Technically, All the Best was the first compilation of McCartney's solo material, since Wings Greatest covered songs released under the Wings aegis. Well, there is...
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This album of rock & roll oldies -- "Lucille," "Twenty Flight Rock," and others -- was recorded in two days in July, 1987, and released exclusively in the Soviet Union in...
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McCartney's strongest album since Tug Of War, this featured songwriting collaborations with Elvis Costello and some fine, poppish tunes--including the single "My Brave...
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McCartney must not only have been conscious of his slipping commercial fortunes, he must have realized that his records hadn't been treated seriously for years, so he...
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McCartney's soundtrack to his poorly received feature film, this album contains rerecordings of Beatles songs and solo tunes, plus the hit single "No More Lonely Nights." ~...
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Low-key but completely fabulous, McCartney's first solo album was awash with great melodies--including "Junk" and the wonderful "Maybe I'm Amazed." Play this record today...
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A very solid album featuring some of Wings' best-ever singles, including "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In," this also includes what may be Linda McCartney's all-time...
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Released the same month as the start of Paul McCartney's first post-Beatles tour of the U.S., this album hit number one and featured the number one single "Silly Love Songs"...
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This was a much-needed live set--particularly valuable at the time of its release because it featured performances of several Beatles songs, including "Lady Madonna," "I've...
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Basically, there are two things that rock bands do: they make an album and they go on tour. Since Paul McCartney fervently wanted to believe Wings were a real rock band, he...
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So unpretentious it could be an indie-rock album, this informal early assemblage of Wings constructed an album that has much of the charm of McCartney's first solo...
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The irony of the first Wings album is that it seems more domesticated than Ram, feeling more like a Paul 'n' Linda effort than that record. Perhaps it's because this album...
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Reduced to the core trio of McCartney, McCartney, and Laine after the successful Speed of Sound tour, London Town finds Wings dropping the band façade slightly, turning in...
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Released in 1978 after London Town gave McCartney another huge hit, Wings Greatest rounds up McCartney's greatest hits from 1971 to 1978 -- which means it skips "Maybe I'm...
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McCartney II 1/1/1980, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Still underrated, this, McCartney's second official solo album, has some surprisingly good material on it--some of which you'd swear was Krautrock-influenced. Includes the...
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Entitled McCartney II because its one-man band approach mirrors that of his first solo album, Paul McCartney's first record since the breakup of Wings was greeted upon its...
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Flowers in the Dirt did earn good reviews but perhaps more important was its accompanying tour, McCartney's first full-fledged world tour in years. Given the tour's...
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A minor disappointment following the very good Tug Of War, this, again produced by George Martin, features "Say Say Say," the No. 1 track McCartney performed with Michael...
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Perhaps it isn't surprising that McCartney's grip on the pop charts started to slip with Pipes of Peace, since it was released after his 40th birthday -- and most rockers do...
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At the time, Press to Play was occasionally promoted as Macca's response to punk -- which we all better hope is not true, since that means he was responding ten years after...
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Though initially dismissed as "lightweight" by critics at the time of its release, in fact Ram is truly timeless pop that has dated better than the work of any of the other...
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Compared to McCartney, Paul McCartney's second solo album, Ram -- which was credited as a collaboration with his wife, Linda -- is a more substantial and produced effort,...
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A worthy live souvenir album, this set's major highlight included McCartney's live performance of such Beatle tracks as "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "The Fool...
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Paul McCartney's return to the stage in 1989 for the Flowers in the Dirt tour was heavily hyped, since it was not only his first extensive tour since the '70s, but also...
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Paul McCartney's return to the stage in 1989 for the Flowers in the Dirt tour was heavily hyped, since it was not only his first extensive tour since the '70s, but also...
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McCartney's last No. 1 album, this featured "Ebony And Ivory" (sung with Stevie Wonder) and top 10 track "Take It Away." Significantly: produced by George...
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Reuniting with producer George Martin was a bit of a masterstroke on the part of Paul McCartney, since it guaranteed that Tug of War would receive a large, attentive...
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McCartney must not only have been conscious of his slipping commercial fortunes, he must have realized that his records hadn't been treated seriously for years, so he...
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McCartney's tendency toward schmaltz--as typified by the Beatles' "Let It Be" and "The Long And Winding Road"--showed up fairly regularly on his later work, as it does here...
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All right, he's made a record with his wife and a record with his pickup band where democracy is allegedly the conceit even if it never sounds that way, so he returns to a...
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Band on the Run was a commercial success, but even if it was billed as a Wings effort, it was primarily recorded by Paul, Linda, and Denny Laine. So, it was time to once...
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Thrillington 1/1/1977, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
Once an extremely rare collector's item, this instrumental album--which focuses on Ram-era McCartney--is admittedly lightweight fun. Completely...
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The Thrillington album is one of the few genuinely rare, legitimate commercial LP releases in Paul McCartney's output, mostly a result of its never having been officially...
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Flaming Pie 5/27/1997, Yahoo! Music, Dave DiMartino
An excellent helping of '90s McCartney, this bouncy set features guest appearances by Steve Miller, among others, and shows that McCartney still has the knack for crafting...
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According to Paul McCartney, working on the Beatles Anthology project inspired him to record an album that was stripped-back, immediate, and fun, one less studied and...
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Probably the finest album ever released by any ex-Beatle, Band On The Run was rocking, exciting, packed with hits, and as contemporary as an Beatles fan could ever desire....
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Neither the dippy, rustic Wild Life nor the slick AOR flourishes of Red Rose Speedway earned Paul McCartney much respect, so he made the self-consciously ambitious Band on...
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Released after the studied, meticulous Flowers in the Dirt, the live acoustic concert album Unplugged was a breath of fresh air, and it remains one of the most enjoyable...
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The consensus of critics, as well as cold hard sales figures, says that Band on the Run was Paul McCartney's most successful solo album -- and so, shortly after the 25th...
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Most folks think of Paulie as the Beatle with the sweet creamy center, but about once per decade he undertakes a project like the current record, which revisits his rock...
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When Paul McCartney returned to the studio a year after his wife Linda's death, he wanted to cut loose and have a good time. He gathered a bunch of friends, most notably...
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The hype mill, stoked in part by McCartney himself, promoted this CD as nothing less than a posthumous chapter in the Beatles' saga ("a new little piece of Beatles," in...
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There's been mixed reviews of Wings during their 10-year, typically Top 10 career. The positive criticism is fine and well, of course, but is the blather and bile they've...
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Paul McCartney always got the short end of the stick when he was in the Beatles and again in the '70s, as he and his erstwhile partner John Lennon pursued solo careers....
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For Paul McCartney, Driving Rain completes the trilogy he began with Flaming Pie, in retrospect a warm tribute to his dying wife, and continued through the storming rock &...
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In some ways, this may be the most dispensable solo live Beatles album yet, raising the question: How many times is Paul going to record and release live versions of "Hey...
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Another album, another tour, another live album souvenir of the tour. Paul McCartney has essentially followed this pattern since his 1989 return to arenas for the supporting...
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A surprisingly warts 'n' all documentary of Beatle Paul McCartney's first decade outside of the rarefied world of the Fabs, Wingspan is the most compulsive evidence yet in...
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