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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Original Release Date: April 20, 1970
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Capitol
  • ASIN: B000002UC5
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (156 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,395 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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listen  1. The Lovely Linda (1993 Digital Remaster)0:45$0.89 Buy Track
listen  2. That Would Be Something (1993 Digital Remaster) 2:40$0.89 Buy Track
listen  3. Valentine Day (1993 Digital Remaster) 1:43$0.89 Buy Track
listen  4. Every Night (1993 Digital Remaster) 2:39$0.89 Buy Track
listen  5. Hot As Sun/Glasses (1993 Digital Remaster) 2:08$0.89 Buy Track
listen  6. Junk (1993 Digital Remaster) 1:56$0.89 Buy Track
listen  7. Man We Was Lonely (1993 Digital Remaster) 3:01$0.89 Buy Track
listen  8. Oo You (1993 Digital Remaster) 2:49$0.89 Buy Track
listen  9. Momma Miss America (1993 Digital Remaster) 4:07$0.89 Buy Track
listen10. Teddy Boy (1993 Digital Remaster) 2:24$0.89 Buy Track
listen11. Singalong Junk (1993 Digital Remaster) 2:37$0.89 Buy Track
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Paul's first solo outing is very much a homegrown affair with him singing and playing everything (apart from a few harmonies by Linda). The expectations were high, and while not everything clicked, there was enough good stuff for the legend to continue. "That Would Be Something," "Man We Was Lonely," "The Lovely Linda," and "Teddy Boy" all make the grade, but everything is eclipsed by "Maybe I'm Amazed," which remains one of his most enduring songs, up there with anything the Beatles released (and which would have sounded quite at home on Let It Be). --Chris Nickson

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars McCartney Debut, November 27, 2000
When Paul McCartney released his first solo album and the first true solo studio album by a Beatle in 1970, it was almost universally panned. While it certainly doesn't matchup with any of the Beatles albums, it has aged better than alot of the music of the time. Mr. McCartney recorded the album at his farm and its greatest asset is the simple, down-home feel that permeates it. You can almost picture the newly married and new father just tooling around the house and living the country life and whenever the mood struck him, laying down a new track. He plays all the instruments and other than some backing vocals by Linda, sings all the songs. There are several instrumentals on the album and a couple of songs like "Man We Was Lonely" that are basically just a couple of lines sung over and over, but "Maybe I'm Amazed" is a true gem. The song ranks up there with anything he's done in his solo career and a wouldn't be slighted by songs in the Beatles catalog. Other standout tracks include the sweet "Every Night", "Singalong Junk" & "That Would Be Something".
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Do it yourself, June 14, 2000
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There tend to be two prevailing views of this album, as there are with the Beatles album "Let it Be." One is that this is a bunch of amateurish noodlings done at home, with one or two good songs thrown in to give it credibility, and released out of sheer arrogance that everyone would want to hear it because it's by a famous person. The other view is that this is a classic album, displaying McCartney's viruosity as an all-around musician, as well as a funky kind of devil-may-care experimentation. In truth, there is validity to both points of view. Only two tracks are really polished or radio-ready: "Maybe I'm Amazed" and "Every Night." Then there are the Beatle leftovers, "Junk" and "Teddy Boy," which feature excellent melodies. Then there are weird one-offs like "Kreen Akrore" that aren't worth listening to every time. Yet the album does stand as an important testament to the man's mindset at this crucial pivot in his career, and in some ways it stands as a portrait of domestic bliss rather like Lennon's "Double Fantasy" did ten years later. If you are a Paul fan, you will love this album's intimacy.
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Of course he's no John Lennon...HE'S BETTER!, April 5, 2000
By Bret M. Herholz (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a McCartney solo album in every way. Not only did he write all the songs himself, but he also did every instrument on the album. This is probably still my favourite McCartney solo album just for the loving simplicity of the songs. Here is a man who has just found not only the love of his life and every single song on this album reflects that. Highlights on the album are "Every Night" (my favourite track), "OO You", "Momma Miss America", "Man We Was Lonely", "That Would Be Something" and "Maybe I'm Amazed". This is a terrific album from a man who embraces love songs that I feel are far from being "Silly". And I would take this album over "Imagine" anyday.
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