Spirits Having Flown (studio album)
by Bee Gees
Condition: Used
Bee Gees bestography
Spirits Having Flown is ranked 4th best out of 40 albums by Bee Gees on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bee Gees is Odessa which is ranked number 2792 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 551.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Spirits Having Flown track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/08/2025 23:13 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,075 | 70/100 |
| ! | 12/01/2025 06:09 | 9,959 | 75/100 | |
| ! | 11/23/2025 07:29 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2025 14:52 | matterhornrider | 4,782 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/07/2025 02:33 | BurndenAce | 1,020 | 77/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.0/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.
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A really good first half (Vinyl Side 1) then it is not that great from 6-10 (Side 2). The title track and Love You Inside & Out are my favourites. Tragedy and Too Much Heaven were the big hits.
At the time of its release (1979) I loved the opening track "Tragedy" and many of the songs which followed. In 2022 upon re-listening I was at falsetto-overload before the album reached its quarter mark. The singles still had something that resonated about them, but I had a difficult time listening to the album in single listen. Funny how time changes one's perceptions.
Despite the overly disco nature, the opener kicks pretty hard. The rest of the album is an abomination, including the sappy, saccharine ballad hits.
Big hits and a few poor songs.
Three #1 hits. Not unusual for this trio. Great singles band but terrible albums. Not in this case. The 3 year delay between full length albums seems to have delivered a an album with many good tunes.
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