The Beatles (album) the album, for "Mojo" magazine, Ian MacDonald wrote that "The Beatles" regularly appears among the top 10 in critics' "best albums of all time" lists, yet it was a work that he deemed "eccentric, highly diverse, and very variable [in] quality".<ref name="MacDonald/WhiteRiot55"></ref> Rob Sheffield, writing in "The Rolling Stone Album Guide" (2004), said that its songs ranged from the Beatles' "sturdiest tunes since "Revolver"" to "self-indulgent filler". He derided tracks including "Revolution 9" and "Helter Skelter", but said that picking personal highlights was "part of the fun" for listeners. Writing for MusicHound in 1999, "Guitar World" editor Christopher Scapelliti described
Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Beatles album) created for the late-1966 compilation album "A Collection of Beatles Oldies". The compilation was the only album release worldwide of the original stereo mix of "She's a Woman" until "The Beatles Box" in 1980 and the "Past Masters" collection in 1988.. The album was pressed and distributed through Australia by EMI Australia and through Southeast Asia (Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong) by EMI (SEA). By mid-1973, both volumes of the compilation had sold over 100,000 in Australia. In 1973, both volumes of the album were repackaged as a double album by EMI Australia to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the