Trafalgar

Sounds like Bee Gees if they were bored and depressed.

Hmm. Pre-disco Bee Gees. Sure, the Bee Gees are proven songwriters. I don't know a single one of these songs. Some of them sound like the Beach Boys, some of them sound like the Moody Blues, some of them sound like Kermit is singing (When Do I).

Haven't listened to much pre-disco Bee Gees before. I don't think I was missing out on much, I've already forgotten nearly everything about this album.

Not as good as expected

So many great songs in the Bee Gees catalgoue, not many of them on this record. This *can't* be the most essential BG record surely.

hm, I've heard the first song on this album, we'll see if I recognize any others. ugh, not my style man. 2 stars

I was expecting to love this but I just didn't. 2.5

Very nothingy, to be honest.

These are not the BeeGees I am looking for

Before this I had no idea that The Bee Gees had a pre-disco career. Now I understand why that fact evaded me.

Orchestral rock, but no where near ELO. Some songs here are insufferable while others work well.

#342. What the fuck even is this? I was expecting disco, but what I got was like Laurel Canyon's worst secular gospel band. This shit is not for me. 2/5: yikes

After struggling through Odessa I'm almost afraid to give this a spin. At least the first song is familiar and fine. Grading on a huge curve this is meh but minus one star for Remembering.

FREE PALESTINE

Fine

Very forgettable, but not at all what I was expecting.

Shite

Not my thing, but surprising all the same

Really wasn't a fan of this. Similar to Odessa, I would not have guessed this was the Bee Gees, but it's also just not a style that really does anything for me. No interest in trying it again, either. 2/5

Wasn't very good. I am sad now. Nothing really bad about it, but it was pretty boring. 2/5

Trafalgar is an album rich with lovely harmonies, showcasing the group's signature vocal blend. However, the overall selection of songs feels somewhat dull and lacks the vibrancy of their best work. Many tracks seem to blend into one another, without offering the memorable hooks or emotional depth the band is known for. The standout track for me is Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself, which strikes a chord with its introspective lyrics and haunting melody. It bears a resemblance to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's Helpless, evoking a similar sense of melancholy and introspection. Trafalgar feels like a missed opportunity, with only a few moments of brilliance in an otherwise lacklustre collection. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 1 STAND OUT TRACK - Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself

Sorry, I never got the Bee Gees but for some of their hits. This is just another Meeh record on this list, untinteresting to sleepiness. Some nice lyrical content and production though. But 1001 best albums? Maybe number 5341.

Bij Odessa viel al op dat het voor de Bee Gees niet heel theatraal was. Dit album is ietsje later uitgebracht. Misschien gaat het dan wat meer naar Staying Alive? Nee hoor, het is zelfs nog iets minder theatraal. Dat zou mij beter moeten passen. Maar zonder het bekende theater, blijken de Bee Gees niet zo interessant.

A bit forgettable, but maybe I was expecting Disco!

Not what I was expecting (apart from the obvious BG pitch and tone) and I was pleasantly surprised.

There's a few standout songs but overall, it's a boring attempt at a Beatles album. If they could have had a few change of pace songs, it would have been easier to listen to. Album art is rad.

flapjack looking album cover how can you mend a broken heart- he sounds like a muppet... 4 israel- what. 2 the greatest man in the world- 2 its just the way- 3 remembering- ? 1 or 2 tbh somebody stop the music- real. 1 or 2 no more

Poor man’s beatles imitation. Nothing new to offer. “How can you mend a broken heart” is a standout in an otherwise ordinary album. It’s rated low not because it sounds bad, but because it’s boring.

STANDOUTS: n/a...maybe the cover art? OVERALL: 2/5

Not their best work!

Trafalgar is the ninth album the Bee Gees released. This was well before their transformation into fixtures of the disco world. This is a collection of slow, easy-listening songs. The vocals are very strong, the songs are melodic, but the product is boring and derivative. "Trafalgar" sounds like a homage to the Beatles; "Don't Want to Live Inside Myself" seems like Neil Young's "Helpless."

Not what I was expecting. Two stars

This is an oddity. Like everyone else, I know all of the Bee Gees late 70s disco classics but I was completely unaware of this album from 1971 which for some reason seems to be themed around famous battles of the Napoleonic era. There are some reasonably enjoyable tracks here (and the odd clunker) but nothing essential. Even their voices don’t sound quite as falsetto as they would go on to be. Great cover though!

As almost everybody, I knew mostly the Bee Gees for their disco era and had no idea they had such a diverse career. So, this is a not so bad soft-rock album, sometimes very Beatle-esque. The fact that it is only ballads makes it a bit boring though, it lacks of dynamic and might have been better with punchier songs. Once again, I wonder however why this appears in this list. It might be a 2.5, but I rate it 2 because it has no real significance.

An album full of somber songs. Tough listen, and couldn’t appreciate it. 2/5

Hey, I was a fan. And the year this was released, I saw them live at the Sydney Showground, when the glorious How Can You Mend A Broken Heart was about to climb to Top 5 on the 2UE Top 40. And that was a great concert. But, for me, they were a great singles band. And with the exception of maybe Odessa & certainly Saturday Night Fever, their albums never thrilled me, this album included. Well produced their vocals are great, but the songs I find pretty boring.

My second Bee Gees album on the list, and my second disappointment, where are the disco tunes?

Didn’t realize there was a pre-disco band of BeeGee. Sounded too much of a tip off of Elton John and the Beatles. Nearly catchy at times but not very original. Glad disco happened for their sake.

Biggest meh ever.

Surprisingly in-bee-gee-like. Not the disco I know them for.

Not my music

40/100 When it slaps it slaps but some of the singing doesn't catch me. And the song progression is often weak

What was the point of this? They heard the Beatles and added nothing of substance to make it unique. Give them a couple years and they'll make something at least a little worthwhile.

Big fan of Bee Gees later disco work. This was a completely different sound though. Quite dramatic. It felt a bit like a chore though, not very interesting. Underwhelming. Highlights: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

Come back to the Bee Gees later, they’re still finding their groove in 71

He escuchado previamente que antes de que los Bee Gees adoptaran su particular sonido disco que los catapultó a la fama, inspiraban sus composiciones más en la música de The Beatles. Este LP confirma esa afirmación, al menos para mí. Sin embargo, me dejó con gusto a poco. En ocasiones demasiado monótono, este disco carece de potencia y canciones más llamativas. De todas formas, es un buen trabajo. Para nada esencial, y no debería estar en esta lista. Sálteselo si puede.

Weaksauce.

Just a lot of ripping off the Beatles here. And some strange production? And weird takes that usually wouldn’t make a record?

It's slightly better than Odessa, the last faux-history quasi concept album from the Bee Gees and is a single rather than double. But its very end of the sixties orchestral pop/rock and the songwriting is pretty thin.

Not their best work. I was kind of bored.

Glad they made the switch to disco because that was miserable

Ok, a few good songs and one great song

Pompous and boring

Nothing stood out on this album. Didn't love it, didn't hate it. Will likely never hear any of this again.

Such unique vocals, not their best album.

Had to give up on this one since I'm not allowed to sleep at work

Just washed over me unimpressive and uninteresting.

A very bizarre album to be honest. I guess you have to put Bee Gees on here because they were astronomic unit shifters but… surely you’d go for one of their disco ones? This is just an odd representation of their impact on the musical landscape - and it’s not even like it’s that good an album It starts with the amazing How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (which is a great song in its own right, even if the Al Green version from the next year outshines it by miles). From then on it’s just a string of ballads with pretty rubbish lyrics and slightly different styles. It’s Just The Way sounds like a lost Beatles song a la Let It Be, while Remembering is a weird melodramatic musical theatre number almost? Also - what accent are Bee Gees meant to have? I swear it changes between lines in some songs

I was hyped to see how this played out but ultimately the songs, beats and lyrics fell flat. Starts off with a bang before forgettable efforts.

When I look back at what made me fall in love with music, early on, the Bee Gees' first compilation album very much deserves a mention. Among the first albums ever I consciously listened to, with intent. Words, Massachusetts, I Started A Joke... they all have a place in my heart. This? Ain't it. I can spot a circa beauty in Trafalgar, occasionally, but I can't not hear how it amounts to an order of Sad Beatles with extra Schmaltz. Eerily so on the tracks with Maurice on the lead vocals. And those are the better songs. 'When Do I' made me literally laugh out loud. They played Kermit dirty to not credit him on that one. Kind of a sad album, in more ways than one.

A really thought provoking album. The thoughts are largely negative. Really great first 2-3 tracks. Then it seems to slide in to bizarre sort of chaos. Incredible songwriting to foresee the exact point I would start to struggle with this album and shove a track called ‘Somebody Stop The Music’ right there. This is of course followed by a show of pure arrogance to then continue the album with even more irritating tracks than the ones that already sent me over the edge. Why does every track sound like my mate Hairy Jon is bellowing it out after a couple of pints of scrumpy down the pub? I feel like this needs a disclaimer attached to it and should only be listened to by people at the absolute peak of their mental health. Any cracks in your mindset and this album will find them and totally exploit them, potentially leaving you in a right mess. Is it worth the risk? No. Not if you ask me! 1.9

DNF. War irwie langweilig die ersten paar songs, aber maybe hör ich da in Zukunft noch mal rein

I really wanted to love this so much more. I love their later stuff when it is more upbeat. While I liked a couple of songs, I never would have gotten into them with this album.

Bee Gees get a bad rap for some reason when this is plenty fine prog rock/chamber music.

I had no idea the BeeGees started their career as the Wannabeatles. Thanks for the cursed knowledge and the nap.

As happy as I am to see Bee Gees get recognized on this list, I really wish it wasn't their dullest attempt to sound like every rock band of the 70s. This album just falls flat in virtually every way possible, and while the vocal harmonies are certainly top tier as always, the instrumentation and production just isn't there. And my god, the back half of this is a real struggle to get through. The Gibb brothers had a number of fantastic early tracks more in line with the Summer of Love sound of the 60s I'd put here before Trafalgar. Maybe we'll get some of that down the road. And look, there's a reason the late 70s were so kind to this band, and no, it wasn't John Travolta.

I was honestly unaware of pre-disco Bee Gees (PDBG), maybe I should have kept it that way.

"The album was a moderate hit in the United States". More like a one-hit-wonder with "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?". Had to force myself to finish the album. 1.5 stars

This sucked, not a one star level of sucking, but it sucked all the same

Took a while to get through this one kept turning it off and turning it back on again

Don’t think Bee Gees are my thing but the album did grow on me a bit

The Twee Gees

Still years away from their helium vocaled disco hits. Here they are boring folk/pop with nasal voices whinying away. Fuck me, this album is drab. Though you may have risked death at the battle of Trafalger, at least it would have been more exciting than this dross. Best Tracks: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?; Trafalger; Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself

The Bee Gees did much better with disco than soft rock. I'd happily go through my life not listening to this again. 2/5.

While I’m sure this type of music is inspirational for modern pop, I don’t think I’ll ever be into ‘soft rock’ as it is presented here. This might be better for a late night listen, but nothing jumped off the page for me (other than Don’t Wanna Live Inside Myself).

Pre-disco BeeGees. This is my husband's jam. There’s something kinda charming about it, but it’s not really for me.

Bastante rollo.

This is not the Bee Gees. Outside the first track this sucks. Why must I listen to this before I die?

they don’t make guys harmonize like this anymore. but wasn’t that compelling at the end of the day

Oh dear. The first side is mediocre wannabe Beatles but it’s 5 years late to the party. Side two is a real shit show. Just put Saturday Night Fever on the list. 🤷‍♂️ 🕺🏻 🤷‍♂️

Beegees sounding album without specific standout

Man, eary Bee Gees songs sound so different from what I’m used to from them

A little sleepy for me and some of the vocals have been ruined by Jimmy Fallon's impression. I don't know there was a song that I loved on this album. It was all fine for background music, but I just can't get into the quieter Bee Gees albums.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

I didn't care for this one much. Two songs I liked, and the rest were pretty boring.

This is an EXERCISE ahem EXCORCIST, somebody call one. 2/5 just because it sonically is very clean.

not the total cheeseball bee gees of later years, but getting that way

Pop, rock, mid/slow, male, greasy, polyphonic, keys, no hits, well arranged and recorded, but don't like the voice and the slowness of the record

This was pretty good musically, not my cup of tea, but the talent is clearly evident. I’m struggling with how to rate these albums. So should it be what I personally think of them in terms of do I like them, will I listen to them again? Or should it be a rating of how I feel about the quality of the music/singing/arrangements etc. Obviously tried to factor in the second, but if it comes down to the quality of the album versus whether or not, I like the music, I’m leaning towards my personal tastes moving forward ….

The album started off ok, but fell apart for me in the later half.

Pop, 1971, soft/schnulz -> 2

Not my particular flavor of vodka.

At least the cover looks good 2.5

Terrible and not in a good way. Remarkably inconsistent.

Yawner

Nah. I just didn't find anything in this at all. Who wants pre-disco Bee Gees? Fairly dull ballads the whole way through, little of distinction apart from their voices. The first song is okay but it quickly stagnates.

Jaha, nähä. Framförallt är denna skiva mycket tråkig. Jättetråkig. Deras nionde album. Verkar inte ha slagit eller erkännas annat än att den är med på denna lista. Epic fail att inkludera denna skiva!!!

First thoughts. I love/hate the bee gees. Used to hate them, started to appreciate them. I only recognise one song here. Will be interesting. Update: wasn't interesting. Two stars, mostly for the voices and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart.

A Bee Gees ballads album was a little tough to get through, but it was fine I guess. All the songs kind of blend together at a certain point. None were that bad but it was just kind of mid.

Never been a big ballad fan. Can enjoy one or two on an album, but man this almost put me to sleep. You can see the lo-res TV spots of this, complete with shimmering jumpsuits. Just don't get Bee Gees pre-disco era. It sounds like weaker Elton John, or Beatles at their sappiest. Favorite track: "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself"

2/5. It's okay I guess. I won't listen to it again though.

it is at most mid.

I expected more from them, at least they got better as time went on. But damn, this was a hard album to get through. Completely mediocre, could've been written by a dozen other bands. Blegh.

Not bad but I'm not sure it really needed to be on here.

maybe i just wasn't in the mood for it, but i think i don't vibe with the vocals, and an album of ballads like can we have something a little higher energy? I'm trying to listen to the album, not fall asleep to it.

Not for me

Was okay. It felt like there were a lot of down tempo songs. Would have been nice to have a bit more variety. I did enjoy How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, Somebody Stop the Music, Don't Want to Live Inside Myself, and Walking Back to Waterloo

I love The Bee Gees, but this one wasn’t my favorite album.

70s folk is hit and miss for me. This was miss. Saturday Night Fever though, I'll be right back.

beegee deep tracks. was not a fan. but it wasnt terrible imo

Bastante rollo.

This one’s kinda a snoozer. Plenty of ballads on here; almost all the songs. Some of the tracks are reminiscent of the Beatles which is cool, but most are slow 70s folk ballads. Lots of orchestral arrangements which adds to the snooze factor in my opinion. A few standout tracks, but nothing special.

Good music writing. Lyrics are hit and miss. The bass parts were not well mixed, and not well performed, which stuck out to me.

Best Songs: Israel Listen Again: No

Taai album om doorheen te komen, geef mij maar disco Bee Gees

Trafalgar is the Bee Gees desperately trying to sound like the Beatles. They succeeded at that, however not a single song would have made the cut on any Beatles album. 3.8/10

nothing special (at least for me)

Meh

weird listening to the BeeGee's high vocals on slow songs. Overall it's a generic slow rock album. 2

“But now I feel as good as if I were dead”

This sucked except for "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?". I thought "Lion in Winter" had potential to be good too, but they decided to do some weird scream-singing and ruin it. This is the second "slow" Bee Gees album I've heard here - maybe unpopular opinion but neither belong on the list even though their disco stuff does. Wondering if one of those albums will actually make it on here.

I love old school Brit pop, but this was pretty dull

As I said in the other Bee Gees album, they were so much better in the disco era. This has good harmonies but oh boy does it suck in the latter half. Just insipid melodies and production. Really sucks.

Nem percebi que eram eles que estavam tocando. Assim me pareceu apenas um pop genérico.

Not bad background music, but nothing stands out. Completely forgettable, but pretty.

What was the goal for this album? Was it taking a bunch of sweeping emotional ballads and singing them in the most dispassionate and robotic tone possible? The cognitive dissonance I felt listening to "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" being sung by a presumed cyborg was staggering. And the ships on the cover, what's that all about? Nobody knew what the fuck they were doing on this one, they had no idea who they were and what kind of audience would appreciate them. We, the people, want our shiny pants, cocaine and dancing!!! Disco is the Bee Gees lane, and I'm glad they eventually found their lane.

We're still four years away from the Bee Gees going disco, so you get some pretty pathetic soft rock for now. Feels like it only hits a stride by side B with the title track followed by a genuinely great Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself. It loses steam shortly after those two songs. God, it's boring as sin. It's slow and whiny and it drags on and on. If this were a single live performance where they had my undivided attention, I would be asleep by the end of it.

Not their best, and that Israel song was very cringe.

An album of passable balladry, that would be three stars, except it has the execrable "I Love the Smell of Burning Palestinian Children" or "Israel" for short on there which marks it down.

very meh

Not my kinda vibe, vibrato on the vocals annoyed me :/

The Al Green version of How Can You Mend a Broken Heart is the only version I ever knew, but here it is as the first track on this Bee Gees album. Looks like the Bee Gees released it first. I have loved the Al Green version pretty much all my life. It’s just a really good song. The rest of this album is just ok for me. It’s the vocals that ruin it for me. They’re kinda whiny. So for me, the album is just ok.

I was super high when I listened to this and for a moment I thought I liked it. But there’s too many weird songs with the weird singer lol.

One point for how do you mend a broken heart only because Al Green’s version. Sometimes it seemed like a muppet was singing. I’d be interested in hearing other people singing these songs. Maybe it would be better? Probably not.

I just don't get some of these albums....

Ballads ahoy! These are belted out by the Bee Gees, with varying degrees of success. The timpani drums on Israel are bonkers. Any Trafalgar concept passed right over me. I preferred the album artwork to the actual songs. Music for a rainy work morning.

Yeah this sucked

Liked the Bee Gees before the disco days. Easy and very nostalgic for me. Not compelling to take the trip back in time but it did kind of feel like a warm blanket of familiar sounds.

did they all wake up one day and realize that they had more interesting vocals than this

nasally male voice, definitely a change of pace from the 2016 Bowie album that came just before this. slow and soft rock. listened to side 1 (tracks 1-6) first night. 1.6/5 so far. Barely a 2, not worth a second listen in my opinion.

Cheesy, over-wrought, soft pop-rock in the vein of the Beatles at their least edgy. Even the Gibb's disco crap was better than this. The worst aspect of the whole thing is that you can detect, at times, real song-writing ability, but it's never developed. "Somebody Stop the Music" indeed.

One gets the feeling that the Bros G would have done anything to be stars (and likely did). But really the disco records are the legacy and should be here instead of either (or both) of this one and the spectacularly ill-conceived and overwrought Odessa. One gets the editors trying to open people's eyes to what came before they became the biggest group in the world. And the voices are heavenly, but the ambition is way too much and the end result no better than slightly-above average, amounting to oversweet, sentimental and way too showy – and thus unserious – '60s pop. The vibe is near-Countrypolitan here, faux-Liberace there. The strings and vibrato deliver such an impressive amount of sheer mawkisnhess that it's a wonder the studio didn't collapse. Air Supply feels pretty punk in comparison. And re the warbling on "Lion In Winter" – just WTF? Were they trying to be Dylan or Captain Beefheart or something? Not at all a good look for these cats.

That was a turgid little journey. Every song the same.

Not my music. Some tracks were good but the album in total is not that interesting

Boring and annoying voice

1.5/5

Not the Bee Gees album I’d pick.

When I see "Bee Gees" I don't want to hear such wailing. Please stop. It's boring.

No doubt the Bros can sing, but this is just too much sappy saccharine for me and I’m getting a toothache.

Vraiment pas aimé tant que ça. Bin softyyy pis on dirait qu'ils se lamentent non stop. Not for me.

emellanåt lite gött men oftast rätt så långsamt och lite för tråkigt

Boring!

This really is just a weaker version of the Moody Blues. Some songs stick out and are above mediocrity, like the title track.

Interesting to hear some non disco work and it was fine (2.5/5). Super interesting that the other face of disco (ABBA) also has a Waterloo song hmmmmm

the bee gees are overhated and have some great tunes so I wanted to like this but oh my GOD it was SO DRAB, it was worse than watching paint dry it was like watching old wall paper peel. A couple tunes at the start were pretty good but the intstrumentation is just rubbish, the strings make the music feel like it's been dropped in a muddy puddle. The song about Israel was an interesting one too lmao

Bit boring to be honest, first one was good rest was droney.

Found a new song I really like, but this was pretty lackluster if I'm honest

Completely Radio Four. Outdated

Another pre-disco Bee Gees album full of candy cane sweet songs that bore the hell out of me. Maybe a bit less annoying than Odessa.

‘Trafalgar’ is an album by the Bee Gees with its cover a painting depicting the famous naval battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It goes about as well as the French and Spanish naval fleets went against the British that day.

Niet wat een mens nodig heeft, wanneer deze al laag in de energie zit. Zeldzaam traag en melancholisch, niet op een goede manier.

Some of the singing was fairly suspect. Not really my cup of tea overall. One in my listening group noted “ this is music for people who wear underwear in the shower”

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: No, it’s not for me, I will just stick with their night fever era Favourite song: Track 7 - Trafalgar

Pre disco bee gees is not a vibe. Like one reviewer stated - 1 star albums st least give you a strong negative feeling... this one I felt nothing for.

For as grand as the instrumentation is a times, so many of the songs end up being totally forgettable. Not at all what I expected from the Bee Gees, but I've never heard their earlier stuff before this. 4/10

Not a favourite.

SHACK is a bee gee

Skuffande

This album baffles me. This Eagles-sounding record is on the list. I legitimately fell asleep to this record, honestly. If it’s one thing I can say about the record, is that it is very vibey and easy to listen to. Other than that. This album sucks. The instrumentals are fine but uninteresting, the songwriting is bland as hell, the production feels so grandiose all the time and it gets very stale, and the lyrics are super generic and the album just feels like boring ballad after boring ballad with overproduced, grandiose production. I’d rather listen to the Eagles honestly, at least there is like one track I’d like to listen to. This album is a nice vibe but has no staying power. 3/10

10/10 Sleep aid

Sometimes there are albums on this list that I feel like are only here because they "subvert expectations". When I saw The Bee Gees come up I thought "oh fun some disco to start my work week", and then this album was nice but it didn't sound like disco at all. Cool, I guess, but is it revolutionary? Does it deserve to be in these ranks?

Pre disco beegees big snooze

I'll give these guys credit for being good song writers and arrangers, but (in my opinion) they should have left the performing to someone else. It's just poor execution of some good ideas.

Ain't no Stayin' Alive

The first half of this album was so bad, I said aloud "Get the fuck out of here" as I skipped the tracks. When I got to Someone Stop the Music, I found a glimmer of hope. The next couple tracks were also just fine. I realized it was because they were doing their best impression of other artists, Elton John, Bowie, Simon and Garfunkel, etc... The last few tracks went back to being below average.

Even the Bee Gees sound bored with this album.

Honestly bland. The harmonies were nice, but their individual singing here just did not hit me right. Outside of a small selection of songs, I won't be revisiting this. I think I don't get the hype of pre-disco bee gees.

This album is not my kind of content. I like love songs, but this is not it. Presumably it's not the disco-era Bee Gess yet.

It's a travesty that this exercise is flaccid balladry is included on the list but the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is ineligible since it's not wholly original.

Pretty boring album, not what i expected from the Bee Gees.

Not my chop of tea.

I was pretty stoked about this album as I think of myself as a pretty big Bee Gees fan, but I must say, this album was bleak and hard to chew through. I was hoping for the disco tracks we used to roller skate to, but instead, this was something else completely. Some good harmonies, but nothing like their disco!

Not the fun upbeat disco Bee Gees you were expecting.

Who thought it was a good idea to make an entire album of ballads? Please fire that person.

Ei täl oikeen lähde. BeeGees on tosi poikaa discovaiheessaan, ei tässä! 2/5

Oli tässä joitain hyviä hetkiä, mutta en kyllä tajua, mitä tekee listalla.

Bändillä on toki legendaarinen asema, mut en kyl yhtään ymmärrä miks tää levy on tällä listalla. Eikö tämmösiä pehmeitä hempeilyrocklevyjä oo 13 tusinassa? 2/5.

Meh

I had a feeling that I didn’t like the Bee Gees. Now it is confirmed. I am sure they have some other albums that I might enjoy listening to. Most of the songs on this album are so fucking dull. Jimmy Fallon didn’t do me any favors by doing his Barry Gibb impression so damn well, which makes me laugh every time Barry sings. Favorite Track - Lion in Winter 2 out of 5 stars

I listened to this 1 day ago but literally cannot remember a single note that I heard

OK, schmaltzy Bee Gees, long before they went insanely successful with disco and *Saturday Night Fever*. I gotta admit that parts of this record, along with other moments from *Odessa*, were a little less annoying than what I expected them to be. Look further into those two LPs and you may even find a couple of tracks that are actually quite good. The thing is, those good tracks can't save you from the utter debacle that many other songs on those albums are. To go to specifics as related to *Trafalgar*, I'm not sure what the lyrical point of *Israël* is, but that tune sure has a nice melody in it. Likewise, *I Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself* reminds me a little of what Grandaddy's Jason Little can pull off when he wants to write a heartfelt ballad for the ages about lonely, melancholic souls. Which is quite encouraging. Oh by the way, let me just digress for a second here, and use this occasion to remind everybody how unfair it is that no Grandaddy album made it to this list. You'd just need to replace the pre-disco Bee Gees with their albums, and *voilà*: the list would instantly "feel" a little better than what it currently is. And the thing is, folks, Grandaddy also knew how to *rock* once in a while, which is another reason to include them. Conversely, The Bee Gees clearly didn't, especially in *Trafalgar*. That 1971 album even has less variety than *Odessa*. Literally *all* the songs are sentimental ballads, and you quickly risk going through a sugar overdose--and mess with your levels of insulin--as you inflict such grotesque and laughable displaying of sentimentality to yourself for so long. And then, one shouldn't forget all the syrupy string arrangements suggesting the PA system of a lunatic asylum. Not to mention the ridiculously performative vocals going to all the wrong over-the-top places in most of these tunes. Evidently, those lame vocal parts are the crux of the issue here. Each and every one of the three Gibb brothers are culprits, of course, but none is as guilty as f*cking Robin, especially noticeable on side two. Yes, that's it, that's where the real crime is. Literally every time Robin Gibb opens his mouth, overindulging in that constant annoying vibrato routine, it feels like nails on a chalkboard. Except that those nails belong to Vishnu. Or to an octopus. Or even to a centipede, given the end result. To be perfectly honest, I just want to strangle someone when I hear that voice. Or, if I can be civil and contain my murderous impulses, I want to plead the man responsible for it to just leave me the f*ck alone. Please. Oh, please. Robin, I'll do whatever you want me to. Just... Don't sing, OK? Please. So thanks, 1001 albums. Now, by the grace of your application, I know exactly why I *can't* include any Bee Gees albums in my list (*Saturday Night Fever* being officially a "various artists" soundtrack). And it's because of Robin Gibb. Well, for the most part, at least. I didn't know I needed that sort of information before I die. Well, to be perfectly honest, I'm still not sure today that I *did* need such info before. But here we go, I guess. To conclude, I also noted that only five reviewers in this group gave a 5/5 grade to *Trafalgar*. I'm not the sort of reviewer to say "The People have spoken". The majority is *not* always right. But let me make an exception here. Because my mind still needs some sense of justice and closure after the Robin Gibb abuse it's been exposed to, and this in spite of a few reedeeming moments found elsewhere in this album (helping *Trafalgar* reach a miraculous 2/5 grade). So... Well... The People have spoken. Right? Number of albums left to review: 632 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 182 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 85 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 108 (including this one)

Objectively bad singing

I started off disliking this album and it got slightly better as the album went on. While not a BAD album, I don't see any reason this should make the list. It's just soft rock from the Bee Gees and I found nothing on here that justified the inclusion.

Trafalgar is the ninth album by the English pop rock band the Bee Gees. Interestingly, this album was more of a hit in the US than Britain - peaking at #34 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and the lead single "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" was the #1 single in the US. This soft rock album was pretty good, but nothing special in my opinion. However, I'm not usually a fan of soft rock so my opinion may not sway others'. If you have the chance to listen to this album, then give it a try and rate it for yourself.

Geen groot fan van deze 'melige' zang.

Nog voor dat ze door hadden dat die high pitch voices een succesvol handelsmerk konden zijn. Dat in ogenschouw nemend is deze plaat echt enorm saai en zingen ze soms ronduit vals.

Astemblief zeg.

Soms lijken ze ineens op Aaron Neville. Vreemd is dat. Wat ook erg is, is het lied 'Is-ree-jel'. En het is soms vals.

Doesn’t rise above being another pre-fame curio. Hardly essential, marginally listenable.

2.5 rounded down. This was okay-ish, but leans towards being bland soft rock, which... Not my jam. I'll take their disco stuff every time!

very dramatic and emotional yet so dull

first impressions : bee gees, stayin' alive; starts off with a CLASSIC banger, looks hopeful; 2nd song is an imaginary place, interesting; 3rd is named after alan rickman, no way; cover art is a cool painting and i'm excited to listen to the title track :] after listening : nice vibe, chilled out and very much granda's car vibes, it felt nostalgic <33 title track did not disappoint, the "forgive" in when i do made me laugh hehe, trafalgar gave beatles vibes favourite song(s) : how can you mend a broken heart, remembering, trafalgar !! BONUS !! : dearest (its very emotional :')) ) rating : i enjoyed this a lot but don't feel like its something i would listen to super often, i'd have to be in the mood for it and as i'm rating off of how much i think i'd listen, i choose 2/5 which is a SIN but PURELY BASED ON HOW OFTEN I WOULD LISTEN !!

Not a fan

The Bergers rival any bands harmonies of their era, they're masterst of sounding like anyone else in each era they performed in. The Beatles, the beachboys etc. This album is full of sappy sad songs. The guys can sing. Innovative they are not. With that i give this a solid 2 stars

Love the Bee Gees but this was clearly a practice album before they cracked it ! Not great 2*

Not sure what I was expecting but I don't think it was this... It was fine but unspectacular.

Yeah, not my favorite. 2 stars

I really don’t care for his music.

Sounds like a bunch of drunks in places. Lion in Winter I'm looking at you... Not their finest.

-"Don't Want To Live Inside Myself" and "Walking Back To Waterloo" kind of caught my attention -Otherwise, this was a very boring album of ballads with nice singy harmonies but not enough to make it interesting -The Bee Gees need to go back to Stayin Aliveing

Not my jam, but it was interesting to hear another side of The Bee Gees.

Þetta var bara frekar slöpp plata

Okay

Meh, bland dirge. None of the fun that make disco-era Bee Gees listenable in a somewhat cheesy way, and little of the feeling of ballads such as How Deep is Your Love.

Bit boring

It doesn't help that the lead single has been done much better by Al Green. Odessa was acceptable and has it's strengths, but I'm not seeing this here. Here we have baroque pop with heavy string arrangements and piano, soft and mellow with classically-inspired dramatic parts, thanks to the dynamic range of our Gibb brothers. It has its moments, but it's mostly boring and repetitive with little highlights. "Somebody Stop the Music" is probably the only song that really stands out for it's folk-like middle section and ethereal coda. Favorites: The Greatest Man in the World, It's Just the Way, Somebody Stop the Music, Don't Want to Live Inside Man

These songs were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked

meh.

Good, not something I’d bother with again

Meh

No squeaks, no disco, no thrills.

Why is this unneeded amalgam of boring ABBA and simplistic Beatles on the list? The album is ridden with subpar songwriting and clumsy transitions between segments within the tracks. I am inclined to give a 1/5 since this is now the second Bee Gees album where I cannot fathom why it is on the list. And for the love of God, please stop it with the vibrato on. Every. Single. Track.

When Odessa disappointed me earlier on this list I was sure that the pre-disco Bee Gees still had something great to offer. Surely, Odessa was just a failed concept? Now I’m quite adamant that they don’t. There’s absolutely no joy to be heard in neither the songwriting, singing or musicianship. Everything is rather dull and somehow uninspired. It’s not all bad, but I just don’t particularly care for any of it. Starting with “When Do I” and culminating with “Lion In Winter” it’s as if the three brothers embarked on a quest to see who could deliver the most ridiculous vocal performance. I honestly burst out laughing at the vocals on “Lion In Winter”. How is this not a parody or sketch? I was ready to really love the early 70’s Bee Gees. But I simply don’t think they want to be loved.

Better than their disco stuff but still only 2 stars.

It's not bad, but it's not 'good' either (at least for my tastes). It's a 2.5, but in this case I'm rounding down. Maybe I'd change my mind on a few more listens, but I somehow down this will even get that chance.

Dirge.

Interesting, but I'm not sure it belongs on this list.

I had no idea that the bee gees made music like this or any music outside of disco. Nevertheless, this album was a bunch of kinda boring love ballads that didn't ever really catch my interest. It may must be my bias against the bee gees and most disco in general but the vocals in this weren't great either.

Hmm I'm a bit disappointed. Maybe my expectations were too much off. It's a pretty sad/melodramatic album. Nothing really upbeat as you'd expect with the Bee Gees. There's probably a reason for that but I'm not familiar with the albums history. I guess it's a typical album you put up on a bad fall day with the rain is pouring against the window outside and the days slowly get shorter.

Meh

Like many others (I assume), my only exposure to the Bee Gees is their disco hits. So needless to say, I was a bit taken aback by the sound of this album. And, in many ways it exceeded my expectations by a ton. There are some really stand-out tracks like "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" "Israel" "Trafalgar" and "Walking Back to Waterloo" but on no planet should this album be considered a must listen.

Not my Jam. Very mediocre

This didn't feel like a typical Bee Gees album. If that is a good or bad thing I really can't say. Either way it didn't leave me with much of an impression.

This list done the Brothers Gibb wrong. Oh sure, they have two albums here, but truth be told, neither belong, and this one only warrants merit for the timeless opening song (which some may argue, was covered better by the likes of Al Green). It's just a horrible sample size does nothing to showcase why the Bee Gees were once the biggest recording act in the world. And their disco era hits hold up much better than anything on the two albums on this list. An exception was made to put a classic Christmas album on this list because it was produced by Phil Spector. So it's a bit baffling that a similar exception wasn't made to make room for the Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack, which is more or less a Bee Gees album anyway. Brothers Gibb bangers like "Jive Talkin'" and "You Should Be Dancing" and "Night Fever" are classics that should be recognized here. And besides, "How Deep Is Your Love" is a much better song than "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart". The lesson here is that a convicted murderer gets more respect from this list than Barry Gibb's falsetto does.

Bastante rollo

Never thought much of the Bee Gees. Had some good songs scattered around but most of it is easy to forget at best.

Musically this album is pretty standard for anything of the same time frame. So it's not it's good it's just not anything special. Lyrically and vocally it's consistent for the Bee gees ... Garbage

Can confirm that it's boring. Sounds like ELO without the cocaine. I became a casual fan after watching the documentary, and I like "How Can You Mend..." but otherwise it's unfortunately a snooze-fest.

Bee gees kad ne pjevaju disco? No gracias señor 🙅🏼‍♀️

Isto jedan od onih koje nisam mogo ni zavrsit.

This might be the most boring album on the list. No wonder they pivoted to disco. Best track: Somebody Stop the Music

05/16/22

Trafalgar isn't the Bee Gees at their best, everyone just wants the hits, not some crooner shit. 2/5, it's super self indulgent.

Started brightly, sounded like a good Elton John album, but fell away pretty quickly into saccharine ballad territory. Not one for the ages, 2/5.

Meh

Meh. Pre-disco Bee Gees are not my thing. Not unlistenable, but will probably not listen again.

I kind of felt bored listening to this, but it's pleasant music at least. Favourites: "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart", "It's Just The Way", "Trafalgar"

Whole lot to mine here. Starting with, this is not the Bee Gees of disco, this is from a decade earlier. And not only that but it's their 9th album. So apparently I knew very little of the Bee Gees, which started as a child group and went from pop to folk to rock to disco and back. Then there's the fact that this album is 100% ballads. Some are good, some are very, very bad. Hot take: Robin Gibbs has the most bizarre, worst vocal approach I have ever heard. Maybe it's technically great, who knows, but to my ear it's laughably terrible on these songs. What a mixed bag overall, with a few highlights worth discovering, and a history now learned.

Ok, I took a day off with this one. I listened to it almost twice. Very nice, if somehow in a baroque way, but I struggle to understand why this should be considered essential. Next?

(Copertina meravigliosa) Speravo in qualcosa stile ABBA, si salva giusto 'How can you mend a broken heart'

Quand même déçu. Je devrais le réécouter pour me faire une meilleure opinion, mais je trouvais ça monotone et peu original overall.

Snoooooooze. D

Ok.

OMG what a morose album. "Remembering" did me in. Couldn't get passed it.

I know shit about mysic so you can disregard my opinion but with my completely untrained ear I couldnt help but feel like some of this singing is REALLY bad. Im more familiar with the high pitched tight pants Bee Gees but this felt like a satirical Beatles spoof. Am I missing something? Is there some elaborate joke I'm missing. They sound like frogs.

Not that I'm a huge Bee Gees fan, but I'm a bit taken aback by how bad this is. The vocals on some of these songs gave me flashbacks to Nico.

Hard listen tbh

This album gets far agreeable ratings from some, but not a lot in it for me. I thought I may have matured into it a bit, but it wasn’t to be.

I was excited for this but let down. Some cool harmonies but overall it kinda just droned on. Very mellow. Pre-disco era.

Stiff and flat through most of the album with occasionally clanky arrangements and some awkward sounds or forced percussions. Highlights lion in winter, maybe trafalgar where vocals seemed more natural and composition more sharp.

Boy, I thought when I get a Bee Gees album that it was going to be a fun dancey romp, and I was 100% wrong. This is a dour album about endless sadness, and now I can't even remember what it feels like to dance. The music is pretty good, though, so if I still had the ability to experience joy, I would be happy about that GOD, THIS ALBUM JUST KEEPS GOING, DOESN'T IT? This is the same band that wrote Stayin Alive, right? Did they accidentally take a bunch of ecstasy before recording that album? You know what, I was going to give this album a 3, but they talked me into a 2 by being absolutely crucifying for the entire runtime of the album 2/5

If the music on this album was a colour, it would be beige. Some epic sounding tracks in amongst a slew of ones that sound like they a lifted from an off off Broadway musical. This is the Bee Gees who are no longer the Aussie pop darlings and not yet the doyens of disco

55 Trafalgar - Bee Gees 12 tracks. I quite like the Bee Gees, (or at least thought I did), but this was boring as hell. How on Earth it got on this list I will never know. I bet the Gibb Bros don't even think it's very good. 2/5

5/10

Tråkigt album! Förutsägbara, översmöriga ballader. Ingen låt med någon form av wow-faktor. Israel ära bra. Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself har något fint. Annars mest jobbiga låtar, som Remembering, When Do I, och Dearest. Bästa låt: Israel.

2 stars. It took me multiple tries just to get through this. Weird but Not very interesting - not a good combination!

To sum up my experience, it was more interesting to find out the Bee Gees had members other than the three Gibb brothers than to listen to the actual album. It's not a bad album, but it does get boring during the second half. I like a sad ballad here and there but not every single song, it makes the running time feel longer than it actually was. That being said I did appreciate the vocals and the harmonies in this. Weirdly I would say Maurice's songs were the most enjoyable. Barry and Robin were good too as well as the orchestral elements but it got tiresome by the end. In all honesty, if they put some up tempo songs in the mix of ballads, it would have been a good listen overall.

Didn’t mind the first half of this - it’s as bit twee and self-important but a few decent enough folky numbers. The 2nd half is pretty forgettable.

I actually liked the last BeeGees album on here but this was kind of a chore. Sappy and repetitive.

Harmonious and easy listening, but overall a letdown given the strong opening song.

My knowledge of Bee Gees is limited pretty much to disco hits / Saturday Night Fever. Was interesting (but not especially enjoyable) to hear them sing pre-disco ballads.

Oh god this is gonna be another album from before they went disco isn't it. 2/5 starting point because I think I was too kind to Odessa. And yep just Beatles-esque crap. All very sickly sweet, nameless early 70s soft rock. I'm expecting there to be a high concept track as well given the title. Otherwise... torn between a 2 and a 3 - 2 because I object to how much these bands are in this list, but 3 because you could really never call it bad. Its big crime is that it's mildly boring. The sheer monotony and blandness was killing me by about half way, and there wasn't even a standout track like Odessa. 2/5.

Algo tranquilo, me aburrió

Pretty slow. Pretty meh

37. Os casados já só querem ser solteiros. Falta-lhes a energia de antes, e isso torna-os presas vencidas pelo cansaço, a correr atrás da bola. Quando o predador se farta, bam!, um estoiro para lá do meio campo, como mandam os costumes. José Maria, o da Laura, guarda a baliza. A bola parece oval, golpe de vista, curva-se sem qualquer reverência, golpe de estado. José Maria, o das pequenas Constança e Leonor, contorce-se no chão de dor. Os solteiros riem. É realmente muito engraçado. Escapou de boa. Uns centímetros mais à esquerda e seria um dos novos Bee Gees. MotA: Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself "I can think of younger days when living for my life was everything a man could want to do"

Very Burt Bacharach. Good in sections when it got gospelly but overall very dirgey and slow with organs and strings. Not 'cool' at all.

Interesting that this was by the Bee Gees

I don't have a lot of context for pre-disco Bee Gees, so this helped me better understand their early work. That said, I found this album a little boring and safe, aside from a few standout tracks. Well-made, but lacking in urgency or unique artistic vision. Rating: 2.5/5 Favourite track: Trafalgar, How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

This is boring. Think it must be their later stuff that gets a bit more uplifting?

Put off by the first song and the rest after that... only got to track 5

Ad shnasty

Cool album cover. Music was kind of a snooze

Some really good parts but some (the last few) absolute stinkers

bit shmaltzy and some excrutiating vocals. And few hits. So basically not up there with their best. 2

ehhhhhhhhhhhhh

No está mal, pero no creo que sea imprescindible. Me ha gustado bastante la última canción "Walking back to Waterloo" pero el resto muy monótono. Para ser ya su 9º disco no hay en mi opinión ningún super éxito. Lo mismo lo vuelvo a escuchar algún día pero poco más.

When you think of the BGs you think of disco pop. I don’t usually think of a Beatles imitation group. Had some good melody. Wasn’t bad. Just was basic Beatles style pop

+ How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

Good representation of Bee Gees songs, I liked hearing some stuff other than Stayin' Alive! Musical production and composition was impressive, although a lot of the songs just seemed kinda lame... Highlights: -How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? -Walking Back to Waterloo

Prima album, maar iets te veel langzame nummers

Clean production, but a bit uninspired. Sometimes a bit whiney and at others bland.

Not bad. More country than I was expecting

its certainly not disco bee gees! Inoffensive but fairly dull.

I don't like them

not for me

meh, a little too soft

Pakko tunnustaa oma tietämättömyyteni bändistä, koska odotin kovaa disco jytää. Petyin....

Ei parasta Bee Geetä, meni taustalla autoa ajellessa

Orchestral-but-not-quite-champer-pop (and suffers for it, at least in my chamber-anything-loving brain). The band's talent for hooks is on full display if you listen closely, but they're mired in schmaltz and gestures at gospel. That makes it sound like a worse record than it is: There are moments of interest, but they are too spaced out. More than anything, this is a puzzling project to look at as essential.

Relaxing vibes, enjoyable