Best of Bee Gees, Volume 2


Best of Bee Gees Vol. 2 is a compilation album of hits by the Bee Gees released in 1973. The album, briefly revived on CD in the late 1980s, went out of print, but was reissued by Rhino in November 2008.
Whereas the original Best of Bee Gees had focused on songs that had been major hits for the group in America and/or the United Kingdom up to 1969, this follow-up collection featured 1969–72 chart hits and also album tracks from their late-1960s albums Horizontal, Idea and Odessa, plus "Morning of My Life" – which featured on the soundtrack of the 1971 film Melody – and Robin Gibb's big 1969 non-US solo hit Saved by the Bell. The album featured nothing from Bee Gees' 1st, which had already been represented by five tracks on the earlier compilation.
The front cover featured a group photograph from the same photoshoot that had been sourced for the front cover of their Life in a Tin Can album released earlier in 1973, despite the fact that nothing from that album appeared on this compilation.

Personnel

;Additional personnel

Alternate versions

North America

The U.S. and Canadian releases of this album included the song "Wouldn't I Be Someone" from the Bee Gees' unreleased album A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants and rearranged the tracks in the following order:
Side 1
  1. "Wouldn't I Be Someone"
  2. "I.O.I.O."
  3. "My World
  4. "Saved By The Bell
  5. "Don't Forget To Remember
  6. "And The Sun Will Shine
  7. "Run To Me
  8. "Man For All Seasons
Side 2
  1. "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart"
  2. "Don't Want To Live Inside Myself"
  3. "Melody Fair"
  4. "Let There Be Love"
  5. "Lonely Days"
  6. "Morning Of My Life"
  7. "Alive"

Germany

The German version of Best of Bee Gees Vol. 2 on Polydor featured many different tracks, including solo work by all the three brothers. The cover features different photos and the front and back, taken by German photographer Klaus Köhler. Most likely, this compilation was released a year or two prior to 1973.
All tracks written by Barry, Maurice and Robin except where noted, followed by original album inclusion of tracks not included in the original track listing above
Side 1
  1. "Let There Be Love"
  2. "I.O.I.O."
  3. "Don't Forget To Remember"
  4. "Saved By The Bell"
  5. "Lamplight"
  6. "One Million Years"
Side 2
  1. "August October"
  2. "Sweetheart"
  3. "Railroad"
  4. "I'll Kiss Your Memory"
  5. "Lonely Days"
  6. "Tomorrow Tomorrow"