Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram
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Artist: Paul & Linda McCartneyBrand: MCCARTNEY,PAUL
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-09-03
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Too Many People
- 3 Legs
- Ram On
- Dear Boy
- Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
- Smile Away
- Heart of the Country
- Monkberry Moon Delight
- Eat at Home
- Long Haired Lady
- Ram On
- Back Seat of My Car
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Free Music Review: One'a Paul's best! 'Ram' on with that crazy feeling!
Hit: 4 Stars
I only own a few of Paul's albums on CD, 'McCartney', 'McCartney II' (the oft-scorned '80s synth album; it ain't that bad now, folks) an' then this one, an' man I honestly feel for him when it comes to the kind of attention his solo output gets, especially these early albums. He'd spent the preceding years having every young person in the world clinging to every sweeping, eloquent word he sang amidst the political and social turmoil of the late '60s, so its no wonder he retreated to the safe confines of his home and found his real joy being with his wife knocking out little ditties that either meant nothing or meant too much for the public to get. I don't recall if my mom and dad ever played this specific record when I was a kid, but it sure sounds like the stuff they were playing, and when I look at ol' snapshots of them as young, hungry hippies I hear songs like 'Too Many People', 'Dear Boy', 'Eat at Home', 'Uncle Albert', an' all'a the others, in my head. I dug 'McCartney', but 'Ram' retained that one's intimacy an' accessibility while remaining jus' quirky an' out-of-step enough for my senses.
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Reissue of the 1971 album. Paul McCartney's 2nd solo album, which was credited as a collaboration with his wife, Linda, is a more substantial and produced effort, yet it has much of the same homemade charm as its predecessor. Divided between simple pop/rockers and cleverly constructed mini-suites like 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' and 'Back Seat of My Car', Ram doesn't gel into any major statement, but it has many pleasurable detours. McCartney layers the ramshackle rhythm tracks with odd sound effects and off-kilter arrangements. While the production might not always work, it does make for pleasant ear candy, not only on lovely songs like 'Heart of the Country' but also on throwaway numbers like the hard-rocking 'Smile Away' and 'Monkberry Moon Delight'. Packaged in a paper sleeve. EMI. 2005.Technically, it was Paul and Linda McCartney, since this album was very much a collaboration between them. Some of the material was of the standard we expected ("Monkberry Moon Delight," "The Backseat of My Car," "Uncle Albert/AdmiralHalsey"), but somehow it all seemed entirely too whimsical, as if they'd spent a bit too long isolated on the farm. It was the expectations that were the problem, of course. Paul was simply making a lighthearted album, and we wanted earth-shaking pronouncements. Take Ram on its own terms (i.e., fun), and it's throughly enjoyable. --Chris Nickson
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