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Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released21 April 2017 (2017-04-21)
Recorded1966–1987
Genre Pop, rock, disco
Label Capitol
Producer Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten, Karl Richardson, Arif Mardin, Robert Stigwood, Nat Kipner
The Bee Gees chronology
1974–1979
(2015)
Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits
(2017)

Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Bee Gees. It was released on 21 April 2017 by Capitol Records to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. [1] The album is a single-disc compilation of the group's biggest hits selected by the group's last surviving member, Barry Gibb. Gibb said of the compilation: "Although there are many other songs, these songs, I feel, are the songs that Maurice, Robin, and I would be most proud of." [1]

Content

The album is a career spanning compilation featuring 21 tracks selected by Barry Gibb that ranges from their first Australian hit, " Spicks and Specks", to the group's international number one single, " You Win Again". Several hits are omitted, including " Holiday", " Run to Me", " Love So Right", " One" and " World".

Track listing

All compositions by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb, except as indicated.

No.TitleWriter(s)Original releaseLength
1." Spicks and Specks"Barry Gibb Spicks and Specks, 19662:51
2." New York Mining Disaster 1941"Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Bee Gees 1st, 19672:10
3." To Love Somebody"Barry Gibb, Robin GibbBee Gees 1st, 19673:00
4." Massachusetts"  Horizontal, 19672:22
5." Words" A-side Single, 19683:17
6." I've Gotta Get a Message to You"  Idea, 19683:04
7." I Started a Joke" Idea, 19683:17
8." Lonely Days"  2 Years On, 19703:47
9." How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb Trafalgar, 19713:38
10." Jive Talkin'"  Main Course, 19753:44
11." Nights on Broadway" Main Course, 19754:33
12." Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" Main Course, 19754:04
13." You Should Be Dancing"  Children of the World, 19764:16
14." How Deep Is Your Love"  Saturday Night Fever, 19774:02
15." Stayin' Alive"  Saturday Night Fever, 19774:43
16." Night Fever"  Saturday Night Fever, 19773:32
17." More Than a Woman"  Saturday Night Fever, 19773:17
18." Too Much Heaven"  Spirits Having Flown, 19794:54
19." Tragedy" Spirits Having Flown, 19795:02
20." Love You Inside Out" Spirits Having Flown, 19794:10
21." You Win Again"  E.S.P., 19874:03

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France ( SNEP) [13] Gold 50,000
United Kingdom ( BPI) [14] Platinum 300,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  12. ^ "End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2021". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  13. ^ "French album certifications – Bee Gees – Timeless" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  14. ^ "British album certifications – Bee Gees – Timeless: The All-Time Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 19 July 2022.