Best of Bee Gees, Vol. 2

Bee Gees | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reprise Records
• ASIN: B001GCWRU2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,019 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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BEE GEES THE BEST OF BEE GEE VOL. 2

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Much Drop Off In Quality From Vol. One, May 22, 2000

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Steve Vrana (Aurora, NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Bee Gees - Volume 2 (Audio CD)

If you have to choose between Best of the Bee Gees Vol. 1 and 2, the obvious pick is volume one, but you would be missing out on some early Seventies Bee Gees classics. Surprisingly, it's volume two that contains the Bee Gees' first No. 1 ("How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"), which along with "Lonely Days" were their first two million-sellers.

Granted, the Bee Gees would not return to the top ten until they entered the disco phase of their career, but there are some wonderful songs here. "My World" and "Run To Me" hold up well against any of their Sixties classics. You also get minor hits like "I.O.I.O." (#94) and "Don't Wanna Live Inside Myself" (#53), as well as Robin Gibb's solo UK hit "Saved By the Bell" from 1969 during his two-year hiatus from the group.

If you enjoy the Beatles-influenced pop hits of the Sixties phase of the Bee Gees career, this second set is nearly as essential as volume one. RECOMMENDED

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great follow-up to Volume 1 - except!, December 3, 2000

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Martin A Hogan "Marty From SF" (San Francisco, CA. (Hercules)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Bee Gees - Volume 2 (Audio CD)

This is a perplexing combination of "best of" songs. Although not as strong in content as Volume 1, it surpasses that by having several mega-hits involved ("How Can You Mend A Broken Heart", "Lonely Days", "Run To Me"). Although "Man For All Season", "Melody Fair" and "Let There Be Love" are great songs culled from the 60's, there are some better songs missing. "Wouldn't I Be Someone" is not here, despite a 78 minute capability. Cult classic "Marley Purt Drive" was perported to be on this album when it was first released (along with "Jumbo"), but never made it! Still, there are some under-appreciated gems like "Alive" and "Morning of My Life" listed here. If "Saturday Night Fever" had not happened, can you imagine what songs would have been on Volume 3?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Judge a book by it's cover, February 17, 2007

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K. Lewis "thrasher" (OZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Best of Bee Gees - Volume 2 (Audio CD)

Never mind the mid 70's cover with the disco chest hair and open shirts.
THis is the Bee Gees circa 1969-72 way before that disco photo session on the cover of this CD. Inside their is some of the best pop music ever recorded in that era. Highlights are...
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - Big hit and the comeback
Melody Fair - from the great red-felt Odessa
Saved by the Bell- Robin solo recorded after he quit the group during Odessa, #1 in the UK
Run to Me - the end of an era, BD before disco.