Customer Reviews

Ram Special Edition (2CD)

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This joyful album has it all. Admiral Halsey is almost like a children tune, Long Haired Lady is pure romance and Ram On is Paul in an acoustic setting produced yet like he's in outer space. It is worthwhile listening to the opener, Too Many People, and study the "FCK the Beatles" picture on the sleeve. Paul was not only having fun but was also being extremely funny.

Unlike some of his other material, this album has aged remarkably well and sounds today fresh as ever. Recorded at his farm in Scotland, one can sense the organic nature of it. He went on making some really good music (also some really bad one too) but he never came close to captivating the originality, which is special since its structure is mostly simple, of what he did on Ram.

This is definitely among his best work, if not his best album ever.

It is one of the best albums of Paul McCartney, had it in vinyl since 1971 but wanted to have it on CD. is excellent precisely because the best that Paul wrote.

It's a must have. It has passed very well the test of time and I only wish I could write songs like that...
I owned (and own) the LP, and was furiously searching it in CD for some years (I know it's ready available now...), but HOW I SEARCHED FOR THAT ELUSIVE CD!.
Mc Cartney's second solo album is sligthly better then the first ("Mc Cartney" wich is also a MUST HAVE) and contains such imperishable songs as "Dear Boy", but what is more, in a relaxed way the output was above par and Paul sounds at his happiest and easylistening...
ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM ALL TIME... GET IT FOR YOUR COLLECTION.

I find it funny but nice that people are discovering this album for the first time in recent years. I wore this album out back in 1971, when I was 11. It is my favorite Paul McCartney album. It has his best hit single - "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey." I remember driving to California from Texas with my parents and this song came on the Western radio stations long before it reached Dallas. We heard it constantly on the radio. "Dear Boy" on the album precedes "Uncle Albert" and it is a perfect segway. If you like RAM, I think you will also like "Red Rose Speedway." RAM is a must for any Beatles/McCartney fan.

It took at least 30-40 years for the world to wake up and realize Ram to be the masterpiece it is.
Paul was unjustly criticized in 1971 for releasing what critics termed a "lightweight effort"
But, in all honesty, how does one follow up "Abbey Road"?
The complex arrangements on Dear Boy, the grand orchestrations on Uncle Albert and Back Seat of My Car, the biting satire of Too Many People.
And, the remastering here is so great, it's like listening to "Ram" all over again.
This album is definitely worth revisting, and it's pleasures are many.

Ram was so well recorded, a great production with many great songs too. The vocals are specially good, and the vocals in Dear Boy are astonishing! Liste to it with earphones for maximum pleasure.

Got a copy of the SHM "Ram" 2 CD set for a great price!
I have listened to this album for 4 decades and this is
the version to own from a collectors perspective. The way
the packaging is done is superior as is the sonic quality.
The price may keep some people from going this route but as
the old saying goes..."you get what you pay for"........
If you bought the remaster from 2012 you will probably be
quite satisfied. If you want "limited edition"...it's worth it!

This album came out when I was 10 years old, and I bought a half-share in a copy with my best buddy, Joe Schwartz. We were both huge Beatles fans, but we also loved this album, too. The record used to trade hands every week or so, and somewhere not very far along the line, one of us (I think it was him, he thought it was me) put a nick in the groove of the song called "Ram On" (hence the name of my review). My fave song was "Smile Away." I can't say this album (I subsequently bought my own copy in the 80s) held up all that well for me, but it's a sentimental favorite.

In my review of this masterpiece album, I want to make some things clear as I see and hear them.

I loved and love The Beatles; Paul's, John's and George's contributions in composition were excellent and they set a new standard! There is very little to disagree in terms of what their contributions entailed....George went on to make amazing albums that reflected in melody, rhythm and style the efforts of his Beatles' days. John made beautiful and reflective albums that were not necessary the direction that The Beatles were going after the innovative and grand gestures of Sgt. Peppers but clearly the direction he wanted. In his stab at Paul for Paul's obvious influence on Sgt. Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour, he is saying you (Paul) wanted parades and grand-standing, I (John) wanted to just make good music...he is not hiding he's feelings behind closed doors about how he felt with the direction The Beatles were taking and how that affected him in his song 'How Do You Sleep?' from the Imagine album. John was still young and I am an older man who sees that as immaturity and that's okay..I love you John and I love your music and own all your albums but for those out there who are Beatles' fans and feel John has some good points to make, must reflect on a few things; first, Paul McCartney's first album and especially on RAM is the beatle that took The Beatles to new heights; This album I am reviewing is a fusion of rock, funk, jazz and has beautiful melodic musings. Though John may not appreciate these efforts, Paul proves to be an exceptional musician who creates progressive music and the one whose input on The Beatles during and after Sgt.Peppers changed music forever!!! While John continued the search for his own soul, Paul let his soul and talent soar with music bursting in creative energy!!! This album tells The Beatles story!!

Amid the obnoxious posturing and preening, the unadulterated stupidity ("Smile Away", "Monkberry Moon Delight"), and Linda McCartney's shrill, discordant, abrasive, and way, way out-of-tune "singing", there is much melodic fecundity here. That doesn't make it worth sifting through. There is no question that Paul McCartney has talent, but talent without taste and artistic vision is nothing.