Robin's Reign

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Robin's Reign was the first solo album by the late British singer-songwriter Robin Gibb. Best known as a member of The Bee Gees with his brothers Barry and Maurice, Robin had left the group following an altercation. Although the album was not a great success commercially, it did spawn Robin's biggest solo hit "Saved by the Bell". This album was reissued by RSO Records in 1978.

A follow-up album Sing Slowly Sisters was shelved when the Bee Gees reformed in late 1970. Robin would not release another solo album until 1983.

The album remained unavailable for many years with only a limited CD release in Germany, but was made available digitally on Amazon and Spotify in 2011 and iTunes the following year.

History

The song chosen as the A-side of the single from the Bee Gees' Odessa was "First of May" which featured only Barry Gibb with an orchestra. Robin had hoped for the song "Lamplight", a full group performance which featured him on lead vocals, to be the single but in the end it came out on the B-side.

Tensions between the three brothers were already high and Robin left the group after this incident, beginning work on Robin's Reign soon afterward.

Despite Robin's break with the Bee Gees, twin brother Maurice Gibb played bass and piano on the album^[2][3]

Track listing

• All tracks written and composed by Robin Gibb.

Side one

1. "August October" – 2:35
2. "Gone Gone Gone" – 2:37
3. "The Worst Girl in Town" – 4:32
4. "Give Me a Smile" – 3:09
5. "Down Came the Sun" – 2:47
6. "Mother and Jack" – 4:06

Side two

1. "Saved by the Bell" – 3:07
2. "Weekend" – 2:12
3. "Farmer Ferdinand Hudson" – 3:07
4. "Lord Bless All" – 3:17
5. "Most of My Life" – 5:15
6. "One Million Years" – 4:07 (included on the German LP and CD)

Outtakes

• "Janice" - 5:39
• "Goodbye Good World" - 3:00
• "Alexandria Good Time" - 2:59 (B-side only not released)
• "Hudson's Fallen Wind" - 12:19 (full version from which "Farmer Ferdinand Hudson" has been edited from)

Personnel

• Robin Gibb - vocals, guitar, organ, drum machine
• Maurice Gibb - bass, piano
• Kenny Clayton - orchestral arrangement (all songs except "The Worst Girl in This Town")
• Zack Lawrence - orchestral arrangement (on "The Worst Girl in This Town", "August, October" and "Gone Gone Gone")
• Vic Lewis - conductor

Production

• Robin Gibb - producer
• Vic Lewis - producer

References

v t e Bee Gees Barry Gibb Robin Gibb Maurice Gibb Colin Petersen Vince Melouney Geoff Bridgford Alan Kendall Dennis Bryon Blue Weaver Studio albums The Bee Gees Sing and Play 14 Barry Gibb Songs (1965) Spicks and Specks (1966) Bee Gees' 1st (1967) Horizontal (1968) Idea (1968) Odessa (1969) Cucumber Castle (1970) 2 Years On (1970) Trafalgar (1971) To Whom It May Concern (1972) Life in a Tin Can (1973) A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants (1973) (unreleased) Mr. Natural (1974) Main Course (1975) Children of the World (1976) Spirits Having Flown (1979) Living Eyes (1981) E.S.P. (1987) One (1989) High Civilization (1991) Size Isn't Everything (1993) Still Waters (1997) This Is Where I Came In (2001) Singles 1960s "The Battle of the Blue and the Grey" (1963) "Timber!" (1963) "Peace Of Mind" (1964) "Claustrophobia" (1964) "Turn Around, Look at Me" (1964) "Every Day I Have To Cry" (1965) "Wine and Women" (1965) "I Was A Lover, A Leader Of Men" (1965) "I Want Home" (1966) "Monday's Rain" (1966) "Spicks and Specks" (1966) "Born A Man" (1967) "New York Mining Disaster 1941" (1967) "To Love Somebody" (1967) "Holiday" (1967) "Massachusetts" (1967) "World" (1967) "Words" (1968) "And The Sun Will Shine" (1968) "Jumbo/The Singer Sang his Song" (1968) "I've Gotta Get a Message to You" (1968) "I Started a Joke" (1968) "First of May" (1969) "Tomorrow, Tomorrow" (1969) "Don't Forget to Remember" (1969) 1970s "Let There Be Love" (1970) "If I Only Had My Mind on Something Else" (1970) "I.O.I.O." (1970) "Lonely Days" (1970) "Melody Fair" (1971) "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?" (1971) "When The Swallows Fly" (1971) "In The Morning" (1971) "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" (1971) "My World/On Time" (1972) "Israel" (1972) "Run to Me" (1972) "Sea Of Smiling Faces" (1972) "Alive" (1972) "Saw a New Morning" (1973) "Wouldn't I Be Someone" (1973) "Mr. Natural" (1974) "Throw a Penny" (1974) "Charade" (1974) "Jive Talkin'" (1975) "Nights on Broadway" (1975) "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" (1976) "You Should Be Dancing" (1976) "Love So Right/You Stepped Into My Life" (1976) "Boogie Child" (1977) "Children Of The World" (1977) "Edge of the Universe" (1977) "How Deep Is Your Love" (1977) "Stayin' Alive" (1977) "Night Fever" (1978) "More Than A Woman" (1978) "Too Much Heaven/Rest Your Love on Me" (1978) "Tragedy" (1979) "Love You Inside Out" (1979) "Spirits (Having Flown)" (1979) 1980s "He's a Liar" (1981) "Living Eyes" (1981) "Paradise" (1981) "The Woman in You" (1983) "Someone Belonging to Someone" (1983) "Life Goes On" (1983) "You Win Again" (1987) "E.S.P." (1987) "Crazy For Your Love" (1988) "Angela" (1988) "Ordinary Lives" (1989) "One" (1989) 1990s "Bodyguard" (1990) "Secret Love" (1991) "When He's Gone" (1991) "The Only Love" (1991) "Happy Ever After" (1991) "Paying the Price of Love" (1993) "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (1993) "How to Fall in Love, Part 1" (1994) "Kiss Of Life" (1994) "Alone" (1997) "I Could Not Love You More" (1997) "Still Waters (Run Deep)" (1997) 2000s "This Is Where I Came In" (2001) Soundtracks Melody (1971) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) Staying Alive (1983) Live albums Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live (1977) One Night Only (1998) Compilation albums Best of Bee Gees (1969) Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2 (1973) Bee Gees Gold (1976) Bee Gees Greatest (1979) Tales from the Brothers Gibb (1990) The Very Best of the Bee Gees (1990) Their Greatest Hits: The Record (2001) Number Ones (2004) Love Songs (2005) The Ultimate Bee Gees (2009) Mythology (2010) Gibb Productions Andy Gibb's "Flowing Rivers" (1977), "Shadow Dancing" (1978) & "After Dark" (1980) Jimmy Ruffin's "Sunrise" (1980) Barbra Streisand's "Guilty" (1980) Dionne Warwick's "Heartbreaker" (1982) Kenny Rogers' "Eyes That See in the Dark" (1983) Diana Ross' "Eaten Alive" (1985) Carola's "Runaway" (1986) Barbra Streisand's "Guilty Pleasures" (2005) Videography Cucumber Castle (1969) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) The Bee Gees Special (1979) One For All Tour (1990) Keppel Road (1997) One Night Only (1998) This Is Where I Came In (2001) Live By Request (2002) In Our Own Time (2010) Related articles Discography 1979 Spirits Having Flown Tour Andy Gibb The Barry Gibb Talk Show Book