Almost all of its songs convey a sense of travel and searching from Band breaking out of confinement to flight, Jet with its propulsive production that actually feels like a jet in flight, Bluebird an escape to a tropical island where the singer actually takes flight, Mrs Vanderbilt is maybe a deeper dive into said island trying to escape society, Let Me Roll It again movement in the title, Mamunia we’ve now traveled to Africa, Helen Wheels road song, No Words no lyrics of movement or travel but like many of the songs it’s dynamics are of forward moving momentum, Picasso shifting time signatures leaps back and forward in time of memories and snippets of songs that have come before, moving on to the next life, 1985 again another propulsive song moving forward in time wrapping up with a reprise if the title song. While Paul says this was not conceived as a concept album it sure comes off that way. Great tunes great production all voices in fine form very Beatlesque in scope.
The song was written before Red Rose Speedway, the Wings album which preceded Band On The Run.
Most of the songs which appeared on Band On The Run songs were written at High Park Farm, the base in Kintyre, Scotland that Paul McCartney had bought in 1966.Įach of the songs’ composition was credited to McCartney alone, apart from ‘No Words’, on which Denny Laine was given a co-credit for the first time. Against the odds, Wings emerged triumphant. McCartney had to contend with band members leaving, a hostile reception in Lagos, armed robbery, adverse weather and temporamental studio equipment. The success of Band On The Run is more remarkable, then, given the troubled circumstances surrounding its recording. His James Bond theme ‘Live And Let Die’ had finally established Wings as a serious group, and Band On The Run consolidated his position as one of the decade’s leading creative forces. McCartney was at a peak in 1973, enjoying both the praise of critics and high sales. Two hit singles – the title track and ‘Jet’ – were issued from Band On The Run three in the United States, where Capitol opted to include Wings’ recent standalone single ‘Helen Wheels’ on the album. Although the title track of Lennon’s LP was a hit single, McCartney’s release ultimately proved more successful. The album was issued two weeks after John Lennon’s Mind Games. It was credited to Paul McCartney & Wings. Paul McCartney’s fifth album since The Beatles’ split, Band On The Run was critically acclaimed and became Wings’ most commercially-successful album. ‘Band On The Run’ ‘Jet’ ‘Bluebird’ ‘Mrs Vandebilt’ ‘Let Me Roll It’ ‘Mamunia’ ‘No Words’ ‘Picasso’s Last Words (Drink To Me)’ ‘Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five’
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