In the same league during the 1970s as the Eagles, Allman Brothers, and Little Feat, the Doobie Brothers became a torchbearer of the classic California rock sound that helped music fans make a smooth transition out of the rocky late '60s and into a mellower, laissez-faire era defined not by peacenik politics but alluring tunes. Issued five years after their first greatest hits collection Best of The Doobies (1976) and the three albums Livin' on the Fault Line (1977), Minute by Minute (1978), and One Step Closer (1980), Best Of The Doobies Volume II is home to further Doobie's classics like "What a Fool Believes," "Real Love," and "Minute by Minute" and showcases material with Michael McDonald as the group's frontman.