Wild Life: Paul and Wings Mccartney: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Mumbo

2. Bip Bop

3. Love Is Strange

4. Wild Life

5. Some People Never Know

6. I Am Your Singer

7. Bip Bop Link

8. Tomorrow

9. Dear Friend

10. Mumbo Link

11. Give Ireland Back To The Irish

12. Mary Had A Little Lamb

13. Little Woman Love

14. Mama's Little Girl

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Rich, successful, happily married and absurdly talented, Paul McCartney had nothing to do, so he recorded Wild Life. That would explain the frippery for which this curious record has long been ridiculed, but it's a perspective that does Wild Life--recorded in a couple of days-a disservice. Really, it sounds shattered, in every sense, the work of a still-young man still reeling from the Sixties, unsure what to do with himself, in a still-young decade that had the same problem. Once past the thumbs-up inanity of "Bip Bop", much of it is great. The title track is an ominous, slow motion blues, showcasing a vicious, throat-shredding McCartney vocal and a genuine sense of doom. Best is "Dear Friend", a red-raw ballad that throws long shadows over the rest of the album, McCartney singing of his crushed friendship with John Lennon and the termination of whatever the Sixties meant to the men who made them. --Taylor Parkes

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Cet album, le premier à être crédité du nom des Wings, comprend essentiellement des morceaux écrits par Paul et Linda McCartney aux connotations assez reggae, preuve d'un éclectisme musical que l'on trouvait déjà chez les Beatles. Ce disque paru en 1971 propose des titres inédits par rapport à la version originale vinyle, dont "Oh Woman, Oh Why", "Another Day" et les deux faces du single "Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Woman Love". Des débuts honorables. -- Florent Mazzoleni

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5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpeice, Mar 29 2011

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G. Poulin "Guy Horse" (Montreal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wild Life (Audio CD)

With Ram, Wild Life are my favorites album. The production is basic, it's a live studio album. This album contains no hit and has not encountered a huge commercial success but each song is remarkable. Dear Friend is so tragic, Tomorrow could have been on the White Album, Love Is Stange is a great cover in a Jamaican Style (great musical performance), BeBop could have been on the White Album too and is a classic for those who know played the guitar. It's a great album for musician who loves REVOLVER or White Album. If you're just an radio hit listenner, don't buy this album, but if you really like music, you probably have this album in your LP collection and waht the CD version.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Completely different from anything else he's made., Nov 6 2003

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The Man On The Flaming Pie (The Foothills of the Headlands) - See all my reviews

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I really don't get why people talk so much smack about this album. Sure, it lacks the experimental quality of Ram, but it truely sounds like a band's first album. In that respect, a seasoned professional like Paul McCartney really succeeds. Wings Wild Life is intimate, unpolished, and maybe even a little crude.
On "Mumbo," Paul manages to put together a throat-shredding yet lyricless piece which is shocking (I can't imagine what his fans must have thought upon hearing this for the first time back in 1971!) yet rather interesting. Yeah, "Bip Bop" IS pretty queer lyrically, but the vocal effect and guitar riff are nevertheless entrancing. The over 6 1/2-minute "Wild Life" is a song that Paul wrote after (as the lyrics clearly describe) walking through an African park and seeing a sign which read, "Remember: the animals have the right of way." I find it to be an incredible piece of music. Paul screams his lungs out, "WILD LIFE," as the band harmonizes beautifully, "whatever happened to?"--a nice clash of sound. The lyrical and instrumental buildup on this song is amazing. On "Some People Never Know," a sweet love song and another long one, Paul & Linda do a near-duet. The result is actually very nice. Linda handles most of the lead vocals on "I Am Your Singer" competently. A lot of people made fun of her vocal capabilities, but no one ever seemed to realize that her voice matched Paul's perfectly...despite the fact that he obviously overshadowed her skill-wise. The piano-based "Dear Friend" has the eeriest sound of any record Paul has ever made. Desolate & beautiful.
Bonus Tracks: Of all the bonus tracks to be included on the CD reissues of Paul's albums, the collection of these four is the best. You've got to admire a guy who has the stones to release a song such as "Mary Had A Little Lamb" as a single just to thumb his nose at the people who banned "Give Ireland Back To The Irish." "Little Woman Love" is a fast-paced one that could sound right at home musically on the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. Then, of course, there's the melodically beautiful "Mama's Little Girl," a soft number which went unissued officially until 1990!

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Wild Begainning for Wings, Oct 17 2003

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Paul Beaulieu (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews

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This album introduces Paul McCartney's band Wings, which would go on to be a multiplatinum selling, stadium filling act by 1976. Their begainnings were considerably more modest- they started out by taking a pickup truck, literally 'going on the road', and finding a place to play at every town.

This, their debut album, is likewise a modest undertaking in comparison with later Wings albums, and also in comparison with "Imagine", a John Lennon album released around
the same time. It was also a modest seller, and is considered by many to be one of McCartney's worst albums.

It does sound rather hastily put together, and they perhaps went into the studio too quickly. It seems as though McCartney had a shortage of good songs at the time- on the original album there are only six, plus one quasi-reggae cover and one, "Bip Bop", that is very dull indeed- one of the worst McCartney songs I've ever heard. (However, the short instrumental interlude that's said to be based on 'Bip Bop' is fine.)

That said, what you get here that you don't get in better known, better loved McCartney and Wings albums is the sound of a band just getting together and playing. The playing and singing isn't perfect, but it's mostly great to listen to nonetheless. The raving opener "Mumbo Jumbo" features some vintage McCartney screams, while "Wild Life" is an enigmatic slow jam melancholy blues of a waltz. "Some People Never Know", "Tommorrow" and "Dear Friend" are just lovely.

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1.0 out of 5 stars "WildLife"...a good excuse for extinction
Were it not for "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Mary Had a Little Lamb" this disc would surely be rewarded with no stars and be used as a beer coaster. Read more

Published on May 4 2003 by J. A Lizon

3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant effort from McCartney mirror image of Lennon's POB
Although not as consistently strong as some of McCartney's solo (and Beatles' material), Wild Life has a rough edge to it that makes even the weakest material interesting. Read more

Published on Nov 3 2001 by WTDK