Anthology 2 is a compilation album by The Beatles released in March 1996 by Apple Records as part of the The Beatles Anthology series. The album includes rare, live, and alternative tracks from the sessions for Help! through the sessions for Magical Mystery Tour and early 1968 sessions before the band travelled to India.
The album featured the second new Beatle track, "Real Love", a re-worked song originally by John Lennon.
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Anthology 2 is a compilation album by The Beatles released in March 1996 by Apple Records as part of the The Beatles Anthology series. The album includes rare, live, and alternative tracks from the sessions for Help! through the sessions for Magical Mystery Tour and early 1968 sessions before the band travelled to India.
The album featured the second new Beatle track, "Real Love", a re-worked song originally by John Lennon.
All songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, except where noted (see Lennon/McCartney).
Like its predecessor, Anthology 1, Anthology 2 sold well. In the United States, it debuted at #1, selling 442,000 copies the first week. The next week, it fell to #2, selling 201,000 copies, being replaced by Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill. The album spent two more weeks on the Top 10 (at #4 and then #8), remaining for 22 consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 and then re-entering the charts twice, marking a #96 reach during the Christmas season of 1996. In all,...
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