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Topic: Paul McCartney solo albums Posted: November 24 2014 at 13:24
The wife is a Macca fan; she has at least 20 solo/Wings albums. I dig the first few, especially the first. There is nothing else like it - his first release after the split and to put out such a homemade seemingly tossed off album took some guts. It stands the test of time so much more than, say, Red Rose or Speed of Sound.
The first album>Ram>Wild Life.....the rest. If I were to pick an overlooked Macca record it would be London Town - solid, laid back album made with Denny Laine.
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Posted: November 24 2014 at 12:51
Back in the day before I became a total prog fanatic, I had Band On The Run and after that Venus and Mars. Neither of these inspired me to get CD copies, but hey, you can't be all enthusiastic about everything you have encountered in music...
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Posted: November 24 2014 at 12:05
I really can't vote. I haven't heard more than three of these albums (knowingly) and the only one I own is Band on the run - which is great mind. So if I had to it would be that one but I won't, if you know what I mean?
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Posted: November 23 2014 at 20:50
Kati wrote:
I pick Ram as my favorite, second maybe McCartney but it's hard to pick second favorite's etc. He has released great albums, I even really like some (considering I did not particularly pay very much attention to most) more than I did previously.
This. Ram, then McCartney. Was more of a Lennon fan anyway.
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 19:03
I voted for one of the only solo albums of his I have, `Flaming Pie', and I've always found it pretty consistently good all the way through.
He was due to hit Melbourne for some live shows soon after it's release, my girlfriend at the time was a mad Beatles/McCartney fan, so it would have been great to see together, but the show was cancelled. Don't recall the reason why, I think it was due to a mix of too high ticket prices and not enough sold?
But `Flaming Pie' had some great stuff like `Young Boy', just a classy timeless pop/rocker with a winning melody, a very nice tune I love every bit of:
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 18:44
Argonaught wrote:
Band On The Run, Pipes Of Peace, Tug Of War would be his Top 3 (in my book) .. voted for the Pipes, because nobody had done it yet
Awww Argonaut, I love that album too and title song so much, especially that change at 0.54 and 1.37 instrumental
All round the world Little children being born to the world Got to give them all we can till the war is won Then will the work be done
Help them to learn (help them to learn) Songs of joy instead of burn, baby, burn, (burn, baby burn) Let us show them how to play the pipes of peace Play the pipes of peace
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 12:55
I know very few of his solo or Wings albums, I have heard Band On The Run and a couple others but long time ago, the only one I do have is Venus And Mars which I really like, it played often at home when I was a child so it brings back nice memories, and the music is pretty good.
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 08:29
Tough call. Band on the Run is the obvious choice, I do like the debut but I've voted for Off the Ground as I've always liked it and it's probably the only vote it will get.
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 04:33
SteveG wrote:
I have to go with BotR as it was virtually a McCartney solo album with Paul playing all the drums, keyboards and lead guitar parts as his lead guitarist and drummer banged off just prior to Wings flying to Lagos, Nigeria to record the album. The brilliant Geoff Emerick picked up his third engineering Grammy for BotR and that was no small feat recording this album in less than ideal conditions with used and out of date recording equipment. And McCartney never made an album this good again.
Yes, the Lagos experience was quite an experience. It did pay off, and even Lennon liked the album
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Posted: November 22 2014 at 04:24
Hey, I get the impression that some albums are being listened to a lot (Ram, BotR, and maybe some others of the Wings era, and then maybe Tug Of War/Pipes Of Peace, but a lot of albums are unheard.
As for my own favorite: I choose Venus And Mars. Great songs, nice art work (they got a reward for that, I remember) and I love the first two songs especially, which is almost like a mini-prog suite. No, the last statement is probably not true, but there's a nice contrast between the two songs, and I like the way they are connected with each other.
I'm not surprised, though, that Ram and Band On The Run are his most popular albums.
Edited by Moogtron III - November 22 2014 at 04:29
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Kati wrote:
. You were probably going to vote for one of those.
When??