McCartney

Wow! Never heard this album before. Great songs, some of the instrumental ones are forgettable, though.

Album #150: McCartney Genre (W): Lo-fi No singles. I have listened to this album once before. Thoughts?: An interesting record but it feels rushed and bare bones. It feels like Paul McCartney has little to say and tries to make the music speak for itself, but fails. Pretty underwhelming. Favorite tracks: That Would Be Something, Junk, Maybe I’m Amazed

its ok

Great album, more instrumental than I was expecting

It's fine. It's McCartney 7/10

I mean this was ... whatever. I found myself just waiting for it to end.

Album : 9 / 1089 Songs known going in : 0/13 Favourite song : Singalong Junk Album cover : really cool I like the dynamics with the blackout panels on either side of the cherries. rating : 3/5 notes : the lovely Linda is sweet. really good bass lines as a general I like a loud base and you don't get them that often. That would be something is a little too elvis-ey for my liking it lacks a sense of individual identity. Every night is sweet and I like the the sweetness of it. Lyrics are sweet, guitar melody sweet didn't like the believe me mama though as said previously you're not Elvis my love. The change between hot as sun and glasses is a bit daunting I dont really get it i dont think its confusing. I love the twinkley noises in junk Man we was lonely has a charm about it Nothing I could particularly point out but good. oo you felt generic loved the free arpeggio bassline in momma miss america. A lot more instrumental than I thought this album was going to be. Singalong junk is very pretty and it remind me of film scores which is a huge plus Maybe i'm amazed has quite cute lyrics but in some ways it feel generic like someone trying to get their footing on a new style. Plus points thoughI wasn't expecting that sound to come out of his mouth. Kreen-Akrore really freaks me out with the heavy breathing that wasn't for me. The whole album feels a little bit like trying on styles not really sure what fits. there are songs that just feel really uncertain of themselves. It is certainly very sweet much how much Paul quite obviously loved Linda.

Wait, people hate it? That doesn't make any sense. Just for Junk alone this is a 5/5.

Big McCartney fan, this album has some really great songs, particularly junk, but also a bunch of wierd half finished sounding tracks between songs that were just a little strange. The 70s production is great

A pleasant first solo album from the music legend which is Sir Paul McCartney.

Excellent from the best songwriter of all time. Highlights are Junk and Maybe I’m Amazed but it was all nice.

1971 Rock, lofi Parece ser que lo grabo solo en su casa con lo que tenía por ahí por una etapa depresiva que tuvo. Sinceramente, nada memorable

Good album.

Another album that just came and went for me.

shes chill

3/5 needs a relisten it's mcartney

Förväntar mig mer av en Beatle! Fattar inte riktigt vad han ville få fram med denna skiva? Många konstiga och tråkiga låtar, spretigt sound och faktiskt inte bra sång. Fanns en del riktigt catchy låtar men i överlag inte särskilt imponerande. Svag tvåa!

Ett album som nog bara kan uppskattas av inbitna Beatles-nördar. Albumet har en ganska häftig DIY-känsla (han spelade in alla låtar själv i sitt hem) men det mesta känns typ halvfärdigt. Han borde nog ha skitit i att släppa allt och gjort en singel eller två istället. Jättekonstigt att ha med exakt samma låt två gånger, en med sång och en utan. Ska man sjunga med den andra gången eller? Fattar inte.

I expected to like this album a lot more than I did, but I was rather whelmed overall.

He's just got an enjoyable voice so it's easy listening.

当时一定很棒吧

I get the historical significance of this album, but is it really worth listening to. Not really, pleasant more than interesting. 2.5 rounded down Heard before? Some Owned: No, 104/393 (26%) Will I get: No

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Paul was not my favorite, George was. But I love this.

Listened to this a while back. Decent first album

Schwieriges Album. Ein paar Perlen dabei aber auch viel unfinished Fragmente..

Naja

SINGALONG JUNK SO GOOD FU SHRIS CHOTTON IT IS WES ANDERSON ASS SONG

This was fun. I wasn't overly compelled by it but certainly not a hard listen

Maybe I'm Amazed is fantastic, the rest of this does leave a bit to be desired if I'm being honest

Thoroughly enjoyed this album

Chill album. There were a handful of songs that didn't feel like they really had a purpose. Like half the song would be just noise? I don't know how to describe it exactly but those songs took me out of it a bit.

Solid. Almost want to give it a 4. But I’m ok with just the hits and leaving the concepts alone.

Feels like leftovers from the white album. Not bad but disjointed and not terribly interesting. 3/5.

Liked this enough to listen through twice at work. Enjoyed the variety of polished and rough/partial/imperfect. Appreciate his post-Beatles work more now than before.

Still no Beatles (yet) . . . but we do have this. Which is kind of how 7 yo (almost 8) me felt, upon hearing that the Beatles had broken up, and that maybe it was Paul's doing (but it's complicated), and then gradually learning that the individual Beat-les would be releasing solo albums: that's nice . . . but I want Beatles! Anyway, turning specifically to this album: 3 stars. Pleasant enough, but nothing super special here. "Maybe I'm Amazed" was the only hit (I think), and it's a good song, but I've heard it SO many times that it's lost some of its luster (interesting phenomenon, though obviously mostly/entirely? subjective: why do some songs hold up to MANY repeated listens better than others?). Anyway, to the extent that I was already familiar with some (most?) of the other songs, it's mostly been through a local Sunday morning radio show that I've sporadically listened to for decades, "Breakfast With the Beatles." I for sure recognize "Every Night," "Junk," and "Teddy Boy," and they're decent enough songs, but nothing too special, which results in a sort of Jack and the Beanstalk feeling (like I had at age 7): we're giving up The Beatles . . . for this? (But then -- later in 1970 -- George's "All Things Must Pass" came out, so maybe it's not all bad . . . .)

A firmly average album. "Junk" and "Maybe" are good songs and the rest are half-baked. I like the Glasses part; it's definitely the most intriguing moment. The last track is the most tepid drum solo I can think of. But I don't hate it. I don't hate the other half-baked, sparse tracks either. They're just ok

nothing horrible and nothing great

Raw McCartney, sounding a bit like demos, but a few that would sound better on the live album

Maybe I’m Amazed was the clear standout. I was a bit disappointed in the rest of the album, I mean it wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t groundbreaking. To think that this was his first post-Beatles output, I would have expected a bit more. His later stuff was better.

Sehr schön

People apparently didn't like this when it first came out, but this is a delightful little collection of tunes from a post-Beatles, emotionally exhausted Paul McCartney. The overall atmosphere is consistently great, plus it has some all-timers of his like Junk and especially Maybe I'm Amazed.

I was originally going to give this a 3, though it really has 3.5 vibes, but I really enjoyed it overall, so a 4 it is. There’s nothing revolutionary here (though Maybe I’m Amazed is a GREAT song). Still, I found a lot of the little instrumental bits to be so good and fun! I was a little taken aback to see Paul McCartney credited with basically every instrument on the album, but it ended up being minimalistic enough to where I could see it.

Unremarkable, but it makes for a breezy listen! Funny how much Paul's solo work contrasts with John's. Standouts: The Lovely Linda • Hot As Sun / Glasses • Junk • Singalong Junk

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. When I heard that first track I expected that this album would be everything I can't stand about Paul's songwriting - overly saccharine, overproduced, possibly with a French horn section coming in - and I was stunned by how much this album is not that. "Sad guy in a room" is one of my favorite genres, and Paul sounds like a guy on the verge of a breakdown here. When you look at the turmoil going on in his life at the moment, it's genuinely insane. This album is the sound of a guy trying to figure out who he is without The Beatles (remember, he was the one who wouldn't let it go). I can see why this had people confused and disappointed at the time, but this album absolutely has its place in the modern indie canon.

I liked this more than I thought I would; it was a fun and cool listen, just a great artist near one of the peaks of his work.

Why

This is ok, fun experiments from Sir Paul but nothing special imo

I love the McCartney solo era. There is some great music.

This is mostly just OK, and then there's Maybe I'm Amazed, which is great. That one song doesn't make up for the rest of it though.

Good album. Obviously from one of the goats. I don't think it's his best work but solid. 6.4/10

Oh Christ. As much as I love the Beatles I really struggle with McCartney. It had to happen eventfully, let's dive in... He's hard work and hard to like. Where did the character and charm go?

Divertido. Eu amo o paul

Bom disco. Nunca tinha ouvido, mas gostei

i do not know what i would rate the man but i do know what i rate the album that bears his name such a shame

This doesn't really sound like anything special.

A solid 3 and a so what from me

¿Porque lo habrán odiado tanto? Tiene muy buenas rolas. Solo con "Maybe I'm Amazed" ya es una joya :D

Solid demo tape. Singalong Junk is a new favorite song.

This album is more special because of its context rather than by his content, at least that is what I feel when I listened to it. I immagine Paul all by himself compsing this in Abbey Road, longing for what could have been with The Beatles, and at the same, partially responsible for what had happened. A good album for a winter evening, longing for a better time, filling the void and reminging all good things come to an end. Maybe I'm Amazed stands out, and those words are a good review for this album...

i listened to this album with my mother. she has a more favorable opinion of the beatles then I do. she says "if Paul McCartney wasn't in The Beatles, this wouldn't be on the list". I completely agree.

Sorry, Paul... you are my favourite Beatle, but I can't stand behind this. A bunch of unbaked Beatles songs that were clearly not good enough for them, but I'm sure he was absolutely itching to be released (for some reason). In the book, he says that "[the tracks] were almost throwaways", and honestly, maybe he should have.

I had never listened to this album before today and I really enjoyed it. It showcased his artistry and his talent from many different facets. Great album.

Sweet

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: That Would Be Something, Momma Miss America, Maybe I'm Amazed I can't imagine what it must have been like to be part of Beatles-mania at the end of the 60s and to learn about/find out the series of events that led to the breakup of the Beatles and the production of this album, in secrecy, and the "vilification" of Paul as a result of having produced and released this album. Some of the shorter dittys I could probably do without, but there are a few really good guitar-heavy tracks that are quite awesome. And then Maybe I'm Amazed is just a great, memorable, timeless song.

Good, but far from McCartney's best. What may be intended as something more grounded and organic comes off as a little off-the-cuff and underproduced.

Fav track:”Junk”. High 3, though there were tracks i didnt like

Mixed feelings. Klinkt op zich prima, maar ik had meer verwacht van deze grote naam. Het is allemaal wat experimenteel.

Perfect

Out of every Beatles' post-break up discography I really expected Paul's solo debut to be much more fulfilling and interesting, but surprisingly this album feels very plain. It should be stated that being plain isn't always a bad thing, but by god is this album just barely teetering on the line of being good and pretty decent in my eyes. I think it is also important to note that McCartney (1) was released just about a month before Let It Be came out, so technically The Beatles were still together when this album dropped. Even with that being said I feel this album is quite a creative misfire compared to what Paul was doing just a year prior. The songwriting here is good, the instrumentation is good, the structure is good, but nothing stands out here. As much as I agree that Maybe I'm Amazed is the best track here, even that song really doesn't do a whole lot more than being serviceable. I wish there was more for me to talk about but I feel quite stunted in what I have to say here. Really underwhelmed and expected much better.

Well, well. Look who's finally giving me some of his solo material? After 3 solo albums from other Beatles and 7 whole albums from the full band, I've finally gotten my first Paul McCartney solo album of the project! I don't how it took this long, but we're here! This was Paul McCartney's first solo album after the Beatles broke up and it's pretty alright. It's no All Things Must Pass, but it's a nice listen. I've got to say that it is very impressive that, aside from a few backing vocals from his then-wife, Linda, everything on this album was done by Paul himself. That's cool. I like that. Speaking of Linda, boy, did Paul love her around this time. Many of the songs on this album were written about her, and not super subtly either. But, at the end of the day, one of those songs was "Maybe I'm Amazed," so I can't complain. God, what a good song that one is. It's probably the closest that this album comes to reaching that Beatles magic. The rest of the album? it's remarkably lo-fi, especially for the time. People complained about this in 1970 when the album released, but I think it's cool. It certainly makes the album unique. The material on here is fairly basic, but there are some good tunes. The aforementioned "Maybe I'm Amazed," along with the earlier tracks "Every Night" and "Junk" were really great. The rest of the album is filled with these interesting shorter songs and instrumentals that don't exactly detract from the experience, but are also not the best material to come from Paul around this time. Still, I like this album for what it's worth. For being Paul's first post-Beatles album, it's certainly a unique listen compared to the other members' first post-Beatles albums, even if it's not quite as good as what John and George put out at this time. Nice listen, but Ram should've been here instead. Decent 4/5.

Paul invented Indie Rock? Fuck all the way off with that shit! Another thing, these are a bunch of songs that ... just kinda suck. If you find yourself actually *wanting* to listen to any of these (save: Maybe I'm Amazed) maybe you need to rethink your Stan-dom

Das Album ist total schön und süß und persönlich. Natürlich ist das kein Magnum Opus, aber das muss es gar nicht sein. Es ist Paul McCartney!

Sort of an interesting collection of sketches, and so soon after Beatles broke up. Interesting that he did it all by himself at home, and encouraged me to go on and listen to ram since it came right after and I hear good things about it Update: Listened to ram, uncle Albert is an utterly fantastic track, played it on repeat about 10 times today, HAAAAAANDS ACROSS THE WATER

I did enjoy this, maybe on more listens this could get bumped up more, there weren’t that many super stand out tracks I enjoyed the instrumentals more than I thought I would 3.5

A lot of filler but a couple of really good tunes. Interesting to see McCartney transitioning from Bestle to solo artist.

Some nice bits but this is very slight.

I liked this well enough. Though I think I prefer Wings based on what I heard here. Solid though. 3/5

7/10

god i love mccartney. parts of this are a little dull, but the high points are so good (maybe i'm amazed!!)

McCartney without The Beatles is very hit and miss, but his first venture wasn't all that bad, even good at times, but later albums would see him come into his own proper.

Despite always vocally hating the obvious McCartney joints on basically any Beatles album (I think I always used to call them songs for grandmas) this weirdly just… works? Minimalistic and experimental but with obvious skill behind the craft. Not my favourite listen ever but I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would.

i think this book should just be 1001 songs and then we could hear maybe i'm amazed without the rest

4/10 Just junk. I love lo-fi, but this isn't it - it is wrong to try and claim just because the songs are unfinished that they are stripped back. The thing is that there are barely a handful of tracks that were worth working up into proper songs.

Decent album, not the same without the other Beatles 3/5

the best beatles recordings are covers of their songs and this album proves to be no different. If you enjoy listening to dentist office music you'll probably like this one.

Una tarde agradable, una sencillez exquisita y excepcionalmente creado en un momento turbulento para Macca. Aunque el álbum tiene alguna canciones que pueden haber sido más, me encanta la estética algo relajada.

Correcto

13 songs This felt like sitting next to Paul as he's showing you some songs he's been working on on his guitar. It's lo-fi, intimate, quite enjoyable, but at the same time the songs as a whole are quite forgettable. Just like listening to your friend doodle on his guitar, you will enjoy the overall experience, but most likely won't be able to remember much of it, besides a few melodies here and there.

Konstant højt niveau, næsten så jævnt at det bliver en smule kedeligt, og forudsigeligt.

Et hyggeligt omend ikke helt færdigbagt album. Sir Pauls kvaliteter som sangskriver fornægter sig ikke. Men det når aldrig helt op på Beatles niveauet.

You’re telling me that if this didn’t have the name McCartney all over it it would still be on this list? Really???? I get that there’s a whole series of 1001 things, but guy, couldn’t you have asked for help when you couldn’t come up with that many? I don’t actually know if the list is collaborative or if it’s really just the editor’s picks, and I’m not sure which version makes a lot of these choices understandable.

That’s a musical love letter from Paul to Linda, and quite nicely done. It was a time when everybody bought anything an ex-Beatle put out, so we had the vinyl at 4 Ex. It has a big hit on each side, but McCartney didn’t get much play. (2.75*s) The album held up longer than the marriage…

Like Lennon and Harrison, McCartney just can't quite deliver a solo album on the same level as any of the Fab 4's. That's a big ask though, considering they have some epics. And McCartney didn't have a full band like he did with The Wings. Trying to record in a home studio, playing all the instruments yourself, after the band break-up, and depressed makes it a rough go. You got a hit with "Maybe I'm Amazed" and then a lot of other junk. Really not sure what's going on with the final track "Kreen-Akrore." Paul may have been having a panic attack. Despite the shortcomings, McCartney made a valiant effort and this one lands between Plastic Ono Band and All Things Must Pass for me at 2.2 stars.

Given the work of The Beatles it's hard not to consider McCartney (album) underwhelming. Some of it isn't bad but a lot of it just sounds like a guy noodling around in a studio with no clear intention. The album almost sounds like a handful of demo tracks as opposed to a fully realized album. It's always cool when an artist self-produces and plays all the instruments on an album so I guess I can give Paul some credit for that. Nice to hear that this was an inspiration for future lo-fi artists even if I find the work to be mostly mundane. I'm not sure anything that the individual members released would have been able to measure up to what they released as The Beatles, but to think that this was Paul's first move during the fallout is a little confusing. The grind of running with The Beatles must have been overwhelming so its not a crazy surprise to hear he was depressed and going through it when this album was arranged. As an album I'm not sure it's a must-listen, but, as a part of music history given the impending break-up of The Beatles and their impact I do think it is worth giving it a spin and can understand why it lands on the list. 1.84 stars

Now that the anger at McCartney for not even breaking up the Beatles has mellowed I feel I can say that I liked this album

I'm not a huge Beatles fan, and I'm not much of a Paul McCartney fan either. I know the talent is there, but there's just something about his music that I've never been able to fully connect with. That said, this is a good album. There are several strong songs on here, and I like the stripped-down, homemade feel that runs throughout the record. It has a charm to it. I can absolutely understand why people love McCartney. It just doesn't quite click with me the way it does for others. Even though I enjoyed this more than a lot of his other work, it's still not an album I see myself reaching for very often.

p217. 1970. 3 stars. The issue with all of the Beatles solo albums is that they are invariably matched against the group's work, and that they lack quality control from the rest of the group. This isn't bad at all - there are a handful of genuine Macca classics, but there is also a LOT of filler and some dreadful songs that should never have seen the light of day.

A lot of fun and a little bit of majesty from a writer of silly love songs. Also, I love McCartney’s version, but Odetta would go one to make a better “Every Night” just 8 months later.

At the start, this album felt like a bunch of unfinished diddies. Side two really changed my outlook. While it’s not my first listen by any means, it’s certainly my first “critical listen” of McCartney. Momma Miss America is the stand out track. The fact that it’s entirely a home recording is super cool, along with the McCartney playing all the instruments (the bass line is very telling). I like “Sing Along Junk” better than “Junk” and “Maybe I’m Amazed” is an all time favorite. Absolutely epic side 2 on this debut solo album and a less than epic side 1 leaves me torn. 3.5 rounded up.

McCartney's unfettered creativity really shines here. Lock this Beatle up his basement with a handful of instruments for a few months and he'll produce gold!

I enjoyed the homemade sound that this album has. A few great songs on here like That Would Be Something and Maybe I'm Amazed stood out to me. A few other songs that kind of resonated with me was Glasses, Man We Was Lonely, and Momma Miss America.

Simple arrangements, had me toe-tappin' even though it didn't blow my lid off. Oo You is a solid, bluesy rocker. This is like the ultimate 3.5 star album.

Enjoyably ramshackle. Maybe I’m Amazed is the diamond in the rough.

Hmm. Nothing that really stands out, but nothing bad either

Oy. Tough to beat the Beatles I guess.

Veldig mye kult

Normally I like the jam session stuff but not sure they came up with a ton here. Liked Kreen and Hot as Sun well enough

It's McCartney

Cmon Paul you’re better than this I think there’s two songs on here that are great, Maybe I’m Amazed and Junk. At its core it’s still one of the beating hearts of the Beatles, and having that DNA in there by default makes this a more pleasant and more interesting listen than some other stuff in the era. Paul McCartney is indeed a pretty good musician There’s just a lot that brings this one down. The low fidelity sound isn’t for me, it feels like a bootleg at times. I think it would be a bit better if it was actually recorded in a studio, but I don’t think it’s the only problem. So many of these songs are just kinda boring, which blows my mind. Also I really hated the heavy breathing at the end of that last song, just weird and uncomfortable Think this is a low 3 for me, it’s still Beatles adjacent but this is definitely worse than anything the group put out while they were together. Also hard to not compare to All Things Must Pass, which came out that same year and just blew this one out of the water.

man i wasn't feeling any of the songs and then a banger came on and i checked spotify and it was a song from a different album :/ even in the depths of my beatlemania i didnt really care for the solo efforts and its not hard to see why. its just paul singing about his wife. like 1 hook in the entire album. hes just there.

As a massive Beatles fan, I'm disappointed by how just "okay" this album is. It's certainly not bad, but as the first of the actual solo Beatles albums this leaves a lot to be desired. Maybe I'm Amazed is certainly a fantastic ballad that matches with McCartney's output in the late Beatles era, but the rest of the album feels like ideas that don't come to fruition. I mean, having both "Junk" and "Singalong Junk" just to fill an already short runtime feels like too many idea with hardly any fleshed out. It really is just okay, nothing more, nothing else. So, I'll ask, where's Ram? How did this get here over Ram, which is easily the best McCartney album? It seriously baffles me. I feel like the author just didn't want to include more McCartney albums than Lennon, but this album didn't need to be here, that one did. If you're reading this, listen to Ram. Maybe the low production values led this album to be one of the first "indie" albums, but then why aren't other artists on here for the same reason? And once again, WHY ISN'T RAM HERE?!

This was interesting

Really cool. I think what caught me off guard were the instrumentals. I love how bluesy and soulful they were. A lot of really cool psych rock throughout as well. He fuses genres and kind of plays with what inspires him. It’s pretty awesome and kind of a fun, refreshing take on the music of The Beatles. The short nature of the songs reminds me of a lot of indie rock, specifically Guided By Voices.

I don't care what people say, I absolutely love this album. It is just such a cool, stripped-back look at a genius working entirely on his own terms. You can tell he is completely smitten with Linda as a newlywed at this point with all his references to her across the tracklist. She really was his true partner, especially considering this album is 100% him playing every single instrument, other than her contributing on backing vocals.The whole charming, lo-fi vibe of the album is what makes it so special. I'm sure it wasn't intentional, but the sparse DIY production plays like an anti-Phil Spector Wall of Sound, standing in massive contrast to the huge, layered sonic landscape George Harrison was putting together on All Things Must Pass at the time. Instead of chasing a massive, polished radio sound, Paul just holed up in his home studio to record these loose, intimate tracks and quirky instrumentals like "Valentine Day" and "Momma Miss America." It feels like you are sitting right in the living room with him while he just tinkers around with melodies."Every Night" is a beautiful love song, and "Maybe I'm Amazed" is another all-time great love song that serves as the perfect emotional centerpiece for the whole record. I actually got to hear him play that one live in Atlanta last year, which was pretty cool. I don't know exactly what it is about "Junk," but I have always loved that song too. It is just so beautiful, poignant, and sad, showing how he can make a simple acoustic demo hit harder than a massive studio production. It is an incredibly warm, honest snapshot of his life, and it holds up beautifully as a DIY masterpiece.

Not as strong as his Beatles work and his later solo albums, and quite eclectic, but shows what is to come with a little more time without having Lennon to bounce ideas of of.

McCartney isn't the best solo debut of any Beatle, and it's honestly a pretty lackluster solo debut in general. Though what it lacks in expectations it makes up for in wonder. Paul McCartney practically creates the Indie Rock genre by just sitting in his living room and making something worth listening to. Hits and Misses here and there but it's a passion project that I respect above all else. Not as good as Ram, but good in it's own right. Favorites were That Would be Something, Every Night, Oo You, and Maybe I'm Amazed

Definitely not the best Beatles solo album or even the best album by Paul, but this has some quality material on it. The standout is absolutely Maybe I’m Amazed. I liked the use of Bluesy elements, but some of the songwriting can feel a little half baked. Favorites were That Would Be Something, Oo You, Momma Miss America, and Maybe I’m Amazed.

There was some nice stuff here and I kind of liked the demo vibe of it all.

mostly slop

Sounds like what it is: Paul McCartney without the other Beatles, lacking the richness of sound and invention and innovation he had with the rest of the band. Kind of like a bunch of demo tapes he might present to them for his songs before they are jazzed up and workshopped a bit. It's all pleasant enough but I don't think it should have made the cut for this list. Oh wait, Maybe I'm Amazed is on here. That justifies the album for me and earns it the extra star I was on the fence about. My next album, by interesting coincidence, was John Lennon's Imagine. After listening to that, I prefer Paul McCartney, but not by too much.

Paul needs John. John needs Paul.

hm? nekako krakto i uglavnom slatko, ali opet ništa posebno, doživljaj otprilike isti kao i s boljim mi albumima bitlsa (samokres i gumena duša). čudno kad oponaša elvisa na početku... bruh

Favorite track(s): Every Night, Junk, Maybe I'm Amazed

I don’t mean this disparagingly but it’s apt that there’s a song called Junk on here. This album feels like it’s been collected from a master craftsman’s workshop: some pieces are fully formed and wonderful (Here Today, Maybe I’m Amazed), but often these are odds and ends that were started and then aside to be revisited later for refinement and polish. McCartney is a genius but this sounds unfinished.

Unfinished, rough ideas with a few gems. But incredible

Un beatle

C’est sympa

C'était sympa, c'est pas mon Beatles préféré (c'est George Harrison) mais j'ai passé un bon moment

A fun album. Does not sound like something I would imagine was made during a period of depression and confusion. Seems like something made after acceptance and reinventing oneself. But who am I to tell. I like the low interference of production and the less polished sound more than I liked the Beatles sound.

What a wonderful guy McCartney is. Would be so difficult to dislike him or his music.

feels like i opened paul mccartney's impersonal performative journal but i had fun. vibes

To me, this sounded like The Beatles with more polished production and less of a unique flair. Definitely not unlistenable, and there were some nice moments in here, but this doesn't feel like a big enough step in a new direction to be an essential listen.

I mean, Paul can write a catchy melody in his sleep, and this record is mostly him just spinning them out without developing them into full songs. He reuses some stuff (the riff from You Never Give Me Your Money, for example). So... while this is never an unpleasant listen, it never feels essential (outside of Maybe I'm Amazed). Can see how this could feel like a major stepdown coming out of The Beatles, but from this distance, it just seems like a standard spin-off solo record. Sketches that weren't good enough for the band but he still wanted to get out there. If only they had the precedent to follow to let them all do their thing for a bit while keeping the band together. Oh well.

You'd think if McCartney stretched his wings for the first time, he'd come up with something unique and genuinely interesting. But nope. This is honestly as bland as porridge.

Done paying the beatle tax. No more peer pressure to give higher points for anything to do with this group. Making a short album with instrumentals and fragments of ideas for songs is nice and all but not memorable. If anything it is more of what Paul brought to his previous project for those people who could never get enough of that. Maybe that also explains the strange state and timing of this album. Musically it is fine, just fine. Another point of contention: Indie is short for independent. Specifically from the established industry. if you are part of the biggest band of that time, there's nothing indie about that.

This was awful. I felt it was meandering and directionless. Nothing stood out. Add to the list of substandard Beatle solo albums. Absolutely no need for it to be on this list.

Oh yes! Maybe I'm amazed how good he is as a songwriter and a musician. Timeless. Fantastic. Perfect for getting over a hump day!

I absolutely loved this album and had never listened to it before. recognize a couple of the songs, but this was brand new. Very great McCartney sound.

Hate not to rank sir Paul but nothing I loved here

Oh, McCartney made a solo album before Wings? At home with a four-track? Home recordings are fun, and good to share with friends, but why was this released as an album? We can see that songs kept burbling out of McCartney, and he wasn't wedded to studio mega-productions, and the record company presumably thought anything by a Beatle would sell. I respect the Beatles' oeuvre, but I am not a Beatles tragic, I didn't need to hear this before I die. I don't detect any surprising musical or lyrical ideas, they're unobtrusive little ditties or tolerable-amongst-friends experiments (Kreen-Akrore). The existence of this as an 'album', with negligible replayability, is a bit of an insult. No-one should release every song they home record! It's Bad, 1/10.

this is something like paul mccartney's equivalent to dylan's Self-Portrait, maybe not actively inviting scorn and disillusion in the same way but certainly responding to his larger than life deification with a loud attempt to not even try to "live up to" the likes of abbey road. this approach would bear its full fruit on his homey masterpiece Ram, which is more labored-over but still in this warmly casual, instinct-driven creative mode. this is more than just a dry run for Ram, or more accurately its Less...its one of the most famous musicians in the world trying deliberately to not overthink anything. it cost him critical cred at the time, but this was always a beautiful piece of pure economy and tasty fluff. mccartney just couldnt go wrong with songwriting at this point, even in truncated lightweight form...its just a delight to hear this punchy bundle of melodies that get in and get out like a bunch of comfy chatting. with one more intricate and ornate masterpiece, Maybe I'm Amazed, for good measure. even if you see it as Maybe I'm Amazed + others, it'd be foolish to say thats not worth your time!

i have virtually no prior experience with the Beatles’ members’ music, so i’m coming into this record with no real expectations. honestly it was pretty good, go white boy go!

nice

Favorite songs: Every Night, Junk, Teddy Boy, Singalong Junk, Maybe I'm Amazed

3/5 Didn't stand out. I liked Junk, though.

Day 303 Life is like a bowl of cherries and the bowl on the cover is empty which means Paul is Dead!! Wake up sheeple! If you think conspiracy cranks are a new thing I really recommend the book ‘The Walrus was Paul’ by Gary Patterson. On the album, there would be far better to come from Paul but there’s still moments of genius here. Highlights Man we was Lonely Maybe I’m amazed

I'm not much of a Beatles fan and even less so of any of the members' solo projects. I mean, I like a single here and there, but the vast majority of their stuff does absolutely nothing for me. The album should be called "Maybe I'm Amazed and Other Songs." This album was on the good side of OK. Some interesting melodies and he obviously knows how to put together a song; I actually enjoyed the instrumentals the most. Not a ton to say about this record, Paul McCartney tunes are fine. 3/5

I quite enjoyed this one, a couple of the songs on here I had always thought were The Beatles not just a Paul solo effort.

My least favourite Beatle and this does not really change my view. I quite like the demo/bagginess and that many tracks sound like discarded Beatles out takes.

I liked it. It felt genuine, being scaled back and seemingly no order to the songs. Shows McCartney's talents without trying to play to any particular audience, or over-production. Kind of like it more for pissing off Beatles fans at the time.

Because he’s Paul I’ll give him two stars. I didn’t enjoy the album.

Love this!!! Justice for the lovely Linda !!!!!

Realized i don’t like rock however the best song was maybe im amazed

This type of country songs are very hard to listen to very dull no soul 1.9/10

Not everything the Beatles family shits out is gold Anyone can see that this is mostly a record comprised of demos. But what makes it worse are the bad lyrics (eg "talks like a baby, goo goo/loves like a woman") and the repetition when he is singing. One ok boomer rock song ("maybe I'm amazed") does not mean this is a good album. It's quite bad. 1/5

I think Macca is a great guy, unfortunately I think this album is very average. I really think that, if it wasn't for THE Paul McCartney, nobody would care about this album. I was going to give it a 2 but Maybe I'm Amazed just pushed it into "average" territory.

Amazing!!!

When you're a natural you can churn out material like this pretty effortlessly, at least that's the feeling of this - lo fi.production, like a reel of demos, a grab bag of 65% worked out ideas. It's laid back and shaggy, sprawling, with lots of room in the recordings and an engaging lack of intensity that makes it quite intimate. Soft rock with lots of bluesy jamming, but he's literally just playing with himself. Surely he could've hired a better guitar player? He's fine but really conventional.

nice! boba? bobatea gnarlyl dit was leuk

zoveel beter dan een gemiddeld beatles album gwn paul mccartney en zn gitaartje

Dull and boring. 1/5 stars.

First Listen: The last half of Glasses was cool but underdeveloped. Junk was a really nice song. Teddy is another proper song, but I don't think it's that great of a song! JUNK AGAIN WE BACK BABY! Maybe I'm Amazed is great. We have 2 fully developed songs! OVERALL: I like the Beatles! I like Paul McCartney! I'm not sure if it's necessary to listen to Paul's post breakup voice memos. There's some really nice songs, like Junk, Singalong Junk, and Junk (Taylor's Version). A lot of the proper songs on this feel sort of empty. I don't think Paul was at the point in his solo career that he had the ability to command presence without The Beatles. There's a severe lack of background vocals on these as well. Reading some of the reviews for this album, some of you need to get off dick. I respect the experiments, but I don't think this is required listening at all. 4.5/10 T3: Junk, Maybe I'm Amazed, Singalong Junk

Familiar with Paul McCartney (duh) but not with his own music. It's insane to me that this album was *almost entirely made by Paul himself. Apparently he was one on the biggest contributing figures for DIY music which has this imperfection style to it. Wabi Sabi type shit I guess. Couldn't really tell what makes something Lo-fi or not but apparently this is it. Paul's instrumental performance is great and his vocals is praise worthy too. That Would Be Something has his vocals at his best; love how he's using his voice to match or play with the sounds from the drums. Fun stuff. Oo Lady and Maybe I'm Amazed are also great examples of his vocal performance. The drum performance in this album is so good. I can't stop gushing over them. Valentine Day and Hot As Sun are my favourite examples. Man We Was Lonely was my highlight of the album. It's probably the more imperfect-imperfect track in the album. it sounded good is what I'm saying. Overall, this album was surprising for me. I don't care much for The Beatles which means I never really cared for McCartney. This album however has me curious about his other works and maaaaaaaaaybe The Beatles. Maybe. I don't know why I'm not crazy for their music. T3: Man We Was Lonely, That Would Be Something, Hot As Sun

This definitely sounds like Paul McCartney’s first foray after the Beatles. It feels like he’s recording music he wanted to do as a Beatle, ideas he didn’t get to, messing around in a studio with artificially lowered expectations. Some tracks are better than others for sure. It would have benefited from a producer-as-editor to reign in the filler songs and outtakes. “Maybe I’m Amazed” is great, signaling what’s to come. I’m not sure why it made the 1001 albums list. It’s fine, albeit completely unremarkable.

I’m not overly familiar with Paul McCartney’s work before Wings but this is a solid effort 😂 Seriously, I enjoyed it and unsurprisingly the bass line is spot on but overall it left me a little flat. McCartney is an all time great but this album is only good not great IMO

Never really listened to this before, though I did actually give it a quick run through like a month ago. It's good. Better than I realized. It has the rough drafts of songs approach of his work on The Beatles / White Album, his back to basics spirit on Let It Be, and a bit of his "fragments that make a suite or tapestry" on Abbey Road. It's interesting. Kind of easy, mellow, background listeny feel to it. Definitely good, but also definitely not better than good.

Rock celebrities noodling aimlessly... three disk albums for the musician's pet passions... there seems to have been a certain amount of celebratory looseness in some of the Beatles' work at this time, leading us now 56 years from the context of 1970 to roll our eyes at least a bit. The way the celebrity British rockers interpreted the blues kept changing. Here we get a taste of Clapton from that era. I've been married 15 years now, and I anticipate remaining in that happy condition through the rest of our lives. Here Mr. McCartney has created small, homey songs about the relaxed, drawing-room and farmland happiness of a committed relationship. But generally--this is a nope for me.

Bleh. I have never liked McCartney's voice or lyrics. I always get stuck on his bad grammar - which I know should be excused in song lyrics but I just can't.

The intimate, unpolished feel of this record caught me off-guard. We had this album in my house when I was a child, and I remember the beautiful album artwork so vividly, but I have absolutely no recollection of anyone actually playing it on the stereo. The only song on here I was familiar with was Maybe I'm Amazed. Even after watching the McCartney documentary this winter I still could not dredge up any associations with it when I went to listen to it. Some of the songs on here, especially some of the instrumentals, seemed like they were going to irritate me, but then eventually I would get caught by one of his hooks. Damn the man but he is crafty that way. This record doesn't really feel finished to me but maybe that's part of its charm. I will definitely listen to this album again, but I might skip a couple tracks.

It’s not too good, the blues influence feels wrong. The praise of having the best wife and Family in the world annoys me. Most important, the Songs are boring and don’t „amaze me“! :D Fav: Maybe I‘m amazed

One or two belters but mostly too whimsy and half baked

Five stars for this one, if only because Paul is still crushing it today.

I feel a bit sorry for Paul. Just not as cool as the other ones. Clearly important to the Beatles sound, but then had to try and sound different. Some of this sounds like an acoustic set of cuts from the white album. Not awful, but not great

This is OK, but an immediate indicator that McCartney without the Beatles lacks magic. Maybe I'm Amazed is a classic, and I do love that this was all done by Macca on a four track, but it's fairly inessential overall.

Paul McCartney's solo debut is a bit scant and scattershot. Several tracks seem like unfinished ideas. It also sounds very home-made, so much so that I've seen this being described as the first Bedroom Pop album ever made. That doesn't make it better, though, that description is mostly just cope. Key tracks: Maybe I'm Amazed

If this album wasn't by Paul McCartney, then it wouldn't be on here. 2.

Okay, a McCartney album. I only knew the cover before, and it's really beautiful. It has a certain Asian feel to it, so I probably would have associated it more with John Lennon. Of the songs, I only knew "The Lovely Linda" and found it unremarkable, banal. I particularly liked "Maybe I'm Amazed," a truly typical McCartney song. I also really like the instrumental track "Singalong Junk." But overall, I find the album rather bland. I don't think it's unfinished, since Paul released it like this. Do I find it special or outstanding? Absolutely not. Two, maybe two and a half stars, unfortunately, no more.

Mid

He does a lot of this

Okay album, but not his best work.

Context is key, right? As the diary of a break-up of the biggest band on the planet, it's a fascinating listen. But it veers between great tunes and half-finished cast-offs. A cathartic necessity perhaps, an intriguing moment in time, but only half a great album.

очень хорошо.

Ugh

i like II and III more…

Very unique. Singalong Junk and Kreen-Akrore were my favorites. Calm and idk felt very natural. 6.4/10

This might be the most pure of all his post Beatles work.

McCartney albums are such a mixed bag, there are some great songs here and some forgettable.

Dope

Compared to Lennon’s solo debut this one is at least listenable.

2.75

One great song and a bunch of half-baked demos do not make for a must-listen album. Maybe a die-hard fan could find some insight into Macca's process, but anyone with ears can tell that he has made much better music.

Junk is the most beautiful song my ears have ever been graced by. Junk Singalong is the second most beautiful song my ears have ever been graced by.

The perfect example of “it’s fine”. Like what about this album screams I must hear this before I die? This is just more Brit/Beatles bias.

Great

Maybe I’m amazed trækker op

Somehow have never listened to your album. I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I’m sorry to say I’ve never been terribly interested in Paul McCartney. He rubs me the wrong way. Whatever. I wasn’t wildly invested and then I’m smacked in the face with Maybe I’m Amazed so that was fun! Fucking hell. So good. (HA upon further examination, I wonder if I internalized a narrative that he broke up the Beatles while in high school and forgot… which, who cares, it’s not like I was ever a giant Beatles fan? Perhaps I was after Across the Universe (lol) and because Molly was (lolol)) Also. Reading about the influence of this album on lo-fi (which, I am only now learning is low fidelity)

Paul McCartney's first solo album feels like a first; McCartney had already proven himself a gifted songwriter, but this is the first time on his own, so there's a sense of unsteadiness on this record that is somewhat endearing. However, endearing only gets you so far. The songs on McCartney range from fine, to half-baked. Nothing is truly bad but I toe'd the line between attentively listening and totally disinterested for the duration of the record.

I would almost rather listen to Yoko

Kind of boring for McCartney

John Lennon thought it was rubbish, George Harrison was disappointed by it, and the critics hated it back then. Today’s critics, however, love it because its fragmented style anticipates the lo-fi bedroom productions of indie music. And what about me? I’ve actually only just listened to the album properly for the first time. Not much has stuck with me. Some parts sound like demos from The White Album or Abbey Road; other parts sound unpolished. But ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ is brilliant. McCartney moved away from the perfectly produced Beatles albums, and so did the other three. They were to produce their albums far less elaborately and innovatively than the Beatles did with George Martin, and that’s fine. I often find this album lacks compositional brilliance. However, Paul McCartney went on to compose hits as a solo artist for decades to come. Overall, this is more of a 'pass' certificate.

Paul McCartney man, even when I don't know the songs or they aren't very popular it's just a joy to have on. Really enjoy what he does. Probably not my favorite album by him, but it's always a treat.

Felt like a collection of half-baked song ideas. Nice to listen to for the bass lines

I love Paul, and this is getting 5 stars anyway, but why the hell is this on the list over RAM? This is good, but far from his best solo album, though I do appreciate how it shows off his guitar playing. But yeah, should have been RAM.

An overall 3, pleasant enough. Maybe I'm Amazed is great song though

i love Paul.

very abstract and cool release the panning is crazy got me thunkin

McCartney feels half-finished. Yet it is Paul McCartney making the music after all, and it is predictably melodic.

Very scattered listening to this album. It reminds me of someone trying to find their voice after being part of a major band. 5/10 Top song Maybe I'm amazed

Paul McCartney is classic he doesn't put out anything bad

I enjoyed this one pretty much all the way through. Definitely some unfinished sounding songs, but what was there was pretty neat. I was pondering whether some of these would have been fantastic Beatles songs if they hadn't been breaking up. We'll never know.

3.75

Pretty forgettable album for the most part, tbh. I expected something better than this

I don’t know what this is. Maybe it used to be rock, but in 2026 it’s just sad.

1. linda - 1 2. zomething - 2 3. valentine - 2 4. night - 1 5. zun - 1 6. junk - 2 7. lonely - 1 8. you - 2 9. momma - 1 10. teddy - 1 11. zing - 2 12. maybe - 2 13. kreen - 1

This album was a great approach for McCartney to take for his first album. Yes, it's like an album of demos and some of these songs aren't fully formed, but its charm and inherent melodicism wins out. Some of his best ever songs are on here--"Every Night," "That Would be Something," "Junk," "Maybe I'm Amazed"--and his intrumental versatility is pretty unmatched as he plays everything. What comes across is his desire to keep things simple, uncluttered, and spontaneous. The album that followed, "Ram," is even better and would be the one I would choose for this list, but this one is pretty damn good.

The grandaddy of bedroom pop? Very indulgent album, i kind of get the complaints it got that it's essentially a scrapbook of McCartney's musical doodles (like does there need to be an instrumental karaoke version of junk?) But that being said, other than Brian Wilson he is arguably the best melody writer of the 20th century. So this is a really pleasant, smooth listening experience, and Maybe I'm Amazed is definitely one of his best solo tracks.

Okay album. Might be worth a re-listen.

Liked it

mooi album, maar misschien wel misbaar

Guess Paul was really going through it during this one - in the middle of something he didn't really understand, one might say. Anyway, it's great - you're not supposed to bat 1.000 when you're depressed, but the highs (or lows) are quite high (or low).

no lo habia escuchado nunca pero siento que asi sonaban todos los domingos a la mañana cuando era pibe

8/10

fine...

One of the things I love about PM solo records, especially these early ones, is that he just throws in every idea that crosses his mind. And he's PM so he has a lot of musical ideas and most of them are pretty great. He's still Paul, and there's some indulgent nonsense to wade through as always, but some of his finest songwriting is here as well. Maybe I'm Amazed is a song I will never get sick of. I've tried. Not gonna happen. That Would Be Something is a scrap of an idea that is nearly as great. It's a real ADHD hodge podge of unfinished songs and half baked ideas and I still really enjoy it

Another Beatles solo project. It's not the same. Fave track: Maybe I'm Amazed

This was better than expected. Got me a little bit. 3.5/5

Paul McCartney has always been my favorite Beatle, and yet I’m incapable of getting excited about his solo/Wings work. “Maybe I’m Amazed” is maybe his best post-Beatles song but it feels so out of place on this album. The rest of the songs are at best fine and at worst just him lazily leaning into his most immediate impulses. I am so not opposed to albums that feel like demos or sketches. But maybe the reason some of these ideas weren’t fleshed out is because there's just no “there” there.

I honestly can’t believe this is the same Paul McCartney that wrote Blackbird and Yesterday. There’s glimpses of greatness here, but it really just lacks the thing that makes The Beatles special. And like it’s not bad, he’s still very talented, but I don’t get why you’d listen to this when you could just listen to The Beatles instead. Favorites: The Lovely Linda, Teddy Boy, Maybe I’m Amazed

As a young lad and a Beatle fanatic I was completely traumatised and at a loss as to how life would carry on after The Beatles broke up. My mood was not really improved by what I had heard from The Plastic Ono Band and then this solo effort from Paul. In fairness I was judging these against the excellence of Abbey Road and that was never going to be bettered. There’s a couple of tracks on this album which could have graced a Beatle album but in the main it is a mish mash of random songs some of which sound unfinished. It was perhaps an album Paul had to make at the beginning of his solo career to learn the skills which were to be so important in his Wings future. It’s an album significant in the circumstances of when, why and how it was released rather than its musical content and worth. 3/5 7/5/26

saved it all for "maybe i'm amazed" and the rest was just kind of there 3.5

can't go wrong with mccartney Favorite track: Junk other tracks: every night, momma miss america, maybe i'm amazed

Certified Jason Deli’s Classic. One really good song, a bunch of kind of melancholic songs and a half of the album were instrumentals. 7/10

Actual rating: 3.5/5

I was fully prepared to dislike this one given I'm not a fan of the Beatles, but this was perfectly fine. The unpolished/unfinished nature holds it back from being full-on good, but it wasn't bad. "Maybe I'm Amazed" holds up. 3.2

Is this a good album? Yeah, I think so but I don't really enjoy it that much. Maybe I'm Amazed is great, but the rest is kind of vanilla. I think what this album shows more than anything else is that whatever the Beatles had together is what made the music great. Not saying that McCartney on his own wasn't brilliant, but you can't listen to this and not compare it to anything the Beatles did. So objectively I think this would be like a 4/5 but for my enjoyment it's probably like 2.5/5. We'll agree to settle in the middle and call it 3/5.

Even half-baked Macca ideas are still hummable. Not the greatest work by the recently ex-Beatle, but not terrible. A lot of song ideas are not well thought out - it's like trying to create a one-man Abbey Road medley. "Maybe I'm Amazed" is still a fantastic love song.

Basically just feels like an early Beatles album. It's fine, and there are some good hooks here, but not much feels all that unique. Favorite Song: Oo You, Maybe I'm Amazed

I thought this was a pretty nice listen. I'll probably come back to it and give it another shot later on to see if I still feel the same way.

Like his entire post Beatles career, this album shows he could still write some of the most amazing songs ever—Maybe I’m Amazed. But without have to compete with the others for space on the album, there is a lot of filler.

It had one good track that he made last through his solo career which was placed next-to-last on the album (Maybe I’m amazed). But the rest is just watered down Macca playing around with a 4 track on his bedroom while figuring out if he still had a band to play with. Overall the songwriting just isn’t there. Most notably there’s no bridge anywhere in his songs. They’re all missing the counterpoint that John would have written which would have taken some tracks to another level. Without that they’re just flat, repetitive and uninspired. It’s worth a listen for the vague curiosity of what was going on for him during the Beatles maybe breakup period. But none of these tracks would have made the final cut for a Beatles album, except perhaps the back end of side 2 of the white album.

I think I liked it more than I'm rating it, but the Blues muddy the blend a bit.

None of these songs captured my attention at all. Sorry paul you're still my favourite Beatle

they should've fixed their marriage instead

Not his best work, I think. Maybe I'm Amazed is a classic though.

Æ hørte til og med på det to ganger i går og likevel va det første æ tenkte «å ja, det va det her albumet i går, ja», så snakk om å ikke sette sæ i særlig stor grad. Det va underholdanes mens det pågikk, for all del, men det va visst også alt.

A very experimental album. Country, blues, and interesting vocals

I really loved the Beatles. They were 13-year old me's favorite group. So why do I dislike their solo work, Plastic Ono excepted? There's one good song on this album, and it's his best post-Bestles, so it's not a 1-star review.

Maybe I'm Amazed starts it at 4 stars. The rest is McCartney's whole career since ~1968: some lovely bits, some rank cheese, wildly uneven writing, and that incredible voice.

An interesting sketchbook, but nothing great emerges. Paul is capable of writing truly dreadful songs, and these are not them, but do yourself a favor and listen to Ram instead.

I would take less offense to this if Ram (the infinitely superior Paul solo album) was on the list

Overall, this was an alright album to leave in the background. Definitely nothing too exciting, but it was pretty chill instead.

"Baby I'm Amazed" is one of the great songs of all time. Hard to get very excited or proclaim the genius at work in much of the rest of this. Paul's solo work comes across as very self-indulgent a lot of the time, and this is a good example of that.

Album personnel, Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney. Paul is credited with vocals, acoustic & electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, organ, percussion, wineglasses, Mellotron, effects. A true solo album with his best friend by his side. Brilliant album.

After watching the McCartney documentary, i was interested in hearing his much panned debut. Understated and introspective. Great vibes

A fun series of small vignettes and rock-y/blues-y Beatles-y songs ala the ‘70s.

Such a strange album, but this and RAM really became the McCartney blueprint post Beatles. There's depression, spite, and meandering ideas all in a DIY style framework. He was definitely in a me vs the world place. Maybe he should've taken a break and not tried to fight the Let It Be release. This might have been a tad more cohesive. That said, it's great more than it's not.

Outside of the last track..this album has no wings. Thoughts of Lennon calling it Grandma music. There are better albums of his.

too boring personally

From Neil Young’s speech introducing Paul McCartney at his hall of fame induction….“So I started a solo career, at the same time that Paul came out with his first solo album, the one on Apple records with ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’. I love that record because it was so simple and there was so much to see and to hear. But at the same time it was just Paul, so there was no adornment at all. There was no echo, there was no attempt made to compete with the things that he had already done. So he stepped from the shadow of The Beatles and there he was. It kind of blew my mind.” I liked this more than I thought I would. I was never a fan of McCartney’s solo work I had heard on the radio, with the exception of Maybe I’m Amazed. This album is simplistic but I thought it was far more interesting than the pop heavy sound of his 80’s stuff. The stripped down feel made it more engaging for me. 3.5 stars.

It’s undeniable that Paul McCartney is musically talented and can play the guitar better than most, but I feel like this album was added to this 1001 project simply because he IS Paul McCartney. I was not impressed with this selection at all, in fact I stopped just short of making fun of a couple of songs while listening. Maybe I’m Amazed was the sole standout on this album and the rest was just average IMO.

McCartNo.

Paul McCartney is responsible for a lot of great music. Maybe I'm Amazed is a great song. The rest of this album is unnecessary. Out of respect for Sir Paul McCartney I will leave it at that.

bedroom pop: origins

It sounded a bit twee from where I was standing.

yeah

A few gems in here but overall feels like an album that was rushed. Really love "Maybe I'm Amazed" but the rest of the album never comes close to the highs of this track.

This seems a bit sacrilegious but I found this album pretty uninspiring. If you would have told me this was Beatles B sides...Baby I'm Amazed comes through at the end to save this from utter mediocrity but otherwise, give me the whole Beatles or even Wings...

Len Houmous actually auditioned for the role of Paul McCartney II - he didn’t get it. Apparently he was too good. 4.1 12/13 Maybe I’m Amazed

It’s a whole lot of McCartney.

Have always loved the song maybe I'm amazed.

De los Stones ayer a Polma hoy. Está bueno el álbum. Mete algo de experimentación. Está interesante. Y él es un genio. Un carisma espectacular. 6/10

Felt like a lot of unfinished sketches except for Maybe I'm Amazed

best album ever

Really liked this. First few songs took a bit to gel with me but I thought this was a great listen. Had never really heard any McCartney solo work either before this, so that was great!

Pretty good album, Paul Mccartney Is One of a Kind Artist

Forgettable, but nice.

Very nice, very beatlesy. I honestly couldn't tell that the album had been recorded in his house, with home-recording equipment. I definitely felt a bit of roughness to it, but I genuinely liked it. Favorite songs: Teddy Boy, That Would be Something,Every Night

Feels at times like a demo, like some songs are still in progress, not overly produced. Still has some brilliant songwriting, Paul was gifted at creating melodies.

Listened Before? N Interesting story with this album. Good for him trying to find his own sound during a difficult time. Unfortunately for him, the best songs on this record are the ones that sound the most like beatles songs. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Junk

3.5

3.0

McCartney is one of those cases where he's best in a band where he can be contained a bit. (Beatles/Wings)

I wanted to hate it but honestly I didn’t, I liked it quite a bit. Some of the songs were… interesting though. I think closer to a 3.5 but I liked it more than other albums I’ve given a 3 so . whatever

Super great album. Paul McCartney is a genius.

Kree-Akrore should have been the first song

mientras los demás beatles estaban ocupados haciendo diss tracks, Paul, sumido en el hoyo de la depresión, decide hacer este álbum con lo único que sabe hacer bien: tocar instrumentos y amar a su esposa

Lindas canciones, grand finale. Que sea un one men álbum le da mucho valor. Solo le bastó explodes and fucking dies.

2.5 - Meh

It's not the best Beatles solo album, but it sets the blueprint for DIY indie folk, so it's maybe the most inspirational and exciting

Raw Paul from near the end of the Beatle's run. I would say this album offers more in terms of the lore surrounding it than the music itself, but there's some decent cuts in here.

Wasn't anything special.

Decent 3,5

I've never listened to this album as a whole, but I know several of the songs and have heard them many times. This album is really McCartney trying to separate himself from the Beatles. It's rough and raw and underproduced. While he took a lot of criticism for that when the album came out, I think it makes the album unique and special. Nice Sunday morning listen!

I felt like this is how the 70's felt. Like this is its sound. I love the creativity this man has for music, like each song feel like a different beat.

Quite mellow. Easy to listen to. Would listen to again when trying to relax or getting stuff done on my laptop. A jazzy vibe which would've gone down nicely with a glass of wine.

In the turbulent wake of the most devastating breakup in music history, the former Beatles each released their solo debuts. In my opinion, McCartney and Plastic Ono Band both sounded like Beatles records. Of course there is something missing in each album, the other Beatles. This is not a problem, in fact it’s a good thing; since now instead of one album, we get 3 or 4. This album, Paul’s debut, is an excellent pop record, and very well written. John’s absence in Paul’s songs had begun to be obvious on the last of the group’s efforts, so it is less noticeable here-it was expected. Highlight of the album is Maybe I’m Amazed, one of Paul’s very best songs in my humble opinion. Ever so slightly weaker than John’s debut, it’s still essential and still 5 out of 5 stars. PS - I think All Things Must Pass was the best post-breakup debut album!

Pretty boring

Definitely elevated by the name. There's some good stuff here but context is key.

Some very short songs and limited or no lyrics. Seems Paul McCartney was experimenting with sound more than songwriting. I liked it.