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Electric Arguments

Paul McCartney, Fireman, YouthAudio CD
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)

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In 1975 and 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the epic "Wings over the World" tour, the largest scale tour they would ever undertake as a band. From this tour came both the legendary "Wings Over America" triple live album and the concert film "Rockshow," which are both now available restored and remastered. Learn more

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  • Audio CD (November 25, 2008)
  • Original Release Date: 2008
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: ATO RECORDS / RED
  • ASIN: B001GKYBXA
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (153 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,127 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Nothing Too Much Just Out of Sight
2. Two Magpies
3. Sing the Changes
4. Travelling Light
5. Highway
6. Light From Your Lighthouse
7. Sun is Shining
8. Dance 'til We're Hight
9. Lifelong Passion
10. Is This Love?
11. Lovers in a Dream
12. Universal Here, Everlasting Now
13. Don't Stop Running

Editorial Reviews

Paul McCartney's 2008 album with producer Youth. Each track written,recorded and sung in the space of one day with Paul McCartney, playing all instruments. 'The album's opener is classic rock and an instant attention grabber. A heavy guitar riff with loud drums and souring vocals, it's like nothing The Fireman have ever done before.' The Fireman are back after a ten-year break. Electric Arguments is their third and brand new studio album and it's not the album people might expect from the mysterious duo.'

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Very experimental with Paul exploring new effects and musical collages. need coffee now!  |  29 reviewers made a similar statement
Most of all, great songs. Sean B  |  16 reviewers made a similar statement
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87 of 93 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars MACCA'S Inspiring Masterpiece ! November 25, 2008
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Electric Arguments is indisputably the most surprising and inspiring CD of the year. Paul McCartney surfaces with a masterpiece of experimental music and great vocals that fuse ambient, hard rock, blues, trance, ballads and electronic music. Producer Youth was integral to this CD. It contains arguably the greatest medley of Paul's songs ever commencing with "Sing The Changes," "Travelling Light," "Highway", " Light From Your Lighthouse," "Sun Is Shining," and "Dance 'Till We're High,". MACCA and Beatles fans will love this trippy and psychedelic CD becuase it has vintage tracks similar to great songs off the White Album, Ram and Paul's other masterful Fireman CD the cosmic"Rushes" wherein he expertly played several guitars, cymbals and resplendent keyboards. MACCA'S roaring, soaring and refined vocals and ambient virtuosity at age 67 are priceless. This is the most vindicating CD of MACCA'S career because it showcases his virtousity as a vocalist, musician, composer and lyricist ! It's safe to say that Lennon would have been impressed by this amazingly creative CD.
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Really wonderful.... November 30, 2008
Format:Audio CD
The more I listen to it, the more I like it. It's such a fresh sound from a man who's help define what "sound" is, so I don't know what more we could want. "Highway" rocks harder than any of his recent rockers, "Sun is Shining" just melts beautifully. Melodies just burrow themselves inside your brain and you can't help but hum them throughout the day, even if your initial opinion is unfavorable. I wrote it off thinking, "If it doesn't say Paul McCartney on the cover, it must be his lesser stuff." So wrong. Electric Arguments is one of his best.
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74 of 87 people found the following review helpful
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McCartney gets slagged down by people who are musical hacks. Hell, we are all musical hacks compared to him and only a select handful of others. Yet, despite that fact (oh, I'm sure some people will argue with this statement but it's pretty much an absolute fact), people feel compelled to rip this guy a new one on virtually every album he does. While most reviews for this brilliant album were very, very positive, I did read a few mediocre reviews and in those, you can tell the reviewer didn't even listen to the album. Like anything associated with McCartney automatically gets an "F" grade. Let's face it, while he has made some mistakes here and there, the guy takes risks and has made better, more impactful songs, whether pop, political, heavy, classical, jazzy, avant garde, new wave, dance, country and blues than almost anyone else on the planet, whether living or dead. It amazes me how some people can just give this album one star. Yeah, like you or almost anybody else could do any better. One star??!! Come on... what a joke! At WORST, it is a 4 star album... at worst.

The varied songs on this album have so many different treats and varied melodies... The songs range the full gamut and create a wonderful sonic landscape. 'Sing the Changes' probably should be the first single. From the first track "Nothing Too Much" to "Two Magpies" to "Highway" to "Dance 'Til We're High" to "Lifelong Passion", so many genres are covered yet they still maintain the classic McCartney melodic form yet with new twists. From the Beatles until now, McCartney was never afraid to experiment, he was a musical revolutionary that was barely recognized compared to John... but he certainly should be: Sgt. Pepper, a declaration of freedom by becoming a new band within the real band, the culmination of climactic sound at the end of A Day in the Life which really supercharges the song into possibly being the Beatles all-time greatest song, the tape loops on Tomorrow Never Knows, writing Helter Skelter which was a bridge to the Heavy Metal movement, the Carnival of Light track, the sound links of Abbey Road Side 2, and even Yesterday which bridged pop and classical music (Beach Boys and the Stones with "As Tears Go By" helped here as well) were all his contributions. I'm not knocking John - he was an amazing songwriter and a genius in his own right... but just because we are lucky to still have McCartney alive doesn't mean critics can just kick the guy around and pretty much consistently give him mediocre reviews all the time. This album is truly special. And it should be acknowledged that McCartney has had quite a run of late, with Memory Almost Full, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and now this, we are fortunate to be living during this genius' time on earth.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Electric arguments
I have the special DVD set and love the cd as well. A different side of PCM. Thanks so much!
Published 2 months ago by Jeanne Marleau
4.0 out of 5 stars McCartney On The Side Part Three
After listening to the first two outings by The Fireman this one comes along. I liked this in ways the other two differed. This one was more commercial. Read more
Published 6 months ago by David D. McFarland
5.0 out of 5 stars Macca at 66 years old just marvels.
Paul McCartney lately has a daring musical sense of adventure and this album he recorded with British producer Youth has a brilliance and a lot of surprises from the 66 year old... Read more
Published 13 months ago by need coffee now!
5.0 out of 5 stars "Sign the Changes" sings Mccartney into the future
This CD reminds us that Paul McCartney is one great musical dreamer.My Christmas wish for Paul is to continue to try whatever strikes his musical fancy; that way, we all receive a... Read more
Published 18 months ago by larry nelson
4.0 out of 5 stars No Argument Here
This sure ain't "Let It Be". This is Sir Paul at his most experimental. Little of this material will ever get performed live. Read more
Published 19 months ago by rockinray
4.0 out of 5 stars Macca: The Fireman is 13 First Dates
McCartney has been a constant music soundtrack in my life on this Earth. I am better off for it. The Beatles, Paul's solo act, Wings, and the Fireman have delivered a little... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Jamie
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazed...
It never ceases to amaze me how creative Paul McCartney is...and that he's maintained that creativity for so long. Read more
Published 20 months ago by cincy-kid
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a Masterpiece!!!!!
How many times do you grab an album and starts to look for something new? It's always the same...
Then Mr Macca comes with this new modern, free and inspired record. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Deco
5.0 out of 5 stars I was totally unprepared to like this so much...
Modern. Unpredictable. Melodic. Beautiful. Challenging. Extraordinary.

There are wonderful flourishes of electronica followed by moments that can only be called... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mark T
5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD
I left this review before but here it is again. This CD is more from the Great Sir Paul. Arrived on time.
Published on May 17, 2011 by Midwest Mark
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You can hear the entire album early at NPR. I like the direction he took on this album a lot. Maybe the time constraints they put on themselves kept it from being too overworked. Enjoy! Here's the NPR link: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96952621
Nov 19, 2008 by D. Graves |  See all 8 posts
Deluxe limited edition available!
I just ordered the deluxe package afew days ago. But I have one question. On the DVD of multi track audio files allowing us to do our own remixes can I make an audio cd from that or transfer it to my ipod?
Aug 1, 2009 by M M |  See all 2 posts
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