Following the first
Andy Williams greatest-hits album on Columbia by only three years (available in a three-for-one with
Vol. 2 and
Love Story),
Vol. 2 focused primarily on
Williams singles of the early 1970s, among them the easy listening chart Top Tens "Home Lovin' Man," "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story," and "Love Theme from 'The Godfather' (Speak Softly Love)." There were also a couple of big easy listening hits from the '60s that had been left off the first volume, "Music to Watch Girls By" and "In The Arms of Love," as well as re-recordings of two of the singer's 1950s hits, "The Village of St. Bernadette" and "Lonely Street." The result was hardly adequate as a survey of
Williams's best early '70s work, but it was a typical compilation of its time. ~ William Ruhlmann