Rarely does Paul McCartney pull together an album of such stunning craft that: A. It is an essential album, or B. It is more properly listened to as a whole, rather than by individual song. When you get right down to it, he\u2019s a singles artist imbued with great pop hooks and the looks to go with them. At times he\u2019s a stunning lyricist (\u201cMaybe I\u2019m Amazed\u201d) at times, embarrassing (\u201cLet \u2019Em In\u201d), at times incomprehensible (\u201cUncle Albert\/Admiral Halsey\u201d), but always he\u2019s ear-catchingly melodic.<\/p>\n
McCartney is the perfect iTunes artist, and for the casual listener Wingspan: Hits And History<\/i>, the two-disc collection Capitol released in 2001, plus the occasional \u201cmissing\u201d hit single or indispensable album cut available on iTunes, will be all they need for their collection \u2013 and it will be money well spent.<\/p>\n
Wingspan <\/i>provides a full disc of each. For completists such as me, it\u2019s not enough. I want it all, and I want it now. But there are few people like me, and almost all of them review for The Daily Vault. If the hits you know, and just a little more, is what you need, pick up Wingspan<\/i>, it\u2019s worth the money. Here\u2019s a sample of what you get: <\/p>\n
Hits disc: \u201cListen To What The Man Said,\u201d \u201cBand On The Run,\u201d \u201cAnother Day,\u201d \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d (my vote for best McCartney single ever<\/i>\u2026), \u201cJet,\u201d \u201cMy Love,\u201d \u201cSilly Love Songs,\u201d all the essential singles through \u201cNo More Lonely Nights.\u201d <\/p>\n
History: \u201cDaytime Nighttime Suffering,\u201d \u201cHelen Wheels,\u201d the gorgeous \u201cBluebird,\u201d the wistful \u201cWaterfalls,\u201d \u201cToo Many People\u201d and enough more that you get a fine sense of McCartney\u2019s solo career. <\/p>\n
What else will you need for your McCartney collection? There are a couple of essentials from the years past 1984 (the time period this set covers ends with that year): \u201cPress,\u201d from Press To Play<\/i>, \u201cMy Brave Face,\u201d from Flowers In The Dirt<\/i>, \u201cOff The Ground,\u201d from Off The Ground<\/i>, \u201cThe World Tonight\u201d and \u201cThe Song We Were Singing\u201d from Flaming Pie<\/i>, and a few selections of your choice from Driving Rain<\/i>, Chaos and Creation In The Backyard<\/i>, and his stunning new album, Memory Almost Full<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
McCartney is not a true singles-only artist, but he produces some of the finest singles the pop and rock world has ever heard \u2013 as well as some of the most embarrassing. If you want to explore his back catalog — have at it. If you want to hear his hits and enough of the rest to really appreciate him, this is the collection for you.<\/p>\n
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