Number Ones (Bee Gees album)

Number Ones
Compilation album by Bee Gees
Released 1 November 2004
Recorded August 1967 – September 2001
Genre Pop, rock, rhythm and blues, disco
Length 77:29
Label Universal
Producer Bee Gees, Various
Bee Gees chronology
Their Greatest Hits: The Record
(2001)		 Number Ones
(2004)		 Love Songs
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Number Ones is a compilation album by the Bee Gees released in 2004. It includes 18 of their greatest hits and a tribute to band member Maurice Gibb, who died in 2003. It is the final Bee Gees album released by Universal Records.

Rhino Records re-released Number Ones worldwide in 2008 using the European tracklist. Combining sales of versions issued by two different record companies, it has sold 1,236,000 copies in the US as of August 2012.[2] The set, which peaked at No. 23 in the US on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart in 2004, re-entered the charts peaking at No. 5 in 2012. The following week after peaking at No. 5 the album plummeted to No. 195, the greatest drop for an album that still remained on the chart, in Billboard album history.[3] This gives the group a span of 44 years, 9 months since their first Top 10 album, 1967's Bee Gees' 1st, which peaked at No. 7 in November 1967. The only other groups with longer spans are The Beach Boys (49 years 1 week), The Beatles (47 years 7 months), and The Rolling Stones (45 years 6 months).[4]

Track listing

American release

  1. "Massachusetts" – 2:26
  2. "World" – 3:16
  3. "Words" – 3:17
  4. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:52
  5. "I Started a Joke" – 3:10
  6. "Don't Forget to Remember" – 3:29
  7. "Lonely Days" - 3:48
  8. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – 3:58
  9. "Jive Talkin'" – 3:46
  10. "You Should Be Dancing" – 4:17
  11. "Love So Right" 3:37
  12. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:02
  13. "Stayin' Alive" – 4:44
  14. "Night Fever" – 3:33
  15. "Too Much Heaven" – 4:54
  16. "Tragedy" – 5:03
  17. "Love You Inside Out" – 4:12
  18. "You Win Again" – 4:04
  19. "Man in the Middle" – 4:22

European/Australian release

Two of the bonus tracks were new recordings of classic Gibb compositions originally recorded by other artists, including "Islands in the Stream" (Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton), and "Immortality" (Celine Dion).

  1. "Massachusetts" – 2:26
  2. "World" – 3:16
  3. "Words" – 3:17
  4. "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" – 2:52
  5. "I Started a Joke" – 3:10
  6. "Don't Forget to Remember" – 3:29
  7. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – 3:58
  8. "Jive Talkin'" – 3:46
  9. "You Should Be Dancing" – 4:17
  10. "How Deep Is Your Love" – 4:02
  11. "Stayin' Alive" – 4:44
  12. "Night Fever" – 3:33
  13. "Too Much Heaven" – 4:54
  14. "Tragedy" – 5:03
  15. "More Than a Woman" – 3:18
  16. "Love You Inside Out" – 4:12
  17. "You Win Again" – 4:04
  18. "Man in the Middle" – 4:22*
  19. "Islands in the Stream" – 4:22*
  20. "Immortality" (original demo version) – 4:16*

Charts and certifications

Peak chart positions
Chart (2004) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] 32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[6] 72
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[7] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 43
Italian Albums (FIMI)[9] 18
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[10] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 22
Chart (2005) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[13] 29
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[14] 32
Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[15] 17
Irish Albums (IRMA)[16] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 4
US Billboard 200[18] 5
US Top Catalog Albums (Billboard)[19] 1

Album certifications
Region Certification Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[20] Platinum 70,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[21] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[22] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[23] Gold 500,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Grein, Paul (8 August 2012). "Week Ending Aug. 5, 2012. Albums: Sale Boosts Bee Gees". Yahoo Music. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  4. ↑ Trust, Gary (14 June 2012). "Beach Boys Beat the Beatles for Billboard 200 Record – Chart Beat". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Bee Gees – Number Ones" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bee Gees – Number Ones" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "Top 40 Albums - 48 / 2004". Tracklisten. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Bee Gees – Number Ones". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Bee Gees – Number Ones" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Bee Gees – Number Ones" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 24, 2012". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  17. ↑ June 2012 "16 June 2012 Top 40 UK Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  18. ↑ "Bee Gees – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Bee Gees. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  19. ↑ "Bee Gees – Chart history" Billboard Top Catalog Albums for Bee Gees. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  20. ↑ NO certyear WAS PROVIDED for AUSTRALIAN CERTIFICATION.
  21. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  22. ↑ "British album certifications – Bee Gees – Number Ones". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 21 December 2012. Enter Number Ones in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
  23. ↑ "American album certifications – Bee Gees – Number Ones". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 21 December 2012. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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