21-02-2012, 08:22
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PAUL McCARTNEY "chaos and creation in the backyard" cd,2005.
bloody hell!...i just get over the dissapointment that was the new album and then i pull this one out...God must really be having a laugh at my expense these last couple of weeks!
i know the reviews at the time raved about this one.."best album he ever made", "classic mccartney" etc etc...but i just dont see it,and ive played this one probably a hundred times since it was released to figure out why i dont like it!
pretty much a solo set with Paul doing 95% of the instruments himself, but produced with the guy who did Radiohead's "ok computer"...another one i do not like!
on this one we see Paul in a very sombre,solomn "oh woe is me" attitude...guess his personal life was in dissaray around this time and it shows.
musically,this is a very well crafted album,lyrically too, but vocally, it sounds like he is straining too much, much like his vocals are either first takes or he never warmed up his vocal chords enough prior to going in the studio. most of the songs are only three and a half minutes long yet they dont really 'go anywhere',making them sound like they eight minutes long, even though i am a big fan of The Mac, there is always one dud track on each album generally speaking, and two or three great Macca tunes, however, on this one nothing comes anywhere near a "love" track IMO, and several of the "like" tracks could easily slip backwards into the "do not like" range, but the pro's at allmusic like this one a lot giving it a converted 2.4 score, y'all aint going to see that from this "Horse",no way!
all i can say is "thank God this one is now shelved for a long,long while as there are at least a thousand that will get played before the container this one goes in comes round again!
I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: anywhere between 4 and 6 of them!
best track: promise to you girl
tracks:
1. fine line **
Paul McCartney Fine Line Helter Skelter 48th Grammy Awards - YouTube live (with helter skelter)
2. how kind of you *
3. jenny wren *
4. at the mercy *
5. friends to go **
Paul McCartney - Friends To Go - YouTube live
6. english tea **
Paul McCartney - English Tea (Abbey Road Studio) - YouTube live
7. too much rain *
8. a certain softness *
9. riding to vanity fair *
10.follow me **
Paul McCartney - Follow Me - YouTube audio
11.promise to you girl **
Paul McCartney - Promise To You Girl - YouTube audio
12.this never happened before **
Paul McCartney - This Never Happened Before - YouTube audio
13.anyway **
Paul McCartney - Anyway - YouTube audio
3s=0
2s=7
1s=6
rating: 1.5
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.