McCartney

Pure and honest. Couldn't listen to the whole album too often, but there's a genuineness that you didn't find from the Beatles stuff.

5.5/10

Sounds mostly like outtakes with the exception of two very good songs. Maybe I’m Amazed and Junk

He ain't much without Lennon. Poor lad.

i miss the beatles

As a big Beatles fan, I enjoyed this less than I thought I would. Some of the songs felt half made, like just two lines repeated a bunch. Cool to hear Paul's voice on songs I didn't know though

Love Linda’s husband This was lovely for a sunny day 3.8 Favs Man we was lonely Every night Hot as sun/ glasses Maybe I’m amazed

This album really goes to show how well The Beatles work as a team. Paul is often thought of as THE Beatle, the mastermind behind the majority of their music. But even with that, when he makes an album away from the other 3, it's just kinda meh. This is perfectly listenable, but it's nothing compared to some of the best albums in The Beatles' discography. But it's one that I can definitely see growing on me.

It would be pretty unsuprisng to say this was quite beatles esque. It was not amazing but not awful either I liked most of the songs but none of them particularly stood out to me

Pop-rock de McCartney. Ni fu ni fa.

Not really a fan but it was OK I think.

A collection of sweet minimalist pop and jam tunes, a stark contrast to McCartney's previous lushful work with the Beatles. Half the tracks feel like McCartney fooling around and jamming. Hardly anything impressive and sometimes boring in those, but it's nevertheless relaxing and carries that signature Beatles pop style with plenty of innovation. It's also pretty inconsistent, with all sorts of styles dispersed without much tying them together. Songs feel randomly placed, as if separate ideas turned into songs that were just mashed together into a release. Especially that 2nd side. "Kreen-Akrore" was the worst choice to close the record. But with how much of an outlier it is, it would have been better just to cut it out. There are, however, several standout tracks. "Every Night" and "Junk" are simple yet beautiful, and it's a shame not all the tracks are like that.

Ok but not the amazing hit after hit album I was expecting. Shouldn’t be on this list.

Better than expected

Everyone knows that mccartney is good

Interesting album 3/5

A lot of incomplete ideas. Some gems

Eh, not for me.

Unfortunately forgettable. McCartney is the best composer of the Beatles without much competition but he's also the least interesting. He's not a wacked out spiritualist like Harrison, and wild peace promoting hypocrite like Lenon or flamboyant like Ringo. The music on this first solo effort is very well done but doesn't really bring anything novel or exceptional to the table. All around a lukewarm effort even though McCartney remains my favorite Beatle.

What about RAM? Is RAM on the list? A mere week after the Beatles disbanded, Paul McCartney releases his debut solo album. This is an incredibly gentle album, which perhaps comes from a desire to strip down his songs such they don't require a full band arrangement. Makes sense! The result is some mostly folksy pop songs that aren't too notable. I get the sense that this first solo album is a warmup for McCartney, flexing his songwriting for his own artistic vision and no one else while also finding a tone he's comfortable with. Nothing wrong with that, but also not much to get excited about. He even has two "junk" songs which goes to show you how he feels about his own songs. Despite this, most of this album is a pretty pleasant listen. Not remarkable, but pleasant. That's gotta be worth something.

It was alright. Paul's first solo album. A bit odd at points. Some well known songs. It was relatively short.

This is a fun solo album but in the pantheon of post-Beatles solo work it’s somewhere in the middle. This, mostly instrumental album is beautifully played and produced. McCartney sounds fine and you can feel the fun he had making it.

Was ready to give this album a skip after a few songs, but things really started to pick up from Junk onwards. It's very rough and I don't think I'd listen to anything on this album again, but I'm glad to have heard it.

It was a solid ok album.

Okay

Interesting

Nothing here is really that great, but theninstrumental track I do like.

It's fine. Favorite songs: - Momma Miss America - Maybe I'm Amazed

A bit of Beatles, I really enjoyed the instrumentals on the album. Some of the songs hinted at other Beatle songs before turning into something different. Very nice listening album.

Better than I expected. I guess he was a better Beatle than John. But.. I’m rating this a few days after listening and I actually don’t remember that much from the album, so not that memorable or not worth remembering? A quick re-listen tells me: worth remembering but not that memorable.

McCartney's solo career has always reflected what a quaint songwriter he is – there are truly some odd little tracks in his discography, and while not all of them work the whole run has been remarkably solid. This first solo LP embodies that spirit, containing an eclectic mix of short ideas, interludes, instrumentals, and anthems that feel like a post-Beatles release of energy. The album could stand to gain some more connective tissue seeing as it feels so piecemeal, but each track has enough ideas or charm to gloss things over slightly and make this a decent listen.

Not his best solo stuff but still pretty good

Love that guy — his solo career (outside of Wings & "Ram") is rather weak.

The rest of the album is so mediocre, it makes Maybe I’m Amazed feel like the greatest song ever

Maybe I’m amazed is a classic, I enjoy a lot of the other songs on this one too :)

Not bad by any stretch but nothing special to me

Love Every Night. Such a nicely structured song with very clean vocals and beautiful acoustic instrumentation. Love the jangle of the acoustic guitar popping in and out of focus. Man We Was Lonely is an unexpectedly southern-drawly plonk of a tune. I really dig it and the spaced out guitar melody that he employs. Interesting mix on Oo You that separates the bass entirely into the right can, with the guitar almost isolated to the left. It makes me feel a little off balance TBH, but it is really interesting. You can hear both parts so clearly and separately. Momma Miss America taps a vein that I love. Really crass mix on the drums, but it grooves so hard with the bass line. Love the spacious, jammy keywork over top of it all. Standout track that feels like they were probably just jamming in the studio loosely. This was a disjointed listen for me, but mostly a pleasurable one. I've definitely heard Maybe I'm Amazed before, and it is a jam. Enjoyed the spaced out percussive mess that is Kreen-Akrore as a closer. This was an interesting listen and not at all what I had expected. Plenty of variety and feels like Paul really let his hair down. To me this is a high 3 leaning 4.

That was an album for sure. Nothing stood out really except the piano was pretty good. Kreen-Akrore was an unexpected but cool way to end it.

Ah the debut of McCartney. Reading about this album he definitely seemed like an asshole but was also going through some depression it seems. This album has so much potential but seems like Paul just wanted to get it out before any other Beatles solo albums. Pretty gay to have your first song that after the whole ordeal but whatever. Every Night is a jam and Parcels has an awesome cover of it. A lot of nice instrumental jams on this one but again seems a bit rushed. That is until Maybe I'm Amazed which is one of the greatest love songs of all time. I put it on so many of my playlists cuz it scratches so many itches.

Paul was just jamming on this one, and I respect that. Sounded like a bunch of demos rather than an album though.

Good for Paul that he was able to get his ideas out with this one. Definitely good stuff on here, but his next one is where he really got cooking

Very talented to play pretty much all instruments. Lots of catchy pop, but only a few full songs, which are good and one incredibly excellent and timeless hit song. Band on the run is the McCartney album to choose, but this isn’t all awful.

I feel like I expected a lot more from this album than what I really got. I didn’t enjoy it as much as I expected to. I think it was completely average honestly, but could’ve been more.

Classic Paul. Nothing ground breaking but good to listen to!

Nothing too special except for: Junk Maybe I’m Amazed

It’s funny to describe this album as Beatles-esque, but it totally is. The songs are shorter than I expected and there’s a few instrumental songs too. McCartney is plenty talented and it shows. Enjoyed my time with this one.

Favorite Tracks: Maybe I’m Amazed That Would Be Something Man We Was Lonely

Good as you'd expect but not great considering some of his output. 3*

Very safe solo debut. Just some mostly stripped back songs with basic but interesting stories, until Maybe Im Amazed comes on and blows everything else out of the water

The first indie lo-fi album! First time I heard it Maybe I'm Amazed was the only song that made any sense to me. I could only relate it to the Beatles, and the rest didn't. Listening to it now brings a different perspective. There are still some songs a producer might have told to scrap, but there are a few gems on this for me (That Would Be Something, Every Night, Teddy Boy). 3.5/5, so I'll round down.

First I’ve listened to this one and the lack of Beatles magic is apparent. Even Maybe I’m Amazed has always felt lacking to me but the record is still solid

I’d give this a 3.5, not his best solo work but still some compelling songs none the less.

Liked it better for not having a lot of typical McCartney pop singles.

Pleasant, albeit generic beats. Better than the Wiki description had me expecting.

Just Paul and that's just fine. Nothing earth shattering. I did love when he sang about Linda even if it wasn't a fantastic song. Of course Maybe I'm Amazed was great.

It's OK.

Man that album flies man. McCartney is great, but there isn't a lot here that I am racing to go hear again and again, except Maybe I'm Amazed. That is the most Beatles-like of the tunes. Still a decent listen. Just not more than a 3 for me.

Everybody knows that Paul’s best work happened after the Beatles. This album feels like an important stepping stone to Wings (“the band the Beatles could’ve been”), but it feels like a lot of loose ideas without all that much substance. I breezed through this album without really being grabbed by any of it. I do like the cover art. Fave Tracks: Maybe I’m Amazed 2.6/5

No classics but a reasonably pleasant listen

You know for how coded in to my musical DNA The Beatles are, I have never listened to this album fully and only really knew a couple tracks. I know this is debut solo album for Paul and get the approach he took to it and why, but it doesn't really hit the way I was hoping. Ram is a great album, and Band on the Run is a great album. I prefer McCartney II over than this album as well. It just doesn't do it for me.

Very chill album by one of my top 3 Beatles. Listenable but also pretending to be other better (Blcker?) artists across like 15 genres.

His odd Elvis impersonation and a few instrumental tracks drag this down.

особо не отложилось (хотя как всегда знакомые синглы кажутся великолепными - мейби айм эмейзд)

Ok

Silly.

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

Ram should be here instead, 100%. I don't hate it; in fact, I quite respect the DIY, lo-fi aspect he had going on here. But the results really come out quite mixed, and in some places seemingly unfinished in a dull way to my ears.

Good album, but he would come up with much better material in his solo career in the future.

I mean, it wasn’t The Beatles 3/5

some cool stuff here and there but overall very okay. low 3

Maybe I'm amazed takes this from almost a 2 to almost a 4.

Han kan sgu godt finde ud af at skrive sange ham Paul

How many drum solos is too many drum solos? Alternative title: "Paul McCartney Isn't Sure What to Do With Himself Now"

I actually own a nice 2011 release of this that comes with a book. It’s not a masterpiece. There’s some noodling around. However is light and enjoyable. And Maybe I’m Amazed is great.

proto 90s indie rock. 3.5 really. Repeated listens are rewarded. GBV and early Sebadoh fans will find common ground.

Didn't hate this, and it didn't feel like it went on forever.

I'm quite the cynic of this part of the Beatles Empire but this album is quite OK actually

Paul’s done a decent job w this but just is a little meh

More folky than I expected it to be. Baby I’m amazed is a classic, hadn’t heard any of the others before. Similar writing structure to a lot of his Beatles songs

Not his best, written on Beatles' breakup

Gear: Focal Clear Mix: beeindruckender Stereo-Mix und Gewicht jedes einzelnen Instruments - dabei trotzdem doch eher am rauen Lo-Fi-Ende produziert Musik: beginnt mit "La La La La" und wird nicht wirklich gehaltvoller (mit Ausnahme von "Maybe I'm Amazed") Wertung: 🫐🫐(🫐)/5

Probably his 4th best solo album.

Endearing. Some great songs but I will honestly ask would this album be here if he wasn't a Beatle. Not a bad album just not essential

No tämä oli ihan jees!

Always interesting to hear something from Paul but this one feels half-baked and underwhelming, like studio outtakes or something. Still, lots of catchy tunes and of course Maybe I'm Amazed.

B The Lovely Linda 3 That Would Be Something 3 Valentine Day 3 Every Night 4 Hot as Sun/Glasses 3 Junk 5 Man We Was Lonely 4 Oo You 3 Momma Miss America 3 Teddy Boy 3 Singalong Junk 4 Maybe I'm Amazed 4 Kreen-Akrore 4 I'm a Paul loyalist, but even I have to admit he's not better solo. However, the problem here, ironically, is that he is not far enough removed from The Beatles. Since he made this while they were practically still together, he hadn't quite found that solo Paul vibe yet.

alright ok

Thank you to the spies who noted a friend mentioned this album to me on WhatsApp the day before I was given this. Nice bit of joined up spying. As for the album itself, I enjoyed.

3. They're not great but they're not bad

I appreciate his punk rock approach to a lot of the tunes on this album. Short, sweet and to the point. His grasp of song writing and musical craftmanship is documented but there were still moments that surprised me. Though not quite my style a good listen. Foravorite tracks include "valentine day" and "momma miss America" (3.5/5.)

3.5/5. Pretty good, but nothing that blows me away. It was pretty easy listening, and I would not mind listening to this again.

I was expecting more from this album. I recently had Lennon’s Plastic Ono Band album, which was filled with soulful singing. Other than Maybe, I’m Amazed, this album didn’t connect with me. 3/5.

Kind of cool that he was trying something new and a little experimental, but I didn’t find this too compelling. Maybe I’m Amazed was the only song that got my attention.

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 (I think?) 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 small runtime reeks of 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 not only the best McCartney album (Wings or otherwise) but arguably the best solo Beatles project, although All Things Must Pass comes close? Ut 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. Perhaps the low production values led this album to be one of the first "indie" (I use that term loosely here) albums of all time, but then why aren't artists like the Shaggs here for also inspiring artists without being something actually of high quality themselves? And once again, WHY ISN'T RAM HERE?!

Nowt special

empieza aburrido y repetitivo, las letras nada va mejorando aunque la última es infumable

Better than I thought it was gonna be

Helt finno, men ikke fordi noget lige sprang mig i øjnene.

Not really what you would expect from McCartney. Decent, but probably not something you'd want to listen to very often

Maybe I'm Amazed is an all time great. Unfortunately, the rest of the album seems like a Beatle that is experimenting but doesn't have other enough confrontation or guidance to deliver consistent greatness. It is interesting, quirky and experimental at times... but Maybe I'm Amazed is the only track that is great. Still interesting.

bit boring

McCartney leaning into solo after the Beatles.

The man has an entire album of half baked ideas and then finishes with one of his all timers.

It was pretty good! First run through wasn’t overly keen. Second I noticed a couple of bangers

If it wasn't McCartney then this album was have been lost to time.

I... expected more from someone who penned (or helped pen) some of the most iconic songs in the history of pop music. This was frankly boring AF. Very little of this album stood up and demanded attention. It was... fine. I guess. But it should have been great. This is McCartney after all.

Despite him only being my second favorite Beatle, I've always enjoyed Paul's bass playing and much of his songwriting too. There are some solid tracks here but a few that are marred by way-too-goofy lyrics.

FIJN! Weer een Beatle die ons solo gaat laten horen dat hij eigenlijk al die tijd het genie achter de band was. Doodeng lachje van Ome Paul aan het einde van The Lovely Linda zeg... Wel lekker kort nummertje. Dat dan weer wel. Ik vind het allemaal maar een beetje saai. Denk dat het heel erg komt doordat dit dan ook een stokoud album is, maar jeetje, het is niet bijster spannend allemaal. Vind tot nu toe Singalong Junk het fijnste nummer, lekker instrumentaal en rustig. Ik ben gewoon niet zo weg van Paul zn stem als ik heel eerlijk ben. Nummers lopen heeeeel erg in elkaar over. Maakt het prima weg te luisteren maar niet zo dat er iets echt uitspringt. Beetje jammer, beetje meh FAVO: Singalong Junk

Paul McCartney Oke Paultje, beetje hummen en beatboxen en scatten enzo, helemaal los hier. Gevolgd door heerlijke instrumentaaltje met een zingend gitaartje, goed begin hoor. Ik mis wel een beetje power in z'n stem, daardoor lijkt hij gedwongen om z'n nummers ook allemaal zacht te houden Misschien kiest hij er gewoon voor om hier z'n gevoelige kant te laten zien, wie zal het zeggen? Hot As Sun/Glasses had ook van BZN kunnen zijn, als ik het intro zo hoor zeg, niet best. Ik vind de instrumentale nummers eigenlijk had beste, opmerkelijk genoeg. Al met al is het het net niet Favorieten: That Would Be Something, Valentine Day, Momma Miss America

I rarely devote any time to solo efforts. I've just never connected to a solo project even 1/2 as much as the nexus band. This however IS listenable. Great bluesy melodies grittier than Beatles of the time.

Paar goede nummers, verder wel erg rommelig

Besides the great single it just exists

C'est sympathique mais je crois que le bonhomme a déjà eu assez d'albums dans la liste.

Les Beatles, non contents d'être surcôtés avec une ribambelle d'albums simplement sympas qui récoltent des notes absolument aberrantes, viennent nous casser les couilles avec de multipiles albums solo de leurs protagonistes. Il y en a assez.

My first time listening to this album and Singalong Junk stands out as an easy listening track that wouldn't go amiss in an early 1990's rom com film. Overall the album was well paced and accessible, but it left me wanting just that little bit more.

It's nice but slight. But then it feels like it's earned, contextually, knowing the Beatles history and watching 'Get Back', I'd want to make something quick and dirty too.

It's sloppy but its not bad. It does go through a bit of "here's 4 chords on repeat for two minutes, and here's another one" but it still averages out just as good as any of the one hit wonder albums which I think Macca is probably due.

3.7 - A cozy little record for this overcast Sunday morning that finds McCartney at his most relaxed. Besides the obvious “Maybe I’m Amazed” standout, I also like “Oo Yeah”, “Teddy Boy” and a couple others. Some instrumental fillers enhance the easygoing vibe.

Good, not great.

The first solo album from maybe one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. This was a bit ahead of its time with the lo-fi harshly edited songs. Funny that people then didn’t care for it but yet so many artists have created a comparable sound. This is solid work by Paul as there are some catchy well written songs. 6.7/10

Interesting as a historical piece but I didn't love it.

I've never really love McCartney's voice and some of this album fell pretty flat for me. But there are some great songs. Really enjoyed Oo You and Momma Miss America

The only point of clarity on the album is “Sing-Along Junk,” because sing-along junk is right! Look, I love Ram. And I love the experimental spirit behind this album; the eschewing of polished and comprehensive recording practices and “business.” And, as a Beatles fan, I find the context of this album wonderfully fascinating—Paul depressed, in seclusion on his farm, tinkering and trying to figure out how to go on without the Beatles. But this is just too much tinkering. It’s entirely evident Paul has not figured out how to go on yet. Though you can hear hints of where his solo career would take him, and with great success, in the decade to follow. Probably though, he could have just shelved everything on this album and released “Maybe I’m Amazed” as a single. On the other hand, I’m glad he didn’t. I’m glad he let’s us into his process and state of mind with this first solo release. It’s an amazing piece of history. Truly remarkable Paul recorded the entirety of “Maybe I’m Amazed” himself. I mean that’s astounding. And there’s a bittersweet beauty in its rough-around-the-edges tone. A tone all the more powerful when attributed to this song. This song that every record executive in the country must have been pulling their hair out, pleading with Paul to give it the single treatment, the Phil Spector treatment, etc. It’s almost bitter sweet because, when I listen to it, I’m just waiting for John’s parts. It holds the heart of the album. Paul holed up. Trying to make music for the first time in his life alone. And doing it *completely* alone. But still very much making music that could have been Beatles music. Like this could have been on Let It Be and been right at home. John, George, Ringo, George Martin all would have contributed something unique to it, no doubt. But what we have is no less amazing. Perhaps even more amazing because it holds all that heartbreak and history. Everything else on this album is just nonsense. And I have sympathy for the nonsense but the nonsense gets much better on Ram and really just isn’t very good here. So ya. 3/5 with one full star given for “Maybe.”

What a fascinating listen! To be Paul McCartney in 1970… I do not envy him. His band is breaking up, and he’s the one who’s been trying hardest to keep it together. And here he is, cranking out music. No studio, no fancy tricks, no producer… just him and a tape recorder. And it’s… a funny listen! I find myself in awe of his songwriting, when the faucet is turned on. It’s just that it’s so stubbornly *off* for most of the album! It’s experimental, instrumental, certainly *interesting* that Paul has half of his songs meandering, a little basic, almost demos of the ideas. Even the songs feel half fleshed out… a far way to drop from Abbey Road, or Let It Be, just a year prior. This is someone who sounds like he’s figuring himself out… which is just plain weird, since the last 5 years of his discography make the self-evident case for a songwriter who had it *all* figured out. I’m glad he got back on his footing with Ram and McCartney II, but here he just sounds lost. There’s very little reason for anything that goes on, and ideas simmer into focus and then lose the plot. I was close to a 2, but as a McCartney fan, I have to acknowledge the few great moments. They’re just so few and far between. Glad that he eventually made it out of the morass. 3/5

rien d'accrochant. je ne comprends pas la catégorisation LoFi 5.5/10

5/10. This album would never have made this list had it not been made by Paul McCartney. Charming enough, though.

7/10 Paul was all over the place on this album. It misses a direction path, but the songs on here are good and promising of an interesting solo career.

Some classics. Life beyond the Beatles.

While it can be extremely interesting to hear, at the end of the day, it's an immediately-post-Beatles McCartney kind of aimlessly fucking around. Of course, he'd strike absolute gold on "Maybe I'm Amazed", but taken as a whole, the project feels just as aimless as McCartney must have. Favorite tracks: "Maybe I'm Amazed", "Every Night", "Momma Miss America"

3.5

It's alright. Like most things with the Beatles, the worth is inflated because of the name attached to it, not because of the merit of the product.

Written while Macca was depressed from the Beatles break up. IT IS mostly collection of underworked so-so songs with the massive exception of Maybe I'm Amazed. (Which is awesome though there are better versions)

Pop-rock de McCartney. Ni fu ni fa.

Vaguely pleasant but if didn’t have many actual songs

I like the sound tones and lo-fi production, i just wish the songs were more fleshed out. The first solo Beatle album is probably something worth listening to, but it’s not a great album.

A couple of standout tracks esp. 'Maybe I'm Amazed', but not a patch on what had gone before, or indeed what came after in the mid 1970s

Sounds a bit like demo recordings of rejected Beatles songs, aside from 'Maybe I'm Amazed' (which I honestly thought was a Beatles song until I listened to this) Its not a bad album, it'd make for good background music while relaxing in the sun. Solid songwriting. I've always much prefered George Harrison's solo catalogue though, it has more depth that McCartney's lacks.

Pop característico del Beatle, con un estilo tranquilo y sosegado. Alguna canción con algún tipo de innovación en cuanto al tipo de instrumento, pero en general, bastante común todo

ehh I mean it’s fine

A song that prominently featured heavy breathing pulled this from a 4 to a 3

Faul records Maybe I’m Amazed and then some other tracks that maybe could’ve amazed had they strangely been collaborated on with 2-3 other people?

Look he's 1/4 of the Beatles so this album is at least 1/4 as good as a Beatles, which is pretty good. Is it essential? Probably not, but I do think it earns a spot on this list, and I was glad to listen to the whole thing.

Clearly, this album is a mix and match collection of half cooked ideas. Maybe I'm Amazed is obviously the most famous one, but my favourite is Momma Miss America. It's obvious this album carries a lot of weight with Beatles fans, and it's also obvious it reeks of sheer brilliance. Alas, there is no escaping its under cooked delivery.

Gah, creaky cheesy guff - baby I'm amazed is catchy - the rest of the album is chirpy chappy McCartney chatter. Just full of slightly worse versions of baby I'm amazed really.

An interesting listen. Not because of the music, but because of what it is. I'm ok with it being on this list. As for the music, from this distance it feels like a charming meander through a pretty art gallery highlighting some up and comers. A few things to really like, lots that is mostly fine, a few unfortunate missteps, and one genuine masterpiece towards the end. I actually enjoyed it more than I expected to, McCartney isn't usually my favorite. Maybe I'm Amazed bumps my rating from 2.5 to 3.

Slightly shambolic. Maybe I'm Amazed by far the best track

Some night songs and I dig the lower fi sound quality.

Good allround but lacks some outstanding songs.

oke leuk maar niets spectaculair

I don't know... I didn't really feel that much during the first playthrough to be honest. Definitely not bad, but nothing that stuck with me either except maybe Momma Miss America, which was a really cool song, but also completely different from the rest of the album. Maybe I just need to listen to it again, not sure.

I've never really listened much to McCartney's solo career so this was an interesting one. I really enjoyed the silliness and the lo-fi unpolished vibe. For many other artists I think this type of album would've been a snooze but McCartney manages to keep it interesting. And just as this album starts to wander off in to demo-tape territory, comes "Maybe I'm amazed" which is such a treat and well produced to boot to cap off the album.

I've never really given Paul's solo work a good listen, so this feels like new insight into his personality - some real goofiness unleashed. Some seemingly unfinished songs, some bizarre songs, almost joke songs. And then suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, there's "Maybe I'm Amazed" to blow you away. Then it's back to finger percussion on a suitcase or whatever is happening in the final track.

All of the individual output of the Beatles illustrates to me why they were as a group stronger than any individual member. Sometimes that tension of ideas can produce some interesting things that they'd never come up with on their own. There are interesting ideas overall, but I find it all pretty disappointing in comparison to the highs of the Beatles. McCartney's first solo-album: It's fine, but a bit straightforward. It feels like a regression.

Not as good as The Beatles

its okay nothibg special really

Wat rustige nummers en een enkele Beatles kloon, want dat stond nog niet genoeg in de lijst.... En af en toe een instrumentaal nummer. Dat laatste moet je waarderen van een Beatle. 2.5 ster.

Ik luister het direct na The Boss en had vrij lage verwachtingen, maar het valt me alleszins mee. Het is wel een beetje suffe muziek voor op een braderie. Maar ach, we komen er vrij makkelijk doorheen, afgezien van nummer 7, dat het typische Yellow Submarine gedrocht op de plaat is. Ik twijfel nog een beetje tussen 2 en 3 sterren.

I like the whole idea behind this album as well as most of the songs.

One masterpiece Macca song.

I have to confess that I have never heard this record in full. I am a huge fan of Sir Paul, and consider him to be my favorite Beatle - after many years of posing as a John guy. For obvious reasons, he's the most prolific of them all. This is a decent record overall.

Niet alles briljant, maar toch behoorlijk veel moois.

Mooi om te horen wat er na breuk gebeurde, maar het is me toch te fragmentarisch. Mooie hoogtepunten zijn dan wel weer Junk en Maybe I'm Amazed. Daarom toch 3 sterren

Beetje hit-and-miss, dit album. Aantal prachtige nummers, waaronder meerdere die hij al tijdens de laatste Beatles jaren schreef maar nooit kwijt kon in de Beatles catalogus. Maar omdat er dus ook veel muzakkigs op staat maar 3 sterren.

Leuk plaatje!

Not a big Lennon fan but now I think that he had a better career than McCartney, despite the pompousness of some of his songs. While Lennon successfully conquered the area of ballad, McCartney, at least in this album, seem to get lost in the area of folk (?) or something. Two minute songs are cool and all, but such dullness and aimlessness made them sound like outtakes. It's surprisingly mid, overall. The instrumental tracks are the most interesting ones imo. Those were the parts where I felt like he's actually forming an artistic statement.

If it wasn’t for the Beatles breakup and his name recognition at the time, no way this album makes the list. Nothing exceptional or groundbreaking with this work that nobody else was already doing. With Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Paul Simon at that time, I can’t see the must hear elements of this album. A good album, but purely included based on his name.

Not his best work. Not even his best solo work. Strange inclusion. Best track: Maybe I'm Amazed

A rush job produced to let the world think it was Paul's idea to break up the greatest rock band in history. You get the feeling Sir Paul spent more time on that bizarre self-interview he included with the album than he did on any of the songs. Maybe I'm Amazed is the one colossal banger here, but it's surpassed by the more lauded and known live version released years later. I'd argue the half assed rush job cost Paul's reputation for decades, as this fails in comparison by the solo efforts by John and George. There's magic within some of these tunes, like the aforementioned Maybe I'm Amazed. Paul just needed a little more time in the kitchen. Or another John Lennon to bounce a few ideas with while cooking.

Maybe I'm Amazed there was only one true standout on this otherwise average album. Would give 2.5 if possible.

3.5 Between songs like Hey Jude, Blackbird, and his subsequent work with Wings, I’ve always considered Paul the best Beatle by a landslide, but the criticism I read surrounding this album reminded me that this is also the guy that gave us Wonderful Christmastime and Why Don’t We Do It in the Road? But come on, every great artist misses the mark once or twice in their career, and while Paul is certainly no exception, this album is not one of those times. Lazy and unfinished? By no means is it as polished as any of his work prior, but for me that’s the charm of it - it’s simple and earnest while still retaining elements of catchy songwriting, reminding me of why the guy is a musical icon in the first place. I’m not going to pretend anything here is mind-blowing by any means, but I can honestly say I had a really pleasant time listening throughout. Funny enough, the most popular track here, Maybe I’m Amazed, was actually my least favorite - it’s the cheesiest, poppiest track by far, and probably the closest thing to a Beatles song anywhere on the record. The drum-focused closing track Kreen-Akrore was also not a high point by any means, but with it all said and done, looking back, I can confidently say I had a good time - I would listen to this again over a Beatles album any day. Between this and Band and the Run, Paul has really surprised me with his post-Beatles work, and I’m starting to think that maybe the other guys (or at least John) were holding him back. Just like Band on the Run, I’m gonna score 3.5, but this could easily be a 4 for me on a good day. While maybe not a direct influence on any artists in particular, this feels like a musical milestone hinting towards the style of indie, lo-fi song production that was to come and that we still hear on platforms like Bandcamp today, reminding us that what makes a song great is not necessarily its quality of production, but a strong core idea paired with an impassioned performer. It’s also entirely possible that I just have bad taste in music.

It’s ok. With “maybe I’m amazed” tucked in as the 84th song of the album

A pleasant but strangely inconsequential journey into McCartneydom. There are at least two albums in his catalogue that are nearing five star status - this isn't one of them. Nonetheless, nothing objectionable here. I like it well enough.

Yeah, this is kind of surprisingly low-key isn't it? Not at all what I was expecting. While nothing quite stood out in memory aside from "Maybe I'm Amazed," I have the suspicion that this is one of those albums that could reveal itself to be really rewarding once you've listened to it three or four times. Or not! Never can tell and who the hell does this McCartney bloke think he is anyway?

This feels like a collection of demos. It seems very simple, direct and, in places, unfinished. No doubt this was an artistic choice by McCartney. I liked it. It's interesting to have an insight interesting the workings of one of the all time great song writers. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Maybe I'm Amazed Date listened: 27/05/23

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Suspect this is included more because of who they are, rather than the music

Better than I thought it was going to be!

I absolutely LOVE McCartney. He is possibly my favorite musician of all time. But I'm shocked to see this album make the list. It is far from his best output. In fact, this album has often felt like a collection of outtakes to me. There are some gems here to be sure -- "Maybe I'm Amazed" is one of his best tracks, "Every Night" is lovely, and it's fun to see old Beatles castoffs like "Junk" and "Teddy Boy" finally released. But as a whole, the album just doesn't come together all that well.

I was going to completely dismiss this as unformed drivel on first listen, with the exception of Maybe I'm Amazed, which we all know and accept for the masterpiece that it is. But on second listen I started to enjoy it a bit more. Third listen was pleasant too. I do still think there are a lot of raw, unformed ideas here that haven't been fully realized. The odd Elvis like affectation of the phrase "mama" as a term of endearment is still a bizarre choice to me. It's been peppered into a few tracks and I have to wonder what that's all about. Is he emulating Elvis? Mocking him? I'm not quite sure. But it's not a colour that suits McCartney. It is a listenable and enjoyable album. But is it impactful? No.

The real genius level of Paul McCartney is on display in the fact that Maybe I'm Amazed almost carries this whole album - but not quite. None of the rest of it really stuck for me (though none of itnis bad), and it seems like an odd pick for this already over-represented artist.

Honnêtement un peu déçu, j'ai trouvé la majorité de l'album très fade, manquait de mordant, les compositions étaient un peu ininspirées. On est loin de Band on the Run. Le seul highlight de l'album est Maybe I'm Amazed. 5/10

His first album post-Beatles could not be more unlike the Beatles if he tried. As a Beatles fan - and a McCartney fan I was looking forward to hearing this album, since I really never heard it before. I was more into the later McCartney stuff. Good? Yes, Different? Definitely. I can see this being a great album, after I get used to it but for now, on this first listen, I'll leave it a 3/5.

Maybe I’m amazed at how some of these songs are so good and some as so pished

Kinda repetitive and a bit too experimental

Paulie, you make it too easy – don't just hand me "Junk" – and then "Singalong Junk"! The review writes itself. Still, baby, I'm amazed that Maybe I'm Amazed never fails to connect

Who now? A few songs in, and there's really not much here to go off of. He seems bored, and I certainly am. I know that 'Maybe I'm amazed " is coming up, and that it's a real song. Popular review refered to this as a "sketch book" and I completely agree. Just the ideas of basic song structures. "Momma Miss America" almost gets there, but it's just an instrumental, which hardly feels like it should be the anchor to a whole album side like this. This might be of interest to a real Beatles fanatic to get into Paul's head. Historically significant. I am not a Beatles fanatic though, and I find myself really not caring. Maybe I'm amazed is a good one though. Barely an album, but doesn't make me mad, so it's a 2 star sorta thing.

Really low-key. It's alright, but does showcase Paul's tendency to be too sugary sweet. "Every night" being a prime example of that. Standout track is "Maybe I'm amazed", if course - the one track here that you can imagine working on a Beatles record. But still... Shouldn't really be in this list. RAM should be. I'm maybe being a bit harsh (mwybe not, though), and we'll all be sorry when Sir Paul is gone. Paul used to be my least favourite Beatle. And then I concerned myself with John solo for a bit and thought... Nah. Gotta be John, despite his untimely and unnecessary demise. And then Ringo got on my nerves with his late hippie stylings. So Paul is now my favourite living Beatle, second of all Beatles. Because you knew George was the favourite, period. He paid for much of Life of Brian, he basically inspired 80% of all ELO songs ever, and he has the one Beatles solo album on this list that I gave a wholehearted, solid 4/5 to, despite the fact that album features My Sweet Lord, a song I wouldn't mind never hearing again for the rest of eternity. To the point that I'd oay extra for an expanded/director's cut edition of All Things Must Pass that does not feature that song.

I much preferred George Harrison's solo albums.

It’s a short acousticky album… nothing you need to hear unless youre a huge beatles fan. The two last songs were my least favorite even though one of them is the most popular

The half arsed sloppiness of this pissed me off. If this was anyone else it wouldn’t have been in the book. When he actually bothered to play a song around the halfway point it became more tolerable, but overall it still grated on me hard.

4.5/10 I got approximately 9 Beatles/Beatles-adjacent albums in my first 150 albums, then haven't gotten any more until now (about 100 albums later). I was starting to think I'd finished them all. Here's the thing: although I can recognize their influence, I don't find their music particularly outstanding. This album is no exception; it's incredibly dull and doesn't really stand out in the musical landscape of the early 70s, drawing heavily on genres like psychedelic rock, folk, and even heavy rock. Like approximately half of the rest of Beatles/-adjacent albums, this one doesn't belong on this list.

A pretty annoying listen … not really a fan / didn’t enjoy baby I’m amazed as the one popular single. 2

Fine, inoffensive a bit boring

Sure?

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

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

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.

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 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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

they should've fixed their marriage instead

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.

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

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.

It sounded a bit twee from where I was standing.

It’s a whole lot of McCartney.

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

Forgettable, but nice.

2.5 - Meh

Pretty boring

Played Maybe I'm Amazed backwards but alas, no recipe for a 'really ripping lentil soup', so that was a lie. Absolute standout track. The rest... I mean, the post Beatles disappointment must have been HUGE.

it's fine. my score is probably more reflective of my feelings towards the beatles generally.

não se destaca e não chamou minha atenção. acho que o cara reutilizou o leimotif o álbum inteiro, nunca fui muito fã disso. o cara é um beatles também, e sinceramente se eu to viva ate hoje com duas décadas sem me interessar por beatles ou algum deles, dificilmente alguma música vai me atrair. gostei bem mais das intros e transições do que as músicas em si 2/5 favorita: kreen-akrore

A few good songs but very unequal in the end

is this meant to sound like a collection of unfinished/scrapped works? that's kind of how it comes across to me

Haf-baked, but with moments of class and taste. Will I listen to this album again, no, nor do I remember many of the songs. But what I did remember was interesting, if unfinished.

Most of the songs don’t really go anywhere.

A couple moments of brilliance, mostly moments of the opposite

Unsurprisingly a bit boring. Really liked "Oo You" though

Maybe I'm amazed, but maybe it's just pretty mid. They mostly just feel like all the songs he had started writing before the breakup, and he wanted to rush and get them out while he was relevant. Didn't bother actually polishing them all, and it suffers for it. Obviously Maybe I'm Amazed is amazing.

Apart from Maybe I'm Amazed the album comes across as a bunch of demos, perhaps just a product of the technically available at the time. On Kreen-Akrore maybe there is something in the joke that Ringo wasn't the best drummer in The Beatles.

easy listening but unremarkable for me

dad rock. A rich famous musician making music for himself which happens to get released.

llevo una racha de poner a los álbumnes 2 pero ninguno me llama la atención

Oof. Did Sir Paul have to make one more record for a contract? Of perhaps he needed money to pay for a grandchild’s education. This is not inspired

I’m not sure I’ve heard any songs from the first Paul McCartney solo album. I didn’t get into much of the Beatles’ solo material. I just assumed that whatever they did on their own could never equal what they did as a group. For the most part, I think that’s true, though I really loved George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass. I still think it’s the best album of all the members’ solo work that I've heard. McCartney recorded this album in secrecy, it seems. He then decided to release it before the group released Let It Be. John Lennon had essentially quit the Beatles, though without the world knowing, and McCartney was depressed, probably angry, and decided to put this album out. He recorded a lot of it at his home on a four-track. When the press release came out about McCartney’s solo album, that was the official end of the Beatles, and he got the blame for a while. Somehow, the blame ended up on Yoko Ono’s head, but I’m not sure why. Well, probably because she was a female foreigner. I guess Lennon couldn’t think for himself? Anyway, I think now history shows that the band members were unhappy at the time it all ended. I think there was quite a bit of burnout and ego involved. Most probably wanted to see what it was like as a solo act. Anyway, McCartney came out and did not set the world on fire. It had none of the bells and whistles the last few Beatles albums had. In fact, it just sounded like McCartney recorded it all by himself in his home on a four-track, which is what he did. Track one is The Lovely Linda, and it’s around a minute long. It sounds like the beginning of a song, or more like the end of a song, with no beginning or middle. Track 2 is That Would Be Something and I think I’ve heard this. It’s funny to hear just a guitar, bass, drums, and vocals. No sweeping orchestral pieces or weird, backward-sounding guitars. Just a simple song. Again, this song sounds like McCartney had an idea for a song, but didn’t really flesh it all out. It’s almost a sketch or demo of something he’d take to the band to build on. It gives me a southern rock vibe. Track 3, Valentine Day, is a bit dirtier and grimier than what we’ve heard so far. It’s also just an instrumental. Very cool song, though, again, it sounds like McCartney had a good idea for a song, but never finished it. This album is weird. Track 4, Every Night, is the first “real” song on the album. It’s got lyrics, a bit more musicianship, with guitars. McCartney was the king of silly little love songs, wasn’t he? Track 5 is Hot as Sun/Glasses, and it starts off with a bit of a Southwestern flair. Seems to be an instrumental for the most part. Another song that sounds like it was just a piece of a song. And Glasses appears to be another piece of a song added on. It actually sounds like the end of another song just stitched to the end of an incomplete song. This album is very weird. It has 13 songs and is just 34 minutes long. I can see why critics didn’t think much of this when it came out. Track 6 is Junk, and I think that would kind of describe this album so far, well, maybe not that harshly, but it seems, compared to the output of the Beatles, this would be junk. However, the song Junk is really good. The best on the album, maybe. It at least feels sketched out a bit more than the rest, though it’s under two minutes. Maybe McCartney was going for the whole “leave then wanting more” deal. Track 7 is Man We Was Lonely and its the first time I think I’m hearing Linda McCartney singing background vocals. But this song feels like one of the actual songs he had fully written. It’s almost 3 minutes long. Track 8, Oo You, is a nice bluesy song about a woman. That riff is the truth. I could see a stoner metal band taking this and doing good things with it. McCartney is singing it like Howlin’ Wolf. This is my favorite song on the album. I can also hear the Queens of the Stone Age in this song. And just like that, it’s over. Track 9 is Momma Miss America, and I don’t care for the drum sound. It's another instrumental. I don’t understand why McCartney wanted this out as his first solo album. Maybe to be the first member to get solo work out? Maybe he wanted to release something so unlike the Beatles to truly break away from his past? Again, about halfway through the song, it’s like he stops and starts a whole new song. Track 10 is Teddy Boy, and this sounds like a Beatles song. McCartney has doubled his vocals, and the bass line sounds like a Beatles bass line. The lyrics tell a story with, I’m sure, more meaning than is on the surface. Track 11 is another song with junk in the title, as it's named Singalong Junk. I do love the quietness to it. I hear maybe the first notes from a symphony, though I guess it could be a synthesizer. Just a very pretty little song. Sounds like a sad song, or at least that’s what I’m feeling. Oh snap! Track 12 is Maybe I’m Aamzed. I’ve definitely heard that. What a diamond in a bucket of coal. This song is a Beatles-sounding song. I bet when the others heard this, they thought, “Why didn’t he pull this out for us?” Nah, they all probably thought they could write a better song. This song was fully fleshed out, and you can hear the emotion in McCartney’s voice when he sings it. This song may be the only reason to include this album in the 1,001 Albums list. The last song is called Kreen-Akore, and I don’t know why. Right now, the lyrics appear to be McCartney making monkey sounds. This seems to be a showcase for McCartney’s drum skills, as it sounds like the song is a drum solo. Nope, here are some Ahhhs and more instruments coming in. On an album full of confusing songs, this may have been the most confusing. I’m not a McCartney hater, but this album made it seem as if he had never gotten with the Beatles, we would have never heard his name. YouTube Music randomly plays George Harrison’s What Is Life after the McCartney album is over, and that song is better than 12 of the 13 songs on this album. Maybe I’m Amazed is a great song, an all-timer, but the album leaves me scratching my head. It seems that when it came out, critics were underwhelmed and complained about the songs seeming unfinished. I hate to align with critics, but I concur. This is an album you can skip, but listen to Maybe I’m Amazed and put it in your rotation.

I don't care about Sir Paul McCartney. It has some interesting guitar and bass sections, but mostly it isnt my thing. Better than the beatles though.

Damn, this was #500 for me and how disappointing that was.. it’s like he wrote, Maybe I’m Amazed and someone asked him if he happened to have 10 two minute long tracks of bullshit.

Interesting bunch of ideas in the main, I think the world album evokes something I don't think is expressed. Other than Maybe I'm Amazed it feels like things I'd expect on an EP.

Rushed release. Kind of interesting but also a little disappointing.

There is signs of what he was doing on the Beatles but feels a little lost and directionless in the end quite sure what it's doing on the list.

#860. One decent single and a bunch of nonsense. 2/5: meh

I suspect that if my sex drive flatlined, my investment portfolio was just a bit more diversified, and I garaged a new Corvette I strictly drive 10 mph below the speed limit on weekends, I would love this. Until that happens, I'll turn to the Beatles... and a t-bone.

Maybe I'm a mediocre album. I can see why people were disappointed. Some potential in some of these tracks, but other than Maybe I'm Amazed, none really come close to fulfilling it or touching his best work. Or even his solid work. 2 Stars.

Not a lot stood out to me here at all. Just felt rather bland. It had the odd moment where there might have been a good riff here or there but that's about it really. I would have thought an early McCartney album would be better as it's just after The Beatles split by the looks of things.

alright

More inoffensive than the other Beatles solo work. Nothing too special though.

4.5/10 Disappointing. I dont usually mind shorter albums because they are often more focused, but then youre not supposed to fill them with intermezzos and unfinished ideas. Here its clear that, very surprisingly, McCartney just didnt have enough material for an album. Bold choice to release it anyway, since presumably after the Beatles youd want to come out of the gate swinging. There just isn't much here, which left me feeling empty.

Kinda boring, didn't do anything for me but at keast it was over in the time it took to have breakfast.

Not my style I fell asleep listening to it

Interesting album, not why I was expecting. I can see why maybe I’m amazed is the only song I knew. I’m not typically one for instrumental tracks but it kind of worked here. And the last track is definitely something.

53. ok

Warm, homemade sketches built from casually strummed acoustic guitars, rough electric doodles, simple drum patterns, and gently unpolished vocals folded straight into the mix move this rock album like paging through a private notebook left on the kitchen table. Intimate and sincere in its rough charm, yet so informal and unfinished that it often feels more like process than statement.

Too monotone

It seems like unfinished songs mostly. Fun stuff but not his best

Not a fan of the instrumentals and his style of singing. Again not something I would choose to listen to but wouldn’t mind if it playing. Maybe I’m amazed is my favourite song of the album but still not a song I actually like. 3.5/10

It’s like if you took the Beatles and somehow made them worse by having only a quarter of them

Repetitive

I had to seperate McCartney from The Beatles to think objectively here. Most of the album was just dull. Maybe I'm Amazed came on and I thought, "Okay, Paul, showing me I've misjudged you all these years. There's something here." And then he followed it with a song where he pants heavy like a Dad carrying the groceries in. 1 star for having a legacy even though I'm not a fan. 1 star for Maybe I'm Amazed surprising me. No 3 stars for heavy panting soulless music.

Heard it before. Listen, I do like Paul but listening to this album makes me understand why The Beatles broke up. A very weak debut solo album, it's just Paul doing his weird things. He has better albums in his discography 2/5

Oooof, 1 really good and 2 decent songs. Another on this list of seeing things brighter with revisionist glasses. This was panned when it came out and is as 2.25 as can be today as well.

Nice guitar work but nothing stood out.

Sounds more like a collection of musical ideas than an album. I like Paul, but this is a good example of why you need a producer who's able to say: "No, we're not doing it like that."

this is not very good

This album sounds like a collection of demos or B-sides or whatever. It starts pretty bad, but it gets better. And worse again. And better again. Very inconsistent. It should not have gotten past QC. Favorite song: Junk

Maybe I‘m Amazed .. was McCartney nebst Singalong Junk so produziert hat. Trotzdem: nicht meins, tönt wie Beatles. 2

Nicht so schlimm wie Beatles

i am not impressed. he made better albums later

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I probably wouldn't have known this album was "homemade" if that wasn't the only thing that people talked about. I can understand why that's all people have to say though, there's not really anything special or standout here, at least to me. Was a nice background as I did some chores.

it’s finee

One of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, with a catalogue of brilliant recordings as long as your arm. So it’s a complete mystery to me why anyone would spend time listening to him noodling around on a bunch of half-baked ideas. Maybe I’m Amazed is great but nowhere near worth the journey it takes to get there.

What a fuckin' snooze.