did not start recording until 1963 on Festival Records in Australia, they began calling themselves the "Bee Gees" in 1959 after several name changes such as "Wee Johnny Hayes and the Bluecats", "The Rattlesnakes" and "BG's". Each disc is themed with the first containing more upbeat songs, called A Night Out, and the second containing slower songs and ballads, called A Night In, though the cover art does not distinguish this theme. Liner notes were written by Sir Tim Rice. This also marks the return of the 1970s era logo on an official Bee Gees release, which was last used on the Bee Gees' 1983 single "Someone Belonging to Someone".

Track listing

Though every song in the Bee Gees catalogue since 1967 has been mixed in stereo, a few early tracks are presented here in the mono mixes heard on the original single releases, for the first time on a CD compilation (the mono mixes were previously released on CD on the 2006 box set Studio Albums 1967–1968).

All songs were written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb, except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."You Should Be Dancing"Children of the World, 19764:16
2."Stayin' Alive"Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, 19774:43
3."Jive Talkin'"Main Course, 19753:44
4."Nights on Broadway"Main Course4:33
5."Tragedy"Spirits Having Flown, 19795:02
6."Night Fever"Saturday Night Fever soundtrack3:32
7."More Than a Woman"Saturday Night Fever soundtrack3:17
8."Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)"Main Course4:04
9."Spirits (Having Flown)"Spirits Having Flown5:11
10."If I Can't Have You"B-side to the "Stayin' Alive" single, 19773:19
11."Boogie Child"Children of the World4:11
12."Love You Inside Out"Spirits Having Flown4:10
13."You Win Again"E.S.P., 19874:00
14."One"One, 19894:52
15."Secret Love"High Civilization, 19913:32
16."Alone"Still Waters, 19974:49
17."Still Waters (Run Deep)"Still Waters4:08
18."This Is Where I Came In"This Is Where I Came In, 20014:52
19."Spicks and Specks" (Live) (B. Gibb)Tales from the Brothers Gibb, 1990; originally from Spicks and Specks, 19662:25
Disc two
No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
1."How Deep Is Your Love"Saturday Night Fever soundtrack4:02
2."To Love Somebody" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb)Bee Gees' 1st, 19673:00
3."Words" (Mono mix)Non-album single, 19683:17
4."How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"Trafalgar, 19713:58
5."Too Much Heaven"Spirits Having Flown4:55
6."Emotion" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb)Their Greatest Hits: The Record, 20013:39
7."Lonely Days"2 Years On, 19703:47
8."Run to Me"To Whom It May Concern, 19723:12
9."Love So Right"Children of the World3:37
10."For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Single edit)Size Isn't Everything, 19933:58
11."I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (Mono single mix)Idea, 19683:03
12."New York Mining Disaster 1941" (Mono mix) (B. Gibb, R. Gibb)Bee Gees' 1st2:10
13."Massachusetts" (Mono mix)Horizontal, 19682:21
14."I Started a Joke"Idea3:08
15."World" (Mono mix)Horizontal3:17
16."First of May" (Mono mix)Odessa, 19692:50
17."Holiday" (B. Gibb, R. Gibb)Bee Gees' 1st2:55
18."Don't Forget to Remember" (B. Gibb, M. Gibb)Cucumber Castle, 19703:31
19."Islands in the Stream" (Live)One Night Only, 19983:46
20."Heartbreaker" (Live)One Night Only1:05
21."Guilty" (Live)One Night Only2:23
Bonus track on Japanese releases Rhino Records WPCR-13706-7 and WPZR-30352-4
No.TitlePlace of OriginLength
22."Melody Fair"Odessa3:48

DVD bonus disc

The Ultimate Bee Gees came with a bonus DVD containing promotional clips and videos. Though the promo clip for "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" is included on the DVD, the song is not included in the collection. All tracks are original studio recordings unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Spicks and Specks" – Promo clip aired on Bandstand (Australia) – 19 November 1966
  2. "New York Mining Disaster 1941" Promo clip – 1967 (Mono album version)
  3. "Massachusetts" – Performed live on Top of the Pops UK TV – 26 December 1967
  4. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – from Idea TV Special – 1968 (Mono single mix)
  5. "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" – Promo clip – 1969
  6. "Lonely Days" – Promo clip – 1970 (Alternate studio version)
  7. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – Performed live on Whitaker's World of Music – 6/5/1971
  8. "Run to Me" – Performed live on In Session US TV – 1973
  9. "Jive Talkin'" – Promo clip – 1975
  10. "Night Fever" – Promo clip – 1977
  11. "Stayin' Alive" – Promo clip – 1977 (Slightly sped up studio version)
  12. "How Deep Is Your Love" – Promo clip – 1977 (Slightly sped up studio version)
  13. "Too Much Heaven" – Promo clip – 1979
  14. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" – Promo clip – 1993
  15. "Alone" – Promo clip – 1997
  16. "Still Waters (Run Deep)" – Promo clip – 1997
  17. "You Win Again" – Promo clip – 1987
  18. "One" – Promo clip – 1989 (Version 1)

Charts

Though there were not any new songs included in this compilation and there was little promotion for it, the set charted in the UK at No. 19 in its first week and in the US at No. 116 on the Billboard 200 top albums chart.

In May 2012, The Ultimate Bee Gees re-entered the Billboard 200 at No. 49 due to a huge increase in Bee Gees' album sales following the death of Robin Gibb.

Weekly charts

Chart (2009–2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 25
French Albums (SNEP) 52
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 83
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 10
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 28
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 44
Chart (2020–2021) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) 89
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 38

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) 74

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