这张“Best Of Bee Gees Vol.2”接续在Bee Gees的首张精选“Best Of Bee Gees Vol.1”之后，于1973年问世，1990也曾一度以CD形式造福比吉斯乐迷，可惜，现今两款精选辑在市面上都已经是买不到也找不到的状态，幸亏华纳厂牌听到了全天下比吉斯迷的呼喊，特此买下版权，重新压片生产，收录首支登上美国告示牌单曲榜冠军单曲「How Can You Mend A Broken Heart」；1970荷兰#9、纽西兰#2、德国#6的「I.O.I.O.」；1972澳洲#3、荷兰#8、只发行单曲的「My World」；1970美国#3、荷兰#3的「Lonely Days」；1970年Robin Gibb个人专辑中的「Saved By The Bell」；1969荷兰、澳洲#1「Don’t Forget To Remember」等70年代之间的比吉斯名曲，这个具有相当纪念价值的绝版精选，还没到手的众乐迷，得赶紧把握此次机会，以免错失机会！ 　　by Bruce Eder 　　This album, which originally appeared on LP in several slightly different versions and song lineups in different countries, came out at an unlikely moment. The group's first best-of album had coincided with the trio's split in mid-1969, a point when they had more than enough hits worldwide (a couple of which had never been on album) to justify and fill such an album. Best of Bee Gees, Vol. 2, by contrast, was released amid the collapse of the group's commercial fortunes that had begun in late 1972. Ideally, RSO Records probably would have waited another year or more before doing a second best-of album, but as the Bee Gees' Life in a Tin Can album and the accompanying single had barely charted, and their intended follow-up, "A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants," had been junked after an extended period in production, Best of Bee Gees, Vol. 2 was a necessity. And, in a way, the timing was fortuitous, in that there weren't nearly enough post-1969 hits to fill up the album. Thus, in addition to the obvious international chart hits "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," "Lonely Days," "Run to Me," and "My World," the producers had to reach out to lesser-charting songs such as "Don't Want to Live Inside Myself," and even back to 1968 and the Horizontal album for "And the Sun Will Shine"; to 1969 for the slightly offbeat country-style single "Don't Forget to Remember" and Robin Gibb's solo release "Saved By the Bell," and the delightful Bee Gees reggae-flavored "I.O.I.O."; plus some of the group's better album cuts, including "Man for All Seasons" from 2 Years On. Even amid those hits, the best song on this album, and the one that Bee Gees fans were least likely to own already, is easily "Morning of My Life," one of the first records that the group recorded after getting back together in 1971, from the Melody soundtrack album. The resulting collection is, in many ways, as charming and quirky, if not quite as imposing a body of music as its predecessor. [The CD edition sounds good also, though one wishes there were some annotation, or even just a list of release dates.]