Spirits Having Flown
by Bee Gees

Spirits Having Flown by Bee Gees
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-02-05
Overall rank: 5,903rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 101 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (94th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (925th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,903rd)

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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 3138 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 489.

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Spirits Having Flown rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,903rd | 1970s rank: 925th | 1979 rank: 94th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 5 hours ago).

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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 101 votes)
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05/08/2026 18:45 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43770/100
 
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75/100
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.
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80/100
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.
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35/100
Despite the overly disco nature, the opener kicks pretty hard. The rest of the album is an abomination, including the sappy, saccharine ballad hits.
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70/100
Big hits and a few poor songs.
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80/100
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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