Horizontal (album) - Reception and Aftermath

Reception and Aftermath

After the Horizontal was released, seemed to get mixed reactions from fans. Unlike the others Bee Gees albums, it has a darker tone, both in the lyrics and what was called a heavy musical sound, This was also the last Bee Gees album for some time that critics didn't accuse of lightweight. The American release of the album featuring a larger unadorned version, On the British version was a framed photo on the sleeve. The Robert Stigwood Organisation who officially determined which to send to Polydor for release and which to stop as demos for RSO's publishing arm Abigail Music. BMI's listing for "Barker Of The UFO" also credits Robin and Maurice Gibb as writers, although all official record releases only list Barry Gibb as the writer.

Horizontal was also considered as the heaviest album ever recorded by the Bee Gees, due for the most part to an increased influence asserted by guitarist Vince Melouney and drummer Colin Petersen. By the end of 1967, the band had begun making plans for a film or television to be called Cucumber Castle, One of the songs like "Turning Tide" was appeared on the album of the same name in 1970 ("Turning Tide" was written by Barry and Robin, but in the Cucumber Castle album credits listed Barry and Maurice as the writers)

With the release of Horizontal was a Scandinavian tour, with concerts in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Gothernberg and on the group's returned to England, they recorded their third BBC session at the Playhouse Theatre at London's Northumberland Avenue, with 19 orchestra under the direction of Bill Shepherd, and they performed "Birdie Told Me", "With the Sun in My Eyes", "The Earnest of Being George" and "And the Sun Will Shine" (all of the songs they performed was appeared on Horizontal)