Paul McCartney's Albums ranked from Worst to Best. Part 1
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- All Paul McCartney's albums ranked from worst to best . This is part 1 of 2 videos . the second part will drop this Saturday .
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Excellent ranking so far! I rarely play Electric Arguments, so it would be low in my list too. Nice to not see Driving Rain in Part 1. 😃
This ranking business is not easy. Im getting a hard time in the comments lol
DR is superb imo.
@@kuba99pp mine too
Hello Tone,the story of the football match on Christmas day as in Pipes of peace is in fact true. Troops in the French trenches stopped on Christmas day played football shared a drink and it all kicked off again in the morning.
And the fact that it kicked off again on Boxing Day is what makes it hard for me to believe . It's possible I guess but probably unlikely
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Well there are photographs and details are in the Imperial War Museum.
@@ianz9916 ok I retract
Yes and there are accounts of both English and German medics working together to treat the wounded during this time....
Great video as always Tone. I’m looking forward to the other half! 👍
Thanks very much Paul . Glad you enjoyed the video
I’m not a Beatles aficionado, but I do love your channel. Found this content interesting to the end. Looking forward to seeing what is number one 👍
Thanks very much, Im glad you enjoy the channel
Ram, of course
@@kuba99pp maybe. Maybe not.
Great video as always Tone, already looking forward to part 2, hope everything is okay, take care, cheers Dave 😊
cheers Dave
I love the studio version of Coming Up! Way over the live.
ooh noooo. All that speeding up nonsense . I would take any of the live versions over that studio version. The One on Tripping the Live Fantastic probably being the best
"Goes on for two or three years," made me laugh aloud! Thanks for taking this on. Very entertaining!
Thanks very much Mark, glad you enjoyed the video
Great show! I'm watching it in my summer cottage with a nice pint of beer and enjoying every second of it.
Thanks very much , glad you enjoyed the video and that sounds like a really nice way to watch. Hope the weather was good.
Wild Life is late 1971, early December
Fair ranking which I mostly agree with. Thank you, these kind of lists are always tricky.
Well done.😂😂😂
Thanks very much, Im glad you enjoyed the video. Yes this is not as easy as it looks before you take it on when there are so many albums to rank
Beatley I can’t believe Off the Ground ranks so low in your list, I really love this album, and it never fails to make me feel happy. Loving your list and enjoying your enthusiastic and interesting comments on each album - looking forward to part 2!
I said nice things about it but something has to occupy those bottom places . I just like other albums more . Glad you're liking the list so far. That probably makes two of you
@@johnalello9233 Thanks very much John, glad you enjoyed the video. Yes this is a big undertaking and we'll have to see where your favourite albums come in part 2 of the ranking.
I always rank my rankings by decades , as a long standing artist can change so much over decades. For example , some long time ago albums might not sound , recorded or / mix well .
I enjoy your channel.
Keep up the good work.
Hi Timothy, i guess there are many different ways to approach this- none of them perfect or without some sort of bias so i understand what youre saying. Glad you are enjoying the channel and appreciate you saying so
Fun to see your ranking, Tone. I never reach for Electric Arguments; there are two or three songs I love but it just never occurs to me to put it on. It's good, but perhaps it has been a bit overpraised. I like Egypt Station a lot, it would be much higher on my list. But the difference in our rankings that gave me a good laugh was Run Devil Run. Not only do I love that album, but No Other Baby is my favorite track on it - in fact, it's probably my favorite cover song Paul did as a solo artist. I find the song very emotional, and the solo is great. I even hunted down the jukebox 45 a while back because I love the song so much! Looking forward to part 2.
I guess we all hear things differently Matthew and that's what makes it interesting to discuss. Because it's mostly covers and Im not a huge fan of 50s rock n roll it gets a low ranking from me but I do get why so many people love it. The playing and production is excellent
McCartney Album Ranking
I was a teen in the 1980s and this is where I began listening to Paul McCartney. It was during the Pipes of Peace period or the big hype surrounding the video play of “Say Say Say” at the time on MTV.
I will preface that my list is truly based on how much I would listen to a particular album. So there is no dislike to any album listed below. To be honest, there are literally 5 McCartney albums I goto frequently.
The countdown for me and me only, your mileage may vary and that is okay as well.
Counting down:
27 - Choba B CCCP
26 - Press to Play
25 - Kisses on the Bottom
24 - Driving Rain
23 - Run Devil Run
22 - Back to the Egg
21 - London Town
20 - Give My Regards to Broad Street
19 - Electric Arguments
18 - Wild Life
17 - Red Rose Speedway
16 - Off the Ground
We share 7 in the bottoms 12 which is interesting. Thanks for sharing your list . there are no right or wrong answers everyone's choice is their own and that is cool
Its been on my mind since i started ha ha! But glad to see you took the 'plunge' man!! Looking forward to this.....i did rank Wings albums, but the main solo back catalogue - i never include 'compilations' but yeah id rank 'kisses on the bottom' last then..... i would have 'pipes of peace' last out of his studio albums......yet, that said, it has 5 great songs on 'sweetest little show' love it....'so bad' beautiful....ive always had a keen dislike for 'average person' - 'McCartney II' would be in my top 3 ha ha. daft, fun, goofy, its..... all a bit odd, and brilliant! 'Electric arguments' is too good for words. 'Egypt station' like you, i was impressed when it came out but i dont reach for it too often. I like several of the songs but it could have been trimmed to a strong 10 track album i reckon.
Yeah a trimmed down ES would have helped sustain it I think. Inter stung that you rank Macca 2 so highly. I guess we all hear things differently and thats what makes the discussion interesting. thanks for sharing your thought Kier. Cheers man.
Hats off Tone for taking on this intimidating task. I must admit I have never actually attempted it myself - I can probably pick my top 10 easily enough, then I have a 14 way tie for number 11 and then an easy 25-27 😂
For a long time I couldn’t bring myself to listen to Pipes of Peace. I remember buying it on release as a 15 yo and thinking I could never play this with my mates. But a few weeks ago I had it on repeat in the car and found myself quite enjoying it. I did wonder about “dust bin lid” which is highlighted in every criticism of the album (and Paul’s songwriting in general) I’ve ever heard. I never really had a major issue with it - down here we use “tin lids” the same way.
As for your ranking, not a lot to argue with. Off the Ground would be higher for me, although I do think some of the b-sides are stronger than some of what made the album.
Driving Rain would be in the bottom half of my list. It’s a bit like Egypt Station and Electric Arguments for me - some excellent moments, but ultimately too long and self indulgent to keep my attention.
Good to see some love for Wildlife.
Looking forward to the second half and seeing how you separate 15-5 in particular.
Cheers mate
Cheers Jason. Ive always thoughts that PoP is a very listenable album if not one that is filled with great songs - sometimes albums are a bit like that. This ranking has proved to be much harder than I thought it would be when I started to compile my list and I appreciate you sharing your thoughts . I go a little in and out with Off the Ground. Sometimes I think its a much better album than I thought the last time I played it but agree about the stuff that was on the CD singles as b sides or whatnot.
I love Inch Worm!! Always thought it was quite haunting.
and useful if you're learning how to count :-)
We’ll all have different orders but I think most people’s top tens would share at least five titles. I understand your reason for putting the covers at the bottom. Though I really like Run Devil Run. I like Wild Life but I’d rank McCartney higher. And I find Off The Ground a more consistent album than Flowers which has some great songs but too many so so moments for me. Looking forward to part 2. I’m predicting a shocker at the end when Driving Rain gets the top spot!
Haha its hard because i love all these albums. Thanks for sharing your thoughts
Hi Tone. Totally with you on Egypt Station. I played it to death for weeks after its release....hasn't seem the light of day since. Im with you on Wild Life too. It has a great feel to it and the half speed remaster breathes new life into it. Looking forward to nos 15 to 1. Incidentally, where the devil you get a vinyl Off the Ground? Been trying to source one for years.
Glad you agree Jim , I'm getting a hard time in the comments lol. I think I bought Off the Ground from Discogs . It wasnt cheap.
yeeeeesss !!!!
my fever album of all
( i speak spanish , scuse me if i write worng some words)
i love Beatles , but Venus and Mars is just perfection ( for me)
paul´s different vocals , the melodies, arrangements, different styles, cool new dtuff ..... etc
No worries , your English is very good. Glad you agree with my number 1 choice my friend.
around 90s we got the great Unplugged show and finally Flowers in the Dirt arrived. things have been better since then
including the Russian album. he has so much energy on it .
I probably agree that his career got a bit of a re-boot around the late 80s/early90s
Great ranking so far, I agree with you that McCartney III is the best of the trilogy.
Thanks very much glad you're enjoying it.
Great videos! I haven't heard his albums beyond the first 6 (with a couple exceptions), yet. However I must say that (IMO), McCartney (1) brilliant album should be a lot higher up on the list, or at least should not be overlooked. It's a great album, and this 1st album after the Beatles breakup is a must-have in anyone's McCartney collection! It's #1 on my list of about 10 of his albums that I've heard, so far. I love "My Love" too, but anyway McCartney (1) imo seems to be his most Beatle-like album. Some people have called it "low fi" maybe because there's a raw nature to it. However, listen again and you might catch some subtleties that you might have missed before.
I must admit Ive never really thought of McCartney 1 as being his most beatlesque album mainly because there are so many underdeveloped songs on it and it is pretty low-fi. I still like it a lot and often play it when the mood takes me, I just like other albums more. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and glad you enjoyed the videos
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel You are welcome. I suppose that you are more spot on than me. Well, you are definitely the expert on the full range of this stuff. The lyrics "That would be something...woo" remind me of "How could I dance with another, woo, since I saw her standing there!"
@@wodrummerworld I love the feel of that song - your opinion is just as valid as mine - I just say mine out loud.
Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you
Hope Of Deliverence is my favorite on Off The Ground.
Congratulations on being on the VC. I do Rember you starting off with it all. I do think the VC is much better now with you here mate!!!! Well, the Paul one you started off with mmm yes but not the one after that is great :)!!! I bet this was hard to do and YES lol I have not done this on my channel. It is a hard one to do :). But for me to start off would be Wildlife....... Ok I know you don't want to her from me Agen lol. This Album just dose nothing for me and I don't even have the BIG blow out box set lol!!It was Interesting your choices :) For me my Paul Albums do change all the time lol so I would be mad in doing this LOL :)!!!!!! Interesting were you put WL Album :). LOL it's not bad it just would start me off lol well I am off for now and all the best to you and your Wife Tony :)!!! Take care!!!!
Yeah it's a hard one to do but I guess things can change at any time in our opinions like you say and then we can do it again haha ! Thanks for dropping by Brad. All the best to you and the wife my friend
Thanks:). And I will tell her that you sad Hay lol. No that is what we say in the South. But you would say Hi and I will tell her thanks and see you later!!!!
@@beatlebrad5339 yes Im definitely a Hi guy over a Hey guy 😂
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel LOL mee to and if you get the chance my new video, I do show what I got at the RS LOL. Some verry rare Beatles and solo as well see you their mate!!!
Hi Beats!!!! Jolly good as always.... everyone has their own opinion and that's fine along with being truly acceptable...you and I are about the same in placements... Inchworm...lol...his voicing I don't think goes well with the old standards...but the rockers on RDR are damn good...i have or had the majority of his records throughout my life...bottom line to me is no one can match Paul McCartney....an extraordinary talent I'm glad to share my earth time with since I first became aware of him in1964....dig it to the max, Beats!!!
Thanks very much Jerome, Im glad you enjoyed the video and broadly agree with the rankings. Always great to hear the opinions from a first generation fan.
Good ranking so far. Can’t wait for the top 15. The McCartney trilogy must resonate with me better as all of those did well in my ranking. I think I need to listen to Egypt Station again too. It did decent for me, but seems I burned myself out on it. I remember when it first came out it was all I wanted to listen to. Same with Macca III though. However, I’d spin Macca III in a heartbeat. Love Long Tailed Winter Bird as the opener!
Yeah that album is a grower. These albums low rankings in my list doesnt mean I dont like them because I do, I just like other albums more and something has to occupy these lower places
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel oh so true. It’s a great list so far.
@@BeatleDustino thank you Dustin
as you said at the top of the programme....it is all 'subjective'. Also, my top five Paul lps this week may differ from my top 5 in a months time. so it goes.
yes nothing is ever cast in stone with album rankings Jim , I agree
Ooooo McCartney debut in the bottom pile !!! I fell of my chair Tone - that might be my No 1 ❤
That's ok , you know how it is - horses for courses and all that but Macca 1 certainly has its moments for me too - I just like some of the other albums more
I have to put Flaming Pie high as well as Egypt station.
Hi Tone
Here's my first 12
27. Pipes of Peace
26. Driving Rain
25. Choba B CCCP
24. Give My Regards to Broadstreet
23. Kisses on the Bottom
22. Electric Arguments
21. McCartney 11
20. Off the Ground
19. McCartney 111
18. Wings at the Speed of Sound
17. Egypt Station
16. London Town
Thanks for sharing your rankings 27 -16 John. Its always interesting to see how others rank these albums . Cheers
Nice choices, they work pretty fairly with me. On "Broadstreet" you missed to mention "Good Night Princess" as a new song (not important for me) and "Eleanor's Dream" as a new composition. The latter is worth mentioning from my perspective, but mainly (or only) the CD-version.
No I didnt include Goodnight Princess as it was a bonus track on the cassette and CD but not on the original album . ~Eleanor's Dream fair do's
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel You are right, of course. Now I remember that this album was the last to have an original vinyl releas and the CD version afterwards, albeit shortly. Thanks for the nice video, by the way.
@@nicklenz7030 You're welcome Nick glad you enjoyed it. The extra track on the CD was one of the things that started to tempt me to get a Cd player but I resisted until 1987 when the Beatles came out on CD - that sealed the deal
Well, you weren't wrong in thinking some might disagree 😂
As to the rankings...I'd say I kinda agree with about a third of it so far...but the other 2/3s: wildly disagree...
To each 'is own, then...eh ?
Thanks for sharing
oh yes, this is my ranking and everyone else's should be different - that is to be expected but a fun exercise nonetheless - glad you enjoyed the series
Hey Tone, enjoyed and agree with your choices in the first half of this ranking. Was wondering if you have completed your McCartney collection in vinyl yet ? I am still hunting a few but some are just too expensive at the moment. Looking forward to your next installment. Take care!
Thanks very much Sharon, glad you enjoyed the video. It's much harder to rank these albums than I thought it would be when I started working out my list. I still dont have Kisses on the Bottom or Run Devil Run on vinyl and it's now a question of price v how much I like these 2 albums. Because they are very expensive to get on vinyl and Im not crazy about either I probably will never get these on vinyl and stick with the CDs that I showed in the video. How about you, which ones are you missing?
I am missing the same two which I can get the Kisses that is factory sealed and also Run that is mint minus but they want 275. Each plus I am missing Driving Rain which I do want to get at sometime but the others just don't interest me very much. If he would re-release them I would snatch them right up 😊
BTW this is from a record store that bought someone's private collection not eBay (might could find them cheaper there)
@@sharonevans6864 Wow 275 is a big ticket for those albums . Driving Rain is quite hard to find at a decent price too. im not sure there were ever that many made as it came out during the time when Cd was king . Good luck in your search , I hope you find one at a reasonable price.
@@sharonevans6864 yes I think record stores look up the prices on Discogs so its hard to find bargains in stores.
I totally agree with Pipes of Peace, McCartney II, and being towards the bottom. However, I would put Wild Life a lot lower and have Egypt Station and Off The Ground higher (somewhere around 15 or 16).
Fair enough Rob, it's all about opinions and discussions . Yours is as valid as mine
Another great video I have a different opinion I think #24 would have been McCartney 2 I'm not too crazy about that one # 23 I would have electric argument and #22 I would have Broad Street but like you say everyone has their own ear keep up the great work
Thanks very much William, Im glad you enjoyed the video and for sharing your thoughts on your own rankings
Fair enough since you explained your rationale about covers, but I have to strongly (but respectfully) disagree with you about Run Devil Run. It is good for all the reasons Choba B CCCP wasn't good ('knocked them out' to use your phrase), because it was such a good band, great song choices, and Macca's voice still had some strength and integrity. It is one of my most played of Macca's output. No Other Baby is magnificent. I bet I won't be the only one to argue against this choice.
Maybe not but that song sends me to sleep. It goes nowhere . Still if we didnt have differing opinions, it would all be very boring
I Don't Know is my Favorite from Egypt Station . I play it on Piano. Yes beautiful ballad.
yes great song
I stopped buying at Tug of War although I have got Broad Street. So by defintion that, McCartney and Wildlife will be in my top 15. Not sure where until I see part 2
Hi Tone, late watching another great video as at Springsteen gig last night, brilliant by the way.
Agree with KOTB been bottom (no pun intended), dislike this and only have cd edition.
Russian album I bought from Fun Club.
Run Devil Run, was OK but why I bought the single box set, I don't know😂
All our tastes differ but I like OTG.
Looking forward to next video on this topic, don't know bout you n your subscribers, but I think the best album(s) are the ones that take you back to my younger days and great memories of the time, that's why LT and BTTE always resonates with me. Should have saved that comment for part 2 😮
Take care Tone, looking forward to part 2.
Glad you had a great time with Bruce, Steve. Was that in the North-East (Sunderland maybe) as I had some friends go up for that one. Yes I think I agree with you about these records placing you back in the time when you first heard it. I have a soft spot for LT because it was the first Wings album I bought 'as it came out' after becoming a fan. The others I bought retrospectively. Lets see where it shows up in part 2 😎
Hi Tone, yes was at Stadium of Light, Sunderland.
Hope your friends had a great time despite the weather.
@@stevelowerson6347 it's good Im paying attention lol
The Christmas Truce of 1914 definitely took place.
Ram is still #1 for me
Dustbin lid / kid. Cheers for explaining that. Christmas 1914, the meetings of British and German soldiers happened right along the Western Front. As well as football, officers of both armies had Christmas Dinner together. Both High Commands hit the roof and it never happened again.
No worries Duncan. It's mostly a London thing so I wondered how many people have been wondering about that for 40 years lol
27. Kisses
26. Choba
25. New
24. Egypt
23. Driving Rain
22. Electric Arguments
21. Run Devil Run
20. Broadstreet
19. Flaming Pie
18. Off the Ground
17. At the Speed of Sound
16.. Red Rose Speedway
Thanks for sharing
I love The Other Me and Through Our Love! Pipes Of Peace is must to low on your list but...there is no such as a bad McCartney Album. And Summer day Song is beautiful!
Tha's fine. we all hear things differently. This is my ranking list and I totally accept yours will be completely different which is cool
In my list Wild Life would be at 27 then McCartney 3 at 26 ,McCartney Cherries as its none at 25 , As for McCartney 2 that one is my favourite one of the trilogy , I would put Pipes of Peace in my top 10 probably at N0 5 .
Good to see how you ranked them .
Always interesting to see how others rank these albums . Thanks for sharing your thoughts Karen
I lost interest in Paul's solo stuff years ago, but I can rank the Wings albums. Band on the Run is everyone's #1, but I could easily put Venus and Mars in that spot. Wings Over America is a killer live album; London Town and Speed of Sound are both very enjoyable but low-key albums; so my ranking is #1- Venus #2 - BOTR #3 - WOR #4 - SOS #5 - London #6 - Red Rose Speedway #7- Back to the Egg #8 - Wildlife.
Thanks for sharing your ranking. Another one like me who ranks venus and mars at number 1
Interesting ranking Tone
Can’t believe McCartney is in bottom half
Maybe I’m amazed, junk , Teddy Boy Every Night . Much better than lathe bland London Town and At The Speed of Sound imo.
I also like the cover albums and wild Life has some great songs even if they are over long. I am biased towards the earlier stuff . The stuff I bought when it came out and played to death
Yes McCartney was a hard one to place. It's a mixed bag with some great songs and some throwaways . A lot of people like it for its homemade feel and that's something that Im not so keen on - a bit lo-fi. Teddy Boy is a song that Ive never really taken to but I do like some of the experimental stuff like Oo You and Momma miss America. Getting these albums in order is harder than I first thought when I started making my list and there are just other albums I like more
Hey Beatle Tone. If I did a ranking I would select about 15 of Paul albums I prefer and listen to on a somewhat regular basis. There are many of Paul's albums I just rarely play..
Fair enough Chris, but I think I have to include them all for the purposes of the ranking video
@beatleytonesbeatleschanneyes I understand your making a video for UA-cam. I'm glad paul tries diff things on his albums and very much appreciate your labor of love on you tube
@@chrissnyder7181 thanks very much Chris
Hello Tony! Enjoyed your ranking, don’t agree at all. At all!!! Just joking 🎉. Imo one SHOULD include The Fireman albums. I’d include compilations AND live albums. What a body of work!
It’s difficult to rank albums when you love them all, more or less or in some way. It is also difficult to separate FAVORITE albums from CLASSIC ones. It also depends on what kind of listening you are after, for me there are moments when McCartney2 is the best album to listen to (and the 2-Lp version as well). So it’s difficult. And fun.
As for me, I’d have ES at the bottom. Stuff like VM and Speed Sound would never made into top 15, both being great albums.
Then of course, you have the nostalgia factor, how to weight in that into that equation? My list would differ if it was a recommandation for beginners or just my personal ranking.
But very fun to watch, and I, as they say, can’t wait for the part II (but I have to).
But as for 27 through 16, I’d probably have albums like McCartney and McCartney3; Kisses, Rrs and LT; Fireman.
I got to say I’m really impressed with what he’s done 1997 through 2013, maybe all of those albums are top 15 for me.
Keep on rockin’ and doing your great comments in your videos! Thanx💐🙏
Thanks very much, Im glad you are enjoying the ranking. Yes it's much more tricky to do than I thought when I first started compiling my list. And of course, as you suggest , everyone's list is personal to them and they have their own reasons for placing albums where they do. I also think that fatigue can play a part in this - that album that you've heard just one time too many even though it's a classic ! I didnt include the first 2 fireman albums because I find it difficult to compare ambient music with pop/rock . You will find a ranking video for Pauls compilation albums and a min-series ranking all his live albums on the channel if you want to watch them but so that is why these aren't included. cheers
And as others have stated, the football story is almost certainly true. Take it from an academic historian (me) that there is strong evidence that several games took place in the first Christmas of 1914.
was it 6000 a side? :-)
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Jumpers for goalposts
@@Muninman62 😂 goalie when needed
Love the list Tone. Made me look at mine again. I don’t like 50s rock and roll as a rule, so I delayed listening to Run Devil Run - but it’s not in my bottom 12…
16 Venus and Mars
17 Pipes of Peace
18 Flaming Pie
19 Flowers in the Dirt
20 Electric Arguments
21 Wings at the Speed of Sound
22 Give My Regards to Broad Street
23 Driving Rain
24 Wildlife
25 Kisses on the Bottom
26 Choba B CCCP
27 Off The Ground
Look forward to seeing the rest.
Cheers
Thanks for sharing your list Mark.
Tone, you're too harsh on Run Devil Run! Even with the few duds in the tracklist it's still a top-tier McCartney album for me. "Honey Hush" is a real barn burner.
I agree with you about "Biker Like an Icon." A really underrated tune from Paul.
Just my opinion and it doesnt really matter what I think. It gets a low ranking from me because its mostly covers and Im not a huge fan of 50s rock n roll but I totally get why so many people love it. The playing and production is excellent but something has to occupy those lower placings and Im always going to chose Mccartney originals over covers . We all hear things differently and that's what makes it interesting to discuss
Have to say, Tone, I know it's popular, but, I have to agree about Mac 2. It left me cold on release and always felt like Macca being too enamoured by the (then) new tech. Surprised you put Mac 1 so low though. Still, some interesting decisions overall, for sure.
Totally agree about Macca II there are really only a handful of songs that I really like on that album. Macca 1 could probably be higher on another day. It has some decent songs on it but the lo-fi production leaves me a bit cold sometimes. Cheers Mark
Liking your rankings, but as you say mine would be different. The two albums of covers Run Devil Run and the Russian Album I do love, but I grew up with my Dad playing that stuff in our house, but I know what you're saying about it getting a bit samey, but without it Pop would've been so different, because we'd never have had the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Kinks e.t.c. Broad St would be my no 27, aside from No More Lonely Night's it just didn't do it for me, when Ringo said no to Paul about re recording Hey Jude and I'll Get You, that speaks volumes. All three McCartney solo records I do love, but I will concede I do prefer the live version of Coming up to that on the album. Maybe I'm Amazed is worth the price of admission alone for McCartney. Wild Life, along with Ram, to me make what turned out to be the blueprint for indie pop some twenty years later. I can't really comment on Kisses On The Bottom as I never bought it and so have never heard it. Looking forward to part two, with some high placings for some of my faves such as Back To The Egg, London Town, Band On The Run, Ram, Venus And Mars, and Speed Of Sound.
Thanks very much Terry. Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes I get the value of Rock n roll to what was to follow , its just I find it a little bit too samey but it can be exciting as well, Thanks for sharing your thoughts on some of these albums and I hope you enjoy part 2
I was surprised that Egypt station was so low. I think for a performer in his late70 s it was a great achievement. I agree some of the songs were dire like Fuh. You . I think the single should have been added and a few album songs ditched. I would have put pipes of peace higher. McCartney 3 was an album which I just don’t like and remember trying to like it but just couldn’t. I agree with the cover albums which I found lifeless and boring,I never play them .
I just went off ES really quickly after initially loving it. Macca III took me a long time to love
Great video! 👍 Look forward to Part II.
If anyone is interested, CHOBA B CCCP is kinda pronounced "snova v es-es-es-r" (v = "vuh", not "vee") 😉
Thank you sir
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel 🤣 I'm a madam 🤣
Also meaning ”Again in USSR” or ”Back in The USSR”!
@@zebecca Apologies Rebecca
The Inch Worm is truly horrendous, but calling it a Paul Mccartney song is maybe a bit harsh, as it was written for Danny Kaye by a Broadway musical composer, Frank Loesser. Why on earth Paul thought it good enough to be included is baffling!
No idea either. A misstep for sure Derek
Hi Tone & wow at last a Macca worst to best & my bottom 5 are...
Pipes of Peace
Kisses on the Bottom
McCartney II
Wings at the Speed of Sound
Wildlife...
Controversial maybe & it could have been worse as it was a toss up between Wildlife & Flaming Pie which I've never been a fan of!! Looking forward to part 2 👍
Yes ive been putting this off for ages as its tricky with so many albums that I love. wow Flaming pie Stephen - that is a big call . Let's see where it shows up in part 2. 😎
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel I have a funny feeling Flaming Pie will easily sit in your top 10 or possibly higher 🤔! Great video as always my friend....
@@stepheng1690 Thanks very much Stephen glad you enjoyed the video
Glad I’m not the only one who trips up on Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest. 😆 (I’ll be making more comments too)
just my little joke haha
"No Other Baby, goes on for at least 2 or 3 years..." This had me in stitches Tone. Can you imagine if it did???!!! Hahaha!
Glad you enjoyed the gag Mal. Thank you
Those early songwriter ones are ok I have the lake lp after Maca one with fruit bowel before he went pop Venus and mars by wings
Ranking WildLife ahead of McCartney is crazy. WildLife is the biggest disappointment of the early 70 albums.
😂 really? Who’s in charge of what’s crazy and what isnt in MY ranking of McCartney albums? I think the answer is me
PIPES OF PEACE AT 24 :O
How very dare you
So bad is so bad??? That’s an incredible take!! That’s a great song!!!Run devil run..I
Enjoy no other baby…pipes of peace..I like title track
I know I was a crazy fool gets a lot of hate..I actually don’t think it gets enough hate haha
McCartney is overlooked..it has maybe I’m amazed, junk, every nite. With experimental tracks and throwaway tracks like teddy boy.
For me McCartney 1,2,3 in that order!
I love women and wives and find my way..the rest I never want to hear again!
LOVE some people never know off wild life! Dear Friend I like…I enjoy songs they wrote about each other!
Egypt station tries too hard..pile of poop!
fair enough Martin , its all about opinions
2:21 LMAO!
I'd put the first McCartney album, Run Devil Run, and Electric Arguments in the top 15 and Off the Ground and McCartney II and McCartney III higher in the list. Otherwise we generally agree.
Hah! I knew what "dustbin lid" meant.
Haha glad you enjoyed that little gag. Yes everyone has their own list and ranking which is what makes discussing it interesting. No right or wrong answers here
And so it begins
What’s beginning?
In my ranking Kisses on the bottom is bottom! too but for different reasons.Paul's original 2 songs are both good but the others are so dull and flat.Compared to the enjoyable Sentimental Journeys lively production released by Ringo everything on Kissing is tedious .I almost fell asleep when listening in the car.
I generally agree with your other placings apart from not placing Back to the egg second worst in your list .To me it is full of unfinished bits of songs that go nowhere and needed developing.Tone we are the same age i think Back to the eggs popularity is more due to our age when it came out rather than it being anything about its quality.
I think Wild life is a masterpiece and one of Paul's best album
Yes I meant to make that comparison with Sentimental Journey - good point. I think you might be right about the love that is afforded BTTE David
I'd easily put Pipes of Peace at the bottom of the list. The Russian album should be better than it is, but there is something about the recording or performances that come off flat sounding. Really, none of the albums my list so far are ones I play much (I don't even own many of them now).
16 Back to the Egg
17 McCartney III
18 Off the Ground
19 Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
20 Choba B CCCP
21 McCartney II
22 Egypt Station
23 London Town
24 Driving Rain
25 Give My Regards to Broad Street
26 Kisses on the Bottom
27 Pipes of Peace
Thanks for sharing your list Stephen. We have 8 in common in the bottom 12
Tone you astonish me? No Other Baby is much loved and one of the best things he’s done? Beautifully simple and gorgeously basic with a great vibe a great tone. It’s all about the bare bones. Where’s your class?!!! 😊
'One of the best things he's done'? Paul McCartney? Let me just take that in. No Other Baby is one of the best things Paul McCartney has done . lol. It goes absolutely nowhere. Im afraid I think it's dull as ditchwater. Sorry I have no class !
None.
@@gailg2327rude.
Broadstreet ahead of McCartney 2? Never.
haha theres not a single track on McCartney II that can hold a candle to No More Lonely Nights. Is Bogey Music a better song than for No One? Is Frozenjap a better song than Eleanor Rigby. Of course not so of course its ahead
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Agree with that. No more lonely nights is a masterpiece. I wish the Beatle songs had been arranged differently not direct copies.
@@paulhaworth6399 yeah they're sort of Beatles Lite
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Broad street is mostly replay of old Beatles Songs. Not really creative or original. M2 has Coming up, Temporary Secretary, the delicate One of these days and Waterfalls. Bogey Music is fun. At least it's an interesting Album. Broad street is boring. Just my opinion...
@@ewndr7940 Sure I get it and your opinion is as valid as mine and I take your point without fully agreeing with it
I agree with putting the covers albums at the bottom - waste of time for a great songwriter like Paul. My lower tier albums of originals would probably start with Off the Ground. Nothing on it is outright bad, but it just doesn't feel like a Paul album: polished, but not in a good way, uncharacteristic politicking and overall just not that interesting. The good Pipes of Peace tracks should have been mixed with the good stuff from Tug of War to be an epic double album - the sessions included enough tracks to make a superb 20-song album.
yes I agree
Each to his own - I'm struggling to make one great album from PoP & ToW!
@@graniterhythm53 I don't like the corny duets and there is crap on PoP, but the latter album has greatly benefitted from the Archive release. If you take the good stuff from the albums and include cool b-sides and unreleased tracks from the sessions, the double album ends up being my favorite Paul album or at least a rival for Ram.
@@graniterhythm53 Its there if you look hard enough but yes most of the tracks would come from Tug of War
Cat - pigeons. Pigeons - cats. I'll be back in a day or two to clear up the mess😁.
haha !!
McCartney 2 makes my top 15 and McCartney and ES top 10, BS Lower than McCartney 2
Снова в СССР is pronounced as Snova v SSSR, not "choba b cccp", mate
Ok thanks
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel the rating's great, thank you 👍
I completely agree with you on the McCartney 1,2,3 franchise, Wings Wild Life, Electric Arguments and Снова в СССР, but as for Run Devil Run and Kisses On The Bottom I'm sure those are much bigger albums considering the effort, musicianship and Paul's vocal abilities. They both bring pleasure no matter who's that singer is. In this sense I prefer Run Devil Run to Flaming Pie, actually. The energy against tranquility. Flaming Pie is a collection of good and mediocre songs by an old ex-Beatle, and Run Devil Run is a real cry for the undying young spirit of rock'n'roll.
Also Broad Street is a fantastic magical album I never stop loving.
@@Zholobov1 You're welcome and thank you. I think we all hear these albums with different ears so there will never be a perfect ranking that everyone agrees on but I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on yours
Pipes of Peace definitely higher for me. M1 lower, M3 much higher. Kisses shouldn’t really be compared to his pop albums. Also me thinks you are too much of a wings fan!
Im not sure why being a Wings fan is relevant here
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel ha!! well there’s only one wings album in your bottom group which means they will pretty much all be in your top group. Meaning I suspect you dig Paul’s 70s output higher than anything else he did. I don’t think that would be the case for me but let’s see where you land. It’s relevant cus it just proves how old you are! Just having fun with you mate 😀
@@nicksyrett some of it yes but im trying to judge the albums without bias - which is not easy
Choba, Run Devil Run, Kisses, Broadstreet shouldn't be on the list, they're something else, Covers albums.
My list. They're there . Are they not albums by Paul McCartney? An outrageous suggestion Ollie
I'd just stick to the albums that have majority McCartney written credits, Broadstreet is a covers album where he covers himself, I'm not going to pretend that The Beatles didn't exist to add it to a ranking.
@@ollieperry9657 If it says Paul McCartney on the cover, I think we can accept that its a Paul McCartney album.
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel Electric Arguments doesn't have Paul McCartney on the cover.
@@ollieperry9657ooh . When you open it theres a booklet withva bloke on it who looks just like him.
Lost me right from the start...macca 2 is trash ...total bottom of my list
Oh dear. So you stopped watching because i chose a different album?
i kept watching... i just don't know how macca 2 has any merit at all
@@sueblue3523 oh ok - its just you said I lost you. I think there are 4 decent tracks on Macca 2 but thats it
it's garbage... i thought he couldn't get any lower than that New lp...this topped it
Wild Life is Paul McCartney`s absolute worst album for me.. There`s hardly a single good song on there, and Paul`s vocals are not up to standard. McCartney II" is also pretty awful. Those are the only two McCartney that i really heavily dislike. The others have a least a couple of really great tracks.
"McCartney II" has got "Coming Up" which is a killer song while McCartney aII is all crap from start to finish. My top 5 Paul McCartney album list would be 1. Ram, 2. Band on the run, 3. Tug of war", 4. "Flaming pie" 5. "Chaos and creation in the back yard.
"Kisses on the bottom" is probably his most boring album. "My Valentine" is a superb song though. I was a bit surprised to see you put Paul`s latest solo albums on your top bottom list. I think both "Egypt Station" and "McCartney III" are strong macca albums.
My only problem with those two albums is that his beautiful voice is gone. But the songs are very good. "I don`t know" from "Egypt Station" is one of the best tracks he has written for years.
Definitely agree about I dont know but most of ES is very mediocre. McCartney III I like a lot but there are others I like more that is why these albums are in the bottom half. Something has to occupy those bottom places.
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel I haven`t listened to "Egypt Station" for years, but i used to think it was alright. And i fell in love with "I don`t know" Can you imagine how good that would have sounded if he had recorded it while he still had his fantastic voice? 2016 is the first year i noticed that his voice was gone.
I had seen him have his hits and misses before that, but 2016 was the first year i noticed he couldn`t sing really well anymore. I saw him in 2004, and he sounded fantastic. His voice was really strong, and he nailed the higher notes. But what can you expect.
He is getting older. I saw his Glastonbury show a couple of years ago, and he was amazing. His singing was even quite qood. The singing is a problem on his recent albums. He is still a very good songwriter, but i he is not a very good performer. That is probably why i find it a bit difficult to listen to his more recent albums, all though i like them.
I have two Macca albums that i really hate, and that`s "Wild life" and "McCartney II". And then there`s about five McCartney album i REALLY loves, like "Ram" "Band on the run" "Tug of war" etc. The albums in between is hard for me to rank, since they`re kind of good, but not excellent like the ones i mentioned.
"Flaming Pie" "Chaos and creation" "Memory almost full" and "New" are also quite impressive albums. "New" is the last album where he sounded really good vocally. "Tug of war" is the album where his vocals are completely outstanding. But he was working with George Martin on that, so i`m not surprised that the production is fantastic.
@@yellyman5483 There is an AI version out there with Paul's young man's voice and it dies sound great but of course it's fake. Im not sure how he pulled off that Glastonbury performance because performances on the US Got Back tour that proceeded it were very shaky. But he was excellent that night. I think you start to hear the deterioration in his voice on Driving rain. his voice is still good on that album but you can tell its lost a little bit. Im still fighting the corner for Wild Life - its an album that has great feel
@@beatleytonesbeatleschannel I have tried to give "Wild life" a chance so many times, but it does not work for me. "Tomorrow" is a good Paul song, but the performance from Wings including Paul is not good enough.
"Wild life" could have worked if there had been better production and more focus. Some of the songs are good enough, but i saw that he said in an interview that most of the album was one take versions.
The title track "Wild life" is very good live, but sounds mediocre on the record, because Paul in the early days had a habit of rushing through the albums.
"Big barn bed" is a whole different song live compared to the version from "Red rose speedway" The official version is a boring track. The live version kicks ass.
"Mary has a little lamb" is another example where the live version is better than the recorded version.
Paul peaked vocally in the 70`s, but it didn`t always show on his records because he rushed them.
"Ram" and "Band on the run" are two examples of Paul getting it 100% right. He sings like an angel, it`s well produced, and the material is fantastic.
The same goes with "Tug of war" There are hardly any fillers on those albums. And he sounds fantastic vocally.
As far as Glastonbury goes i think he had a very good night that night. I`ve seen him pull himself together on other occasions and sing very well in a middle of a bad tour, but it gets rarer and rarer.
Maybe he should do the same thing as Elton John did. Do a final world tour, and retire as a live artist. It would make him a ton of money. Elton John almost passed the $1 billion mark on his farewell tour.
@@yellyman5483 Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I dont necessarily agree with everything you say but we all hear things differently. Wild Life was purposely recorded quickly and underdeveloped because he heard that Dylan (I think) had recorded an album that way and it represented a different approach to that taken with Ram which took a long time to record. I just really like the live feel of that album even though none of the songs are particularly amazing. I cant imagine there will ever be a time when Paul will announce a farewell tour. I think he will just stop when he stops without any fuss.
Hi Beatley Tone, just got around to watching this video. I agree with you choices here. Paul just should have put the original versions of songs on No More Lonely Nights.
I think the song Wild Life goes on way too long. But side 2 of Wild Life is better than side 1 imop.
Hi ken, oh I love Wild Life his vocal on that song is outstanding. Thanks for sharing your thoughts . Im guessing you mean broad street when you say No More Lonely Nights . cheers