Idea | ||||
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![]() Polydor design by Wolfgang Heilemann | ||||
Studio album by the Bee Gees | ||||
Released | August 1968 | |||
Recorded | 13 December 1967 – 25 June 1968 | |||
Studio | IBC (London) | |||
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Length | 35:22 | |||
Label | Polydor Atco (United States) | |||
Producer | Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees | |||
the Bee Gees chronology | ||||
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Singles from Idea | ||||
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Idea is the fifth album by the Bee Gees. Released in August 1968, the album sold over a million copies worldwide. The album was issued in both mono and stereo pressings in the UK.[1][2] The artwork on the Polydor release designed by Wolfgang Heilemann featured a "beehive" neon lightbulb with a group photo in its base, while the North American ATCO release designed by Klaus Voormann featured a composite head made from each band member.[3] It was their third internationally released album – the first two albums being released only in the Australian market.
"I've Gotta Get a Message to You" and "I Started a Joke" were both released as singles in North America. In the UK, "Message" was released only as a single and "I Started a Joke" was only an album track, though another album track, "Kitty Can", was featured on the B-side of "I've Gotta Get a Message to You". The LP's opening track, "Let There Be Love", in a limited release as a single in early 1970, reached the Top 20 in the Netherlands.
The North American ATCO LP and the South African Polydor LP replaced "Such a Shame" with "I've Gotta Get a Message to You".[4] Both songs were included when the album was released on CD in 1989.[5]