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 Amazed" but touches on Ram. The main strength of this collection is that it contains many hits that never appeared on any album, and these are among McCartney's very best solo singles: the eccentric domesticity of "Another Day," the choogling rocker "Junior's Farm," the Bond anthem "Live and Let Die," the piledriving "Hi Hi Hi," and "Mull of Kintyre," a Scottish-styled folk ballad that was his biggest hit in England. And yes, it's fair to peg these as McCartney successes, since some of them were billed as McCartney, not Wings, and as such, this record is a great overview of McCartney's first decade of solo recording, containing many of his very best solo tunes. One consumer warning: Much of this overlaps with 1988's All the Best (both the U.S. and U.K. editions), which is more comprehensive for the listener looking for a more complete retrospective.
Is it heresy to suggest that a member of The Beatles - evidently, the most influential and beloved rock band of all time - has produced anything less than stellar music? Of course not! You need only hear George Harrison's "Got My Mind Set on You," John Lennon's "Beef Jerky," or Ringo Starr's cover of "You're Sixteen" to get the message: These guys were not infallible pop wizards. And you could ...
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You know the music industry is dead when Paul McCartney descends to Cher level and schills his new album on a home shopping channel. I can understand the Starbucks deal - common sense. But this? Whatever vestige of Beatles godness was left has dissolved to dust.For those of a certain age, music was a chalice that held secrets, mystery, imagination. You didn't treat it as just another piece of z...
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