Every Paul McCartney Album Ranked (With a twist) Episode 5

Every Paul McCartney Album Ranked (With a twist) Episode 5
Band On The Run
Red Rose Speedway
Wild Life
Ram
McCartney
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[@milosit]

I've got to say that round about 'Tug Of War' I tuned out of McCartney's solo career as, being a 20 year old then, my musical tastes were beginning to roam free. The most poignant recent hit for me being 'With A Little Luck' which charted as my family and I emigrated to the States. Now and again, I'd hear a hit or two but it wouldn't stick with me. But after these sensational videos you've created, you have reignited my faith in Paul's music. So much so that last night I went out and bought 'McCartney III' and 'Egypt Station' (physical copies are so much better then streaming). I think Flaming Pie will be my next purchase. BTW, Paul just played live locally here in So. Cal this weekend. Didn't get tickets in time :(

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Wow, glad to have inspired the purchases, I hope you enjoy them after going to that expense! 🙂👍

[@ml5955]

Flaming Pie is an excellent album. I hope you enjoy it.

[@alinaisyou]

What a relief to see someone else giving Wild Life the love it deserves! I usually see it ranked at the bottom on these sorts of lists and I just think it's too fun to deserve so a low ranking. Personally would rank Red Rose Speedway even higher, but I also would rank Band on the Run lower, so never mind me!

[@paulaelizabethg]

Andrew, you inspired me to get out Wings Over America and have an afternoon. of the three album set. Opening with Venus and Mars, Riockshow and then...right into Jet. Full horns section on that tour. He was and still is amazing. If I had a time machine, one of the stops would be back to Madison Sq Garden that concert in '76. And I would be taking everyone with me. Thanks for the videos and postings Andrew!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Paula, glad you enjoyed it!

[@paulaelizabethg]

Great series Andrew! Love all the love for Red Rose. Paul did a US television special after that release and My Love was a big hit. I was lucky to be a child in the 70s and was able to have these albums as they came out. McCartney and Ram were my dads first. Buy the time Red Rose was released, I was ten and able to save allowance to buy them myself. I always thought Little Lamb Dragonfly was a conversation between John and Paul, especially that " ...but I cannot help you in...." play on words line. Sounds just like John. I remember hiding the the album artwork for Red Rose from my mom....it came with an attached booklet. It was a little racy! 😆 I agree with you on Maybe. A masterpiece. Another Day, My Love, 1985, Band on the Run (Which to me get mixed in with Live and Let Die because it's released around the same time.) al great Paul classics! But it's songs like Backseat and Bluebird that fans adore so much. The albums I reach for most often..... Ram, McCartney, Red Rose, Egg, Venus, Pie. 🙂

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Great first hand memories, must make some of those albums very special for you 🙂👍

[@andrewhowe555]

Great series of videos Andrew, I would agree with pretty much all your rankings. Really enjoyable 🙏. Looking forward to seeing the Live/classical etc listing, and I hope you maybe do a compilation one…..all the best…..😉🎸

[@chrisrice4817]

Love this! How about adding the Lennon, Harrison, (some of the Ringo) and Beatles albums into this list and make your definitive countdown?! That’ll be such a great series.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Don't tempt me! You're certainly trying to tempt me. That does sound fun....

[@chrisrice4817]

Go on it’ll be great! 😀

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@chrisrice4817 If I end up doing this it's your fault!!!! 😉

[@chrisrice4817]

I’ll be happy to take the blame. My friend and I are planning to do a combined Beatles solo top ten for our podcast but I think if you do it as you’ve done it so far as it not only shows your individual ranking but also your joint ranking too. It’ll also be interesting to see where you place Beatles in with the solo albums.

[@paulaelizabethg]

Great idea! In the 1970s, music journalists were brutal in the way they compared Paul and John albums. Mostly terrible to Paul, even though he had so much more commercial success. (There is a Creem Magazine cover story by Lester Bangs that is infamous on how it tears into Paul about his lyrics. Awful.) I could tell in interviews how much this affected Paul. I always thought Silly Love Songs was his response and that it was a brilliant statement on it.

[@darinhaller6034]

I have loved this series! I never really deep dived into Paul McCartney until recently. I’m in my mid 40s and my very first influences was Sgt Peppers from my moms record collection. Fell in love with the Beatles at a young age. As far as solo careers I gravitated towards John even though he died so young! Then it was George. I liked the hits of Paul but just never really gave him the time he deserved…then Flaming Pie was released and I listened to that album a lot and fell in love with it…even still did not keep up. I’ve since been going back and listening to his catalog and loving it! Thank you!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks for watching and enjoying! Any big albums you've not got to know yet?

[@7bestthings]

Great series Andrew, I really enjoyed the twist you put on the rankings and the analysis of the albums themselves. I appreciated your strong take on "Maybe I'm Amazed." It might very well be the ultimate McCartney song. I am going to have to give that some thought! I agree that it does represent Paul's songwriting, musicianship and his relationship with Linda. I agree with you about Ram, that album gets better every time I hear it. Wild Life also becomes more intriguing over time. I have had a similar experience with "Some People Never Know" that you did a few years ago. It was a song I always ignored and then one day that melody started going through my head and I couldn't stop thinking about it. It almost has a haunting quality about it. Thanks for the great video and the great thoughts about the genius of Paul McCartney!

[@buddyneher9359]

"Tomorrow" as a hit... an answer to "Yesterday"...? I really love the way you talk about these songs, thanks so much for this series. Agree with you completely about "Maybe I'm Amazed".

[@Bobdulla30]

Hi Andrew. Really enjoyed your rankings and I tend to agree with you fairly often. I wouldn't have put the McCartney and Wild Life albums as high as you did, but I do understand you have quite a liking for a few of the quirky song on that album more than I do. Then I would also have had Back to the Egg and New higher on my list. Ram, B.O.T. R., and Flaming Pie are really up there as the best albums of all time, to me, but personally (odd) favourites of mine are Flowers in the Dirt (and I LOVE the collaborations with Elvis Costello) and Memory Almost Full. These are not necesarily superiour albums if you look at them song for song, so I can't quite say what it is about them, but I think it has a lot to do with positive memories, and associations with the songs besides how good the songs are. Thank you for your videoes and your World Cups. Always nice to talk about Beatles, and with someone who isn't afraid to say what he likes or dislikes despite popular opinion. :-)

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thank you 🙂👍 I think Back To The Egg and Wild Life are 2 albums in particular that wherever I rank them, lots of people will either love seeing their own opinion echoed, or will have a wildly different opinion to mine, they don't often seem to be mid rankers for most people, they're either high or low, but wherever any of us put them , all of us are right in our own ranking! 🙂👍

[@Bobdulla30]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Completely agree. There are no wrong or rights in this, only opinions.

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

Really enjoyed the series. Thank you. Totally agree about ‘Some people never know’ which I also adore. It’s one of those hidden treasures that I always return to. Apparently it’s over 4 minutes long but it’s so good and engaging it only feels like two minutes every time!

[@fwnfaa]

Band on the run is a MASTERPIECE, great video by the way.

[@SJHUE]

Andrew this series of Paul McCartney episodes has been a triumph! Really enjoyed it!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thank you! 🙂👍

[@mitchellbenefiel4490]

Love seeing appreciation for Wild Life! Great list! Enjoyed all these videos

[@jamesattenborough2597]

Super series. Thank you Andrew. Absolutely loving all of your excellent content ❤

[@zylbher1]

" No words " reminds me of E.L.O. i don't know why, maybe because of the vocal harmonies and the strings arrangements

[@derekroberts6654]

“No Words” sound more like Chicago to me…

[@milosit]

Thank you Andrew. The video made for a pleasant afternoon here in California.

[@MIB_63]

Great review series, Andrew. I agree with most of your rankings though I was never much into Wings Wild Life. Ram is also my favorite PM album.

[@Bobmacca64]

This has been a great ride through mister McCartney's wonderful career:) Seriously, which solo artist in popular music has had such a fantastic musical journey? Packed with many masterpieces and even the albums that are not that great all have something to offer...some of them are really endearing as well( thinking about his debut solo album or Wild Life here:). What a legend this man is! :) Take care Andrew. This channel is a real blast to follow, for Beatles and solo Beatles stuff:)

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Johnny, I agree that there's not a single album that doesn't have at least two or three songs that make it absolutely worthwhile

[@daytripper9222]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Andrew where can I find the song on CD 'The First Stone' by Paul. I thought I had it on a bootleg but I've got over 3,000 CDs and I can't find it.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

@@daytripper9222 it's a B Side on "This One" CD single

[@daytripper9222]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Thanks Andrew. I'm going to try to find the CD single.

[@whatthejim]

This is an amazing idea for a series Andrew, I agree with your number 1!!!😃👍☮️♥️😎

[@quentinellison3956]

I have always associated Helen Wheels on side two as a three year old, hearing it for the first time in 73...(The Australian edition had 'Helen Wheels' on, side two), this was a good balance for this side for it being a fast pace track like side one with its' track line up. 🎼

[@nielsbie8922]

I am going to be in a podcast Talking about Band On The Run for 2 hours..exciting in Danish though. Thanks for the videos. Great as Always.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Good luck with it!

[@jonbristolcity7179]

Enjoyed finding your channel and just finished all these rankings videos. My rankings are fairly similar to yours. Ram best, Band on the Run 2nd. Wildlife 5th. Flaming Pie and Egpyt Station I particularly like out of his later albums. Only where I disagree to you and probably everyone else is Tug Of War is way down in 20th in mine! And McCartney 3 is very high up in mine. But yeah we think quite similar on a lot of things. Good stuff. Will watch a lot more of your videos now. I'm obsessed with Macca and Beatles!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Jon, and welcome! 🙂👍

[@PaleCrow]

Swap 'Tug of War' and 'Venus and Mars' and I would agree with that top 5! So glad to see you giving McCartney I the love it deserves. This has been an amazing series!

[@samirsoares14]

Great ranking. 👏👏👏👏

[@fredericlatreille]

my top ten: 1- Red Rose Speedway (Especially the 2 disc version with 1882 [my favorite Mccartney song]) 2- Ram 3- Band on the Run 4- Venus and Mars 5- Tug of War 6- Chaos and Creation ... 7- Flaming Pie 8- Wild Life [yeah I do love this album even if the critics call it rubbish] 8- Memory Almost Full 9- Back to the Egg 10- Mccartney I

[@toms4442]

Can't argue with your top 10, I wouldn't have put Egypt Station in the 10, but that's just me, haha. Great series looking forward to your bonus rankings, I am a big fan of Paul's live output as well as some of his off beat stuff. I am always (baby) amazed at how much stuff he has done that I am still finding out about.

[@andrewwilliams2743]

Hi Andrew, I never add comments to anything I watch, but I feel strongly about the way you have done this. I love it, you have compiled your list without putting Paul down in anyway, so refreshing. I will no longer feel daft for loving Pipes of Peace and Press, maybe would be in my top ten! Great work Andrew thanks for your positive work.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Andrew, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Man_of_Oil]

This series was a lot of fun, thanks again Andrew! You probably know this already but the vocal take of Get On The Right Thing is actually straight out of the Ram sessions. I think some of the overdubs came later but you can just hear in his voice the same umph that's at the end of Backseat Of My Car or Oh Woman Oh Why. I also really love that song, it's so underrated!! I still have not been able to get into Wild Life at all, to be honest with you. I'd maybe even rank it at the bottom lol. To each their own though!

[@TimB335]

Yes! Ram at the top! Completely agree this one just gets better over time! 🐏 👍

[@beatxt]

A great run-down of the content of the early McCartney albums. My recollection is by mid/late 70s many early solo Beatles albums had disappeared down a black hole. Everything was punk/new wave/metal/heavyrock, prog and glam were supposedly dead - and the ex-Beatles, specially Paul, were just 'pop'. They weren't even in the racks at places like EMI-owned HMV! (I recall around 1980 ordering Dark Horse and Material World, plus some Badfinger, as American vinyl imports from small ads in the back of Melody Maker/NME). I first came across Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway in the very well-stocked, central record lending library in Coventry (such an influencial place for anybody on a limited budget). I knew the content of McCartney and Ram but I couldn't believe how most of the stupendous material of Wild Life or the songs on RRS (apart from My Love) wasn't more well known.

[@Wayner71]

Yes, "Maybe I'm Amazed" is a masterpiece of a song. It is Beatlesque in a post-Beatles kind of way. Whereas some of his songs from this period would have been improved by the Beatles treatment this song stands out as being perfect as it is.

[@melissabrown2109]

I enjoy Helen Wheels but had forgotten about it.When this episode is finished,I'll go and listen to it.

[@Dkatanasoul0]

Great list and enjoyable series, Andrew. I totally get your thoughts on "Maybe I'm Amazed". For me the best candidate for a song that encapsulates Paul McCartney is "Good Day Sunshine".

[@theprisonerofmars]

Don't really know anything post Tug of War, but I'd agree with the order you picked for the stuff I do know. Good fun! Nice one!

[@reactivearmour5126]

Band on the Run is great, the fatigue factor notwithstanding. Thank you for recognizing Get on the Right Thing as a superior song - should have been the album opener. RRS would have been an awesome double album. Wild Life is cool but a bit thin. Would have been much improved by the addition of A Love For You, Hey Diddle, Sunshine Sometime and a completed Rode All Night - could have been epic. Ram and McCartney are desert island albums for me. I think Memory Almost Full is the only cd he did that is competitive with Ram. McCartney is such a cool one-man show.

[@boshrek4759]

Great ranking. Enjoyed this very much! I had to do a few errands today so I listed to the Red Rose and Pipes of Peace album’s. It was perfect.

[@markplank5929]

Enjoyed your ranking… also made me thing of my own rankings. Excluding the Firemen releases ( in which I immensely enjoy). My top 2 favorites; Red Rose Speedway & McCartney 2. BTW- I recently saw Sir Paul on stage in LA (5/13/22). He was phenomenal!

[@MsNickybee]

Your BEST videos yet Andrew! Loved *loved* it! Sure....I personally would've put BOTR top and RAM (no mention of "Another Day" single?) 2nd, but it's *your* list! Oh....and Wildlife and Egypt station's positions? That takes some explaining! PS I've loved Pipes Of Peace since it first came out, and I had it on cassette with my white Sony Walkman....high on the list, but that's just nostalgia, eh! PPS Memory Almost Full...always irks me for its terrible bleedingly loud (loudness wars!) sound quality, so I can never ever ever listen to it. Shame really. Keep up the lovely lovely work! x

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thank you! There is a version of Memory Almost Full out there that had a fan made remaster and it makes it much more listenable, really takes those harsh edges off it.

[@tyronewhitehead3123]

Missed you. Tonight I’m enjoying listening to Paul’s albums. Linda’s contribution I really loved Dear friend a beatiful track it felt like unfinished business with John Ram one of my favourite albums and yes May be I’m amazed is my ultimate favourite song thanks Andrew enjoyed Paul’s album ranking I have had great memories listening I salute Paul carnt wait for the next instalment

[@markandresen1]

Really enjoyed your five episodes. There feels a beautiful logic to your choices in terms of their placement. I am one of those for whom 'Wild Life' has little effect, however, the whole of the rest of your rankings are pretty much my own. Looking forward to what you do next.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Mark 🙂👍

[@davidjackson5449]

Hi Andrew good for you.re: Wildlife.Its such a great listen and fantastic album.I,m glad you find it enjoyable too

[@mattlonnen8664]

Fab videos Andrew, very enjoyable and made me reevaluate many of Paul’s hidden treasures, cheers Matt

[@mattgaskell945]

What I like is how you bring to life his really great album tracks. Songs that he really should play live. Enjoyed your series thanks 🙏

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thank you for watching 🙂👍

[@deanthomason6987]

Very interesting series Andrew. I really enjoy Chaos and Creation so would have put that album alot higher. Likewise I really enjoyed Unplugged.

[@keithg1282]

Andrew, great call on Wings Wild Life. Superb drumming on the album especially the first song with the tom tom drum beats. It seems to have more of a band sound like Off The Ground. I wonder what Paul was talking about when on the song Dear Friend he sings "is it really true?"

[@Kieop]

He's asking John if he really believes what he said in How Do You Sleep?

[@stevehord144]

Hi Andy, very interesting experiment. I tried it myself - Impossible. I think that even if I did manage it it would change in a week, month or year. All the best.

[@mrsbluesky8415]

I love the reprise on Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five ! It resolves the song, like finally being able to exhale. Ahhhhhh.

[@stvwr79-80]

Really enjoyed the 5 episodes Andrew thank you . The Wild life album never grabbed me apart from Mumbo . Agree mostly with all your rankings and certainly the number 1 position of Ram…

[@beatleboy0195]

I'm just up to in the video when you pick up ram. for me ram, wildlife & red rose are a great trio of albums. songs 1985, tomorrow & little lamb dragonfly are totally awesome. also was little lamb an outtake from what would've been the full length Rupert soundtrack. good work Andrew

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks. I see that mentioned a few times vaguely on the internet about Little Lamb Dragonfly and Rupert, I'm not convinced the timing works on that but I'd love to learn more if it's true!

[@karstenpost1477]

Great job, I really enjoy listening to this ranking 👍🏻

[@michaelberthelot3594]

My top 7 McCartney albums are 7) Flowers In The Dirt 6) Back To The Egg; 5) Band On The Run; 4) Venus and Mars 3) Memory Almost Full 2) Flaming Pie; 1) Egypt Station

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Always good to see some love for Egypt Station 👍

[@mrphelps99]

Hi Andrew, nice presentation, as usual. On the list, I think Flaming Pie is worthy at the upper selections. Also, I wish you’d Consider playing snippets of the music as many other podcasters. But I’ll watch in any event.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Hi, unfortunately the videos would be at risk of being taken down due to copyright if I added any music. Those who do add music have constant battles trying to get round the copyright rules. Podcasts have different rules around copyright and can play music more easily

[@mrphelps99]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Thanks for your reply Andrew. I imagine adding song bits would be a lot of work. And it’s obvious you put in a lot effort as it is. Too bad though but a good show nonetheless. BTW, a local paper reported an early morning Paul sighting was reported in 2020 in a town Near me. His in-laws live there and his wife went to the same school as my son - just around the corner. Small world!

[@thefishpiesky]

Well done fella. Enjoyed that series. A lot. Thank you. Overall I shared a similar kind of ranking as you too. but Chaos and Flowers I think are peak Paul. The thing for me now is I tend to listen to selected songs rather than whole albums. Ultimately if I can imagine a song on a Beatles album, I tend to rate it highly. Cheers. Have you ever done fantasy Beatles albums using solo songs?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks! I think I'm just about the only channel on KZbin that's never done a "fantasy 1970 Beatles album" 😄

[@thefishpiesky]

@@AndrewDixonMusic yeah but your fantasy albums would be worthwhile Andrew especially if you’re going to insist on Kreen Akrore being the first album opener!

[@knockknock705]

1. McCartney 2. Ram 3. Band on the Run 4. Venus and Mars 5. Run Devil Run 6. Flaming Pie 7. Tug of War 8. New 9. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 10. McCartney III 11. Flowers in the Dirt 12. Egypt Station 13. Memory Almost Full 14. At the Speed of Sound 15. Wildlife 16. Back to the Egg 17. Red Rose Speedway 18. Driving Rain 19. Unplugged 20. Electric Arguments 21. McCartney II 22. Choba B CCCP 23. Off the Ground 24. London Town 25.Pipes of Peace 26.Give My Regards to Broadstreet 27. Press to Play 28. Kisses on the Bottom New is higher than it normally would be. McCartney 3 also. Memory normally a top ten. Run Devil Run I ❤️ more than most McCartney fans.

[@karenjones8899]

I agree with your rankings except for Red Rose Speedway. It’s my favourite album. I am a Beatles fan from 1963 and the first time I ever saw a Beatle live was Paul with Wings July 1973. They opened with Old Barn Bed and did they more or less the songs from the RRS and Wildlife and finishing with a fantastic rendition of Long Tall Sally. Great memories. So I would put RRS at number one.

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Did you manage to get a copy of the recent Wings Over Europe album from that period? It's a shame that period of Paul as a live performer gets a little overlooked.

[@karenjones8899]

@@AndrewDixonMusic No unfortunately not. I was so disappointed.

[@feber16]

Its been lots of fun to watch this! At the moment, I am going through all of Pauls records from first album to final - Driving Rain (an album WAY down the list - almost at rock bottom) is up next. I will see if there are any standouts for me other than the song "Driving Rain" that I do like. As far as my opinion of your rankings - for the most part my rankings would generally fall fairly close with a few exceptions. Wild Life and Egypt Station would be in the bottom third. Red Rose would be higher and Back to the Egg would be much higher! Your top 6 would be the same as mine - throw in Red Rose and that would be my top 7 - maybe not exactly in that order but really close. Ram would definitely be number one!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I enjoy doing a "Maccathon" of all his albums every couple of years 🙂👍

[@derekroberts6654]

I’ll only listen to “Band On The Run” album with “Helen Wheels” The lyrics even reference Sailor Sam, a character mentioned on “Band On The Run” title track.. This is my frustration with “Band On The Run” album, an album can’t decide if it wants “Helen Wheels” Quite similar to the Beatles 1962-1966 red era early albums..🤷 “Ram” is my favorite Paul solo, “Wings Over America” is my favorite Wings album…

[@skee19]

What a nice surprise for a lovely Sunday afternoon in New York as we wait for our NY Rangers hockey game 7 playoff game ( kinda like your soccer just with ice skates and sticks😀). I love all of these albums “ Wild Life” has grown on me with the 50th anniversary edition. I really listened for about a solid week. Band & Ram two of the greatest albums of the 1970’s and Pauls 1&2 or 2&1? Love and I mean love Red Rose! MCCARTNEY is probably in my top 5 of all time . I just have always loved the record and it has aged incredibly well! Great job Andrew! PS - totally agree with you on “Maybe I’m Amazed “!!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Cheers Mike, enjoy the game! New York my favourite city on earth, can't wait to be back there...

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

Did you know the song ‘Tomorrow’ came out of him messing around with the chords to ‘Yesterday’ and it shares many of the ‘Yesterday’ chords. I think the opening chords to Tomorrow are G F#minor 7th and B7th, the same opening chords of Yesterday. Check it out

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Didn't know that, thanks!

[@andrewthistlewood3909]

Hi Andrew. It's weird when someone voices exactly your own opinion on songs. I agree completely with your views on Dear Friend, Dear Boy, Ram On, Monkberry Moon Delight and Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five. These are pretty much my favourite tracks from their attendant albums. 1985 should have ended on that power chord. If McCartney really wanted to reprise the title track he should have faded it in after the chord had died away completely. Ram On is a revelation if you listen on headphones. For such a 'simple' track there is a multitude of stuff going on in the background. I have a bootleg that contains the full track before it was split in two with no fade in or out like some versions on KZbin. You can really hear the care that was taken in creating the soundscape. Obviously I would have a different ranking but it's not my channel so I respect your choices. If you are thinking of other McCartney ranking videos, may I suggest non album tracks, singles or b-sides?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Andrew, definitely got more ranking style videos planned! Is that full version of Ram On available online that you're aware of?

[@andrewthistlewood3909]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Hi Andrew. A 'true' full version is not on KZbin. There is one that has been reconstructed so has a slight dip in volume on the join but it gives you an idea. Link below. I have a 4 CD boot called 'Paul & Linda McCartney's funky period 69-71' which includes outtakes, demos, the full original Ram On take (3:25) and some weird mashups between the Ram tracks and their Thrillington counterparts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/faSbeJ-VqK-nbNU

[@dave44xxx]

New to the chanel...love this series. I disagree with Wildlife and Red Rose (I have them both very low) and I love Back To The Egg (my#7) ... but my top 6 match yours exactly

[@shadshowadradna]

Get On The Right Thing appears to have been recorded before everything on Ram (my favourite moment: "My plug came out"). Little Lamb/Dragonfly seems to already have had strings recorded by mid-1971. And he obviously already had Big Barn Bed knocking about his head before Ram was finished. And yet none of these were on Wild Life...

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Yes, strange how all that bypassed Wild Life completely, maybe new band he wanted to work on all fresh new material?

[@jasontheoldmillennial7197]

I would put Band on the Run on top of my list. I agree with you on Maybe I’m Amazed being the greatest thing he has done after The Beatles.

[@thomasconnor5585]

Enjoyable series. Naturally I can't agree with everything. The biggest head scratcher is how you could possibly rank Wild Life (2 riffs, a cover, an embarrassing Linda vocal and 4 proper songs) 3 spots ahead of Chaos and Creation (a songwriting peak for Paul). Other than that, I seem to enjoy later day McCartney (Chaos, Memory, New, Egypt Station) more than you do.

[@thomasconnor5585]

Had to do it. 1. Chaos and Creation in the Backyard 2. Flowers In the Dirt 3. Band on the Run 4. Egypt Station 5. Tug of War 6. Flaming Pie 7. Red Rose Speedway 8. Ram 9. New 10. Venus and Mars 11. Memory Almost Full 12. Press to Play 13. Off the Ground 14. Pipes of Peace 15. McCartney 16. London Town 17. McCartney III 18. Back to the Egg 19. Speed of Sound 20. Driving Rain 21. McCartney II 22. Wild Life

[@The_Soundrops]

Hi, I'm new to your channel. Watched all the 5 episodes with real pleasure, enjoying your attitude (the enjoyment criterion - the only one that matters to me), style and accent. We tend to like the same songs on particular albums (the only major difference would be Waterfalls, which I love as it is), but generally I guess I rate Paul's ouevre lower a notch than you. I guess he is my favourite Beatle, and I like his best (I mean favourite) solo songs more than John's. But unfortunately there is not a single Wings/McCartney album that I would regard great as a whole - for any Pound Is Sinking we always seem to get a What's That You're Doing. This uneven quality bugs me more than in the case of John, who - somewhat surprisingly for me - embraced the album format much better. Perhaps my expectations are set too high for Paul, who seemed more of a conceptualist than John in the Beatles days. Yes, what Paul's albums have lacked most to my ears is the producer. It's a cliche perhaps, but I can't help it, I miss the producer's touch. Also I don't really like the Wings *sound* , but that's another story. My favourite albums are those where Paul shared the producer's credit with others, and I have to add that I first compiled my list and only then noticed the pattern: 1. Chaos & Creation 2. Flaming Pie 3. Tug of War 4. Ram (Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey being my favourite single post-Beatles McCartney song, on par with the best Beatles tracks) 5. McCartney Still, your take on these was fascinating and I really appreciated the love you gave to the latter-day albums as well as the clarity of your thoughts and the fact that you were so careful to avoid strong language towards the tracks you disliked - such a rare quality online these days. Gerard

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thanks Gerard, and thanks for watching! I always find it interesting how no 2 Paul fans ever have the same opinion on his career as a whole, there's always something for each of us to love more than the next person 👍

[@petermustonen5620]

Wild Life❤️ The first McCartney album, for me, is the ultimate source of enjoyment and enjoyability, in its all dizziness and crazyness.

[@melissabrown2109]

I now can't get "Mamunia" out of my head.

[@mikeroberts7741]

I see Amazon UK have the 11 July 2022 as the new release date for The Beatles Get Back.......Blu-ray.

[@yrlic]

I’m not crazy about the BOTR snip at the end of 1985 either. You’re not alone.

[@davemack7577]

Ram at no. 1 so right! However if it had not been critically slammed what could he have then created that we have missed out on?

[@mozart9991]

Well, our top four albums are the same (maybe not in the same exact order, but those four are the best). As much as I love Paul McCartney (favorite living songwriter/performer), I would *almost* say that those are the only four solo (one with Wings) Paul McCartney albums you need. But he's got so many great songs scattered throughout the rest of his catalogue. If I were advising someone on purchases, after the top four, I'd steer them towards 'Wingspan', or possibly 'Pure McCartney', but there's still going to be some classics that escape you if you do that. Just some great tracks on 'Venus and Mars', 'Flowers in the Dirt', 'Chaos and Creation...', 'Egypt Station', AND elsewhere. 'Dear Friend', for instance (I agree with you on 'Wild Life', not so much on 'Red Rose Speedway'). Cheers on the video series. Thanks.

[@peka7776]

All ranked Fab.👌🏽

[@Ojago]

Band On The Run (with a twist) hi Andrew very much enjoyed the series of videos. I grew up listening to Band On The Run on (official) cassette which featured a different running order to the LP, as follows...Band On The Run, Mamunia, No Words, Jet, Bluebird, Mrs Vanderbilt, Picasso's Last Words, Let Me Roll It, Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five. Makes for an alternative listening experience, and it's the one I'm most used to, try it maybe...when I listen to the album on CD, I still like to program the tracks in this order. Were any of the other albums resequenced for the cassette format?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I think those old 8 track tapes often had bizarre running orders.

[@Ojago]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Very true! I remember, as kid, listening to A Hard Day's Night on 8 Track which, again compared to the LP has a completely different running order, the title track not appearing till "programme 3", approx half way through! I understand that, in most cases, the cassette tape track sequences were resequenced to make both sides of the tape run to equal lengths, maybe not the way the artist intended the album to be heard, but I find it can make for some fun alternative listening, in the pre shuffle era! I still also have Venus And Mars and At The Speed Of Sound on cassette, both of which stay true to the LP versions.

[@arminzink1925]

Thank you Andrew for sharing. Very interesting ranking. I never really thought about my top 5 McCartney albums, but Band on the Run, Flaming Pie, Flowers in the Dirt, Choba b CCCP and maybe Ram are in it. .. I am looking forward to your next videos and the next live stream which hopefully comes soon!

[@jeremykeens3905]

Great set of videos. Do you think Egypt Station will retain its spot over time - it is by far the highest ranked new albums. Could this be due to the surprise that it was better than expected giving it a positive feeling?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I hope it will, and I think it will. It's not far off 4 years now since it was released so I don't feel like it's running on "novelty value" any more.

[@yrlic]

Macca’s songs are all over the map. Nearly no two are similar. So, Mumbo is a fantastic wordless song. The live version is unbelievably good.

[@beatleboy0195]

oh and back seat of my car extra awesome I just wish it had been released as a single the same day as the album it's from, but was released about 3 months later and only just made the top 40. that song is one I wish he'd had a go at live in 1989 when I saw him so so so under rated that one is.

[@markbowen6623]

Biggest surprise of the lot, the ranking given to Wild Life. Having said that I really enjoy it too but there's no denying it's underproduced.

[@davidj3416]

I can get down to your top three.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

Didn't Paul made Red Rose Speedway at Abbey Road when Pink Floyd made Dark Side Of The Moon there. Because you said it sounds pink floydish.

[@adrianmist6681]

I was correct on the top two 😀

[@ricardo_miguel13]

My list: 1. RAM (1971) 2. Band On The Run (1973) 3. Flaming Pie (1997) 4. Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (2005) 5. Tug Of War (1982) 6. McCartney (1970) 7. McCartney II (1980) 8. Venus And Mars (1975) 9. Wings At The Speed Of Sound (1976) 10. Wild Life (1971) 11. London Town (1978) 12. Memory Almost Full (2007) 13. Flowers In The Dirt (1989) 14. Red Rose Speedway (1973) 15. NEW (2013) 16. McCartney III (2020) 17. Egypt Station (2018) 18. Back To The Egg (1979) 19. Pipes Of Peace (1983) 20. Driving Rain (2001) 21. Off The Ground (1993) 22. Run Devil Run (1999) 23. Give My Regards To Broad Street (1984) 24. Press To Play (1986) 25. Kisses At The Bottom (2012) 26. Choba B CCCP (1988)

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Plenty of similarities in our lists! Press To Play looks the main difference.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Maybe I have to give it another chance.. Last time it was too much of 80s production for me.

[@timshearn8203]

It has been a great series Andrew, maybe do the same with Lennon of Harrison??

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Plans are a brewing!

[@timshearn8203]

@@AndrewDixonMusic great stuff Andrew. Keep up the good work 👏

[@dave44xxx]

Hoping RAM is up there

[@JimmyHelter]

Where would you put the double LP version of Red Rose Speedway?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

You'll find out in the bonus episode soon! 🙂👍

[@davidfennell5253]

Hey Andrew! the Beatles website just sent me an email stating that the Get Back Bluray will be released on July 12th. Have you heard anything about this?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Was just making a new video about it when you sent this!

[@davidfennell5253]

Awesome I'll be watching!

[@jamesleung8679]

Wings, one of the best bands in the seventies, never got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Can you tell me why, Andrew ?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

I wish I knew the answer!

[@robertolsen2593]

Thanks

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Thank you Robert, that's very kind of you! 🍺👍

[@walkerandwilliam]

Calm down Andrew…calm down. Nineteen hundred and 85 is good but come on …A day in the life ! Great watch though keep up the good work man.

[@briansteenson3036]

I always thought No Words was an attempt to write a George Harrison type song

[@fabfour4099]

Red Rose was supposed to be a double album. EMI balked and insisted on single. They picked safe songs. My playlist “Red Rose Farmyard" continues hippy flavor of Ram and dumps lyrically lame medley in exchange for more creative songs (Seaside Woman charted as Susie and The Red Stripes) Red Rose Farmyard Get on the Right Thing Country Dreamer Big Barn Bed My Love Single Pigeon Seaside Woman I Lie Around The Mess Best Friend (Live) Loup I Would Only Smile One More Kiss Little Lamb Dragonfly

[@petejp1]

Andrew looks like July 12th get back Release date. Finally!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Yes just had my Amazon order updated!

[@petejp1]

@@AndrewDixonMusic great I'm going to do mine now

[@BeatleJohn813]

Andrew when is the next live night ?

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

Hi John, I'm hoping for this Wednesday, just got to make sure of no other plans and then I'll confirm 👍

[@BeatleJohn813]

@@AndrewDixonMusic Brilliant. , I will make Dam sure I’m available to listen , Great Paul McCartney Album Ranking , really enjoyed it. , so much I’m going to listen again . I guessed Ram. Would be the number 1 , i adore the ram album , I’m. Constantly listening to it on Spotify .

[@davemack7577]

Red Rose Speedway should be higher!

[@AndrewDixonMusic]

It's climbing, it's higher than I would have had it 3 years ago!

[@soldier0n]

8:28 😂