Rock Archeologia

Paul McCartney Archive Collection

(2CD Box Set, Remastered) 2011

Artist: Paul McCartney

Title Of Album: McCartney

Year Of Release: 2011 (1970)

Label: Hear Music/Concord Music Group

Genre: Rock, Pop-Rock

Format: flac (tracks+.cue+.log) lossless

Total Time: 01:00:15

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From Allmusic:

Paul McCartney retreated from the spotlight of the Beatles by recording his first solo album at his home studio, performing nearly all of the instruments himself. Appropriately, McCartney has an endearingly ragged, homemade quality that makes even its filler -- and there is quite a bit of filler -- rather ingratiating. Only a handful of songs rank as full-fledged McCartney classics, but those songs -- the light folk-pop of "That Would Be Something," the sweet, gentle "Every Night," the ramshackle Beatles leftover "Teddy Boy," and the staggering "Maybe I'm Amazed" (not coincidentally the only rocker on the album) -- are full of all the easy melodic charm that is McCartney's trademark. The rest of the album is charmingly slight, especially if it is read as a way to bring Paul back to earth after the heights of the Beatles. At the time the throwaway nature of much of the material was a shock, but it has become charming in retrospect. Unfortunately, in retrospect it also appears as a harbinger of the nagging mediocrity that would plague McCartney's entire solo career.

                                                                                                Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

 CD 1

1. The Lovely Linda (0:42)
2. That Would Be Something (2:37)
3. Valentine Day (1:40)
4. Every Night (2:30)
5. Hot as Sun/Glasses (2:06)
6. Junk (1:54)
7. Man We Was Lonely (2:57)
8. Oo You (2:47)
9. Momma Miss America (4:04)
10. Teddy Boy (2:22)
11. Singalong Junk (2:34)
12. Maybe I'm Amazed (3:49)
13. Kreen-Akrore (4:14)

 CD 2  Bonus Audio Tracks 
1. Suicide (Outtake) (2:48)
2. Maybe I'm Amazed (From the "One Hand Clapping" Video - 1974) (4:53)
3. Every Night (Live At Glasgow, 17th December, 1979) (4:30)
4. Hot As Sun (Live At Glasgow, 17th December, 1979) (2:27)
5. Maybe I'm Amazed (Live At Glasgow, 17th December, 1979) (5:11)
6. Don't Cry Baby - Instrumental version of Oo You (3:07)
7. Women Kind (Demo) (Mono) (2:09)
     (all tracks previously unreleased)

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