An album release from this band would traditionally be followed by a lengthy 18-month tour across the globe, but due to an international pandemic, the band's touring plans were brought to a halt. 2020 found the band releasing their critically acclaimed album, Nothing As The Ideal. " Melody Fair" – 3:48 ** Jumbo - 2.All Them Witches are known for their loud and lengthy live shows." I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:52." Holiday" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 2:55." To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 3:02." New York Mining Disaster 1941" (Barry Gibb/Robin Gibb) – 2:12.** Only appears in Japan Bonus Tracks version. These were corrected after several thousand copies had already been distributed.Īll compositions by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, except as indicated. A mastering fault was also present in " More Than a Woman", with the audio noticeably dipping to the right briefly during the first verse. The very first UK pressings used the wrong version of " How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" with Barry singing the opening verse. "Immortality" is the original writing demo from 1996, which includes Barry singing in high falsetto as a guide to Celine Dion who would go on to record the song in 1997. "Islands In The Stream" was recorded in 2001 with Robin singing lead in contemporary R&B sound rather than the more traditional arrangement like that heard on One Night Only, which had Barry singing lead (Barry did not perform vocals on this revised version). "Emotion" and "Heartbreaker" were recorded in 1994 as part of a Bee Gees compilation album called Love Songs which was never released. Also, "Spicks And Specks," a song from 1966 ends Disc Two, which makes it something of a bonus track.
Most of the songs are in chronological order, except for the placement of "You Should Be Dancing," which was released before "Love So Right". Copies sold at the American retailer Target included a bonus disc entitled 5 Live Recordings. Also there are two bonus songs on the UK release, "Jumbo" and "My World". There are two bonus songs on the Japanese release, "Melody Fair" and "My World". It spent a total of 40 weeks on the chart and was certified platinum by the RIAA in February 2002 for sales of over one million copies there.
In the US, the album debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart at #49.
It has since been certified triple platinum by the BPI for sales of over 900,000 copies.
The album peaked at #5 twice in the UK, the first time upon its release in 2001 and again in January 2003 (following the death of Maurice Gibb). It is currently out of print and has been supplanted by another compilation, The Ultimate Bee Gees. It also features the Barry Gibb duet with Barbra Streisand, "Guilty", which originally appeared on Streisand's 1980 album of the same name. Four of the songs were new recordings of classic Gibb compositions originally recorded by other artists, including "Emotion" ( Samantha Sang), "Heartbreaker" ( Dionne Warwick), "Islands In The Stream" ( Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton), and "Immortality" ( Celine Dion). The album includes 40 tracks spanning over 35 years of music. Their Greatest Hits: The Record is the career retrospective greatest hits album by the Bee Gees, released on UTV Records and Polydor in November 2001 as HDCD.