Past Masters, Vol. 2 by The Beatles

Pros: CD quality tops 1965 technology ANY day.
Cons: "The Inner Light", "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"

I was never a big Beatles fan. I didn’t have anything against them, I just hadn’t paid them much attention. When I met my friend Mike, he was a HUGE Beatles fan. So I got to hear a few things here and there. Going through my Book of the Month ...

Pros: Compiles Beatle A and B sides, other unusual versions of tunes
Cons: None really

Past Masters--Volume Two is the second part of the albums simultaneously released in 1988 which were designed to give the Beatles catalogue collector everything that the group ever recorded. I have already reviewed Past Masters--Volume One, and this...

Pros: Just look at those song titles... absolutely everything!
Cons: Nice try but not a single one.

Aside for being arguably (well not by me mind you) the greatest band the world has ever known, The Beatles were also a band very much of the nineteen-sixties. Now, I realize that to anyone not living under the proverbial rock for the last forty years, ...

Pros: Pros? Why, it's a whole disc full of Beatles songs!
Cons: Are you kidding? What cons?

Sesame Street bothered the hell out of me when I was a kid. I'm not sure when that started to happen, but something about the whole show just seemed a bit "off" somehow. Perhaps it was the whole "Bert and Ernie thing" that struck me as odd, or...

Pros: The songs are 100 percent fantastic.
Cons: ??????

(Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what their looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...

Pros: Beatle classics like "Hey Jude," "Day Tripper" and "Across the Universe"
Cons: A couple nonsense songs like "You Know My Name" and "The Inner Light"

I realize it’s just a collection of singles, B-sides and alternate material not found on any Beatles LP, but I’ve always considered Past Masters 2 an actual album like Revolver or Sgt. Pepper. It has a distinct evolutionary flow that...

Pros: Classics like 'Hey Jude','We Can Work It Out', and 'Rain'
Cons: 'You Know My Name-Look Up the Number'

Anyone who read my review on 'Past Masters Vol. one'-the same applies here.This is a wholly essential compilation to your Beatles collection.
'Past Masters Vol. two' is, without a doubt, slightly more enjoyable than it's sister-CD.It's not as long,...

Pros: Completes what would otherwise be a massive collection, and does so with amazing songs
Cons: One or Two Eccentric B- Sides

I'll be honest. I had no idea what I was buying when I picked this album up. I was in a Beatle buying frenzy; trying to own every album and recording they had ever released during their ten years (1960-1970) of recording. I thought that...

Pros: Incredible!
Cons: None ... you kiddin'?

I am a huge Beatles fan, and I favor this compilation album above some of the original studio albums. I usually tend to stay away from greatest hits, or collections, but this one was worth it. It is the only album that features the following songs,...

Pros: Wide range of the artists' styles, well-composed album
Cons: Some of the old songs I find myself sick of.

I was shocked at the wide range of styles represented on the Past Masters Volume Two. Some of their really old stuff is on there, like "Day Tripper" and even "Paperback Writer." Also, "We Can Work it Out," track two, sounds...

Pros: A new and "different" Beatles compilation album
Cons: Not all Beatles hits

The album "Past Masters:Volume 2" is a great mix of the more popular and the lesser known songs of the Fab Four. The chronological order of the songs (from beginning to end, not particular release date) kept the music varied in style and mood....

Pros: Every song but one is superb.
Cons: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)

When The Beatles broke up, the oldest member was 30. The youngest? George was a mere 27. When I was 28, I didn't even know what I wanted to be when I grew up, while Paul McCartney already had written more timeless, important rock songs than anyone except...

Pros: Some good B-sides! A-sides too!
Cons: I wish I could go back and buy the singles! lol

This compile is far more better than Past Masters Vol.1. It has the A and B sides of every single that couldn't appear from late-1965 to 1970. Here are some exceptional songs I appreciate and would refer to people : Paperback writer : Nice Paul ...