ESP (Bee Gees Album)
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| Bee Gees studio album | ||||
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Publication |
September 12, 1987 |
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admission |
1986-1987 |
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| Label (s) | Warner bros. | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, record |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
48:25 |
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ESP is the Bee Gees ' 17th studio album , released in September 1987 and named after the song of the same name.
history
After breaking up with Polydor Records , ESP was the Bee Gees' first studio album to be released by Warner Bros. For the first time since the album Main Course in 1975, Arif Mardin acted again as a producer for a Bee Gees album. The recordings took place in the Middle Ear Studio in Miami Beach , USA . All songs were written by the band themselves.
4,500,000 copies of the album have been sold worldwide to date. In Europe, the sales success was largely due to the hit You Win Again .
Track list
- ESP - 5:35
- You Win Again - 4:01
- Live or Die (Hold Me Like a Child) - 4:42
- Giving up the Ghost - 4:26
- The Longest Night - 5:47
- This is Your Life - 4:53
- Angela - 4:56
- Overnight - 4:21
- Crazy for Your Love - 4:43
- Backtafunk - 4:23
- ESP (Vocal Reprise) - 0:30
Charts
album
| year | title | Chart positions | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | British music charts | US | ||
| 1987 | ESP | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14th | 6th |
Singles
| year | title | Chart positions | ||||
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| DE | AT | CH | UK | US | ||
| 1987 | You win again | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| 1987 | ESP | 13 | - | 9 | 51 | - |
| 1988 | Angela | 52 | - | - | - | - |
occupation
Musician
- Singing: Barry Gibb , Robin Gibb and Maurice Gibb
- Backing vocals: Robin Gibb
- Synthesizers: Maurice Gibb, Rhett Lawrence, Greg Phillinganes
- Keyboards: Maurice Gibb, Rhett Lawrence, Greg Phillinganes
- Piano: Greg Phillinganes (electric)
- Guitar: Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Reb Beach, Reggie Griffin, Arif Mardin, Nick Moroch
- Bass: Maurice Gibb, David A. Jones, Will Lee, Arif Mardin (bass synthesizer), Marcus Miller
- Drums: Barry Gibb, Tony Beard
production
- Producers: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Arif Mardin
- Sound engineers: Claude “Swifty” Achille, Ellen Fitton, George Marino, Michael O'Reilly, Ken Steiger, Brian Tench
- Concertmaster: Gene Orloff
- Arrangers: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Arif Mardin, Reggie Griffin
- Mixing: Brian Tench
- Synthesizer programmers: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Scott Glasel, Reggie Griffin, Rhett Lawrence, Joe Mardin, Greg Phillinganes, Brian Tench
- Artwork: Jeri Heiden