Sunday, July 25, 2010

"Press to Play" by Paul McCartney – ****

First released: 1986

Many critics didn’t like this album and it is totally ignored today, but I always liked it and considered it McCartney’s best from the 80s next to "Tug of War". I even like it better than "Flowers in the Dirt" or "Choba B CCCP". I think it’s because it is McCartney at his most humble, coming off a two-year gap after the dismal "Give My Regards to Broad Street" set and film. By the time of "Flowers", McCartney regained a sort of smarmy type of confidence which resulted in a more unevenness of the songwriting and performing that lasted through "Off the Ground".

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