Band On The Run

Kinda weak run in the middle

Band On The Run felt overrated (overplayed) until I really sat and listened to it, what a fucking masterpiece. Jet is kind of muddy, not a huge fan of the constant buzz. Let Me Roll It is awesome, sounds familiar, but I don’t think I’d ever heard it before. Amazing guitar riff, bluesy, it’s so good. Zoo Wings is kind of awesome, but also kind of sucks, can’t decide.

חלקו ממש טוב וחלקו התיישן ממש רע. מקרטני מלך. 6/10.

Few sample ideas

Alright. Don’t know how this album made the list

Wouldn’t care if I never heard this again.

Went into this only knowing the title track, okay album but probably won’t give most songs another listen

paul mccartney’s pretty great when he wanted to be but there are some tracks on here i’m just never going to play

Solid

thumbs up

A great Side A and a pretty ok Side B.

A confessed Beatles hater, I wasn't expecting much other than the usual, love, love me do shit. Then I saw first 2 songs and got a little excited. I can't say there are many songs I really enjoy by the Beatle guys, but Band on the Run and Jet are 2 songs I really like, maybe even 2 of my favorites. But then the album turned into a Beatle album. Not that I hated it, but wanted the rest of the album to be like the first 2 songs..... Anyway, also liked Let me roll it and Nineteen hundred an eight five. Bluebird made me think of summertime on my back porch. Bluebirds and Orioles are the best to view! Why did he call Mrs Vanderbilt a ho? Ho, hey ho! Then brought it back in a later. I dunno, it made me laugh.... I would say I like more Wings songs than the Beatles. This wasn't cringe worthy, but most of it, not to my liking. I'll give 3 because the first 2 songs are very good

3.5 Hey look, it's post-breakup stuff from the best Beatle! While I’ve made no attempt of disguising my hatred for the band thus far on the list, I’ll admit I’ve actually always enjoyed the title track on this album, though I haven’t listened to much of Wings’ backlog. As it turns out, they actually have quite a few good tunes! Coming off the heels of the iconic opener, the vibe was kept up with Jet coming in hot as a straight-up banger. I really didn’t think the album would be able to keep up the strength from there, but I was proven wrong - not only is every song enjoyable, but I was particularly impressed by the amount of versatility. Elements of hard rock, soft rock, jazz, and blues are all here, and they’re utilized so effectively and seamlessly that the album always felt fresh and never dragged. While it’s nothing mind blowing, and I’m not sure I would go out of my way to listen to individual tracks, I definitely see myself listening to the full album again. Nearly gave this a 4 but I couldn’t quite convince myself to pull the trigger. That all being said, I’m going to say it - This is the best album done by a Beatle (I’ve heard thus far). Eat it, John Lennon. Favorite songs: Band on the Run, Jet, Bluebird, Let Me Roll It Fun fact for anyone who hasn’t already read this on the Wikipedia page: Aside from McCartney, his wife Linda, and guitarist Denny Laine, the album cover features an assortment of random celebrities. That’s Count Dooku in the top-middle.

Un des rares albums où l'on peut voir Paul McCartney dans sa version ailée. La différence avec celui des Beatles est légère mais notable. On peut ainsi l'apercevoir de temps à autre survoler les gratte-ciels du centre-ville et effectuer différentes acrobaties. Pourquoi pas.

Beatle-ish, how can that be?

7,5/10

It's better than a 3, but can't give it a 4...

Decent macca album. Worth another listen

I have a slight annoyance with wings in that it seems like McCartney looked at the back half of Abbey road, which was famously a medley and went "Yeah lets do that, but all the time". The title track has so many good moments and really great pieces, but then lurches away from them before you get a chance to really get into it. I find the rest of it a bit disjointed as well. And the bits that aren't are a bit... "Maxwell's silver hammer" for their own good. Although Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five is an exception to everything I have just said, its an incredible song and exactly what I want wings to sound like all the time, they just can't quite keep that level of intensity going it seems. That being said its got that signature McCartney charm and the bas is as good as you'd expect from the man himself. The whole album is also very fun and entertaining which is probably exactly what he was trying to do over the last years of the Beatles, inject a bit of fun back into proceedings to bring them back together, something he carried on into Wings. Ultimately the fact that I've spent two paragraphs banging on about the Beatles probably sums it up really. A Really great solid album but wings never set my world on fire and really serve as a monument, as did all of the fab four's work in the 70's, to what came before.

This is fine.

It was fine.

Ball(er) McCartney

Band on the run is one of the best songs from the list so far. Rest of album is decent.

The title track warrants an additional star on its own. Unfortunately, like so many McCartney projects, the album is uneven. Gems interspersed with pap...

A bit self indulgent - I guess a post Beatles McCartney us allowed to do that - it tries to bring in the conceptuality of the beatles era with repeated themes and self-referencing lyrics - but misses the mark a bit - because the songs aren’t all very good. However when they are they are masterpieces like ‘Jet’ and the closer ‘Nineteen Hundred…’ all in all interesting but not something I’d return to much.

Although much maligned, this is a solid return to form from McCartney.

Un disco tranquilito. Paul en sus orígenes en solitario. Nunca he seguido mucho su carrera más allá de los Beatles. "Mrs. Vandebilt" con su aire de verbena me ha gustada y del resto están "Let me roll'it" (vaya título sugerente) y "Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five". Poco más.

Vintage goodness! Also, I really like this album cover, might be my favorite so far. I really enjoyed "Mrs. Vanderbilt" and that's the song I will likely revisit. The rest of the songs didn't grab me as much.

Pretty much what I was expecting.

How much can I damn this with feint praise? It would be on repeat in purgatory for how bland it is.

It's not bad, but not really my kind of thing

Title track is amazing and the rest is nice enough, but I have been relistening to some of the later Beatles albums recently after the Revolver re-release and this is just lacking that Beatles magic

Classic rock is classic, but the story behind this album and the poorly thought-out recording junket in Nigeria was more interesting than half of what was on the album. I should give credit to McCartney for recording most of the musical parts on the album himself, but he was the one who pissed off the rest of Wings and made them quit, so…

Totally fine, but not super interesting.

It was good. Some was a bit boring and repetitive, but other parts had beautiful song writing, singing, and instrumentals. The song Band on the Run is perfect. I live how it switches to a whole different song mid way through. Other songs did this too. Anyways good album, not great album. In my opinion after first listen

Rock-pop un tanto rollo. Ni fu ni fa.

I never thought any of the Beatles’ post breakup songwriting came close to the magic of the group’s. I did like some of Harrison’s post Beatles work more than McCartney’s.

Honestly I never really liked this album much, if it wasn't a McCartney album it would be on the list. It's a 3.5 at best.

It’s not quite the Beatles, and it’s not quite… great. Some of the songs are partly great, but feel like they’re trying too hard.

A strong start that just wanders. Not bad but not something i'd listen to as a whole album again.

It's a fine album. But it's not great, it's just fine. Some good things, some not great things. It is NOT The Beatles, that's for sure.

I've been reading a lot recently about how good Paul McCartney's solo work is, so I'm excited to dive into that a little. Update: I'm liking this record. It's got strong, fun melodies like some of Paul's classic Beatles work. Couple instances of strings and sax don't hurt either! The lore behind the recording process though.....wild! Glad they were able to get through it.

Relatively basic but good pop album from the seventies. Got some classics but most of the album is filled with mediocre rock songs

Not really into the whole Beatles lore and I don't expect anything to change any time soon. I can see why people like this, but it's not for me.

Probudih se rano jutarnjim satima, kišovito vrijeme, ocijenio prošli album - došao ovaj na red. Zanimljiva priča oko toga kako su uopće snimili ovaj album i cover albuma. Dobar album. Prvi dio > drugi dio albuma.

Fun eclectic record. Did not expect the reggae and carribbean influences which were a nice touch along with the usual rock and blues

First track starts lame but then kicks into a cool groove. 😎 but them gets kinda lame again. Feels like 3 songs so far. Jet has a fine vibe, honestly. I kinda dig it vut the recording also TELLS me it's rearly fom a different era. I ❤️ed it on Spotify. Bluebird 9s okay, I guess. Kinda TOO repetitive. Rs whatever is the funnest song, but in a dumb way. Short album and I kinda lost track of digging it and focus on the second half.

McCartney is huge magician and the singles from this album are absolute bangers. The other tracks were new for me and enjoyable, but not on that same level unfortunately.

Has a soft spot in my heart due to the title track being a favorite on Guitar Hero: World Tour. Though it doesn’t always pull off the grand ideas it’s trying for, sometimes sounds like an incoherent mess, and can be pretty damn annoying, this album has heart and a sense of fidelity as Paul finds his post-Beatles way around.

Only really love the classics, did not offer more.

This is a 3.5 - some excellent songs and then others that aren’t as strong.

Better than I expected!

Some good 70s memories!

Average. Would it get any kudos if it wasn't an ex beatle?

It was a pretty good album. I was familiar with the main song. I am sure I would listen to the album again but I didn't skip any of it.

Catchy vibes for some songs and a mellow album with good rythem

Every time I hear a post Beatles Paul project I understand why they broke up. Some interesting concepts but overall a little boring. Jet slaps.

I went back and forth on this one. Every time I started to feel good about the album, I got hit with an absolute turd of a song. Conversely, every time I started to feel like this might be a total dud of an an album, I got hit with a track that was pretty good. This was never going to be a five-star album. There are far too many saxophone solos for that. But it very well could have been a four-star album. Unfortunately, the recordings and performances are far too messy for that, not to mention the laziness of a lot of the songwriting. Which is, in my mind, inexcusable. It's Paul freaking McCartney, for crying out loud. I expect better from a songwriter of that caliber. For better or for worse, he is held to a higher standard. In the case of Band on the Run, he was found wanting.

I can appreciate their talent, but not really my thing. Wouldn't turn it off, but wouldn't turn it on either.

A couple good songs on this one, the rest of it was just okay. Nothing wrong with easier listening classic rock but I personally prefer something a little more engaging.

I enjoyed Bluebird the most. Not my style but quite relaxing to listen two or three songs ;)

3.4/5. Fairly pleasant to listen to, but overall kind of boring and bland.

know this album..

first few songs are nice others eh

OK, yeah a bit of fun and a few memories.

Decent? Let Me Roll It exemplifies my issues with the frequently repetitive style of the Beatles, even when they're doing solo stuff.

Has anyone else heard the rumour that Paul McCartney has had his roadies smuggle him bacon sandwiches since at least the mid-70s? Also, on Ebony and Ivory, he didn't complain about bashing a tune out on elephant tusk. I reckon that, if you were in a hot-dog-eating contest against Macca, he would demolish you due to the sheer glee and gusto he'd take in scarfing down tube after tube after tube of mashed-up pig. Anyway, Wings (sorry, Paul McCartney and Wings, a name designed to entice by promising a Beatle, yet also managing to annoy considerably by its blatancy) began when Macca decided he'd like to be in a band again, after his first two solo albums bombed with critics (they have since been resurrected as classics, as is the wont with heritage rock acts). With some justification, Wings (oops, Paul McCartney and Wings) have been accused of being a dressed-up Macca solo project, but does that matter, as long as the music is good? Well, Band on the Run has the same problem Macca's solo albums tend to have: it's often too sugary and self-consciously quirky to embrace unconditionally. Really, does anyone like Jet (yes, I know, Alan Partridge)? The saxophone blasts are just ridiculous, and the chants of "JET!" are too-obvious attempts to make a concert-friendly crowd singalong. Jet is the lowpoint of an unsatisfying first half, and I was feeling a smidge dejected, but thankfully side B has more interest, more bite. Macca's gift for melody figures more towards the end of the album, and the best song is the last one, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five (despite the wacky title). So, Band on the Run averages out as a three, just like John Lennon's Imagine. Mind, Jet isn't as bad as Imagine's title track, and Band on the Run isn't remotely rancorous, unlike Imagine's best, most uncomfortable song How Do You Sleep?. In the arms race raging between solo Lennon and solo McCartney (along with Paul McCartney and Wings) on my review page, Macca's currently edging out John. That could be because Lennon's a tosser.

Pretty good

Band On The Run is good. Beyond that none of any of the solo Beatles' works compare to their output together. There's nothing bad here, but it just doesn't feel like it has a lot of energy that speaks to me, maybe because he was more content?

Alussa kovia biisejä, vähän ehkä jäi sitten paikalleen. Hauskaa menoa silti.

Ei yllä tämä stygä ihan koko Beatlesin tasolle. 3/5

Good album, good bass lines, not a fan of the vocals, wasn’t drawn in

Let's all be a little honest for a second. None of the tracks from this album can compare with Paul's usual output in The Beatles. Now that this quite obvious statement is out of the way, is *Band On The Run* a good album? Well, it's not so bad all things considered, especially its two first and two last tracks. "Band On The Run" and "Jet" are nice hits, catchy yet both with original non-linear song structures that allow Wings to explore and experiment stuff a little. As for the last two tracks, they often call back to the (few) highlights of the album, giving a sense of closure to the whole thing. The problem is, almost everything between those two bookends drags A LOT, with very few obvious hooks or dynamic changes. Apart from a "ho-hey-ho" gimmick on the fourth track--one of the elements repeated in the very experimental "Picasso's Last Words before the closing title--there's not much that can worm its way inside your brain--which is quite disappointing coming from an ex-Beatles. And even this comes off as a letdown: we're here closer to the "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" sort of innocuous nonsense than to anything resembling "Eleanor Rigby", "Yesterday", "Back In The USSR", " Let It be" or "Hey Jude". For this particular writer and listener, *McCartney II* is the most satisfying post-Beatles album Macca ever released anyway. It's not a perfect album either, but at least this one is *truly* dynamic, in spite of the fact that it was primarily recorded at home. From one track to the next, this other record goes from synth experimentation with a proto post-punk edge to delicate balladery, and from unabashed cynicism to blue-eyed lyricism, with naive yet touching lyrics. Here is the Paul McCartney you can fondly remember, even though "II" is far less known than his records with Wings... Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 892 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 57 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 28 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 24 (including this one)

They are mixing styles a bit too much.

I think out of all the ex-beatles McCartney struggled the most. It's plain to see on this album he needed someone like Lennon to balance his sugary personality. This album is well produced, well sung, well played but it falls flat. It's like he's trying too hard to be clever but with no message. The album really does need something more bitter, more sardonic thrown into the mix. 4 for the effort and a few decent tracks but 2 for the end result.

It's a good album. Not high on my rotation because of how much a lot of these songs are played. Still a solid album though.

It's good but I do find it tails off a bit in the second half

The two best songs were Band On the Run and Jet, but it takes almost the whole song to get to the actually enjoyable part of Band on the Run. The album was fine overall

I dig it

Good, not great.

A pleasant listen. 'Pleasant' is the best descriptor I can come up with. It's a little better than fine? I don't mean to put it down - I thought this was pretty good. It's hard to crawl out of the shadow of the Beatles, though, you know? But yeah, it doesn't reach the heights of a Beatles record, which is maybe a high bar, but hey, I didn't set the bar, maaaaan.

Returning this album after a long time. I enjoy it more now that I’ve heard it again. It has catchy tunes. Pleasant singing. It’s a decent album. I find starting from “Mamunia” it gets a bit boring. I definitely might keep a few songs, but as a album I can’t say I like it enough to claim the whole thing. Highlights: Band on the Run, Jet, Bluebird, Let Me Roll It

A little indulgent- a few songs worked well by themselves, but the album was not focused enough for me.

Quite nice, but nothing super special in my opinion. "Band on the Run" was my favourite track on the album.

not so sticky

Some great songs on here, but just feels like something is missing compared to the Beatles albums.

This album is pretty average. It’s fairly enjoyable and interesting, but Paul was much better with the Beatles. 6/10.

Niespodziewane Elektryczne Gitary ;-)

Qué buen disco de Pop. Band on the Run es un clásico, pero la que no conocía y me gustó (tanto que la puse en la lista Songs to Tests Soundbars With) es Nineteen-Hundred and Eighty-Five. Temazo.

3.5ish

Hit and miss - but more hit

Niet de grootste Beatle fan hier en mijn ervaringen met Sir Paulus zijn minimaal, maar dit was echt een mooi album.

Groot bewonderaar van Sir Paul en Band on The Run is een tof nummer, maar dit weegt toch niet op tegen zijn werk bij de Fab Four.

Titeltrack en ook 'Jet' zijn fantastische nummers. Rest van het album is iets minder pakkend maar McCartney blijft een geweldig songwriter.

Vrolijk album. En Paul is een productief baasje, zag ik op Spotify.

Nice instrumentals, vocals were a bit boring.

It was an ok album, not sure if the collaboration with Wings added much to what really feels like a Paul McCartney Album. When you find out that the production of this album, was just Paul & Linda and one of the members from Wings, it all begins to add up. There are many familiar sounds throughout, but definitely didn't hold up to the Beatles heyday. Best: Jet Worst: Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)

3.5

Still listening. The first three songs are good.

Alright but not really as good as I was expecting

Première écoute à vie de cet album Cool tones de bass bien sûr, moins cool les solos de sax ;) Les deux premières sont bonne et let me roll it mais le reste le fait moins pour moi, je risque pas de réécouter souvent 3/5

There are two types of musicians; the entertainer, who pleases the crowds and gives the people what they want, and the technician, the guy (or girl) who skews appeal for mastery and technique, adored in their own right by other musicians, but isolating the general public. Few have been able to sit comfortably at the intersection of both realms like Paul McCartney, and this album exemplifies this. A head pop rock journey that could be a concept album in a loose sense, Band On The Run sees Paul McCartney and Wings dole out tight, catchy pop songcraft with just enough musical turns to keep the more erudite fans interested. The opening track itself flits from horns to Bonham-esque drums to the anthem title tune. And that's just one song. Tracks like Let Me Roll It lets fly with dirty, bluesy riff, offset by tender Hammond Organs and reverb-y vocals. Strings features substantially too, on tracks like Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five and No Words, with tasteful stabs to punctuate the piano of the former, and texture for the latter. Overall, this album was educational and a quintessential display of Paul McCartney, the songwriter's songwriter, the musician's musician, and all round good time.

Quite a bit more enjoyable than I anticipated. There's a sonic diversity here and just fun songs.

1-2 weeks ago we had the pretty unspectacular John Lennon album Imagine. Unfortunately, Paul McCartney's solo efforts really aren't any more spectacular. The Beatles also had their ups and downs, but it is clear that the individual members really aren't all that hot on their own.

I have heard some songs from Paul McCartney post Beatles, but I don't know which tracks are Paul McCartney or which tracks are from Wings. This is the first full album I have listened to from McCartney. "Mrs. Vandebilt" felt very much like a McCartney song, and was probably my favorite track. "Band on the Run" is okay too. My prior reaction to most of what I have listened to of McCartney's work after the Beatles is a recognition that the music is a functional piece of rock. It's not hard enough to be ROCK, and not pop enough to be pop. The music seems like functional, popular music and I move on. Paul, congratulations on being okay.

The album is well done, but nothing I would want listen again

I feel like a song can sound good, but not actually be good. For a song to be good, it has to sound good, be interesting and make you feel an emotion. Sadly I didn't get much of the last two in this album. The vocal mix wasn't my favorite. Most of the tracks were quite uninteresting and didn't make me feel anything. Bluebird was the best song by far, a solid 4/5. This album does sound amazing but I just found it a bit plain. My final rating, 3.

Un disco interessante, ma che manca di mordente. Sì, anche andando avanti con l'ascolto, pur avendo qualche bella canzone, si conferma così.

I like it. Title song is a classic. The rest? Not so much.

The first two and last songs slap, otherwise I was a little disappointed. Almost gave it 4 stars but McCartney set too high of a bar with his friends George, John, and Ringo

It was ok. A bit kitschy, but expected.

My biggest takeaway from the album was learning more about Linda McCartney and how The Band formed in the wake of the Beatles ending. Band on the Run and Jet are entertaining songs, but the album as a whole isn't that exciting for me.

Paul McCartney? more like Paul McCart my corpse away because I died of boredom

3.5

Known of this album for years, but never felt the need to listen to it. Pretty interesting, including the backstory that it was recorded in Lagos

Surprised to actually enjoy it, v classic rock, can hear a little of the Beatles but not much. Can also hear how certain songs may have influenced later bands

not my particular favorite genre but i guess it's a classic

Better than I thought, heard a few sounds that I recognized from samples. Overall enjoyable!

Diverse and better than I expected.

Alright

Brilliant in parts and ok in others but never bad

Nice fun album front to back

3.5 Some classics on here. Paul is a fantastic song writer and I have been diving into that recently.

3.5/5 I will have to relisten this one.

Apparently this is the most highly rates album by the Beatles in solo form - probably as many of the tracks are 'Beatles' tracks. And a couple of great tracks on there. The back story to the making of the album in Nigeria is fascinating though - worth a google!

“ The band the Beatles could have been,” is the joke. The truth feels closer to “the way the next 15 years in pop music actually sounded.” How it is that “Bluebird” sounds like Prefab Sprout lifting the melody from Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain” and playing it into a sophistipop groove, or “Jet” sounds like a pulse of proto power pop that would echo through anything from Bowie’s most bombastic output to Boston and their ilk. (Offensively derivative rock n’roll jukebox act Jet took their name from “Jet”, a fact perhaps best reserved for fans of the procession of the simulacra.) Putting aside Macca’s situation at the source of so much of music history, the album opener and all-round total banger “Band on the run” was a firm favourite on Guitar Hero in the 00s; hearing it today takes me straight back to the baking-hot second floor family room where for a summer we’d organise ourselves around the Wii and play that and Trivial Pursuit for hours. It was a relatively short window in time, right before we splintered off into our respective teenage hinterlands – which only makes those nights feel more significant in retrospect. Somewhere between those two scales – the universal McCartney that is larger than life, and the quotidian McCartney who is a fact of life – sits the truth of his enduring genius. He’s a too rare example of a cultural icon you’d actually want to have over for tea. On so many levels, we might never have a better.

I've never listened to this. A bit too 70s rock I think and McCartney clearly no longer cool by this point, but his songwriting shines through in places

Title track is justifiable hit--clever, innovative, builds on what Beatles did. I liked Mrs. Vandebilt and Let Me Roll It... plenty of good tracks. But I'm done.

We listened to this a lot back in the day so I was looking forward to hearing it again. The title track and Jet were great but otherwise it wasn’t as great as I remember. 3*

Enjoyed it more than I thought I would actually.

JET! Oooo-oooooo-oooooooo. JET!

It makes me sad that this is honestly so average, considering the highs I know that McCartney can reach both as a solo artist and a band member.

Aside from the title track, this album was fairly underwhelming, especially after establishing a relatively strong solo presence.

Decent yet uneventful.

I absolutely adore like a third of the songs on this album but to me it just doesn't quite end up as an all timer or something. stick to the singles

starts strong. ends real weird. 3.5

Paul McCartney's fifth album since leaving the Beatles and the third album with the Wings, is a rock album that is Paul's most successful since the Beatles - eventually being certified triple platinum. At release it received mixed reviews, but after a few singles were dropped the album ballooned in popularity. The music was enjoyable even if the lyrics didn't make sense some of the time.

Retrograde one, but songwriting is accurate and balanced. Cinematographic. Good example of “one famous person with a big band of professionals”.

Nothing stands out. However, I really enjoyed 1900 and 85, and I did add that to my playlist. Good album, but it's not for me. I probably will never listen to this album again.

One of the better post beatles albums.

Lots to enjoy on here, needs a bit of patience with some of the songs because they take a while to open up. Quite an immersive album if you just go with the flow of it. Echos of some the The Beatles later stuff and shades of RAM as well which can only be a good thing in my book. Would happily revisit which is just as well because I think it’s an album you really need to spend some time with to fully appreciate

Not great, not very bad

Second time hearing this album, still 3 stars from me.

Good songs.

Good album. Opening 2 tracks are whopper. Few nice songs to round out the album nicely.

Disco ligero, muy lindo, no es mi estilo favorito pero me gusto.

Few goodies, felt like a toss of decent songs together, there are different versions

This is actually quite a fun album. Could see myself putting it on again. No bad songs either, as far as I recall. Really liked Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five, and Jet.

More eclectic sounds than I expected. solid

Decent

Mooi album Paul, maar niet iets dat ik echt vanzelf opzet. Ik wil wel eens door heel zijn discography gaan want het is wel allemaal kwaliteit

It was fine. Couple of good radio hits, but nothing to really elevate it to higher levels.

There are parts of this album I really like. Band on the Run is a master piece. I also enjoyed Jet, Mrs. Vanderbilt (…Ho, Hey, Ho…), and Nineteen-Hundred and Eighty-Five. If Mamunia and No Words were deleted and the various distinct parts of Band on the Run we’re expanded into their own songs, this would be solid, 4 star album.

3. it's fine for what it is, not particularly stellar but not bad. Tbh I expected to recognize more of the tracks considering his incredible list of hits.

My knowledge of Wings pretty much begins and ends with Alan Partridge calling them "the band The Beatles could have been". He's probably not too far wrong - there's plenty of songs here that could easily fit onto a later Fab Four album if they'd had someone else to give them a good-looking over. The hooks and pop smarts are still there, but it doesn't quite work as well as his albums with the Beatles. Reading the Wiki of the album was almost as entertaining as listening to it - deciding to record it in post-Biafran war Lagos amidst a Cholera outbreak for the exoticism (?!) and an irate Fela Kuti storming into their studio accusing McCartney of appropriating Nigerian music after visiting his club (only calmed by being played some of their recordings). The album works best when it strays into Abbey Road medley territory, switching around mid-song and re-visiting previous hooks, and the final Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five is a pretty funky jam - could work well with an extended edit of the piano. Not an album I'd have listened to without this challenge, but glad I did. I was ready to give it a 4 or even higher on first listen, but the initial giddy high didn't quite stay on repeat listens and I doubt it's one I'll revisit in full too often. Sounds better on headphones too, some nice production. 3/5 on the 1001 scale, 3.5 for me.

21st June 2021 Listened on my phone when finishing off work for the day after catching up on unlistened to podcasts. Really enjoyed this actually, a very wide ranging sound which I don't think I give McCartney credit for. Hints of early electro which is fun.

wow it sounds like the Beatles, that's crazy. My mom says that the first song on this album was a hit but I thought it was probably the worst one. Goes to show that people from the 70s weren't actually cool and the shit they liked also sucked dookie

Ach ja ganz ok und ziemlich belanglos klingend

This album starts off so strong; three memorable and iconic tracks. But, it loses its way as much of McCartney's solo works do. Dare I say he had too much "yes" men and weed around him to keep things concise.

LOVE the Beatles but I've never given Wings a go, pleasantly surprised. You can definitely still hear echo's of the later Beatles style and I enjoyed a few songs from the album. Will play again 👍🏻

It's just okay. It it wasn't Paul McCartney people wouldn't rate it as highly.

Kind of boring

Wings fly the thinnest line between 70s rock perfection and cheese. I guess that's part of the appeal at this point in time. Big orchestration. Tasteful synthesizer. Sounds a lot like ELO in places. Straight down the middle, beautiful songs, but deceptively complex here and there. That's Paul's magic. I'm split on this one. It's possibly the best thing he made post Beatles (sorry Ram)? It's a lame duck with clipped Wings? B+

Never thought of this album as a follow up to Ram, but I see it now. Paul McCartney truly seems to be fun on this album. It comes off the page, so to speak. This song has like 5 fives, real bangers each with at least two good hooks. Band on the run is almost cocky, he throws away like 3 hooks in the first minute of the song. Jet he drops two hooks. It’s all in vain though because there are also a few clunkers. Bluebird, perhaps song #2 of Paul’s “bird series” doesn’t hold a candle to blackbird, sounds like maybe Linda Wrote it. Mamunia is done real Paul Simon world music trash, probably appropriated when they visited Nigeria and yes, maybe written by Linda. Then there was the unnecessary medley of remixes of early songs at the end of “Picasso’s last words” it’s like the cutting room floor found it’s way onto this track for some reason, it’s a good allegory for the whole album, should’ve edited. Could’ve been a 5 with two more songs and minus 3-4 others. B-

Do you think this era of Paul McCartney humped pillows while thinking about himself? The album just oozes of self confidence that comes from global success. Some solid bangers in here. Some tracks that feel a tad overproduced IMO and dorky.

They didn't run far enough in my opinion. It was more like that marathon where Paula Radcliffe bend down and took a runny shit at the side of the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrop_GZsp-U

Shack?

Quite bland. Like a Sunday afternoon at home.

3.5 - When an artist is given free reign to produce whatever he wants, without his former bandmates there to break his balls, does it enhance or detract from the final product? In the case of "Band on the Run", absent of John Lennon and his former co-creators, I'd say Paul's product leans too heavily on playful jokiness and I end up missing an emotional connection with these songs. Clearly, Paul's beautiful and unparalleled ear for melody is here. What's also here is some of his hokier and more childish instincts - writing about cartoonish characters (think Rocky Raccoon, Bungalow Bill, etc) and composing music that to me comes off as kids music. Like Raffi on an extreme sugar high. All of it is good but it's hard for me to take songs like "Jet" and "Bluebird" too seriously. Does this guy ever have a bad day, or is he just constantly farting rainbows?

Excuse me 1001 Albums this is a Wings album not just Paul. Put some respect on the actual BAND on the run. "Band on the Run" is an absolute jam no matter how many times I hear. It's got such an interesting structure for a pop song that it makes repeat listens not feel so repetitive. "Jet" is another classic McCartney pop banger so that gives this album lots of points. It does start losing points after that though. More and more of Paul's silly love songs with little spurts of interesting instrumentation popping up to keep me interested enough to finish the album. Mainly, (we all saw it coming) that sexy sax! But by the time "Picasso's Last Word," entered its 3rd boring minute I was pretty ready for it to be over. I find it really interesting that critics of the time toted this as Paul's return to creative genius, when in 1971 he released RAM which has way more interesting songs and is overall just a ton of fun. That album better be on this list because it kicks this one's ass. On a few songs there were these really fun synth lines that stood out to me but only lasted a couple of seconds and never returned. This got me wondering what a McCartney electronica album would sound like. Spotify sort of granted my wish by playing the song "Cuff Link" from a later Wings album once this album finished. It was a totally synth layered instrumental track that sounded like a slowed down Justice or Daft Punk song if you took all of the fuzz out. So props to this album for showing me that I guess.

Auch in Sir Paul's take on Afrobeat (haha, lass das den Fela nicht hören, der war eh schon sauer!) kann er nicht von der Zirkusmusik und Shantychören lassen und schmuggelt sie uns in der Collage um Picassos letzte Wort so halbelegant, White-Album-mäßig unter. Nicht die schlechteste Nummer auf diesem zwar unheilumrankten aber erfolgreichsten Album der "Band" Wings, die natürlich nur ein weiteres Vehikel für Paules Ego waren. Wäre schon interessant, was Lennon dazu gesagt hätte. Vermutlich gibt es hier mehr zu entdecken als mir gerade auffällt, aber so richtig interessant finde ich das alles auch nicht. Aber vielleicht ragen deshalb die beiden letzten Nummern des Albums so raus, die Picasso-Nummer gefällt mir in ihrer (sehr) wohltemperierten Schräge, 1985 klingt für mich wie die bessere Version von "When I'm 65".

Like listening to 106.9, The Fox.

Sounds like 106.7 the Fox

It's ok. I'm not particularly inspired by it but it isn't terrible.

+Surprisingly fun +Catchy, sing-along-ish songs -Repeating same songs on latter half of the songs? Did I miss something? -Simplistic, that's a plus or minus Would I listen to it again? Possibly, maybe willingly. If songs from this album are on the radio, there's a good chance I'd listen to them and sing along.

This would be a 2 for me, but Band on the Run carries the rest of the album on its back across the third star. If I wanted lovey-dovey Paul McCartney, I'd just listen to his Beatles tracks.

A little generic rock sounding - but that might be because it's 40+ years old and was influential in making this sound generic. It's good and I get why it was a success when it came out. Band on the Run is obviously a classic, but Bluebird and Mamumia also stand out. It's like a less complex Beatles album... they use the whole "multiple songs in one" trick a few times which is cool but still feels poppy and safe. Not bad at all. Picasso's Last Words has White Album vibes and I like it but it never gets quite deep enough. I think it's an audible progression of drunkenness. The album never goes too deep below the surface. Which isn't a bad thing. It is also interesting to see the album cover and how many band members they are using to replicate the Beatles quartet sound.

Light music

it's unfortunate that the music he made solo came at a time in music history where music overall was so unpleasant. i wanted to like this, but i just don't. never liked the title track, never REALLY cared for jet...and everything else wasn't bad, it just wasn't for me.

Yeah, I mean it's a good album. Cool to listen to the deep cuts, they are all pretty solid too.

Not much to say about this one. Good enough but sort of delivers it's best material in the first two songs.

Wings - no surprises here

9 Songs. Opens with Band on the Run which is also the most memorable.

Great album. Awesome selection

Fun, mellow!

Sounds like the Beatles. Love me some McCartney

A classic collection of Paul McCartney post-Beatles that gets better with every listen.

Not bad but just fails to love up close to any of the hype that's associated with a Ex-Beatle.

OK but largely unmemorable. The music didn't grab me but wasn't unpleasant. It's was background music for me. I.e. something playing that I didn't focus on. Rate it 3.5/5.

Ok, couple of good tracks and rest was fine as background music

I enjoyed this album and it was a good way to explore McCartney's music as prior to this I only really was aware of his work with The Beatles, bar a few tracks. Let Me Roll It was my favorite of the tracks.

1973. Key Songs: Jet, Let Me Roll It, Mamunia

if i ever get out of here gives it a whole extra star

Its decent

I don't really like the Beatles much so no idea what to expect here. I know band on the run but I had no idea it was McCartney. This is better than the Beatles, still a bit clunky though. 3/5

Alright

Just Paul McCartney… not offensive but doesn’t blow me away. Couple of great tunes mind.

I have tried many many times to get into this but i just cant. There are parts that are excellent but equally parts that are not. I find the whole album does not gel. Even a good song like Band On The Run could be deacribed the same way.

Heard it before. It's a frustrating album for me. There are some songs here that are quite cool but others sound half cooked. The title track sounds like 3 songs badly glued together. And the best part of it (the riff that starts around 1/3rd into the song) doesn't really get developed into anything interesting. Another problem which is more of a funny coincidence than an inherent problem is the song Mamunia. While the title is seemingly taken from Arabic, in Polish it's a way to call your mum. So hearing them repeat what to my Polish ears sounds like mum for 5 minutes straight is just hilarious. Overall, maybe the older I get the less interested I am in Paul's music? 2/5

I have not heard this before. I am pretty sure I have heard all of these songs on classic rock radio over the years because they all sound familiar, but never listened to them in album order or anything. These could have all easily been Beatles songs if the band had kept going and none of them are the circus music that Paul liked to write after he took acid, so that’s a plus. They’re all decent to good songs, but they aren’t particularly moving in any way and none of them are bangers, and I’ve never been particularly fond of any of these. Maybe they woulda been better with the other Beatles involved, or if they were broken up with some John and George songs in between. There is a very 70s feel to these songs on a not so good way that’s hard to describe, I guess malaise is the best term I can think of. I might like these songs better if I never heard any of them before, but I really don’t need to hear any of them again.

Wait this isn’t the Beatles I mean it was fun but not as fun as his other stuff

I don't have really much to say about the individual songs, because, honestly, it just got too much. I had forgotten just REALLY how much the Beatles were "57 utterly different bands in a trench coat", and yeah, Paul is definitely part of that and brings it forward here. Is there even a single song on this entire album that is only one song? The best way to encapsulate this whole album may be Mamunia - I started out really disliking it, then got into the groove of it and was very on board, and by the end I just got exhausted with everything that was going on. It made me feel literally worn out from listening. Overall review: I Need A Nap/10 Would I listen again: No. What songs go in the playlist: Band on the Run, Bluebird.

Seems to be trying a bit hard.

The Frog Chorus would have improved this album. I'll stop there.

Meh pas mon style

A four star album buried beneath 5min long songs. “ooh this is good, I’ll add it to my liked songs…three more minutes? Nevermind.”

I’ll always remember the infomercial for the Paul McCartney and Wings box set

McCartney for me was always the wet one in the Beatles but his ability to craft a catchy tune is indisputable. It's just that he tends towards a kind of music that lacks any real guts and the 'la la la' parts of some songs to fill in for god knows what is annoying.

No es mi estilo musical, solo por eso pero no creo que sea malo

Too slow for me. Nothing that caught my attention

If Paul McCartney hadn’t been a Beatle, you would be forgiven for asking what the fuss was about.

Would I listen again: ehh nah Just Paul mccartney repeating stuff. Mrs Vanderbilt was my favourite

i try and try. and it try and i try and i try. just can't really get into wings. i really like the first two minutes of the title track here, and i like the horns later, but i don't really like the whole song. "jet" is blurgh.

Dumb fun, if a bit repetitive.

Mid

Ok album. Didn't really feel anything special while listening to this. 2,5/5

Not for me.

i like the beatles stuff more

it was fine. kind of boring if anything

This was disappointing, I'll be honest. I kind of expect better from Paul McCartney than this limp outing of an album. There is an artist statement here, but it isn't a particularly creative or memorable one - nor is it conveyed creatively in ways that are interesting and new. All in all, the Beatles may not have been able to make this album, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

More of the same from him. Ludicrously childish lyrics. Pop slop. I will, however, admit that 1985 is probably the best song with a Beatle on I've heard before. So there is that.

Meh

Tough go right there.

fine album, nothing really memorable to me (Band on the run and Jet are good, but not adding them to my playlists), but if you like more melodic (eerie, fairytale-y) Beatles songs, you would like this.

Ok as background music

I’ve never sat down and listened to a Wings album because I assumed that I wouldn’t like them, I guess based on the little I’d heard of them. So the leading track, “Band on the Run”, came as a bit of a surprise because it’s a good song and that my half-formed impression based on its chorus was maybe leading me astray. “Jet” follows and it’s good too…but the album becomes the mushy soft rock pablum I expected it to be. It picks up at the end, with “Picasso’s Last Words” having a whisper of the experimentalism that the Beatles had at their best; there’s some nice synth on the album closer “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five” but overall there’s not much for me in this album. Paul McCartney is unquestionably a great songwriter but he appears to work best when he has a foil.

Given the involvement of an alleged legend, this was a shockingly shallow and overall dull experience. The only things saving it are a couple of OK singles and my prior exposure to far worse things on this list.

Bland

Wings ask the question "what if good songs were bad"

Not my thing and a bit smug and self-important for my liking

Que sé yo, está bien, pero no es lo mío. No lo puedo escuchar, no me genera nada, prefiero estar en silencio que escucharlo. Tiene varias virtudes, pero yo no lo puedo soportar.

The opening track is pretty much the best song on the album but that doesn't take away from the fact that all the songs are all solid

A couple of nice poppy hits, but nothing special for me. Compared to his work in the Beatles, everything just falls a bit flat. 4.5/10

Seems a little vanilla after the double chocolate chip fudge brownie performance with the Beatles Proving the theory that Paul needs John, and this new "team" were not up to the challange

Não curti muito... Só Let Me Roll It mesmo

Band On The Run - Meg gusta la bateria pero no es mi tipo de musica Jet - wuwuwuw JETSS Blie bird - tuyyovamosasalirdelamiseriapajaritoazul Mrs Vandebilt - ""whats the use of hurrying?" Let Me Roll It - se la dedico a mi novio jajdkskfnskf Mamunia - No le entendígracias No Word - TE AMOOOO Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me) - toma de miii y de mi salud 🗣 Nineteen Hundred and Eighthy Five - wuwuwuejerbdb

I can't recall anything 2

i don't care who the beatles sends it's not gonna make me listen to any of their music

Scraped a 2 as thought Let me roll it was ok and quite liked some of the abbey road/white album touches in the BOTR song. 1985 also good. Otherwise, pretty awful, and at times cringe-inducing.

I think part of me was always biased against wings because when I was a kid I knew a girl whose main point of conversation was “my dad was in wings with Paul McCartney” but she was annoying as hell so figured her dad and thus wings couldn’t have been very cool either. God was I right

вылизанные мальчики которые высоко поют

Not for me.

I’m kinda passive on this, didn’t love and didn’t dislike

Today I was not in the mood for cheesy 70s Paul. Maybe another day. Also the medley at the end felt like cheating.

Goede popmuziek, maar doet me niet veel. Beetje top-2000 gevoel. Allemaal te glad en keurig. Wat een hits heeft hij geschreven!! Maar mij allemaal te braaf

😞

Ist ..."meh" schon 2 oder noch 3? Habe mehr über meine Bewertungskonsistenz als über dieses Album nachgedacht.

Band on the run such a good song. Not sure i love the sounds - getting a little but bored in the middle. Find the panning very jarring and don't love the production. Maybe a 3, but it disappointed me, so 2.

As someone who hadn't been born while Wings were active, I had always thought Wings was just a weird footnote in musical history as the band Paul McCartney used to get his feet under him post-Beatles. So when this popped up I was afraid it would be shit. I was right. You'll be totally fine if you don't listen to this before you die. You're not missing anything at all.

I found Band on the Run to be extremely uncompelling. I do actually enjoy the track "Band on the Run" a lot, which made me have artificially high hopes for the album, but aside from maybe "Jet" and "Mrs. Vandebilt", I just did not enjoy this album much at all (and those tracks did not nearly enough make up for it.) I'll keep "Band on the Run" in my classic rock rotation, but other than that, this album's very forgettable for me. Favorite Song: "Band on the Run"

Загалом музика приємна, відчувається трохи бітлів але якось взагалі порожня, без емоцій, і вокал також тоне у музиці, аж стало скучно коли слухав

Better than previous McCartney album, but just not very interesting.

Not bad

I liked jet.

4/10 wasn’t bad just super slow and kinda dad music. I knew a couple songs but not enough to sing along

I thought it was a good album to have on the background. Both the lyrics and the chords are very repetitive throughout every song and the whole album, making it cohesive but... at what cost tbh.

the first half was pretty nice but some of the songs on the second half kinda annoyed me lol

The Band stinks

I liked one song. Not for me.

Sadece ilk şarkıyı biliyordum ama onun dışında çok yükselemedim :(

Pleasant, inoffensive pop. Not texturally interesting but easy to listen to all the way through. Bugs on the run.

Sorry Paul, prefer your previous band

ميه

Mitähän tästä nyt sanois, jotain hauskoja juttuja aikakausi huomioiden mutta aika tämmöstä peruskamaa. Jotain kakkosen ja kolmosen väliltä

Ei nyt tämäkään lähteny. Parissa biisissä ehkä ees vähän menoa, mutta muuten kovin tylsää.

it sounded like every beatles track i ever listened to, not exactly ground breaking, but tolerable

Вот и первый незнакомый альбом. Ну или как сказать. Песню о миссис Вандебильт слышали, наверное, многие, с этим задорным "Хоп, хей хоп". Некоторый парадокс в том, что популярна она была исключительно на пост-советском пространстве, чему сам сэр Маккартни несколько удивился. Не могу сказать, что мне понравился альбом, но мне понравилась песня Jet. Всему виной звук органа в самом начале, который насколько напомнил мне King Crimson, что я несколько раз переслушал начало. Всё окутано чем-то знакомым. Вот тут играет чел из Moody Blues. Вот на обложке сэр Кристофер Ли. Вот Bluebird чем-то напоминает The Beatles (как и многое здесь, благодаря знакомому вокалу). Но волшебства нет. Надеюсь, только для меня. Итого: 2 из 5. Какое-то оно не то.

Band. On. The Run. The title track is now my new unwanted earworm. Quite a middle of the road experience all said. Not overly keen, but that's OK.

1 song liked

Just proves McCartney is boring solo. Maybe it’ll require a relisten but nothing caught my attention. 2 stars? Maybe?

norm, bluebird oli väga hea laul, isiklikult see stand-out siit

Thought it was pretty bad.

Bland on the Run...

I liked it, not a big fan.

This loses a lot of the charm of the beatles and i cant work out exactly why. Maybe its the move into a more 80's sound, maybe its the fairly bland pop, maybe McCartney needs others to temper his commercialism.

Da denne dukket opp på forsiden av 1001 var jeg midt i Glammorama som plutselig skrev Wings og denne skiva spesifikt inn i handlingen; Jet var til-og-med et slags plot device. Jeg hadde ikke veldig høye forventninger. Band on the Run har jeg hørt før, og det eneste som sitter igjen av låta er det idiotiske refrenget. Det er gode elementer i låta, men det er tydlig at den kreative sjelen bak dette er typen som på død og liv skulle spille inn Maxwell's Silver Hammer. A-siden var overraskende grei. Jeg var ganske sikker på at denne fortjente en solid treer, men den gikk såpass på tryne på B-siden at det føltes urettferdig mot Peter Gabriel å gi denne en bedre score enn So. Den vinner seg litt tilbake med 1985, skivas beste spor, men det er ikke nok, ass. Et par gode spor lager ikke en god skive med mindre låtene er 15-20 minutter lange.

More fluff from Sir Paul. Every now and then soft, fluffy things are good (for something.) L = (2.5*s) I always thought McCartny was a little “bubble gum” pop, but I did know all the words - So…. Side A is good, Side B is whimpy. J = (

I barely even like The Beatles

A former Beatle tries to sound like The Beatles with a different band. The results are below average. Not even the saxophone bonus points can really do much for this one.

This was the kind of mediocre album you would purchase due to one single hit. The rest of the album is nonsense hippie drivel.

Title track is decent. "Jet" is OK. The rest, esp. the repetition of the chorus from the title track, is fairly dull.

Day 17. Best tracks: Band on the Run, Jet I just can't get myself into almost any of the tracks here, because McCartney feels the need to change the tune every 30 seconds. 5/10. Several skips after the first two tracks. Does it belong on this list? Maybe if it is the only post-Beatles inclusion for Paul McCartney, which I'm only hopeful that it is. (EDIT: It is not.)

Professionally made, boring music.

2/5 - Band on the Run and Jet are good singles. I can barely recall anything else on this album except the last song, which was I think was 1985 spelled out the long way.

Sad to say I never liked any post-Beatles McCartney, probably just because it wasn't the Beatles, and I guess I'm still not over it, I still don't like this song or this album, though I admit if he'd recorded these same songs under the Beatles I'd probably think they were genius. His first solo, McCartney, is the exception for me, it's on this list, love that album.

Pretty milquetoast McCartney but I do like his discovering the synth and you can see the seeds for albums later albums. Bluebird makes me want to stab my ears though. Ban the guiro in all western rock/pop.

Not my style

First two tracks are good, but it’s all down hill from there.

I love Paul, but that's cheesy as hell.

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This begins with the big bombastic showman numbers "Band On the Run" and "Jet" but falls off after that. The title track is a catchy medley, but has always felt like just a stitching together of good ideas, which makes it feel rushed rather than fleshed out. A lot of Paul's songs are this way for me-- he is one of the best-ever pop and melody writers, but he's never been the greatest lyricist or one to have emotional weight (that's where he was complemented well by other Beatles). That's kind of how I felt throughout this album, that there are lots of good ideas here, but they feel hacked together or not fully realized or are more about show than content. The fragmented and stilted feel could be because he is recording so many overdubs himself, having only Linda and Denny Laine with him rather than a full band to get a live, organic sound. "Jet" feels like an Elton John song and is fun but doesn't have much substance. I also feel like it is a bit overproduced or overdubbed. Songs like "Bluebird" and "Mamunia" (and even "Band On the Run" itself which is reprised in a couple songs) fall into a repetition of singing the title over and over and become rather annoying. "Let Me Roll It" has a great guitar riff but just sounds so much like a John song, I can't believe it wasn't intentional. "Picasso's Last Words" I got into and grooved with, but it again fell into the Paul-medley problem, which is that once you start sinking into the song it changes, like we have some kind of attention-deficit disorder and can't be trusted to stick to something for longer than a minute. Overall it just falls into this problem of feeling stitched together or rushed. I can understand many liking it, but the sound is not for me.

Basic picks up—eventually

Not a massive fan

1 refrain connu Bon son **

unpopular opinion: don't care about the beatles, don't care about a beatle by themself either

I could take it or leave it

Not my favorite former Beatle solo album.

I've never been a fan of McCartney after the Beatles. The songs are ok, but they are somehow to "smooth" and nothing interesting about them. Jet and Band On The Run (on this album) are well known and of course I also know them and have listened to them often. They are, in my opinion, the best songs of the album. The rest is simply the typical McCartney music.

It's a pleasant album, but it's rather scattered and missing some edge.