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Originally posted by Street Angel
What he consciously forgot was mentioning on the other hand the love for detail and careful work that made albums like "Sgt. Pepper" and "Abbey Road" so exceptional.
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Street Angel, nice to see you! Agree with the vision that you just posted. Paul used the very same approach with the Run Devil Run tracks, but, to me, it reached a much more powerful status since it was a pure rock and roll album, without major pretentions. Driving Rain, to me, seems unfinished and poorly-produced.
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I´ve always preferred the studio perfectionist McCartney who was working carefully on songs for albums like "Ram", "Tug Of War", "Press To Play" or "Flowers In The Dirt" (both composing and arrangement-wise).
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He obiously spent lots of time recording the Ram album, which remains my favorite of his. Ellaborating the melodies, working on the arrangements and the vocals, perfectioning the instruments, looking for new sounds... Something that he had while with The Beatles and apparently has lost now.
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Cristian, don´t worry - there should be hope.  Remember "Wild Life"? It was followed by "Red Rose Speedway" and even better, "Band On The Run"... "McCartney II?" Followed by "Tug Of War"... if that pattern continues there should be some more good music coming from him. Apart from that, McCartney is far too competitive (even if he doesn´t need the money anymore) to watch another album crash commercially like DR did.
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One could only hope that after the big failure that Driving Rain was, Paul tries to write something more cohesive and sincere and comes up with a new little gem like those ones you mentioned. But I'm still hopeless, I tell you, hopeless...
About his songs not always being the best choices for singles, I wholeheartedly agree! Not even "Maybe I'm Amazed" (my favorite song of his) was chosen as a single from the first album! And to prove it more, my favorite songs are not at all singles:
Every Night (McCartney)
Junk (McCartney)
Oh Woman Oh Why (B side to Another Day)
Too Many People (Ram)
Dear Boy (Ram)
Long Haired Lady (Ram)
Some People Never Know (Wings Wild Life)
Tomorrow (Wings Wild Life)
Little Woman Love (B side to Mary Had A Little Lamb)
Big Barn Bed (Red Rose Speedway)
Little Lamb Dragonfly (Red Rose Speedway)
No Words (Band On The Run)
Let Me Roll It (Band On The Run)
1985 (Band On The Run)
You Gave Me The Answer (Venus & Mars)
etc. etc. etc....
Song of the moment - Blow By Blow