Cucumber Castle by The Bee Gees (CD - 09/09/1997)

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"Cucumber Castle" (09/09/1997) Rock & Pop Bee Gees (The), Polydor (USA)The Bee Gees: Barry Gibb (vocals, guitar); Maurice Gibb (vocals, piano, organ, Mellotron, bass, background vocals). At the close of the '60s, the Bee Gees had been performing and recording for several years, and Robin Gibb decided it was time to take off on his own. He left the band to attempt a solo career. When ROBIN'S REIGN flopped, he was welcomed back into the fold, but during his absence, Barry and Maurice stuck together to record CUCUMBER CASTLE. Robin's keening warble was a key element of the Bee Gees' vocal blend, and it's missed here, but the other Gibbs are plenty talented enough to keep things interesting on their own. "If I Only Had My Mind On Something Else" is an instant winner in the classic Bee Gees ballad mold, elegantly orchestrated, it veers into '60s Bacharach territory with admirable skill. "I Lay Down and Die" is an angst-ridden epic, a pop opera worthy of Roy Orbison, and "Bury Me Down By the River" shows the R&B/Gospel roots often displayed in this period of the band's work. Instead of scaling things down, it seems Robin's absence encouraged his brothers to pursue an even more ambitious, lushly arranged and elegantly written musical vision.

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