Chaos and Creation In The Backyard…
… isn’t my favorite album title. But those saying Paul McCartney has made his best album in a decade might be on to something. Sure, the whippersnapper (read: under 50) who produced him this time might get some of the credit for the sound, but I think this batch of Macca songs could stand on its own with the “usual” production job. This is good stuff.
I especially like the lyric “waiting … for your friends to go” although you can tell Paul knows it’s good, too. He’s admirable for wearing his arrogance on his sleeve sometimes. He knows he’s the best songwriter of the (second half of the) 20th century. I’d be pretty pleased with myself, too.
The first Paul album I bought as it was coming out was Off The Ground which I still enjoy. This was quite likely one of the albums seen as less-than-spectacular to many, and I admit it’s no McCartney or Band On The Run. But I still find myself humming some of the tunes on it, and spontaneously. You know, when you have a song in your head which has not been planted there.
This latest album might be like that. We’ll see.