No. 2
by The Rolling Stones

No. 2 by The Rolling Stones
Year: 1965
Release date: 1965-01-15
Overall rank: 6,320th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 191 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1965 (52nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1960s (477th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,320th)

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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 18,301.

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No. 2 rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,320th | 1960s rank: 477th | 1965 rank: 52nd  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 191 votes)
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From neilgee 02/23/2026 19:52 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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14:35 Released On This Day... 15 January 1965
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From 11/01/2022 12:22 | #290955
OK
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From 09/08/2022 13:52 | #289494
Um dos grande álbum de blues da banda no início! Quanta energia!
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Very solid early stones
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From 02/11/2018 16:18 | #207667
Il secondo album dei Rolling Stones è un passo indietro rispetto alla freschezza ed all'esuberanza del primo omonimo. Discreto, ma è anche solamente poco di più che il contenitore di "Time is on my side".
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65/100
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)
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