Band On The Run: Paul and Wings Mccartney: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Band On The Run

2. Jet

3. Bluebird

4. Mrs. Vandebilt

5. Let Me Roll It

6. Mamunia

7. No Words

8. Helen Wheels

9. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)

10. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

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If Paul McCartney will be remembered for anything post- Beatles, it's Band On the Run. Even though he had to go all over creation to record it, the trip was obviously worthwhile, bringing forth gems like "Helen Wheels", "Jet" and the title track. Everything is in place: the melodies, the pop smarts and a real studio production. Amazingly, Wings actually consisted of Paul and his wife Linda, with guitarist Denny Laine; Paul played almost everything on the record. Regardless, it was his return--finally--to greatness. --Chris Nickson

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Band On The Run est un des meilleurs disques de McCartney, au point qu'il supporte haut la main la comparaison avec les chefs-d'oeuvre des Beatles. Et pourtant tout a commencé par une décision bizarre : lassé des enregistrements à Londres, Paul part accompagné de Denny Laine et de sa femme Linda pour Lagos, au Niger. Question dépaysement, il ne sera pas déçu : attaques à l'arme blanche, fièvre tropicale, accusations de colonialisme musical portées à la télé par Fela... Les trois Wings se serrent les coudes et travaillent seuls avant de rentrer à Londres pour les arrangements d'orchestre confiés à Tony Visconti. Malgré tous ces contretemps, McCartney offre quelques-unes de ses meilleures compositions : le morceau titre d'abord, à la structure éclatée comme une symphonie pop, le délicat "Bluebird", "Jet" énergique et accrocheur, et l'ambitieux "Picasso's Last Words" dont l'idée lui a été inspirée par Dustin Hoffman. Pour cette chanson, Macca adopte une forme composite rappelant la manière cubiste du maître espagnol. Rappelons enfin que l'édition proposée ici contient un deuxième CD avec des prises live ou instrumentales et des interviews, occasion d'observer de l'intérieur la conception d'un classique de la musique pop. --Hubert Deshouse

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4.0 out of 5 stars The tightest Wing's arrangement of all time, Feb 19 2010

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David R. Main "Davo" (Calgary, AB, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Band On The Run (Ltd Ed) (Vinyl) (LP Record)

Paul McCartney put out some mediocre albums after the Beatles but finally got it together with this one. There is really no terrible cut on the album.

Deny Lane and the others work so well with him I don't know why they did not keep this lineup.
The classic "Band on the Run", "Jet" stand on their own, but this album also has some other lesser known gems such as "Helen Wheels", and "Blueburd".

It is truely a great album that stands the test of time.

The 180 gm vinyl remastered album gives it a very full and rich sound on a decent turntable.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Paul McCartney solo efforts, Jan 22 2003

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Band on the Run (Audio CD)

"Band on the Run" is clearly Paul McCartney's best solo album and I find it quite reminiscent of the "White Album"/"Abbey Road" period right before the Beatles imploded. The worst thing you can say about this album is that it represents McCartney at his best as songwriter and arranger of pop hits. Every song cannot be a "Yesterday," and this time around McCartney is not even trying. The title track represents the album as a whole, delightfully mixing distinct musical forms into a pleasant whole, although the song's meaning seems to be nothing more than having fun. The album is anchored by a couple of heavy weight tracks with "Jet" and "Helen Wheels," while the acoustic piece "Bluebird" offers musical diversity. "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" was written in response to a challenge by Dustin Hoffman to write a song on the spot from a magazine article on Picasso, but by the time McCartney puts it on this album the little sing along has been invested with instrumental breaks that incorporate bits and pieces of the album's other songs. The other song with a story behind it would be "Let Me Roll," which is a response to John Lennon's "How Do You Sleep" (advantage John). After his most recent albums "Wild Life" and "Red Rose Speedway" were racked over the coals by the critics, McCartney clearly wanted to show that he was still a power player. Ironically, after having retreated to his country home to start his solo career with the do-it-yourself self-titled "McCartney," the only way to make the critics and fans stand up and take notice was to essentially pick up where the Beatles left off. Like all McCartney solo projects (I know this is technically a "Wings" album, but everything post-Beatles always seems like a solo effort to me), this album is a mixed bag, but it is still the best mixed bag he has produced to date.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Album by a Former Beatle, Dec 17 2002

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Best album by a former Beatle. Lennon's stunning "POB" is better artistically but rather than simply raising questions and provoking thoughts its harsh vindictiveness leaves you emotionally reeling: an album that repels rather than engages. For whatever reason, on "BOTR" Paul picks up where he left off on "Abbey Road". The sad part is, 30 years later, he hasn't returned to it since. In terms of his post-Beatles career, "BOTR" used to represent to fans McCartney rising to the to the level of his abilities. After 30 years, however, it now appears more like an example of him rising above them. On it, for the one and only time in his post-Beatles career, Paul engages through the full course of an album without the gloppy sentimentality and banality he has otherwise burdened himself with. All songs here satisfy. Great melodic lines. Superb guitar work. And - with one exception - cogent, inspired lyrics. "1985" unfortunately just does not make any sense. It's too bad he didn't somehow tie it lyrically to the title track and write some lines about Sailor Sam, the county judge, freedom, escape, etc. The inspired and surprising reprise of the title track at the end then would have had and even greater punch than it has. All the same, "1985" is such a great, monolithic piece of music that, on this occasion at least, you can forgive Paul once for careless lyric writing. Dragged down by the remainder of his disappointing catalogue, "BOTR" has become undeservedly underrated by 2002. Don't let any of the negative comments here - or elsewhere - dissuade you if you're thinking of buying it. It truly is one of the great albums of the 70's.

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5.0 out of 5 stars It's Paul McCartney, what else would you expect?
I know you may have read some bad reviews about this record, although most of them are positive, but this album is simply a Solo effort from one of the Beatles and it shows... Read more

Published on Oct 31 2003 by Guilherme Aquino Mendiccelli

5.0 out of 5 stars thanks for the shipping,cd sounds great
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