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| Released | February 1970 (UK) March 1970 (US) | |||
| Recorded | March – October 1969 London, England | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop[1] | |||
| Length | 36:28 | |||
| Label | Polydor Atco (US, Canada) | |||
| Producer | Robin Gibb, Vic Lewis | |||
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Robin's Reign is the first solo album by British singer Robin Gibb, a member of the Bee Gees with his brothers Barry and Maurice. Robin had left the group following a disagreement with his brother Barry over who should sing lead vocals.[2] The album was not a commercial success, though it did spawn Gibb's solo hit, "Saved by the Bell" (UK #2). The other songs in the album were produced by Gibb, and the rest was produced with his (then new) manager, Vic Lewis. This album was reissued by RSO Records in 1978 and reissued in 1991 on Spectrum Records.[3] The album had a limited CD release in Germany and was made available digitally on Amazon and Spotify in 2011 and iTunes the following year. Gibb would not release another solo album until 1983.[4]
It was considered a psychedelic pop masterpiece in some circles as Gibb explained: "Sometimes on the BBC they'll play unreleased tracks from that album that even I haven't got."[5] Elton John covered the two songs on the album, "Saved by the Bell" and "August October".
- ^ Roberts, Randall (21 May 2012). "Robin Gibb and the Bee Gees helped fuel that Saturday night fever of the late '70s". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ The Telegraph Obituary: Robin Gibb, 21 May 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012
- ^ Discogs.com (1991). "Robin Gibb: Robin's Reign (1991 reissue)". Discogs.
- ^ Discogs.com (1970). "Robin Gibb – Robin's Reign (UK release)". Discogs. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
- ^ Reid, Graham (24 May 2012). "ROBIN GIBB INTERVIEWED (2010): To Bee Gee, or not to Bee Gee". Elsewhere. Retrieved 8 March 2013.