Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
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Artist: Paul McCartneyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-09-13
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Fine Line
- How Kind Of You
- Jenny Wren
- At The Mercy
- Friends To Go
- English Tea
- Too Much Rain
- A Certain Softness
- Riding To Vanity Fair
- Follow Me
- Promise To You Girl
- This Never Happened Before
- Anyway
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Free Music Review: All Creation, no Chaos
Hit: 5 Stars
2005 was a tumultous and hellish year for me, so that's one reason I missed this McCartney gem, so even though it's now 3 years old, it's brand new to me...and what a gem it is!!!! (And I'm still wearing out "Memory Almost Full"!) Just when I think McCartney cannot keep producing such great music over and over, he continuosly keeps on amazing me. It seems that this decade of the 2000s has been one of his best as a solo artist. His 1980s releases, on the other hand, seemed to have been his weakest, with the exception of the second half of 1982's "Tug of War" and all of 1989's "Flowers in the Dirt." Favorite tunes on "Chaos and Creation in the Back Yard" for me include "Riding to Vanity Fair" (the understated bitter-tinged sarcasm of the lyrics is brilliant), "Jenny Wren," "Friends to Go," "Too Much Rain," "This Never Happened Before," and "Anyway." The instrumental coda at the very end is also a great way to conclude a fine album. The man seems to have a bottomless well of fresh creativity, yet always with his signature sound. I look forward to each new release. Amazing that in such a LONG career, he can still produce music that isn't constant rehashes of past successes. Hats off to you, Sir Paul!
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Sir Paul is an elder statesman now, but Chaos and Creation in the Backyard finds him in considered and tastefully restrained form, penning songs worthy of his finest hour. McCartney crafts this collection of songs with exquisite balance, lining up haunting chimes and heartfelt lyrics ("Riding to Vanity Fair") alongside pounding "Hey Bulldog"-esque chords and eerily Beatles-ish multitracked vocals ("Promise to You Girl," "Fine Line") and, most impressively, distinctively new yet timeless gems of songcraft ("Anyway," "Jenny Wren"). Emotionally, Chaos and Creation manages to avoid being mired in oversentimentality, while retaining a powerful, understated sincerity. Poignant though it is, however, the record is essentially positive and hopeful: Sir Paul's playfulness beams through in his intonation, which picks up a line such as "It's not right/In your life/Too much rain" and breathes life and optimism into its words. "English Tea" completes the package, an unrepentantly twee serving of Anglo-nostalgia with recorder. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard displays the full range of McCartney's inimitable talent, presenting listeners with one of his finest solo albums. --Jonti Davies
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UK 13-track vinyl LP vinyl co-produced with Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis and Beck) and featuring the single 'Fine Line', presented in gatefold picture sleeve and includes 4 limited edition art prints! Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, Paul McCartney's 20th studio recording since The Beatles, marks an end to a nearly four-year hiatus since his last studio recording, 2001's platinum certified 'Driving Rain'. The new 13-track album is co-produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis and Beck) and McCartney, and was recorded in London and Los Angeles over the course of the past two years. Parlophone. 2005.
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