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Paul McCartney ‎– Off The Ground / MPL Audio CD 1993 / 0888072352711

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Paul McCartney ‎– Off The Ground / MPL Audio CD 1993 / 0888072352711

UPC 888072352711

 

Product Details:

Label: MPL – 0888072352711
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe
Released: 1993
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Rock
 
 
Description:
Flowers in the Dirt did earn good reviews but perhaps more important was its accompanying tour, McCartney's first full-fledged world tour in years. Given the tour's enthusiastic reception, McCartney could wait until 1993 to deliver the album's proper sequel, Off the Ground. Though it isn't as consciously ambitious, Off the Ground certainly picks up where Flowers left off, as McCartney feels no shame in making an album that doesn't aim for the charts (though success would certainly be welcomed), yet is still classy, professional, and ambitious. Two key differences appear: it's a leaner production (making the midtempo numbers seem less cloying and giving the rockers real kick), and McCartney's social conscience dominates the record (which is easily his most politically active, as he rails against animal testing and pleads for world peace several times). He doesn't leave love or whimsy behind ("Biker Like an Icon" is easily his worst, most studied stab at whimsy), and he still has a pair of fine McCartney/MacManuss songs ("Mistress and Maid," "The Lovers That Never Were") to pull out. This all results in a record that has its virtues -- it's clean and direct, where many of his solo albums are diffuse and meandering, and it's serious-minded where many rely on cutesiness -- but, overall, Off the Ground feels like less than the sum of its parts, possibly because the seriousness is too studied, perhaps because the approach is a bit too stodgy. Nevertheless, this has nearly as many successful moments as Flowers in the Dirt, standing as a deliberately serious comeback record by an artist who spent too much time relying on his natural charm, and who feels no shame in overcompensating at this stage of the game.
 
 

Tracklist:

1 Off The Ground 3:41
2 Looking For Changes 2:49
3 Hope Of Deliverance
Percussion – David Puttman, Davide Giovanini, Maurice Ravalico
3:22
4 Mistress And Maid
Arranged By – Carl Davis (5), Paul McCartney, Conductor – Carl Davis (5), Written-By – Mac Manus, McCartney
3:01
5 I Owe It All To You 4:51
6 Biker Like An Icon 3:26
7 Peace In The Neighbourhood 5:05
8 Golden Earth Girl
Arranged By – Carl Davis (5), Paul McCartney, Conductor – Carl Davis (5), Flute – Susan Milan, Oboe – Gordon Hunt
3:45
9 The Lovers That Never Were
Written-By – Mac Manus, McCartney
3:43
10 Get Out Of My Way
Horns – The Midnight Horns
3:33
11 Winedark Open Sea 5:27
12 C'mon People
Arranged By – George Martin, Paul McCartney, Conductor – George Martin
7:42
13      
Cosmically Conscious  

 

 

More Details:

  • Art Direction [Art Director] – Aubrey Powell
  • Creative Director [Creative Consultant] – Paul & Linda
  • Drums, Percussion, Congas, Backing Vocals – Blair Cunningham
  • Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [Spanish], Slide Guitar, Mandolin, Backing Vocals – Robbie McIntosh
  • Engineer – Bob Kraushaar
  • Illustration [Centrefold Collage] – Eduardo Paolozzi
  • Lead Vocals, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Guitar [Spanish], Piano, Drums, Mellotron, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer], Celesta [Celeste], Sitar, Ocarina, Congas, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Paul McCartney
  • Painting [Biker Like An Icon] – Olivier Rabb
  • Photography By [Band] – Linda McCartney
  • Photography By [Cover] – Clive Arrowsmith
  • Piano, Clavinet, Organ [Hammond], Accordion, Drum Programming, Synthesizer, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Wix Wickens
  • Producer – Julian Mendelsohn, Paul McCartney
  • Vocals [Second Vocals], Autoharp, Celesta [Celeste], Synthesizer [Moog], Harmonium, Percussion, Backing Vocals, Whistle [Train Whistle] – Linda McCartney
  • Vocals [Second Vocals], Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar, Piano, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Hamish Stuart
  • Written-By – Paul McCartney (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10 to 13)

 

 

About the Artist:

Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and record and film producer who gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and bassist for the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.

A self-taught musician, McCartney is proficient on bass, guitar, keyboards, and drums. He is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing (mainly playing with a plectrum), his versatile and wide tenor vocal range (spanning over four octaves), and his eclecticism (exploring styles ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical and electronica). McCartney began his career as a member of the Quarrymen in 1957, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Starting with the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, he gradually became the Beatles' de facto leader, providing the creative impetus for most of their music and film projects. His Beatles songs "And I Love Her" (1964), "Yesterday" (1965), "Eleanor Rigby" (1966) and "Blackbird" (1968) rank among the most covered songs in history.

In 1970, McCartney debuted as a solo artist with the album McCartney. Throughout the 1970s, he led Wings, one of the most successful bands of the decade, with more than a dozen international top 10 singles and albums. McCartney resumed his solo career in 1980. Since 1989, he has toured consistently as a solo artist. In 1993, he formed the music duo the Fireman with Youth of Killing Joke. Beyond music, he has taken part in projects to promote international charities related to such subjects as animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education.

McCartney is one of the most successful composers and performers of all time. He has written or co-written 32 songs that have reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and as of 2009, had sales of 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. His honours include two inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988 and as a solo artist in 1999), 18 Grammy Awards, an appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1965, and a knighthood in 1997 for services to music. As of 2020, he is also one of the wealthiest musicians in the world, with an estimated fortune of £800 million.

 

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