Though the songs here are literally sweet nothings filled with images of teardrops and angels, After Dark surpasses even the Bee Gees' Spirits Having Flown for consistency of aural beauty. Coproduced by Barry Gibb (who also wrote or cowrote all ten compositions), Andy Gibb's third album avoids the stridency that's sometimes flawed the Bee Gees' LPs, perhaps because the only thing on its mind is...

Trying to conceive of the Bee Gees without the Beatles is as impossible as imagining the Osmonds without the Jackson Five. Though it is easy to forget it in this disco daze, the Bee Gees were the original ersatz, presented under the auspices of Brian Epstein himself. So it's only appropriate that their live album should be released almost simultaneously with the Beatles' own. The contrast tells us...

Like the Bee Gees' hits from Saturday Night Fever, Shadow Dancing's three outstanding songs–coproduced and cowritten by Andy Gibb's older brother Barry–transcend banality through the sheer beauty of their chiffon-and-whipped-cream settings. "Shadow Dancing" plays out its theme by leapfrogging melodic phrases in a gorgeous array of textures over a light funk rhythm. "(Our Love) Don't...