One (Bee Gees Album)

One (Bee Gees Album)

One is the Bee Gees' eighteenth studio album (sixteenth worldwide), released in April 1989 (August 1989 in the United States). After the European success of their previous album, E.S.P., the Gibb brothers began to work on the One album in early 1988. In March, their brother Andy suddenly died and the Bee Gees took a break until November when they returned to the studio to complete the album. The style of One was more melancholic than E.S.P., and heavily influenced by the loss of their brother. The album was dedicated to Andy and the song Wish You Were Here was written as a tribute to him.

The album was co-produced with Brian Tench who had worked with them on the previous album.

The album had little commercial impact. Other singles from the album included "One", "Bodyguard", and "Tokyo Nights". Despite the success of the single "One" in the US (where it made the Top 10), the album only peaked at #68 there. In the UK, none of the singles from the album reached the Top 40 and though the album peaked at #29, it sold better in Germany and Switzerland where it made the Top 10. This was ironic as every other Bee Gees album from this latter phase of their career produced at least one UK hit while making little impact in the US.

Barry Gibb commented on the song "One" at the time by saying "This song brought us back to US radio. A leading media paper recently stated regarding this song, 'The Bee Gees are capable of at least one more hit.' I don't believe that, I believe we could have at least two."