Band On The Run

(what a great melodic salve after the eardrilling of the Velvet Underground) A handful of classics from my childhood sound as good as I remember and the title track alone almost gives this a 4 on its own. To me the best of this matches well with Paul's better Beatles tunes, and although it falters just a bit near the end I love the weird sci-fi-ish "1985" as a closer. 8/10 4 stars

Still great 50 years later. McCartney is incomparable....

medio zzz pero es chill.me gusta para hacer las tareas

Las mejores canciones del disco son: - Bluebird -Jet (la más guay) -Nineteen Hundred anda Eighty Five Muy repetitivas las canciones, no me ha dado más pero me ha gustado mucho la canción "Jet"

Just not for me. Most of the songs were very similar and consisted of a few words softly repeated over a basic melody. The title track is ok but it plays like a medley of four to five different songs and I would have preferred if they kept up the energy. The last song brought some energy back and was probably the best on the album but I could have done without the uncomfortable gratuitous grunting.

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.

Very good. Fun. Variety in each song.

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.

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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

Tolles Album! So gut wie die beatles aber erwachsener und mehr normale Musik!

I was raised on this album so I came in with immense bias but looked for every reason to dock it a few points. More or less came up empty handed and ruled that Band on the Run, Jet, Let me Roll it, and Helen Wheels all have stood the test of time.

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.

I've always loved this album. Solid gold 5/5

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 👍🏻

Nice album :)

Brilliant

thank fuck the beatles ended when they did. imagine if they turned this shit. there's already a window of the beatles being good, as in post drugs, if they'd carried on and turned into this then the window of them being good would become a smaller. imagine a world where the beatles are like the who, or fleetwood mac where they're big but also churn out a load of shit.

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

2 stars so far eh. overplayed.

Fav songs: Band on the run, Bluebird, Picasso's Last Words

Very, very, close to 5 stars

Solid album, well composed

Kind of boring

Why is this on the list? Why did this even get recorded? If this man hadn't been a Beatle I wager that neither would have happened. It's sentimental trash with very few redeeming qualities at all. I'm worried peeople will see on me that I listened to it, I need to scrub it off.

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.

Nice

Again def the best ever. Will be played at the funeral.

Really enjoyed this.

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.

Great album! I have the live version

Wings? They're only the band The Beatles could've been! ............. Someone else will write this.

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

Shack?

For decades I always heard the chorus as "man on the run"... mistakes have been made

Very good album by a very good Beatle. Thought I had this on vinyl, was disappointed when I looked and I didn’t. In relistening, I remembered how much I enjoyed this.

Interesting how 1001 Albums lists the artist as Paul McCartney but Spotify lists it as Wings - 1001 Albums knows why people are interested in the album. I was surprised to recognize the first two songs. Jet was a great track and Mrs Vandebilt was a good surprise as well

Sometimes math is a bit depressing. I realized the last time I heard this entire album was probably 43 years ago. After that first listen, I came back fir the title track on a regular basis - adding it to my saved Spotify list early last year. “Jet” is a decent pop tune that I hear a lot, but generally not on purpose. Rest of the album pretty average. “Mrs.Vandebilt” is a good two minute song that runs 4 1/2 minutes. I got excited about the guitar solo at the end of “Mumonia”, only to sadly realize it was the fade out. I also like most of “Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five”, but thought the slowish middle interlude detracted. I think it’s a 3.5, but rounding up on the stellar “Band on the Run”

I’d always thought that McCartney’s solo stuff was mostly pretty naff and middle of the road. Listening to this album hasn’t changed my mind.

Eh, it's fine. A couple of really good moments, and some terrible ones.

Average. Liked jet.

It's not the Beatles.

Brilliant!

Zzzzz

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.

Bis zur Mitte des Albums dachte ich: die perfekte 3. Eines der Alben, die auf meiner Liste der ungreifbaren, dahin nudelnden 70er Jahre-Alben landen. Irgendsoeine Gitarre, bisschen netter Gesang, keine Experimente. Die CSU der vergangenen Gitarrenmusik, das "Hey Ho" der Ramones gegen das von McCartney bildet das ganz gut ab. Ab Mitte des Albums wurde es aber doch noch einen Hau schlimmer, das schöne Trinklied kann das auch nicht mehr rettten.

Erstaunlicher grower! Anfangs etwas zu quirky, teils haarscharf am grandios Lächerlichen der tollen Oliver Onions, ja sogar an Boney M („Mrs Vandebilt“) musste ich gaaaanz kurz denken, aber die scharfe Kurve, die McCartney‘s Wings fliegen, wurde gemeistert, jede ihrer Figuren elegant, leicht und leicht verschmitzt. Tolle verschwenderische Platte mit so vielen Songs, die ich immer wieder gerne herausholen werde. Big 4.3

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".

I liked it.  At some point it hit me, something that I hadn’t ever really put to words, as with all Beatles stuff, they seem to rely heavily on their vocals. I was especially thinking that about 75% of the way through, but then ended up liking some of their last songs.

Like listening to 106.9, The Fox.

Sounds like 106.7 the Fox

Great, as one could expect!

Suffragette appears in songs more often than I would have thought. Great album.

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

4 if just for how good 3-4 tracks are

Great album, couple of duds but full of tunes

Solo hace falta escuchar la canción homónima para decidir la calificación de este disco. De lo mejor de Paul en su carrera post-Beatles.

Mastapiece, Wings>Beatles

Kinda hokey. The songs I like have the least amount of plays on Amazog

I found this album to have such character and colour. It has almost its own genre and authenticity, despite being pop rock on the surface. The production is awesome, and very Martin-esque!

Infumable por mucho Paul McCartney que sea. Los Wings no debieron existir

+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 has three of my favorite post-Beatles McCartney songs on it.

This album just confirms that Lennon was the talented one.

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.

fun album. jet is a great song

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.

Mycket bra skiva! Hade fått för mig att Wings var ett mkt senare projekt av McCartney, men det var ju i princip direkt efter Beatles. Bästa låten: Band on the run. Mrs Vanderbilt och Let me roll it också toppen. Gillar inte Mamunia, men annars ett genombra album. Hade bara hört singeln Band on the run tidigare. Hade även i huvet blandat ihop REO Speedwagons kanonlåt "Take it on the Run" med "Band on the run". När jag först tänkte på titeln "Band on the run" så såg/hörde jag framför mig REO Speedwagons låt :)

beatles harmonies meets cheesey lounge crooner

Light music

Super cool, bluebird is a bop

An enjoyable album. Clearly band on the run is the shining star, but there's enough quirkiness and melody that carries through it to be a very fun listen.

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.

Pretty good a lot of "the hits"

Some quality songwriting, definitely adding to the ‘listen more’ pile

I love band in the run, best wings album, I’ve played this for every girlfriend I’ve had on my record player lol

what a turd

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

Great album, first album oldest daughter liked

Loved it

Essential Wings album. Haven't listened to too much of them, so I enjoyed hearing this album in it's entirety. Noticed a line that Dave Matthews must have lifted for "Dancing Nancies" in the song "Mrs. Vandebilt": 'what's the use in worrying, what's the use in hurrying" Highlights: Band on the Run Jet Let Me Roll It

I can’t believe as a Beatles fan I’ve never listened to this album. It was incredible.

I listened to it 5 times. Really good, lots of bops

Easy 5 stars.

Jesus...

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

The most important album made by a Beatle after The Beatles.

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

Great album. Awesome selection

too much pop sound

Fun, mellow!

Recorded in 1973! Listening to this makes realize how far music has changed with the advances of computer generated sounds. Give me some simple harmonics, bass line, simple drum kits and let the lyrics and vocals steal the show. Great Album

A found very interesting songs in this album

heyy paull!

Kanske snart jag börjar förstå McCartneys genialitet. Vilken skiva! Blueebiiiiiird! Stark öppning i band on the run sen trampar skivan bara på som ett par kraftiga kängor i en snårig skog! Förstår att den här skivan lär blivit jäkligt stor när den kom. Riktigt bra! Gillar som vanligt alla inspel med saxofon :D. Bästa låten: Alla utom Picassos last words (drink to me) - den var inte bra.

band on the run and jet are all time classics, the rest is pretty solid with only a couple exceptions

Great album, had heard the singles before and liked them even more with the rest of the album. Felt very complete from front to back

classic

Best song: Jet (fuzz bass) Guitars sound out of tune all the time Acoustics are ok Funky beatles 3/10

Ehhhhhh

Pleasantly surprised. Songs I’ve heard that I didn’t know were Paul McCartney

Amazed at the song writing ability of Paul. My favorite songs were the first 2 on the album. Band on the Run and Jet.

Lot of familiar zeitgeist melodies. First song band on the run has a fun progression.

Sounds like the Beatles. Love me some McCartney

Some really catchy stuff, although I wouldn't expect any less of Paul McCartney. Lots to enjoy here, and I appreciate the variety of tone and style across the album.

+

Super bien.

cuando son muy buenos me estresa puntearlos y me salté uno ayer

not for me

Actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Band on the Run is such a great track, and Iwas nervous about the first half overpowering the second, but I actually enjoyed the whole thing.

Not really my jam, a bit too sweet at times, but still not a bad listen. The album starts strong with the first 2 songs (Band On The Run and Jet). The middle felt very Beatles-ish, but a bit flat or boring. The last song however (Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five) was again great.

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

gud

Baddest band in the land

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

Not a bad album.

Indeputiably wonderful

I liked this more than the Beatles I'd give a 4.5 if I could. Still don't think I've heard a 5 star album on this list

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.

nah

i love paul so this is top tier ok

This is a case where the Deluxe Edition is very tedious but the standard version is stellar. Great album!

So many hits. Pretty damn good.

Trash

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

It was fine

Nice

Cool, especially fun front half. I hate hate hate the choir in the intro of the last song. i thought rolling stones were gonna suck but I guess I'm wrong

Surprisingly enjoyable, despite not fawning over the Beatles. The titular track is a classic anyways.

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.

The best of them

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

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

pretty sure i heard a couple of these tracks on the classic rock stations. listened to this after some major mood swings and it helped calm me down. Music Notes <3 lots of cool stuff here, theres a lotta folky stuff and a few songs that have rly cool structures without it feeling too overbearing or distracting from the simple poppiness. good stuff 9/10

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.