At The Speed Of Sound

Paul McCartney, Wings - At The Speed Of Sound

At The Speed Of Sound
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Artist: Paul McCartney, Wings
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1993-06-08
Music Label: EMI Europe Generic
Soundtracks:
  1. Let 'Em In
  2. The Note You Never Wrote
  3. She's My Baby
  4. Beware My Love
  5. Wino Junkie
  6. Silly Love Songs
  7. Cook Of The House
  8. Time To Hide
  9. Must Do Something About It
  10. San Ferry Anne
  11. Warm And Beautiful
  12. Walking In The Park With Eloise
  13. Bridge On The River Sweet
  14. Sally G

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Free Music Review: Love Isn't Silly at All!
Hit: 5 Stars

There are some things I'll just never understand about Paul McCartney & Wings At the Speed of Sound. Like why Silly Love Songs is so often cited as an example of Macca's post-Beatles "mediocrity". What is it? Is Paul's golden vocal on the instantly memorable tune, or the ingenious harmonies and countermelodies over it? Perhaps it's the polished production, with the strings and the brass and that phenomenal bass-line simply bursting out of the speakers. I've got it! It's because the lyrics are simultaneously heartfelt and so deliciously ironic that the critics missed the point by a mile! Or not. I don't know, and maybe I don't want to.

At any rate, 1976's At the Speed of Sound may be the only Wings album that was really a "Wings" album. Of course Mr. McCartney remains in the spotlight, but each and every Wingster handles lead vocal on at least one song (even Linda, whose Cook of the House is a riot!). More than that, both longtime sidekick Denny Laine and guitarist Jimmy McCulloch get a shot at a song of their own - and both make good. This newfound democracy was probably just Paul's way of uniting his band for a gargantuan world tour; but the funky pop of Denny's Time to Hide and Joe English's vocal on Macca's own Must Do Something About It remain highlights of the record.

But for all that it's still Paul's band, and he steals the show. He supplied Silly Love Songs, obviously, and the #3 smash Let `Em In (the kind of song you really oughtn't to like but do anyway). But he also wrote two bona-fide McCartney gems - Let `Em In's rip-roaring B-side (!) Beware My Love and Warm & Beautiful, a ballad that's exactly as its name implies - and a plethora of fine material for himself and his bandmates both. The upcoming stadium tour obviously directed the album's sound; although super-polished and confident in the studio, expertly embellished by touches of strings and brass, nearly every song is an arena-ready showcase. If the songs weren't improved in concert (and many were), they certainly didn't suffer.

Hey, the public knew what they were talking about at any rate - At the Speed of Sound went all the way to #1, stayed in the charts for almost a year, and augmented a record-breaking tour. Not bad for a little number the critics reviled as more McCartney "mediocrity", eh?

NOTES FOR REMASTERED PAUL MCCARTNEY COLLECTION:

The extras are once again excellent, albeit a little out of place. Walking in the Park with Eloise and Bridge Over the River Suite are early examples of Paul walking outside popular music entirely (jazz this time), and Sally G the country-fried B-side (and later flipped A-side) to Junior's Farm.
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Digitally Remastered Version Of The Wings Album That Includes Let Em In / Beware My Love / Silly Love Songs With 3 Added Tracks: Walking In The Park With Eloise / Bridge On The River Suite / Sally G. The First Two Of Those Tracks Were Performed By.

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