On Let Me Roll It, McCartney responds to John Lennons How Do You Sleep?, which was itself a biting response to McCartneys Too Many People, by uncannily replicating the music and vocal style of Lennon. There may not be a bad song on Band on the Run, but its weakest moment comes in the short and soon forgotten No Words. Legend has it that “Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)” was written on the spot after Dustin Hoffman suggested to McCartney that the cubists last words would make for a good song. Hoffman was right, because Picasso ambitiously draws inspiration from the painters style, thanks to a fluctuating arrangement of melodies culled from the surrounding songs.ĭespite its importance in the Paul McCartney legacy, Band on the Run is not the most urgent candidate for a reissue and remaster, due to 1998s 25th anniversary edition. Vandebilt is an above average glimpse at McCartneys more lighthearted side, but it’s made forgettable by the cleverness of the record’s next track, Let Me Roll It. It’s this theme of freedom and escape that ties together Band on the Run as it flows smoothly from song to song. Following the title track is the albums next biggest hit, Jet, which still stands as Paul McCartneys most invigorating power pop moment since the Beatles. The soft, affecting harmonies on the acoustic, pop-with-a-touch-of-jazz ballad ∻luebird prove that sometimes the simplest things in life really can be the best. Mrs. Band on the Run is the album that restored critical acclaim to McCartney, eventually climbing the charts to become quite the commercial smash. Thirty-seven years after its release, Band on the Run has aged remarkably well. The multi-part title track is as captivating a mini-rock opera as ever, building in tempo into a majestic, urgent ode to escape.
You’d think they’d start in order however, the albums significance makes the breaking of chronology understandable. Most importantly, all the Beatles albums were finally given proper remastering for compact discs in both stereo and monaural. The results were glorious, to say the least, and The Beatles sounded crisper and clearer than ever. And now, over a year later, McCartney’s solo efforts are receiving the remastered treatment – as part of the Paul McCartney Archive Collection – from the same Abbey Road engineers responsible for those Beatles reissues.įirst up, McCartneys fifth post-Beatles album, and third with Wings, Band on the Run. Paul McCartney performed at the Grammys (alongside Dave Grohl, no less), reunited with Ringo Starr at Radio City Music Hall, brought his stellar live show to stadiums around the world, headlined Coachella, and signed off on Harmonix’ brilliant Beatles edition of Rock Band. By all means, 2009 turned out to be a massive year for Beatlemania.
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