The one hundred fourty-seventh album: #147 The Bee Gees - Odessa
It feels odd to think about this album coming before the disco sound that I associate with the Bee Gees came into play. In fact, the title track Odessa that opens the album is far away from it, with its long run time, deep harmonies that from time to time sound like monks chanting, and far more portraying that feeling of being lost at sea than you'd expect. What we have here are a number of prog rock tracks, very accessible, taking cues from country in some songs, both in sound and lyrics, and on the whole it feels like the album uses a number of different sounds.
The lyrics are excentric, not deep, but an ode to Edison feels like a theme I'm unlikely to encounter again on this list and even that is well put together - the partially electric orchestration works well for the song. Again, the harmonies work well, and as much as they're a feature of the band's output, they are always amazing to listen to when they appear.