2 Years On

2 Years On
Studio album by Bee Gees
Released	December 1970 (UK) January 1971 (US)
Recorded	13 June – 5 October 1970 Nova Studios and IBC Studios, London, England
Genre	Rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock, soft rock, ballad, swamp pop
Length	35:57
Label	Polydor Records (UK) Atco Records (US)
Producer	Robert Stigwood, Bee Gees
Bee Gees chronology
Cucumber Castle (1970) 2 Years On (1970) Trafalgar (1971)

2 Years On is the Bee Gees' eighth album (the group's sixth international release) released in December 1970. The album reached #32 on the U.S. charts, and sold 375,000 copies worldwide (see 1970 in music). The album saw the return of Robin Gibb to the group after the earlier disagreement and subsequent split following Odessa.

The reunion album, but with only three cuts done together, It's interesting that none of solo cuts were used, no matter how good they were, Maurice is on all songs, but Barry and Robin only on the ones they wrote or co-wrote.

History

Robin and Maurice returned to the studio after two months, at this time their purpose was more clear, the Bee Gees were back, with or without Barry's participation, A tape from some date in August has five songs of which nothing is known, the songs "Sincere Relation" and "Lay It On Me" was recorded without Barry's participation. And on August 21, the three Bee Gees would reunite and record together.

The song "Sincere Relation" and "Lay It On Me" was recorded originally in 13 June while Maurice and Robin written and recorded the songs without Barry's participation in Nova Studios, London, but later the song was included on this album.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	C−
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Track listing

No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"2 Years On" (Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)	Robin	3:57
2.	"Portrait Of Louise" (Barry Gibb)	Barry	2:35
3.	"Man For All Seasons" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)	Barry and Robin	2:59
4.	"Sincere Relation" (Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)	Robin and Maurice	2:46
5.	"Back Home" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)	Barry, Robin and Maurice	1:52
6.	"The First Mistake I Made" (Barry Gibb)	Barry	4:03
7.	"Lonely Days" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)	Barry, Robin and Maurice	3:45
8.	"Alone Again" (Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb)	Robin	3:00
9.	"Tell Me Why" (Barry Gibb)	Barry	3:13
10.	"Lay It On Me" (Maurice Gibb)	Maurice	2:07
11.	"Every Second, Every Minute" (Barry Gibb)	Barry	3:01
12.	"I'm Weeping" (Robin Gibb)	Robin	2:45

Alternate track listing

• Some publicity material listed an alternate running order.

1. "2 Years On"
2. "Lonely Days"
3. "Lay It On Me"
4. "Portrait Of Louise"
5. "Man For All Seasons"
6. "The First Mistake I Made"
7. "I'm Weeping"
8. "Every Second, Every Minute"
9. "Sincere Relation"
10. "Back Home"
11. "Alone Again"
12. "Tell Me Why"

Outtakes

• All songs written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb except where noted.

1. "You Got To Lose It In The End"
2. "Little Red Train"
3. "Sweet Summer Rain"
4. "Melody Fair" (originally recorded in 1968 and released in 1969 from the album Odessa but was re-recorded for some reason.)
5. "Maybe Tomorrow"
6. "Lost"
7. "Fantasy"
8. "Don't Forget Me Ida" (Barry Gibb) - 3:34
9. "To Dance Again" - 2:08

Personnel

• Barry Gibb - vocals, guitar
• Robin Gibb - vocals
• Maurice Gibb - vocals, bass, piano, guitar
• Geoff Bridgford - drums
• John Stewart - engineer
• Gerry Shury - orchestral arrangement
• Bill Shepherd - orchestral arrangement