“Odessa” by Bee Gees - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1969 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die ![]() |

As Wikipedia tells, this was an ambitious project, originally intended as a concept album on the loss of a fictional ship in 1899. It created tension and disagreements in the band regarding the album's direction; finally, a dispute over which song to release as a single led to Robin Gibb temporarily leaving the group. The album was not well received by the public or the music press on release, and led to a decline in the group's fortunes until their disco period in the mid 1970s. Barry Gibb later dismissed it as “a confused attempt to live up to our record company's desire that we do something meaningful”. For all the negativity, many folks do regard it as their “Sgt Pepper” and a high watermark.
The Jukebox Rebel
04–Dec–2015
Tracklist |
A1 | [07:33] ![]() |
A2 | [04:16] ![]() |
A3 | [03:27] ![]() |
B1 | [04:26] ![]() |
B2 | [03:07] ![]() |
B3 | [03:48] ![]() |
B4 | [02:29] ![]() |
B5 | [03:24] ![]() |
C1 | [04:47] ![]() |
C2 | [03:27] ![]() |
C3 | [03:26] ![]() |
C4 | [04:09] ![]() |
C5 | [01:46] ![]() |
D1 | [04:09] ![]() |
D2 | [03:28] ![]() |
D3 | [02:50] ![]() |
D4 | [03:17] ![]() |