No. 2
by The Rolling Stones
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The Rolling Stones bestography
No. 2 is ranked 28th best out of 105 albums by The Rolling Stones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Rolling Stones is Exile On Main St. which is ranked number 49 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,165.
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No. 2 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
No. 2 rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 33 Music Albums of 1965 | 19/33 | 2 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 22 Music Albums of 1965 | 22/22 | 0 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1965 | 30/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 18/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Wanted 1960s | 19/25 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 41 Music Albums of 1965 | 38/41 | 0 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 40 Music Albums of 1965 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 16 Music Albums of 1965 | 11/16 | 2 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 60 Music Albums of 1965 | 11/60 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1965 | 39/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 87 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 210 | |||
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No. 2 ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/29/2026 09:58 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 08/30/2026 06:47 | marcoserra1966 | 888 | 59/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 18:56 | spinout | 3,530 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.8/100, a mean average of 69.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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pedro1976 09/14/2026 09:17 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) pedro1976 01/15/2024 18:33 in What album are you listening to right now?No. 2 comments
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"Rolling Stones No. 2" spent 10 weeks at number 1 on the UK charts. The LP contains the proper version of "Somebody To Love" whereby "Now!" contains a studio run through. The proper version was not released in the States until ABKCO tacked it on to a compilation album with their release of the SACD's in 2002. This LP also contains a great cover of Muddy Waters' "I Can't Be Satisfied" with great slide work from Brian Jones. Four tracks from this LP were recorded at Chess Studios where the Stones always sounded their best as opposed to Regent Sound and RCA Hollywood. These four tracks were recorded in genuine stereo and were released in stereo on the SACD's. By ranking this LP so low, "Best Ever Albums" displays a basic misunderstanding of the importance of the British Invasion in general and the Stones in particular. While The Beatles were a better group, Jones had no wish to commercialize the blues and consequently, as faithfully as possible, fed our own African-American musical heritage back to us which most individuals of the Caucasian persuasion had never heard because "race records" did not enjoy airplay on radio stations geared to the masses.
The second UK stones album lacks the spark of their debut. It's pretty much the same content as the first, rock'n'roll covers, ballads, and a couple of generic originals. Best tracks are, down home girl, under the boardwalk, (which the stones really make their own, regardless of their bad boy image), and the excellent, time is on my side. The stones originals, what a shame, off the hook, and grown up wrong, are the kind of songs the stones would become master's of in a year or two, but at this time they're just average rock/blues tracks. As I said, it doesn't quite have the bite of it's predecessor, but is still fun to listen to, knowing the genius to come. (Edited)
I feel this album was recorded in kind of a rush. Solid though, I miss the days when the Stones had something to prove.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/11/2012 05:08 | #42003 | TOP COMMENT
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I have the American version, Now! This is a great early album from them, packed with energy.
Very solid early stones
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