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Of the 2 best-of discs covering the Bee Gees' pre-disco pop hits, it's the first volume that's the definitive collection. But, this 14-song follow-up is a nice companion piece, boasting several prime examples of the Gibb Brothers' emotion-drenched, vintage songcraft. Alongside "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart," "Lonely Days," and "Run to Me"--all hits from the tail end of the threesome's original run at the charts--Best of Bee Gees, Vol. 2 features such sumptuous standouts as "Melody Fair," "Morning of My Life," "And the Sun Will Shine," and Robin Gibb's gorgeously melodramatic British solo hit "Saved by the Bell." --Scott Schinder
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BEE GEES Best Of Bee Gees Vol 2 (2008 Malaysian 14-track CD issue of the 1973 compilation album includes My World Saved By The Bell Run To Me and Alive picture sleeve)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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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. 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?
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Like many of the other reviewers you always know that Bee Gees music is always quality. With this second Greatest hits if it was a choice of one or the other it would be the first for me. However it isn`t that simple because there are some outstanding tracks on this collection. This gives an insight into the problems that the brothers were having at that early seventies period. The fall outs and also which musical direction to take. Eventually by 1975 the latter was resolved when Jive Talking gave them a big comeback. On this collection they had fleeting moments of class with Don`t forget to remember me, Run to me and My World while Robin on his solo period had a big hit with Saved By The Bell. Robin back on board and musical direction sorted the rest is history as they say. I recommend both collections if you like the Bee Gees with this collection only slightly inferior to the first.
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This compilation includes the best of their music from mid-1969 to 1972. This period started with Saved by the bell (a Robin Gibb solo) and Don't forget to remember (perhaps my favorite Bee Gees song), both of which reached number two on the UK charts. They had little success for some time after that. In 1970, I O I O scraped into the top fifty, but Lonely days did better, making the top forty. In 1971, they didn't enter the UK charts at all. 1972 was better with My world making the top twenty and Run to me making the top ten. They had never really established themselves in America with their sixties pop-folk music and the songs from this collection didn't change that.
So this album may be seen by some as the best of a bad period in the careers of the Bee Gees. In fact, there are many good songs in this collection. I particularly like Melody fair and Morning of my life. Are the songs really weaker than those on the earlier volume, or is it just that people were tired of the style and wanted something different from the Bee Gees? It is probably a bit of both.
If you enjoy the earlier Best of Bee Gees, you are likely to also enjoy this - but not quite as much.
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Bought this CD, all the great old songs on it, a Memory jerker. Arrived well packaged and well within the allotted time. Very pleased.
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