Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full
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Free Music Review: Paul has done it again!
Hit: 5 Stars
When I initially listened to the first few songs on the CD, I had the same reaction as I did with Chaos. I thought it was pretty dull. With Chaos, my opinion drastically changed when I heard "Friends To Go", "English Tea", "A Certain Softness" and my favorite, "This Never Happened Before," one of the best songs I've ever heard in my 44 years. The same thing happened with "Memory Almost Full" when I heard "The End of the End." No longer was this a boring album. Not with a song like that on it.
Paul outdoes himself on "The End of the End." The first time I heard it, I had a tear in my eye because I realized how long Paul's music has been in my life - and now he is talking about his funeral! How old we've both gotten! I was only 12 when I first became aware of Paul's existence, although I remember loving "Hello Goodbye" as a 3 year old. I have been a McCartney fan since the summer of '75 and the single "Listen to what the Man Said." I am listening to what THIS man has been saying for over 30 years! I'll admit that I hadn't bought a McCartney album in YEARS until Chaos. But now I won't stop until he does.
I loved hearing "Nod Your Head" after the feelings of sadness caused by "The End of the End." My interpretation is that for Paul, this is not the end, he is still rockin' at nearly 65 years old! Incredible.
The best thing is not only that he rocks and sings like an angel but apparently, he raps! I've been listening to hip hop almost as long as I've been grooving to Paul's music and in "That Was Me," I recognize the rap beat, the style of chant and even the term "Mersey beating," which sounds hip hop to me. I'm not sure if Paul meant the song to sound like a rap but it does. I love it!
I grew up with Wings first, then the Beatles. Therefore, I definitely do recognize Wings on this CD. Chaos was the Beatles. This is pure Wings.
The only downside is that the lyric sheet is not complete. I'm still giving the CD 5 stars, though.
Free Music Review: Probably 2nd or 3rd best Paul album
Hit: 5 Stars
I am not someone who will take a Paul McCartney album lightly because sometimes he puts out a stinky one and other times it is just okay, like neutral. Then even rarer he will put out a really good good album. And this is one of those. Five stars easy, because I think that the only ones I would say are better is "Ram" and his last one before this "Chaos on Creation" because he put more into the lyrics that time.
This one has lots of memorable songs including some that are good rock and roll songs like "Nod Your Head" and "Only Momma Knows" which are returns to a rock edge that was not really on the last one "Chaos" even though it was a kill album. There are also cool melodies that will become stuck in your head, like "You Tell Me" and "End of the End" which reminds me of "The End" from a Beatles album, just because of the word End being in it. Otherwise don't except it to be like that song from "Abbey Road." "Vintage Clothes" sounded cool and they had a lot of good backing vocals. Also on "My Feet In the Clouds" there is a bunch of Paul's voices overlapped and it sounds very pretty.
Probably about the only one I don't really like is called "House of Wax" because like someone said it is a rip-off of a Nirvana song called "Something in the Way" - the part that talks about "underneath the wall" is just like the part that goes "Underneath the bridge" so I have to dock Paul a couple points for originallity on that one song. The part I did like were the guitar solos which had passionate rock written all over them. It was cool.
Oh yeah I got the bonus edition and the bonus songs are sometimes better than what is on the album but they are all acoustic type songs. I don't know if they would have fit in, but I like the one called "Why So Blue" except for the part where he goes "Free at last and feelin' fine" because it doesn't fit with the rest of a sad-dounding song.
Free Music Review: McCartney/Wings/Beatles in One - He Put Some Heart in This
Hit: 5 Stars
Reviews are just "reviews" right? Newsweek panned the double album "The Beatles" when released in 1968. What about lyrics then: "Obla-di-obla-da"; "Why don't we do it in the road?"; "Rocky Racoon" ... now all classics.
So, here we ago again, a torch on the lyrics and pour some water on the music. Really, selected Amazon reviewers??
Instead, slot it as a chapter - a chapter of 21 solo albums - in the music of Paul McCartney. Collated, the chapters yield some beautiful, soulful music. In this album McCartney goes rock to rock-a-billy to pop to classic "Yesterday-type" material in "At the End of the End".
Llsten to "Mr. Bellamy" and you think about "Desmond", "Uncle Albert", "Eleanor Rigby", "Rocky Racoon" ... not the music, but in character. You just see the firemen saying, "Don't frighten him." The music is great, however. This could have been on the "White Album".
"That's Me" is introspective. Quick. Bouncy. And what a GREAT bass line and one-chord slam piano!
"Only Mama Knows" will become a classic melodic rocker! You can hear "Junior's Farm". Great for a live set. Listen to the phrasing McCartney gives each word ("... this god-forsaken town" is Springteenish).
"In Your Sunshine" has a great middle eight -- could have come from "Abbey Road".
"At the End the End" ... only McCartney could pull off a song about death and whistle in the middle of the song.
"Dance Tonight" ... don't overthink this folks! It's a very simple album opener (and McCartney wanted that way). Some of the reviews are looking for something profound here. It's simple. To set up the next set of songs.
Buy it. Enjoy it. Look for solo #22 to continue to build the memory.
UPDATED: THIS JUST IN FROM CNN --> MR. BELLAMY IS STILL ON THE ROOF ...
Sound Quality 4/5
Performance 5/5
Free Music Review: Lefty's Still got it in Spades
Hit: 5 Stars
The first thing that strikes me about this album is how different the songs "sound" from each other. Mr. McCartney has a skill that is remarkable, he's able to write melodies that are at once memorable and unique. He makes tremendous use of musical talents here with each song using a variety of instruments and rhythms. Paul came of age many years back and can still belt out songs effortlessly like on "That Was Me" a quasi - rockabilly number that looks back at his life through a series of photographs in a scrapbook. He revisits the Wings era with "Only Mama Knows" a vintage rocker that screams Classic Rock 101. This CD has a set of songs at the end that is a medley of sorts, each looking back, but going forward, culminating in the poignant but surprisingly uplifting "The End Of The End" a song imagining his final curtain but without the somber feel; on this song he could have easily gone down the wrong path with pompous, excessive orchestrations, but instead he simplifies, in fact whistles the middle eight to keep the song from being an overwrought ballad. I really like the killer cut "House of Wax" another song that let's Paul's vocals get a real workout (think "Oh darling" - vocally), and the lead guitar is great stuff indeed. For those looking for classic Paul melody try "My Ever Present Past", solid lyrics and melody. His bass playing on this album is top drawer all the way. Overall this album feels like an album, not just a collection of songs. Other highlights include, the number, "Mr. Bellemy" which is a cool piano driven song, that goes through several changes musically and vocally before settling into a very jazz inspired instrumental ending, also "Feet in the Clouds", the simple but effective "Dance Tonight" and the gorgeous bass line on "See Your Sunshine" make this purchase a no-brainer. 5 Stars all the way.Free Music Review: "The things I think I did..."
Hit: 5 Stars
Always innovating and creating, Paul McCartney follows up CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD with MEMORY ALMOST FULL. Once again, the album contains a ball of musical history and influences that has Beatles and Wings written all over it. And while listening to the record, one wonders, CHAOS could have been a double album. Nonetheless, this is all Paul at his poetic best.
The tracks on the album are distinct. With Paul's versatility of playing a variety of instruments, he is the musical magician and poet pulling out odd instrumentations but always creating a rock and roll record like no other. The record begins with a party atmosphere with "Dance Tonight." For early rock and roll aficionados, the chorus of "everybody, everybody" may resonate Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody." Despite that thought, the record definitely rocks and rolls with four initial tracks, the Wings-like "Only Mama Knows," the soulful "Gratitude," the playful "Ever Present Past," and the Led Zeppelin Kashmir-like "Nod Your Head." Indeed, Paul is doing a little bit of reminiscing about his childhood and most recent past. This can be displayed with the rockabilly raw-flavor of "That Was Me," the imaginative "Vintage Clothes," and the "Every Night" guitar riff of "Feet in the Clouds." The most somber songs on the record have to be the eulogy-sermon prose of "The End of the End" and the haunting "Mr. Bellamy."
Besides a collection of outstanding songs, the album's artwork is quite unique. Listeners have the opportunity to play with the cover and alter its sleeve. Hence, Paul McCartney fans will enjoy MEMORY ALMOST FULL. All the songs are memorable and entertaining, and will definitely put a grin on your face.