Magnet (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Magnet
| type = Album
| artist = Robin Gibb
| cover = Robin Gibb Magnet.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2003|02}}
| recorded = 2002
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 43:13
| label = SPV GmbH
| producer = Deacon Smith
Grant Mitchell ("Wait Forever")
Michael Graves ("Please" and "Love Hurts")
| prev_title = Walls Have Eyes
| prev_year = 1985
| next_title = My Favourite Christmas Carols
| next_year = 2006
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Magnet
| type = studio
| single1 = Please
| single1date = January 2003 (UK), December 2002 (GER)
| single2 = Wait Forever
| single2date = June 2003 (GER)
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/magnet-mw0000457727|title = Magnet - Robin Gibb | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website = AllMusic}}
|rev2 = The Guardian
|rev2score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/jan/31/popandrock.artsfeatures5|title = Pop CD: Robin Gibb, Magnet|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 31 January 2003}}
|rev3 = Uncut
|rev3score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/robin-gibb-magnet-26208/|title = Robin Gibb - Magnet|newspaper = Uncut|date = 31 March 2003}}
|noprose = yes
}}
Magnet is the fifth solo album by Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, released in 2003, just two weeks after the death of his twin brother and bandmate, Maurice.
The song "Love Hurts" was originally recorded by The Everly Brothers, and he re-recorded the songs "Another Lonely Night in New York" (originally released in 1983 on How Old Are You?) and "Wish You Were Here" (released in 1989, from the Bee Gees' album One).{{cite web | url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/02.html | title=Gibb Songs 2002 | author=Joe Brennan }}{{cite web | url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/03.html | title=Gibb Songs 2003 | author=Joe Brennan }}{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/Robin-Gibb-Magnet/release/1371752 | title=Robin Gibb: Magnet | author=Discogs.com | website=Discogs }}
"Please" was edited to 3:59 for its single version,[http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/02.html Gibb Songs 2002] while "Wait Forever" was edited to 3:37. The Shanghai Surprise mix version of "Wait Forever" with a length of 6:52 was also released in 2003, and was produced by Craig Jones and Porl Young.[http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beegees/02.html Gibb Songs 2002]
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Writer(s)
| title1 = Please
| extra1 = Michael Graves, Errol Reid
| length1 = 4:33
| title2 = Don't Wanna Wait Forever
| extra2 = Graham Dickson, Grant Mitchell, Paul Holmes, John Purser, Gary Miller
| length2 = 4:20
| title3 = Wish You Were Here
| extra3 = Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb
| length3 = 3:11
| title4 = No Doubt
| extra4 = Deconzo Smith, Kenneth Mangram
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = Special
| extra5 = D. Smith, Jud Mahoney, Mike Hamilton
| length5 = 3:41
| title6 = Inseparable
| extra6 = R. Gibb, D. Smith
| length6 = 3:30
| title7 = Don't Rush
| extra7 = D. Smith, Emmanuel Officer
| length7 = 3:59
| title8 = Watching You
| extra8 = D. Smith, E. Officer
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = Earth Angel
| extra9 = D. Smith, E. Officer
| length9 = 3:57
| title10 = Another Lonely Night in New York
| extra10 = R. Gibb, M. Gibb
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Love Hurts
| extra11 = Boudleaux Bryant
| length11 = 3:56
}}
Personnel
- Robin Gibb – lead vocals
- Deconzo Smith – keyboards, guitar, bass guitar
- Janyelle Crawford – backing vocals on "No Doubt"
- Shane Dement – backing vocals on "No Doubt"
- Jud Mahoney – backing vocals on "Special"
- Emmanuel Officer – backing vocals on "Don't Rush", "Watching You", "Earth Angel"
- Grant Mitchell – keyboards, synthesizer, programming, backing vocals on "Wait Forever"
- Kevin Brown – guitar on "Wait Forever"
- Paul Holmes – backing vocals on "Wait Forever"
- Errol Reid – backing vocals on "Wait Forever", "Please", "Love Hurts"
- Graham Kearns – guitar on "Love Hurts"
- Michael Graves – keyboards, synthesizer and programming on "Please"
Chart performance
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+"Please" |
| Charts
!Peak |
|---|
| UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=robin+gibb+please&pg=PA44 |title=Billboard Hits of the World |publisher=Prometheus Global Media|work=Billboard|date=8 February 2003|page=44|accessdate=4 December 2014}}
| align= "center"|23 |
| Germany (Media Control Charts)
| align= "center"|51 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)
| align= "center"|48 |
References
{{Robin Gibb}}
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