23-05-2012, 11:05
from my library (vinyl)
![[Image: Album_Life_in_a_Tin_Can.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Album_Life_in_a_Tin_Can.jpg)
Too bad I didn't pull this out of the box a few days ago to coincide with Robin's passing. Anyway, a late tribute
will do. The brothers Gibb with their ninth album. They had made the label switch over to the Robert Stigwood group
at RSO records, where their sound and audience would begin to make a dramatic move. Stigwood turned them into the
disco queens they became. Good for them I guess, but bad for me. This album still holds up though, so he didn't have
complete control yet. It would be two albums later for the mutation to begin. This one did not sell well, not even
touching the UK charts and a weak #69 here. Saw A New Morning was the only single, barely cracking the top 100. Only
two love tracks for me, Living In Chicago and I Don't Wanna Be The One. Either of those should have been the kick
off single. All the others tracks are good, nothing I don't like, but there's only eight tunes on here, a rather
short album. Always wonder, did the sales figures for this album, trigger the change in style. A good album for me,
but disco was in its infancy and bearing down.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - My Life Has Been A Song
Best Track - Living In Chicago
If your happy and marching forward in your band
Holding hands together, I will understand
In my life I'm together on my own
With my own private eggshell, and my phone
If your mind is in the darkness, could you know
If it suits you to be fast or far too slow
Will you show me someone who may treat me kind
Or is this world I live in just a frame of mind
If you're living in Chicago , it's your home
If you're living in Chicago , you're alone
If you're happy living down on the ground
Where the crippled and the blind alone can see
I got a feeling God is still around
And if I'm right , there must be more then this to see
If your mind is in the darkness , could you know
If it suits you to be fast or far too slow
Will you show me someone who may treat me kind
Or is this world I live in just a frame of mind
And as soon as you discover where you're goin'
Can I walk along the way , along the way
I'm lonesome and I need somebody knowin'
Just a few nice words to get me through the day
If your mind is in the darkness , could you know
If it suits you to be fast or far too slow
And will you show me someone who may treat me kind
Or is this world just a frame of mind
If you're living in Chicago, it's your home
If you're living in Chicago, you're alone
If you're living in Chicago, it's your home
If you're living in Chicago, you're alone
If you're living in Chicago , you're alone \ repeat 4 times and fade
If you're living in Chicago , it's your home
1) Saw A New Morning **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbLzPtUZxmY
2) I Don't Wanna Be The One ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCUhZv4grY
3) South Dakota Morning **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblQu0va9iE
4) Living In Chicago ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ril5MwRvROM
5) While I Play **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yBiCXCkSE
6) My Life Has Been A Song **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAiN79gGp8
7) Come Home Johnny Bridie **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZyHlf7O9o
8) Method To My Madness **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i32dSd5l-yo
3's - 2
2's - 6
1's - 0
Grade - 2.3
so many albums, so little time
![[Image: Album_Life_in_a_Tin_Can.jpg]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Album_Life_in_a_Tin_Can.jpg)
Too bad I didn't pull this out of the box a few days ago to coincide with Robin's passing. Anyway, a late tribute
will do. The brothers Gibb with their ninth album. They had made the label switch over to the Robert Stigwood group
at RSO records, where their sound and audience would begin to make a dramatic move. Stigwood turned them into the
disco queens they became. Good for them I guess, but bad for me. This album still holds up though, so he didn't have
complete control yet. It would be two albums later for the mutation to begin. This one did not sell well, not even
touching the UK charts and a weak #69 here. Saw A New Morning was the only single, barely cracking the top 100. Only
two love tracks for me, Living In Chicago and I Don't Wanna Be The One. Either of those should have been the kick
off single. All the others tracks are good, nothing I don't like, but there's only eight tunes on here, a rather
short album. Always wonder, did the sales figures for this album, trigger the change in style. A good album for me,
but disco was in its infancy and bearing down.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
Worst Track - My Life Has Been A Song
Best Track - Living In Chicago
If your happy and marching forward in your band
Holding hands together, I will understand
In my life I'm together on my own
With my own private eggshell, and my phone
If your mind is in the darkness, could you know
If it suits you to be fast or far too slow
Will you show me someone who may treat me kind
Or is this world I live in just a frame of mind
If you're living in Chicago , it's your home
If you're living in Chicago , you're alone
If you're happy living down on the ground
Where the crippled and the blind alone can see
I got a feeling God is still around
And if I'm right , there must be more then this to see
If your mind is in the darkness , could you know
If it suits you to be fast or far too slow
Will you show me someone who may treat me kind
Or is this world I live in just a frame of mind
And as soon as you discover where you're goin'
Can I walk along the way , along the way
I'm lonesome and I need somebody knowin'
Just a few nice words to get me through the day
If your mind is in the darkness , could you know
If it suits you to be fast or far too slow
And will you show me someone who may treat me kind
Or is this world just a frame of mind
If you're living in Chicago, it's your home
If you're living in Chicago, you're alone
If you're living in Chicago, it's your home
If you're living in Chicago, you're alone
If you're living in Chicago , you're alone \ repeat 4 times and fade
If you're living in Chicago , it's your home
1) Saw A New Morning **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbLzPtUZxmY
2) I Don't Wanna Be The One ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvCUhZv4grY
3) South Dakota Morning **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RblQu0va9iE
4) Living In Chicago ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ril5MwRvROM
5) While I Play **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3yBiCXCkSE
6) My Life Has Been A Song **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAiN79gGp8
7) Come Home Johnny Bridie **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZyHlf7O9o
8) Method To My Madness **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i32dSd5l-yo
3's - 2
2's - 6
1's - 0
Grade - 2.3
so many albums, so little time