Cucumber Castle

Cucumber Castle
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 4988005382313
ASIN: B0006GAXIW


Release Date: 2004-12-21

Cucumber Castle


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Album Description

Japanese reissue of 1970 album from one of the most successful brother acts in popular music. Universal. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Two Out Of Three Is Not Bad!.......2006-08-22

Note: This is a re-issue until Rhino Records releases the Remastered Expanded version.

When "Robin's Reign" was a disappointment and Barry and Maurice scrapped their solo efforts, "Cucumber Castle" carried on the Bee Gees name. Extremely typical in their ballad approach throughout this album, they still manage to bring in a few gems...and a few duds. "If Only I Had My Mind On Something Else," is one example. Singing about captains, submarines and an ace in an airplane flying to Spain, might have been more serious in its lyrics as it is in it's sound. "The Lord," "My Thing," "The Chance Of Love" and "Turning Tide" all seem odd and frivolous, as if to fill the album with whatever came to mind. Teenage love songs come to mind. But remember, the Bee Gees were a 'singles' oriented group at the time. They released three singles from this album that went nowhere. Some face is saved by the tempo building "I Lay Down And Die" and an extremely strong blues number called "Bury Me Down By The River," where Barry really belts it out. I only wish they had given credit to the female back-up singers. The Gibbs are, after all, songwriters first. They were paid compliments from this collection by Janis Joplin, who covered "I.O.I.O." and Englebert Humpberdink who recorded "Sweetheart." All in all, a modest, pleasant effort.

4 out of 5 stars Japanese Track List.......2006-07-22

Same track list of US version, no bonus track:

1. If Only I Had My Mind On Something Else
2. I.O.I.O
3. Then You Left Me
4. The Lord
5. I Was The Child
6. I Lay Down And Die
7. Sweetheart
8. Bury Me Down By The River
9. My Thing
10. Chance Of Love
11. Turning Tide
12. Don't Forget To Remember

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