MCCARTNEY PAUL AND WINGS - Wings at the Speed of Sound
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Artikel Name: Wings at the Speed of SoundGenre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: Other Jazz Titelanzahl: 18 Dauer: 68:40
Trackliste LP - 1
1. Wings - Let 'Em In 5:12 2. Wings - Note You Never Wrote 4:21 3. Wings - She’s My Baby 3:08 4. Wings - Beware My Love 6:28 5. Wings - Wino Junko 5:21 6. Wings - Silly Love Songs 5:54 7. Wings - Cook of the House 2:39 8. Wings - Time to Hide 4:32 9. Wings - Must Do Something About It 3:43 10. Wings - San Ferry Anne 2:08 11. Wings - Warm and Beautiful 3:16Trackliste LP - 2
12. Wings - Silly Love Songs [Demo] 2:46 13. Wings - She's My Baby [Demo] 3:47 14. Wings - Message to Joe 0:24 15. Wings - Beware My Love [John Bonham Version] 5:35 16. Wings - Must Do Something About It [Paul's Version] 3:38 17. Wings - Let 'Em In [Demo] 4:18 18. Wings - Warm and Beautiful [Instrumental Demo] 1:30Beschreibung
Beschreibung
It's widely accepted that McCartney was never the serious artiste that Lennon was; he never claimed to be, and more importantly (as this album bears out) never needed to be. This 1976 recording found McCartney and Wings at their peak. It's full of glimmering pop gems more concerned with infectious hooks and unforgettable melodies than social relevance. The opener "Let 'Em In" is almost childlike in its simplicity, and is effective precisely because of that lack of premeditation. "Cook of the House" and "Wino Junko" are good fun, conveying a loose sense of mirth that's both appealing and contagious. The highlight of the album is the near-manifesto "Silly Love Songs," in which Paul makes a case for the everlasting appeal of said compositions, and after a listen to AT THE SPEED OF SOUND, you can't help but see it his way.
Beschreibung
If Venus and Mars had the façade of being an album by a band, At the Speed of Sound really is a full-band effort, where everybody gets a chance to sing, even contribute a song. This, ironically, winds up as considerably less cohesive than its predecessor despite these efforts for community, not because Wings was not a band in the proper sense, but because nobody else in the band pulsed as much weight as McCartney, who was resting on his laurels here. Consider this: The two hits "Let 'Em In" and "Silly Love Songs" are so lightweight that their lack of substance seems nearly defiant. They have sweet, nice melodies and are well crafted, but as songs they're nonexistent, working primarily as effervescent popcraft of their time. And that's the case for most of At the Speed of Sound, as tracks like "She's My Baby" play like the hits, only without memorable hooks. There is a bit of charm to the record, arriving in Linda's awkwardly sung "Cook of the House," the mellow "Must Do Something About It," and especially "Beware My Love," the best-written song here that effortlessly moves from sun-drenched harmonies to hard rock. Apart from the latter, these are modest pleasures buried on an album that may have been a chart-topping blockbuster, but now seems like one of McCartney's most transient works. [A 2014 LP re-release added bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Mitwirkende
- Artist: MCCARTNEY PAUL AND WINGS
- Artist: Paul McCartney & Wings
- Record Label: Universal
- Record Label: Hear Music
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