Size Isn't Everything
Size Is not Everything is the 20th studio album by the Bee Gees. It was published in September 1993 by Polydor
History
Size Is not Everything was the first album of a new record deal with Polydor after a contract for three albums with Warner was fulfilled. On March 5, 1992 Hugh Gibb, the father of the three Bee Gees had died on the birthday of her younger brother Andy Gibb, who died in 1988. While working on the album, which began in 1992, the Bee Gees wanted to turn back to the sound of previous records. However, they used but some modern elements, such as from the hip-hop. The first single from the album, Paying the Price of Love reached # 23 in the UK. The second, For Whom the Bell Tolls, became a top five hit in the UK. Also in South America was the latter piece was a great success (1st place in Brazil, the album reached No. 1 on the basis of this piece in Argentina). Despite the successes in these relatively small markets, the album was a relative failure, it reached only place in the U.S. 153 - which was a bit better than on the previous album, there could not place.
Criticism
On the website Allmusic.com the critics were 3 of 5 stars. After the Bee Gees had already posted on High Civilization very modern sound they would have also tried to Size Is not Everything. William Ruhlmann wrote: " The Bee Gees are persistent and They work hard for the money, care fully cloning current fashion with Size Is not Everything. "