by
Barry Gibb
- Record Label: Capitol
- Release Date: Jan 8, 2021
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Rolling StoneFeb 2, 2021A misfire that will only make you miss the brothers' harmonies even more. [Feb 2021, p.73]
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Jan 20, 2021This is a relaxed, generous affair, an album where the featured star and his guests defer not just to each other but to the songs they are singing.
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MojoJan 20, 2021Defiantly mainstream. Still, it's certainly not weedy, relying on big Nashville arrangements filled with swelling strings and modulated Hammond organ. [Mar 2021, p.82]
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Jan 13, 2021The results are a curious mix of nostalgia and timelessness.
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Jan 8, 2021The overall results of the “Greenfields” experiment are pretty magnificent, actually. And organically.
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Jan 8, 2021Greenfields is a fine reminder of just how legendary a songwriter Gibb is, and while there’s no big surprises contained within, a Volume 2 would be a very welcome thing.
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Jan 8, 2021All in all, Greenfields is an admirable effort, and hearing these songs again, even in an altered context, serves their memory well. Any gift from the Gibbs, past or present, is still well worth cherishing.
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UncutJan 7, 2021It's a very fine thing when a writer and craftsman of Gibb's standing embraces his own legacy and finds such persuasive ways of embellishing it. [Feb 2021, p. 24]
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Jan 7, 2021Titling this album Volume 1 suggests Greenfields represents more than a one-off experiment: for all its strengths, there’s scope for Barry Gibb to develop this unlikely late-period diversion further.
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Jan 7, 2021Each artist is joined at some point by Gibb’s distinctive high, breathy voice. It’s wobblier now, but sounds a little more searching and humble.
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Jan 7, 2021Anyone expecting a stroboscopic hoedown may be disappointed, but if it’s great performances of great songs you’re after, then fill your boots.