Please consider registering
Guest
sp_LogInOut Log Insp_Registration Register
Register | Lost password?
Advanced Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
sp_Feed sp_TopicIcon
top 3 macca post beatles albums
23 May 2012
11.35pm
lettherebbeatles4ever
Casbah Coffee Club
Members
Forum Posts: 20
Member Since:
8 January 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

in your opinion what are your top 3 macca solo albums mine would be

3: Tug Of War : following on from the disappointing mccartney 2 Tug Of War shows paul back at his best. being the first album made after the death of john lennon it contains the highly emotional here today. also includes greats songs such as the duet with stevie wonder Ebony And Ivory and take it away.

2. ram: to me this could be White Album number 2 great songs on here uncle albert, ram on etc.

1. Band On The Run : what a album not a bad song on it, great vibe to this album and a joy to listen to

 

peace and love folksa-hard-days-night-john-1

24 May 2012
11.30am
Ben Ramon
Carnegie Hall
Members
Forum Posts: 613
Member Since:
26 March 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

In no particular order:

McCartney II . Yes, I know. I’ve seen this record dragged through the dirt countless times, but I love it. Paul at his most utterly eccentric and whacked-out, alone in the studio and doing whatever he wants for the second time. Also very ahead of its time in terms of blending influences- disco, electronic music and synth-pop, with acoustic ballads, hints of reggae, glammy plastic funk in the style of Sparks or Talking Heads? Arguably nobody but Macca could have pulled this off. “Darkroom” I could take or leave but the rest of it is glorious, particularly the synth ballads “Waterfalls” and “Summers Day Song.”

Red Rose Speedway . Another one which doesn’t garner much respect, but I think I’d take it over Band On The Run (heavenly as that album is). There’s certainly a romantic, piano-driven Broadway feel hanging over a lot of Speedway but it doesn’t bother me: every melody is superb and the production sparkles. Besides, how can people complain about “My Love” when you’ve got the groovy hard rock numbers “Big Barn Bed” and “Get On The Right Thing” to balance it out? Not to mention my favourite post-Beatles McCartney song of all, “Little Lamb Dragonfly.” It’s a shame the copyright issues prevented Paul from putting “Live And Let Die ” on this record.

Ram . Everything is top-notch on this album, he really pulled out all the stops. Those incredible walls of vocal harmony, the bass playing, the incendiary guitar work. Easy to get lost in the mad Dadaist lyrics. But possibly the best thing is Paul’s lead vocals on this record; he switches vocal personalities so easily from song to song and pulls them off so convincingly, going from freewheeling country bluesman on “3 Legs ” to countless different things on “Uncle Albert /Admiral Halsey “, to sweet balladeer on “Dear Boy ” and “Heart Of The Country “, to wild screaming rocker on “Smile Away ” and “Monkberry Moon Delight “, to Elvis impersonator on “Eat At Home .” One of my favourite records ever, and my contender for the second finest ex-Beatle record after John’s Plastic Ono Band.

SHUT UP - Paulie's talkin'

24 May 2012
2.21pm
Ben Ramon
Carnegie Hall
Members
Forum Posts: 613
Member Since:
26 March 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

paulsbass said
Wow, that’s really 2 unusual choices…I love Big barn bed but never though much of RRS, neither of MCII, though I love Waterfalls, Coming up, Check my machine and Secret friend.

 I certainly wouldn’t call Speedway and McCartney II the best in any way, they’re personal favorites. If I were to do a top three which I’d consider to be best, I’d go with Ram , Band On The Run and Tug Of War (possibly Chaos and Creation replacing Tug Of War ).

Back To The Egg /Venus And Mars : Both huge favourites. Both with not so many hits, but you gotta love the rockfeeling of the rockestra tracks or “Spin it on” or “Old Siam, Sir”, and the playfulness of songs like “Magneto and Titanium man” or “You gave me the answer” or the epic opener “Venus And Mars /Rockshow” which opened Paul’s last tour.

I’ve always thought Back To The Egg was a bit dinosaurish what with the attempts to be hard, punky and New-Wavesque, especially with the bloated Rockestra, although as usual some top-notch songs (“Getting Closer”, “After the Ball/Million Miles”, and of course “Daytime Nighttime Suffering” was written around that point). Venus And Mars though, I think is superb and a worthy followup to Band On The Run in a lot of ways.

SHUT UP - Paulie's talkin'

24 May 2012
3.43pm
Avatar
meanmistermustard
Thankfully not where I am.
Moderator
Members

Reviewers


Moderators
Forum Posts: 24950
Member Since:
1 May 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

My own 3 personal favourites are

Wild Life – unpolished edges and underwritten in places but the songs themselves are fabulous (omitting bip bop, mumbo is just noise but still good to listen to). Dear Friend is a gem with Paul reaching out to John. Other highlights well the others – I Am Your Singer is a gorgeous duet with Linda that doesnt outstay its welcome by 1 second.

Wings At The Speed Of Sound – the whole is far greater than the parts.

Macca 2. The different types of music make this a true highlight in Pauls catalogue, underrated by the critics but the fans know how good it is. Paul was clearly enjoying himself with his new instruments and his freedom from Wings.

 

I would have included Band On The Run but i detest Jet .

"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)

24 May 2012
6.33pm
GeorgeTSimpson
Vienna, Austria
Paris Olympia
Members
Forum Posts: 343
Member Since:
12 April 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

My 3 favourite mccartney solo albums are: Band On The Run , ram and Venus And Mars . Tug Of War would be number 4, McCartney and Wings At The Speed Of Sound number 5

Once there was a way to get back homewards. Once there was a way to get back home; sleep pretty darling do not cry. And I will sing a lullaby

24 May 2012
8.12pm
Avatar
Old Siam Sir
Casbah Coffee Club
Members
Forum Posts: 25
Member Since:
22 May 2012
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

a-hard-days-night-paul-11 RAM – That’s probably my favorite. (If it’s my favorite, then it’s my pick for best. I see no difference between the two.). Great songs, all of ’em. Smile Away is the best of the bunch and Monkberry. Two very odd McCartney songs. But, odd was what he did best. Saw him live in 2010 and he did Ram On by request. Made my night! And the Thrillington album just adds to it’s allure. The delux box set is the tits!

a-hard-days-night-john-3Venus And Mars – That’s my favorite Wings album fo sho! Call me Back Again is just as good as Oh! Darling from Abbey Road . Letting Go is a bad ass sludger with a sweet brass line.

a-hard-days-night-paul-10McCartney II – I think this is McCartney’s weirdest record without a doubt, but that’s why I love it! On The Way is a groovy blues that won’t quit, so much reverb. And Temporary Secretary is one my Wife and I can’t help but dance to. Her favs are Waterfalls and Coming Up . We even prefer it to the Wings’ live version. (Almost a tie with Back To The Egg or Red Rose Speedway , but it just barely wins!)

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-All Good Children go to Heaven

24 May 2012
10.58pm
Avatar
Into the Sky with Diamonds
New York
Candlestick Park
Members
Forum Posts: 1979
Member Since:
10 August 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

For me, it would have to be “Top 10”    I’ll rank in layers

-Chaos and Creation at the top. I echo Paulsbass’s assessment (lot of “s”s here).

Flaming Pie , Band On The Run ,  Flowers, Wings at the S of S 

Ram , McCartney I,Tug Of War , Venus And Mars , London Town  are a little more uneven

Off The Ground , McCartney II , Back To The Egg , Press To Play , Memory Almost full, Electric Arguments        even more uneven (with really good stuff on all of them)

Pipes Of Peace , Red Rose S, a couple of solid songs

-Wildlife   Can’t think of a good song. (meanmistermustard: Will revisit “My Friend” and “I am your singer”)

 

Then of course there are all the concert albums….

  

"Into the Sky with Diamonds" (the Beatles and the Race to the Moon – a history)

25 May 2012
10.26pm
Avatar
Little Piggy Dragonguy
Nowhere Land
Rishikesh
Members
Forum Posts: 4141
Member Since:
5 November 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

RAM is definitely my favorite of Paul’s albums. There isn’t one song on RAM that I don’t love. I got the deluxe set on Tuesday, and it’s pretty amazing. I stopped listening to the album for a while so when I got it it would be all that much greater, and it was.

Tug Of War is my next favorite Paul album, and it actually might even be better than RAM, although I am not quite sure on that one. There is not one song I do not absolutely love on this one, either. The songs are all just so happy too, so it makes me pretty jumpy when I listen to it. Favorites on this one are The Pound is Sinking and Dress Me Up As A Robber, which is the song that got me so big on this album.

Another of my favorite albums by Paul is Wild Life . Fantastic album, and if Tomorrow wasn’t on it, I don’t know if it would even be this high on the list. I am totally obsessed with this album at the moment, although I think now it might be going back to Ram partly because I just got the remaster. but yeah, great album.

Other ones that could very easily be in the top three are Band On The Run , Chaos And Creation In The Backyard and Venus And Mars ; hard to choose only three favorites.

All living things must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit 

2 June 2012
12.21pm
Avatar
I Me Mine
Under the sea, in a Yellow Submarine
London Palladium
Members
Forum Posts: 175
Member Since:
15 June 2011
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

1) Band On The Run : my favourite, evry second is worth listening to

2) Flaming Pie : I just love all the songs, they have great Macca quality and Beatles influence

3) Ram : Paul made such a great album even right after the Beatles break-up. My favourite track is definetly The Back Seat Of My Car . Marvelous.

a-hard-days-night-paul-7

Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble.

Forum Timezone: Europe/London
Most Users Ever Online: 700
Currently Online: PauliesGirl
Guest(s) 1
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
Starr Shine?: 16105
Ron Nasty: 12534
Zig: 9832
50yearslate: 8759
Necko: 8043
AppleScruffJunior: 7583
parlance: 7111
mr. Sun king coming together: 6402
Mr. Kite: 6147
trcanberra: 6064
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 88
Members: 2859
Moderators: 5
Admins: 1
Forum Stats:
Groups: 3
Forums: 44
Topics: 5510
Posts: 380342
Newest Members:
frankc, viv@nelsontraining.co.uk, bornhairyman, frankkilmore123@gmail.com, onlyanorthernsong
Moderators: Joe: 5691, meanmistermustard: 24950, Ahhh Girl: 22213, Beatlebug: 18181, The Hole Got Fixed: 8410
Administrators: Joe: 5691