Spirits Having Flown
by Bee Gees
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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 3161 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 484.
(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 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Spirits Having Flown rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1979 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1979 | 25/48 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s | 12/100 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List Zone 24 Oceania | 4/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1970s | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | stanchoiaz | Top 12 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | jlsfourth | Top 70 Music Albums of the 1970s | 57/70 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 97 Music Albums of 1979 | 6/97 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 85 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 232 | |||
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Spirits Having Flown ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/08/2026 18:45 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/01/2026 12:00 | stangetzaway | 2,331 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 12:54 | mostlymor | 7,059 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.
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Spirits Having Flown forum mentions
Romanelli 10/15/2024 14:33 in Cover Songs: Side By Side
neilgee 07/12/2023 09:38 in What album are you listening to right now?Spirits Having Flown comments
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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. (Edited)
TheDude85 01/20/2022 18:52 | #279747 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
sssvnnn 03/17/2014 09:18 | #106562 | TOP COMMENT
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Big hits and a few poor songs.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/18/2025 13:13 | #310967 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/27/2018 19:23 | #228137 | TOP COMMENT
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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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