Bee Gees Album: “One Night Only [Australia Bonus CD]”

"One Night Only" is a good a masterpiece of live recording as 1977's "Here At Last...Bee Gees...Live" was. All the great songs are here, plus a few odd album cuts that truly make this set shine. Highlights include, "Grease" with a thunderous crowd roaring approval; "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away', a true tearjerker with prerecorded Andy Gibb singing with his brothers and "Immortality", with a wonderful Celine Dion backed by the brothers. The CD is crisp, clean and clear. It is amazing to hear such fantastic producers who's studio recordings sound the same in concert. This is a classic CD!

This was actually the first CD I've purchased in some time and must admit the Bee Gees definitely still have it after all these years. I think people forget how large these guys were in the 70's and early 80's. The only song I have to skip is "Grease" but everything else seems pretty close to perfect. My 3 and 5 year old children insist I play side one every time we get into my car. Their favorite song is New York Mining Disaster 1941. I also saw this concert on PBS and couldn't turn it off. An under appreciated band for sure.

While most of the music I listen to has a much "harder" edge

(guitar-oriented rock) I have always respected The Bee Gees for their staying power in a very fickle industry.

Much to the consternation of my Led Zeppelin peers, this CD was enjoyable over and beyond my expectations.

I found it fitting that I discovered it five years after its release, right on the brink of the 25th anniversary of the movie "Saturday Night Fever", which will be released for the first time on DVD this fall. Six of the tunes from the all-time best selling soundtrack are included here. IF YOU THINK THEY HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TO THE STUDIO VERSIONS, YOU ARE IN FOR THE SURPRISE OF YOUR LIFE.........THEY R-O-C-K!!! The live versions are infused with a passion, spirit and energy over and beyond the originals, and also benefit from the new technology. HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE remains the finest ballad of the disco era. Every time I hear it, it stays in my head and I hum it for days on end. So it was a joy to hear it reprised (also check out their "unplugged" version on the VH1 STORYTELLERS CD). And of course with the proper chords! How many cover versions have I heard where those imposters get the chords wrong and wreck it.....CRIMINAL!!

Also it brought back fond memories of the songs I first heard on AM radio when they began, like LONELY DAYS.

The Bee Gees are timeless and unique, which reserves them a mark in popular music history. Good music done tastefully. They single-handedly revived the disco era, which was ready to fold from such weak efforts like DISCO DUCK and DO THE HUSTLE. And although disco endured another two or three years,the music that followed after SNF was characterized by an incessant and annoying throbbing bass line that could make one deaf or insane. The Bee Gees output was more benign and of course the songs were superior in their craftmanship.

BUY THIS CD AND LOVE IT!!

I stumbled in to this concert 10 minutes in to it and couldn't leave the room until it was over. I sang and danced along with every song and even after all these years the sound is still there, mellowed only slightly by age. The songs are ageless just as they are.

This is the second time I am going to purchase this because the first one was damaged and this is one CD that I miss in my car. I watched the HBO special and it was get off the couch and dance with my husband and kids...fantastic! As I listened to these songs and watched the special, now that I am in my 30's, I realize how truly talented they are. The songs cover a wide range of decades and sounds. The ballads just blow me away because they are so beautiful. One of my new favorites is the one with Celion Dion. She is good but the harmonizing by the BeeGees is what makes it so outstanding. Their voices compliment each other. My boys are 7-9 and they have never been told that the BeeGees weren't considered cool like the Backstreet Boys and they request differnt songs off the CD when I play it. It goes to show you that truly good music stands the test of time and if you really love a group, stick with them despite what the critics may say because after all you know what makes your own heart sing. This CD feels like a soundtrack to your own life. Thanks Barry, Maurice and Robin for all the music.