Past Masters • Volume Two (compilation album)
by The Beatles
The Beatles bestography
Past Masters • Volume Two is ranked 21st best out of 71 albums by The Beatles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beatles is Abbey Road which is ranked number 3 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 57,231.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 84.2/100, a mean average of 82.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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imagine if this songs were in a "real" album.......
Best album all time by faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar
It was a VERY big deal when they released all of the Beatles catalog on CD (yes, that was a long time ago). This was the final CD, and I found it quite astonishing how so many of their "hits" never actually made it to a studio album. That they were so prolific with their genius in such a short time is astonishing - and this collection proves it.
Mattdup279 10/16/2016 01:54 | #176964
Hey Jude is my favorite Beatles track, and I really think it should have been fit into the White Album (as it was recorded during those sessions). It fits in and would make the White Album maybe their best album, and it would give a home to Hey Jude, which must find its place on compilations like this.
RoundTheBend 08/07/2016 16:08 | #172455
Way better than Past Masters 2. I'm not sure, but I think none of these were on the album as opposed to 1 (looked at it again and I think that's true minus the Let It Be tracks). Possibly best track is the alternate version of Revolution. Day Tripper was one of the first "harder" bass lines I learned. Paperback Writer is one of the best Beatles songs sorely missed on their album releases. I've heard drummers talk about how Rain is Ringo's best drum work. Don't Let Me Down is also sorely missed. Ballad of John and Yoko is my second least favorite Beatles song though... I mean lyrically/the message is already, but the music really does nothing for me. Then of course the silly you know my name is a fun way to remember John.
While I have little to no interest in the first volume, this definitely is worth spinning more than once a decade.
Finally a decent collection of later non album singles. The record company did a fine job with this release.
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SingingPeasant96 03/21/2013 10:38 | #69333
BT:Revolution
This collection of latter day non-album singles contains some of their best ever songs.
Some of their best singles are in this compilation, with Rain being the best track.
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