"Off the Ground" by Paul McCartney – ***

First released: 1993

McCartney is definitely not at his best when he’s preachy. I guess he feels (or at least felt at the time of release) that he need to make a statement about something instead of just issuing hit after hit of meaningless songs. I prefer the meaningless stuff compared to his preaching about cats with machines in their brains and the like. "Hope of Deliverance" is pleasant enough as is the title track. "Cosmically Conscious" should have appeared in its full form, but instead appeared as a bonus track on the many CD singles issued at the time. I would have been happier with a double album release as many of the songs relegated to bonus track status actually are better than the ones placed on the album. This was McCartney’s last gasp before he again became a Beatle.