Trafalgar (album)
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Publication |
November 1971 |
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| Label (s) | Polydor | |||
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Format (s) |
LP, MC |
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pop |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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Robert Stigwood , Bee Gees |
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Studio (s) |
IBC Studios, London |
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Trafalgar is the seventh international music album of the Bee Gees .
production
Trafalgar was recorded from January to April 1971 in the IBC Studios in London by Bryan Stott with completely new 16-track technology. The result was so convincing that the label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) later remastered and reissued »Trafalger«.
With Alan Kendall , the Bee Gees had a new guitarist on board since the beginning of the year, who would remain loyal to the band for decades.
In May 1971, between a small tour of the USA in February and one of Australia and New Zealand in July, the Bee Gees released their single "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart". In August, the single was number 1 on the Billboard charts in the US for four weeks (while it was practically unnoticed in Europe ). Taking advantage of its success, the album was released in the US in September, alongside a new US-only single, "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself".
In Europe, the album was in stores in November. While it reached number 34 in the charts in the USA, there were no chart listings in Europe.
Except for "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" and "When Do I", both of which date from 1970, all the songs on the album were composed in 1971.
Contributors
- Arranger , conductor : Bill Shepherd
- Sound engineer : Bryan Stott
- Guitar : Alan Kendall
- Drums : Geoff Bridgeford
Track list
In the USA the A and B sides were reversed
- A1. Trafalgar
- A2. Remembering
- A3. When Do I
- A4. Dearest
- A5. Lion in winter
- A6. Walking back to Waterloo
- B1. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- B2. Israel
- B3. The Greatest Man in the World
- B4. It's just the way
- B5. Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself
- B6. Somebody Stop the Music
Track list CD
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
- Israel
- The Greatest Man in the World
- It's just the way
- Remembering
- Somebody Stopped the Music
- Trafalgar
- Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself
- When Do I
- Dearest
- Lion in winter
- Walking back to Waterloo
expenditure
The album was released in 1971 by Polydor , but in the US on Atco , a sub-label of Atlantic Records . The album was first released on compact disc in 1990 . Since 2008 it has only been available digitally in Europe.
- 1971: Polydor 2383 052 (LP)
- 1973: RSO 2394 179 (LP)
- 1990: Polydor 833 786-2 (CD)
- 1996: MFSL UDCD 680 (CD)
- 1996: MFSL 1-263 (LP)
reception
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" was not only a big hit for the Bee Gees in the USA, but also for many other artists. In 1972 , Al Green recorded what is probably the best-known version, which was also used in several films ( Good Will Hunting , The Virgin Suicides , Notting Hill , The Book of Eli ). Michael Bublé , Cher and Andy Williams were also successful with the title . There are other versions by Ronnie Spector , Peter Nero , Johnny Mathis , Cymarron and Bill Fredericks. In 2018, Chris Stills , son of Stephen Stills , recorded a version for the film I, Tonya . There was a German version by Katja Ebstein in 1971 (“Is there a heart that never breaks?”).
On his album " Du bist wie ein Lied ", Peter Maffay interpreted a German version of "When Do I" with the title of the same name. With "Ich bin dein Freund" he recorded a version of the Bee Gees song "If I Were The Sky", which was taken from the recordings of "Trafalgar" but was never released by the band itself.
"Trafalgar" is listed in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die .
bibliography
- The Essential Rock Discography by Martin C. Strong, Canongate Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84195-985-6 .
Web links
- Trafalgar at Allmusic (English)
- Trafalgar at Discogs
- The album in the Spicks & Specks archive
- Gibb Songs 1971
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1001 Albums: Music You Should Hear Before Life Is Over. Selected and presented by 90 international reviewers, by Robert Dimery, Edition Olms, 2015, ISBN 978-328301249-6 .