Children Of The World - THE BEE GEES****

You Should Be Dancing/You Stepped Into My Life/Love So Right/Lovers/Can't Keep A Good Man Down/Boogie Child/Love Me/Subway/The Way It Was/Children Of The World

The Bee Gees continued their resurgence with the release of Children Of The World. For this album they cast off the last vestiges of their earlier musical style to fully embrace disco featuring their soon to become trademark falsetto. Includes the US No. 1 You Should Be Dancing and No. 3 Love So Right. (US:8)

“This album is classic Bee Gees disco, although none of them will say the ‘D’ word out loud, instead relying on the euphemism of unique blend of pop and soul. For a group that helped define a genre, this is a cop out. Nonetheless, the music on this album is high disco and pop for the era.”

“A perfectly listenable album this from the Gibb brothers, if you can take pretty much ten songs sung in piercing falsetto and backed by the type of cheesy synth you'd expect to hear at the local social club do.”

“A fine piece of the Bee Gees' disco period. It cannot compete with its predecessor, Main Course, but it is loaded with some great R & B and funk arrangements. In order to enjoy this album though, a falsetto tolerance is essential.”

“This is Brothers Gibb at the peak of their disco-funk-soul sound. Barry rules almost every song with his very special high voice, and Robin's few lead vocal contributions are simply awful.”

“Although The Bee Gees had included some soul into their sound on their two previous albums Children Of The World is the first where they decided to concentrate on this style exclusively. However, much of the soul found here tends to have a softer edge, particularly with the uptempo tracks.”

“It's still a classic example of the tasteful writing and the trademark voices of a truly class act. As in a lot of records, the best tracks are not the songs released as singles, like Subway, with its driving beat and haunting melody, and the passionate beauty of The Way It Was.”

“This album features some of their finest songwriting and vocal moments. You Should Be Dancing encourages people to get on the dance floor and start dancing the night away. It also features Barry's best falsetto at the time. Love So Right describes the difference between love and infatuation.”