Recorded in April 2001 at the Manhattan Centre in New York for an American cable television series The Bees Gees--Live by Request is a live anthology of the group's four decades of hits. The show allows fans at home and in the theatre to interact with their favourite stars and request favourite songs (a cross between ITV's An Audience with... and MTV's Unplugged). A great visual companion to their audio best of collection The Record, the release contains live performances of favourites along with less familiar tracks from their 25th album This Is Where I Came In. The acoustic medley of some of their best-loved compositions (including "Islands in the Stream" and "Woman in Love") is by far the high-point of the show.