Pipes of Peace

Paul McCartney | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000007NZI
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,783 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 12-JAN-1999

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Give PIPES OF PEACE a chance, June 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pipes of Peace (Audio CD)

Add Paul McCartney's PIPES OF PEACE to the list including TUG OF WAR, RED ROSE SPEEDWAY, FLOWERS IN THE DIRT, VENUS AND MARS, LONDON TOWN, BACK TO THE EGG and MCCARTNEY - albums I find either over-rated or, in this case, under-rated. PIPES OF PEACE includes the smash "Say Say Say," the superb minor hit "So Bad," and the rollicking "Sweetest Little Show"/"Average Person" medley, all candidates for a best-of collection. Another two or three tracks are very good. Released in 1983, PIPES OF PEACE was the start of a popularity decline for Paul McCartney, but to hear this album you would wonder why.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, August 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pipes of Peace (Audio CD)

This recording was quite different for Sir Paul. It is one of my favorite McCartney albums. Why others writing reviews for Amazon.com have given this album poor reviews is beyond me. Each album McCartney does, he explores a different musical avenue and a different side of himself - such is the case with this one. I am not one of those who thinks everything McCartney touches turns to gold or is a work of art. However, I am a true fan. This album has always lifted me up emotionally. To me, there is not one bad track on the album. Just listen to the lyrics of Pipes Of Peace - some of his best! And, does anyone remember the moving and excellent video for Pipes Of Peace? (Back when videos were good!) Pay no attention to the bad reviews. McCartney hit a home run with this one.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bad habit ends/Bright future follows, February 8, 2000

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Ed McLaughlin (Pittsburgh,PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pipes of Peace (Audio CD)

This album is as important to the progession of McCartney's songwriting as Tug Of War was to showing Paul could still write a good song. Paul wanted 'Tug'to be a double album but George Martin wanted a single. Simply put, these are the left overs. What makes this album important is he FINISHED the songs. 'Hey,Hey' is a fragment because Paul wanted it to be. George Martin made Paul finish the songs on 'Pipes' and 'Tug'. They made a good decision seperating these two albums because this album is not as strong. These are left overs and Paul knows it with his silly lyrics and jabs at himself (Keep Undercover,The Other Me). Left overs though can sometimes be quite tasty(So Bad,Pipes of Peace,Sweetest Little Show). By relearning to finish songs and not just leaving tasty fragments of what could have been;Paul gives you a competely cooked meal,even though that meal might be more Turkey TV Dinner than Thanskgiving feast.(2.5-stars)