2 Years On - BEE GEES***

2 Years On/Portrait Of Louise/Man For All Seasons/Sincere Relation/Back Home/The 1st Mistake I Made/Lonely Days/Alone Again/Tell Me Why/Lay It On Me/Every Second Every Minute/I'm Weeping

The album 2 Years On heralded the return of Robin Gibb to the Bee Gees, to establish the line up that the three brothers would retain until the end. Includes the US No.3 hit single Lonely Days.(US:32)

“This post reunion album just seems so disjointed and uneven. There are some great ideas on here but it just feels hurried and thrown together. These are undoubtedly mostly solo recordings considering the date of release.”

“Robin loses interest in creating further solo outings and rejoins the brothers Gibb to create this record. There's nothing new here - they've continued the symphonic pop route that they have pursued since about late 1967. Overall, it's a fine album, none of the songs are bad, but most of side two is rather boring and uninspired.”

"Lonely Days, is the best track by the Bee Gees who were, let's face it, a singles group. It's an epic song with fantastic production and lush harmonies that still stand the listening test to this day. The rest, with the exception of a couple of decent tracks, is filler.”

“By this date in their career, they had opted to go the almost total commercial ballad route, and there is way too much emphasis on the orchestration in their production, though there are a few bright spots.”

“Its a workmanlike album, songs pieced together and all the buttons pressed like on their 60s albums. There even the same patches of stellar musicianship, the heavy strings set against competent bass and drums and the occasional fuzzy guitars.”

“This may not be the Bee Gees' best album, but there is a lot to like about it. It sounds as though the brothers are feeling each other out in order to get the magic back. They succeed very well on a couple of songs. Lonely Days gives me the feeling that they are back together and Alone Again has the greatest harmonies of their career.”

“This one's all about big, arranged lush ballads. The songs show many vocal talents and harmonious varieties.”