"Driving Rain" by Paul McCartney – *

First released: 2001

Of the studio rock and roll albums McCartney has released during his solo career, this one has got to be the worst. Even though I am not a fan of its follow up "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard", it’s better than this. The songs tried out as singles ("From a Lover to a Friend", "Your Loving Flame", "Freedom") rank as among some of McCartney’s worst. I’m not usually a lyrics person and do come to the defense of some of McCartney’s more inane ones, but the lyric of “One, two, three, four, five, let’s go for a drive” is awful as far as McCartney’s released material goes. (He has done worse on some unreleased tracks.) An album to be avoided. Listen to "Flaming Pie" instead.