Which of Sir Macca's solo LPs should I bother hearing first?
Apr 21, 2018 11:51:01 GMT
Post by thisonehurts on Apr 21, 2018 11:51:01 GMT
yonezu said:
Hi! This is my first post this forum.
I recently started getting into the Beatles, and I am really loving them more and more everyday. and I really wanting to start McCartney’s solo discography. Can anyone recommend me where to start?
Hi! This is my first post this forum.
I recently started getting into the Beatles, and I am really loving them more and more everyday. and I really wanting to start McCartney’s solo discography. Can anyone recommend me where to start?
MHP said:
RAM (For it's relentlessness, craziness and pocket-symphonies)
BAND ON THE RUN (For it's complete nature and string of classics)
FLAMING PIE (For it's down to earth nature and melodies)
You can't go wrong with neither of those three.
RAM (For it's relentlessness, craziness and pocket-symphonies)
BAND ON THE RUN (For it's complete nature and string of classics)
FLAMING PIE (For it's down to earth nature and melodies)
You can't go wrong with neither of those three.
Socalguy said:
Ram. Perfect example of the old saying "happy wife, happy life"...
Ram. Perfect example of the old saying "happy wife, happy life"...
ampmods said:
I would suggest going with a collection album of his singles first and then going back to the albums
Possibly:
Wingspan (if you can find it) or...
Wings Greatest Hits or...
All the Best
or maybe even better yet...
Wings Over America
Then hit up a couple of his most popular albums:
Band on the Run
Tug of War
And then start embracing the weird...
McCartney II
McCartney
Ram
I personally would listen to everything that he released from 1970-1982 first. Then I'd jump all the way to 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and then hop around a bit. So...
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Flaming Pie
New
Flowers in the Dirt
Memory Almost Full
Pipes of Peace
etc.., etc.
I would suggest going with a collection album of his singles first and then going back to the albums
Possibly:
Wingspan (if you can find it) or...
Wings Greatest Hits or...
All the Best
or maybe even better yet...
Wings Over America
Then hit up a couple of his most popular albums:
Band on the Run
Tug of War
And then start embracing the weird...
McCartney II
McCartney
Ram
I personally would listen to everything that he released from 1970-1982 first. Then I'd jump all the way to 2005's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and then hop around a bit. So...
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Flaming Pie
New
Flowers in the Dirt
Memory Almost Full
Pipes of Peace
etc.., etc.
jl151080 said:
This is an almost impossible question, because I predict you'll end up wanting everything, but I'd suggest working from the beginning, with McCartney (1970), and go from there.
This is an almost impossible question, because I predict you'll end up wanting everything, but I'd suggest working from the beginning, with McCartney (1970), and go from there.
PretzelLogic said:
He's made two indispensable albums, which are McCartney, and Ram.
If you like those, try Wings. You can ignore everything after 1980.
He's made two indispensable albums, which are McCartney, and Ram.
If you like those, try Wings. You can ignore everything after 1980.
maccafan said:
Ignore that post!
I don't know your taste, so check out everything, make up your own mind!
Ignore that post!
I don't know your taste, so check out everything, make up your own mind!
PretzelLogic said:
How is ‘check out everything’ a constructive suggestion?
You may be blind to Macca’s flawed career (38 years, or half his lifetime, since anything truly essential), but the OP asked for an entry point. Why waste time with second-rate material?
How is ‘check out everything’ a constructive suggestion?
You may be blind to Macca’s flawed career (38 years, or half his lifetime, since anything truly essential), but the OP asked for an entry point. Why waste time with second-rate material?
maccafan said:
How about letting the OP form his own opinion, and not go by your absolutely incorrect totally flawed opinion and suggestion!
How about letting the OP form his own opinion, and not go by your absolutely incorrect totally flawed opinion and suggestion!
Odysseus said:
Do yourself a HUGE favor and avoid Paul McCartney's solo career.
Aside from about a handful of songs his solo output is insanely underwhelming at best, and outright embarrassing at worst.
Do yourself a HUGE favor and avoid Paul McCartney's solo career.
Aside from about a handful of songs his solo output is insanely underwhelming at best, and outright embarrassing at worst.
maccafan said:
Do yourself an even bigger favor and avoid that absolute nonsense!
It's this type of post that is outright embarrassing, at best or worst!
Do yourself an even bigger favor and avoid that absolute nonsense!
It's this type of post that is outright embarrassing, at best or worst!
Denim Chicken said:
Another suggestion is to check out London Town.
Another suggestion is to check out London Town.
Pretzel Logic said:
Sorry, but if you can't see the flaws in his catalogue (and guessing by the fact that your username is 'maccafan' that's a distinct possibility), then you can't be relied on to make a decent contribution.
Sorry, but if you can't see the flaws in his catalogue (and guessing by the fact that your username is 'maccafan' that's a distinct possibility), then you can't be relied on to make a decent contribution.
maccafan said:
I'm sorry but if you can't see all the fantastic songs in McCartney's catalogue I guess you can't be relied on to make an accurate judgement of his material!
Have you noticed that most don't agree with your totally inaccurate opinion (@mrjinks poll numbers)! You don't like McCartney fine, but your totally outrageous opinion doesn't help your credibility one bit, not one bit!
So as I said, seems you're the one who definitely can't be relied on!
I'm sorry but if you can't see all the fantastic songs in McCartney's catalogue I guess you can't be relied on to make an accurate judgement of his material!
Have you noticed that most don't agree with your totally inaccurate opinion (@mrjinks poll numbers)! You don't like McCartney fine, but your totally outrageous opinion doesn't help your credibility one bit, not one bit!
So as I said, seems you're the one who definitely can't be relied on!
Topaz said:
maccafan, he really shouldn't have logic in his posting name.
maccafan, he really shouldn't have logic in his posting name.
Topaz said:
Why do you hate the brilliant Beatles? There is no logic in that at all.
Why do you hate the brilliant Beatles? There is no logic in that at all.
Topaz said (again):
Paul's 1975 Venus & Mars Wings album is a great rock album and out of the majority of great reviews on amazon.com it gets a well deserved 5 stars out of over 100 reviews for this album. This is one of the *GREATEST* solo/Wings Paul albums he ever did! It's great and it's Beatles quality because every song is very good & if anyone wants to know what a true music genius Paul really is,just listen to the *music* in the great Letting Go.
My mother only liked classical music,Beethoven,Bach & Mozart,no rock & she played their music on the piano.When I was playing this album and she came into the room when Letting Go was on,she asked me is that Paul McCartney and I said yes and she said Oh that music is brilliant,he's a music genius like Beethoven! My mother was also a talented artist who sculpted,and drew with charcoal pencils and pastels, and she even sold some of her sculptures at a few local galleries.She said she now loved most of The Beatles music and said they were brilliant.
And my sister who is 4 years older than me and had a big diverse music collection since she was a mid teen,bought Venus and Mars when it came out,and I remember listening to it with her,and her friend and my best friend and we all loved it. My sister still says years later that Venus and Mars is one of the best rock albums she ever heard and that it's unique and she knows no album like it.
She always said his 1971 Ram album was a very good album too,although I like this album much better and I really don't understand all of the love everywhere for his Ram album I think it only has 3 great songs on it, the great rocker Too Many People,Uncle Albert and Back Seat of My Car. Paul's best post Beatles sounding music was from 1970-1975,with this being his last true great album.After this he wrote some good music but he never wrote the same great quality music again for some reason.
His first solo album McCartney where he played every instrument by himself (and he played them all great) is very good,Red Rose Speedway and Band On The Run are very good albums too,and he produced all of these great albums by himself and co-arranged the music on Venus and Mars by himself.
And it was Paul who wrote a lot of rock including hard rock in the 1970's not John and George (no knock on them though) and most of it was great,
Paul's 1975 Venus & Mars Wings album is a great rock album and out of the majority of great reviews on amazon.com it gets a well deserved 5 stars out of over 100 reviews for this album. This is one of the *GREATEST* solo/Wings Paul albums he ever did! It's great and it's Beatles quality because every song is very good & if anyone wants to know what a true music genius Paul really is,just listen to the *music* in the great Letting Go.
My mother only liked classical music,Beethoven,Bach & Mozart,no rock & she played their music on the piano.When I was playing this album and she came into the room when Letting Go was on,she asked me is that Paul McCartney and I said yes and she said Oh that music is brilliant,he's a music genius like Beethoven! My mother was also a talented artist who sculpted,and drew with charcoal pencils and pastels, and she even sold some of her sculptures at a few local galleries.She said she now loved most of The Beatles music and said they were brilliant.
And my sister who is 4 years older than me and had a big diverse music collection since she was a mid teen,bought Venus and Mars when it came out,and I remember listening to it with her,and her friend and my best friend and we all loved it. My sister still says years later that Venus and Mars is one of the best rock albums she ever heard and that it's unique and she knows no album like it.
She always said his 1971 Ram album was a very good album too,although I like this album much better and I really don't understand all of the love everywhere for his Ram album I think it only has 3 great songs on it, the great rocker Too Many People,Uncle Albert and Back Seat of My Car. Paul's best post Beatles sounding music was from 1970-1975,with this being his last true great album.After this he wrote some good music but he never wrote the same great quality music again for some reason.
His first solo album McCartney where he played every instrument by himself (and he played them all great) is very good,Red Rose Speedway and Band On The Run are very good albums too,and he produced all of these great albums by himself and co-arranged the music on Venus and Mars by himself.
And it was Paul who wrote a lot of rock including hard rock in the 1970's not John and George (no knock on them though) and most of it was great,
maccafan said:
I like/love the majority of every McCartney album, excluding McCartney II/ Electric Arguments and all of the other Fireman albums.
Here are my top 5 McCartney/Wings albums in order.
1 - Wings Over America - One of the absolute greatest tours in rock history, nuff said!
2 - Memory Almost Full - Just fantastic songwriting and I love the medley.
3 - Run Devil Run - Oh Yes! It rocks too hard and is just too good! McCartney's vocals on this album are some of the best of his entire career, just listen to Shake A Hand!
4 - Flaming Pie - More excellent songwriting.
5 - Band On the Run - The excellence of this album just can't be denied, one of his absolute best!
I believe a person should start where ever they want, but if pressed, you can't go wrong with any of these!
I like/love the majority of every McCartney album, excluding McCartney II/ Electric Arguments and all of the other Fireman albums.
Here are my top 5 McCartney/Wings albums in order.
1 - Wings Over America - One of the absolute greatest tours in rock history, nuff said!
2 - Memory Almost Full - Just fantastic songwriting and I love the medley.
3 - Run Devil Run - Oh Yes! It rocks too hard and is just too good! McCartney's vocals on this album are some of the best of his entire career, just listen to Shake A Hand!
4 - Flaming Pie - More excellent songwriting.
5 - Band On the Run - The excellence of this album just can't be denied, one of his absolute best!
I believe a person should start where ever they want, but if pressed, you can't go wrong with any of these!
rjp said:
get a couple of his greatest hits CD's. band on the run and flaming pie.
you need nothing else
get a couple of his greatest hits CD's. band on the run and flaming pie.
you need nothing else
maccafan said:
Don't listen to that advice, it assumes what a person will and won't like, how on Earth does anyone know what another person will like?!
Don't listen to that advice, it assumes what a person will and won't like, how on Earth does anyone know what another person will like?!
BGS said:
I think the best way to listen is chronologically.
Best Albums
Band on the Run
Flaming Pie
Ram
Flowers in the Dirt
McCartney
Tug of War
Off the Ground
Good Albums
Pipes of Peace
Driving Rain
Venus and Mars
Wings at the Speed of Sound
Run Devil Run
Wings over America
Back in the U.S.
Tripping the Live Fantastic
Give My Regards to Broadway (some will disagree and say it is below average)
Unplugged
Below average
Chaos and Creation (some like this album a lot)
McCartney II
Memory almost Full
New
Press to Play
CHOBA B CCCP
Thrillington
Electric Arguments (Firemen)
I think the song selection could have made these albums better. For example, some of the bonus tracks on the deluxe editions are better than the songs on the original release.
I think the best way to listen is chronologically.
Best Albums
Band on the Run
Flaming Pie
Ram
Flowers in the Dirt
McCartney
Tug of War
Off the Ground
Good Albums
Pipes of Peace
Driving Rain
Venus and Mars
Wings at the Speed of Sound
Run Devil Run
Wings over America
Back in the U.S.
Tripping the Live Fantastic
Give My Regards to Broadway (some will disagree and say it is below average)
Unplugged
Below average
Chaos and Creation (some like this album a lot)
McCartney II
Memory almost Full
New
Press to Play
CHOBA B CCCP
Thrillington
Electric Arguments (Firemen)
I think the song selection could have made these albums better. For example, some of the bonus tracks on the deluxe editions are better than the songs on the original release.
maccafan said:
How about not passing opinions onto someone else, what you think is below average or not good may be great to someone else! That's why I say decide for yourself!
The question wasn't what you think is good or bad, the question was where to start, I don't even like suggesting albums, I think a person should start where ever they like and once again, make up their own mind!
How about not passing opinions onto someone else, what you think is below average or not good may be great to someone else! That's why I say decide for yourself!
The question wasn't what you think is good or bad, the question was where to start, I don't even like suggesting albums, I think a person should start where ever they like and once again, make up their own mind!
tommy-thewho said:
Band On The Run
Band On The Run
