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Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (British album)

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Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 is a compilation album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released in the UK in 1972 by the CBS Records division of Columbia. The US album that shares this title was released in June 1973 by Columbia Records but had only three of its 11 tracks in common with those on this album and used a different cover photo and design.[4]

Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2
Compilation album by
Andy Williams
Released1972
Recorded1960[1]
1961–1972[2][3]
Genre
Length35:36
LabelCBS Records
Andy Williams chronology
Alone Again (Naturally)
(1972) 		Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2
(1972) 		Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (U.S. version)
(1973)

This LP entered the UK album chart on December 16 of that year and reached number 23 over the course of 10 weeks.[5]

One of the tracks on this album that was not on the U.S. version, "What's the Matter Girl", was released as a single in the UK but did not chart.[5][6]

Track listing

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Side one
  1. "Home Lovin' Man" (Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Tony Macaulay) – 3:10
    • recorded on 8/29/70;[2] UK singles chart: #7[7]
  2. "It's So Easy" (Dor Lee, Dave Watkins) – 2:29
    • rec. 1/14/70 & 1/16/70;[2] UK singles chart: #13[7]
  3. "(In the Summertime) You Don't Want My Love" (Roger Miller) – 2:16
    • rec. 10/17/60;[2] non-charting UK single
  4. "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 2:47
  5. "Holly" (Craig Smith) – 2:25
  6. "Speak Softly Love (Love Theme from 'The Godfather')" (Larry Kusik, Nino Rota) – 3:05
    • rec. 2/18/72 & 2/24/72;[2] UK singles chart: #42[7]
Side two
  1. "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:10
    • rec. 12/17/70;[2] UK singles chart: #4[7]
  2. "What's the Matter Girl" (Tom Bahler) – 2:50
    • non-charting UK single
  3. "God Only Knows" (Tony Asher, Brian Wilson) – 2:52
  4. "You've Got a Friend" (Carole King) – 4:44
  5. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Edward Weatherly) – 2:56
  6. "Can't Help Falling in Love" (Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss) – 3:15
    • rec. 1/14/70;[2] UK singles chart: #3[7]

References

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  1. ^ "The Cadence Era: "Canadian Sunset" brightens Andy's disk career". Billboard. 1967-11-11. p. AW-20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i (2002) Album notes for The Complete Columbia Chart Singles Collection by Andy Williams [CD booklet]. New York: Sony Music.
  3. ^ a b (2002) Album notes for The Andy Williams Show/You've Got a Friend by Andy Williams [jewel case U-card]. New York: Sony Music COL-CD-7445.
  4. ^ (1973) Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2 by Andy Williams [album jacket]. New York: Columbia Records KC 32384.
  5. ^ a b "Andy Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  6. ^ (1972) "What's the Matter Girl/Love Is All" by Andy Williams [7-inch single]. London: CBS Records CBS 7685.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Andy Williams". Official Charts. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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