Edge of the Universe (song)
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| "Edge of the Universe" | ||||
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| Single by Bee Gees | ||||
| from the album Main Course | ||||
| A-side | "Nights on Broadway" | |||
| Released | September 1975 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Label | RSO | |||
| Songwriters | Barry & Robin Gibb | |||
| Producer | Arif Mardin | |||
| Bee Gees singles chronology | ||||
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"Edge of the Universe" is a rock song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry and Robin Gibb from the album Main Course released in 1975, and also released as a B-side of "Nights on Broadway".
In 1975, the Bee Gees moved their operations to Miami Beach, Florida at the suggestion of Eric Clapton following his comeback album 461 Ocean Boulevard the year before. The group recorded an album with famed R&B producer Arif Mardin called Mr. Natural in 1974 with little commercial success. The album did, however, turn the Gibbs towards a new sound compared to the kind of music the brothers were producing in the early-1970s. This new flavoured sound carried over on to their next album, 1975's Main Course, also produced by Arif Mardin.
The Bee Gees had formed the nucleus of their band in early 1975 with Blue Weaver on keyboards, Alan Kendall on lead guitar and Dennis Bryon on drums. Also part of the Bee Gees to mid to late-1970s sound was The Boneroo Horns, brought to Miami in 1973 by Dr. John. Recording for "Edge of the Universe" took place on 30 January, the same day as "Jive Talkin'", "Songbird", "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" and "All This Making Love".[3]
Reception
Rolling Stone critic Stephen Holden called it "a slice of dumb psychedelia".[4]
