"Red Rose Speedway" is the second album by Paul McCartney & Wings and was released in 1973 after the relatively weak commercial performance of the band's debut "Wild Life", which had been credited only to the then-unknown Wings.
Paul McCartney made a record with his wife and a record with his pickup band where democracy is allegedly the conceit even if it never sounds that way, so he returns to a solo effort, making the most disjointed album he ever cut. There's a certain fascination to its fragmented nature, not just because it's decidedly on the softer side of things, but because his desire for homegrown eccentricity has been fused with his inclination for bombastic art rock à la Abbey Road. Consequently, "Red Rose Speedway" winds up being a really strange record, one that veers toward the schmaltzy AOR MOR (especially on the hit single "My Love"), yet is thoroughly twisted in its own desire toward domestic art. Yes, the greatest songs here are slight "Big Barn Bed," "One More Kiss," and "When the Night" but this is a deliberately slight record. Work your way into the inner circle, and McCartney's little flourishes are intoxicating not just the melodies, but the facile production and offhand invention.
Tracklist
01. Big Barn Bed - 3:48
02. My Love - 4:07
03. Get on the Right Thing - 4:17
04. One More Kiss - 2:28
05. Little Lamb Dragonfly - 6:20
06. Single Pigeon - 1:52
07. When the Night - 3:38
08. Loup (1st Indian on the Moon) - 4:23
09. Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Power Cut - 11:14
Personnel
Paul McCartney - vocals, piano, bass, guitar, mellotron, electric piano, celeste, Moog synthesizer
Linda McCartney - vocals, electric piano, organ, harpsichord, percussion
Denny Laine - vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica
Henry McCullough - guitar, backing vocals, percussion
Denny Seiwell - drums, backing vocals, percussion, bass on "Single Pigeon"
Hugh McCracken - electric guitar
David Spinozza - electric guitar
Alan Parsons - recording engineer
Notes
Released: 30 April 1973
Released: 30 April 1973
Recorded: in Los Angeles and at Olympic Studios, London
Genre: Pop, Rock
Length: 42:13
Label: Apple
Producer: Paul McCartney
All songs written and composed by: Paul and Linda McCartney
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