Wednesday, May 26, 2010

"McCartney II" by Paul McCartney – ***

First released: 1980

Frustrated with Wings after "Back to the Egg", McCartney borrowed a tape recorder he explains in "The McCartney Interview" and starts noodling about with different musical styles, a little more New Wavish than normal for him. Friends assumed that this was his new album and after realizing he had a couple dozen tracks agreed. Originally it was conceived of as a double-album, but admittedly there is a lot of crap, so some of the stranger tunes were left off, or relegated to b-sides.

I think now that enough time has passed and McCartney really doesn’t have to prove anything, that the complete original album should be released, even the awful "All You Horseriders".

Do I like it? Well, originally I hated it, save for the "Coming Up" single. Over time, it has grown on me, but it is a stretch to really like this album that is truly experimental.

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