The Best of The Guess Who Volume II

The Best of The Guess Who Volume II is the fifth compilation album by the Canadian group The Guess Who. It was originally released by RCA Records in 1973,^[2] and contains recordings made between 1970 and 1973.

The Best of The Guess Who Volume II
Compilation album by The Guess Who
Released	November 1973
Recorded	1970–1973
Genre	Rock
Length	42:23
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Jack Richardson
The Guess Who chronology
#10 (1973) The Best of The Guess Who Volume II (1973) Road Food (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Release history

In addition to the usual two-channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a four-channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release used the Quadradisc system. The album peaked at number 186 on the Billboard 200 in January 1974.^[3]

In 1979, Pickwick Records reissued this album under license from RCA. This budget version omits the songs "Sour Suite" and "Guns, Guns, Guns". (When RCA in Canada reissued this album on cassette in 1985, they used the Pickwick track listing.)

The first CD issue was released in 1992 by RCA. In 2019, the album was reissued in the UK by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. The disc also contains the 1972 album Rockin'. The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.^[4]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Broken"	Burton Cummings Kurt Winter	3:05
2.	"Albert Flasher"	Cummings	2:24
3.	"Rain Dance"	Cummings Winter	2:44
4.	"Sour Suite"	Cummings	4:06
5.	"Life in the Bloodstream"	Cummings	3:10
6.	"Guns, Guns, Guns"	Cummings	4:59

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Heartbroken Bopper"	Cummings Winter	4:10
8.	"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"	Cummings Winter	6:16
9.	"Follow Your Daughter Home"	Cummings Donnie McDougall Garry Peterson Bill Wallace Winter	3:39
10.	"Orly"	Cummings	2:54
11.	"Glamour Boy"	Cummings	4:52

Tracks 1 & 2: non-album single (1971)

Tracks 3, 4 & 5: from the album So Long, Bannatyne (1971)

Tracks 6 & 7: from the album Rockin' (1972)

Track 8: from the album Live at the Paramount (1972)

Tracks 9 & 10: from the album Artificial Paradise (1973)

Track 11: from the album #10 (1973)

1979 Pickwick/Camden LP and 1985 RCA cassette track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Broken"	Burton Cummings Kurt Winter	3:05
2.	"Albert Flasher"	Cummings	2:24
3.	"Rain Dance"	Cummings Winter	3:25
4.	"Glamour Boy"	Cummings	4:52
5.	"Life in the Bloodstream"	Cummings	3:10

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Runnin' Back to Saskatoon"	Cummings Winter	6:24
7.	"Follow Your Daughter Home"	Cummings Donnie McDougall Garry Peterson Bill Wallace Winter	3:39
8.	"Orly"	Cummings	2:54
9.	"Heartbroken Bopper"	Cummings Winter	3:26

Personnel

The Guess Who

on tracks 1−7

• Burton Cummings − lead vocals, keyboards
• Kurt Winter − lead guitar
• Greg Leskiw − rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Kale − bass, backing vocals
• Garry Peterson − drums, backing vocals

on track 8

• Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards
• Kurt Winter – lead guitar
• Donnie McDougall − rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Kale − bass, backing vocals
• Garry Peterson – drums

on tracks 9−11

• Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards
• Kurt Winter – lead guitar
• Donnie McDougall − rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Bill Wallace – bass, backing vocals
• Garry Peterson – drums

Additional personnel

• Jack Richardson − producer
• Brian Christian − engineer and Quadraphonic remix

Charts

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5]	8
US Billboard 200[6]	186

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[7]	Gold	50,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.