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| Live album by the Bee Gees | ||||
| Released | 7 September 1998[1] | |||
| Recorded | 14 November 1997 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Genre | Pop, disco, soft rock | |||
| Length | 78:00 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Producer | Bee Gees | |||
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| Video by the Bee Gees | ||||
| Released | 24 November 1998 | |||
| Recorded | November 14, 1997 | |||
| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
| Length | 110 min. | |||
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| Director | Michael Simon | |||
| Producer | Nancy Riggs, Harry Sandler | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Muzykalnaya Gazeta | positive[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
One Night Only is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by the Bee Gees. It features the group's concert at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in 1997 and includes many of their greatest hits.
The CD is edited, with some songs omitted, though the DVD version of the concert is complete. The album was reissued in 1999, and included a bonus CD with the missing songs. The CD and DVD cover features the band replicating their iconic Saturday Night Fever pose. The concert was re-released on SD Blu-ray by Eagle Rock Entertainment in 2013. The re-release provides superior audio quality than what is possible on DVD, but video is only marginally improved (the standard-definition video is now up-scaled to 1080i).
The Bee Gees performed songs from every decade from the 1960s to the '90s. They also sang a tribute song to their late brother Andy Gibb, "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away". During this song old footage of Andy is shown, including him singing the second verse of the song. The vocals from the original recording also play during that section. Céline Dion guest-starred on the Bee Gees-penned "Immortality". Recorded vocals by Frankie Valli are featured during "Grease", and are also taken from the original song.
The album's title was originally meant to reflect the band's plan that the Las Vegas concert would be their final live performance ever. Barry Gibb's arthritis in his back had worsened to the point where it seemed it would be impossible for him to continue playing. He nonetheless wanted to expand the tour, so they played several more shows, holding one every two weeks so that Barry would be able to recover from his injury.
- ^ Flick, Larry (24 October 1998). "Bee Gees to Showcase A&M Set in Wal-Marts". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 43. pp. 6, 88. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ Eder, Bruce. "One Night Only- The Bee Gees". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Барановский, Андрей (1998). "Bee Gees :: One Night Only". Muzykalnaya Gazeta (in Russian) (43). Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "The Bee Gees". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 58. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.