Back To The Egg (studio album) by Wings (UK)

Back To The Egg by Wings (UK)
Year: 1979
Overall rank: 5,926th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 166 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1979 (98th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (972nd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,926th)
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Wings (UK) bestography

Back To The Egg is ranked 5th best out of 7 albums by Wings (UK) on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wings (UK) is Venus And Mars which is ranked number 2390 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 668.

Wings (UK) album bestography « Higher ranked (4,558th) This album (5,926th) Lower ranked (5,926th) »
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 166 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.6/100, a mean average of 68.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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70/100
From 12/03/2023 16:10
Kinda okay
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From 05/15/2023 09:51
Definitely messy, and one of Paul's weakest of this period (I'd still take it over Wild Life and possibly also Red Rose Speedway, though). As usual, even on a weaker Macca album like this one, there are still some great individual tracks. Getting Closer is a fun power pop tune, Denny Laine's Again and Again and Again is melodic heaven, and the skeletal synth-funk tune Arrow Through Me is some of McCartney's weirdest and most alluring work. I also like After the Ball through Love Awake. Not many songs I outright hate here, but definitely the lowest hit rate of any of the '70s bar those aforementioned '71 and '73 albums. It's worth mentioning, there was a great song from this period that was not included here - the B-side Daytime Nighttime Suffering which has an amazing melody, creative arrangement and a great vocal performance from Paul. Seek it out if you've not heard it!
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65/100
From 09/01/2018 17:26
This álbum has its mertits, but overall It shows how The Wings were dying as a project at the time, they would soon split-up.
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From 06/02/2017 15:09
I'm a Macca Fan however; this is his weakest Wings album.
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75/100
From 03/07/2017 20:38
A good solid album more cohesive than London Town. Old Siam Sir, Getting Closer, Arrow Thru Me, Spin It On, To You & Rockestra are all good songs but I especially like the last few tracks After The Ball...... Love Awake. Underrated and on top of that it was Wings final album.
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60/100
From 07/01/2016 02:26
Kinda deserves the reputation it has.
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70/100
From 02/27/2015 11:40
Good album!! Some of the songs are great (Getting closer, Arrow through me) some weaker, but still not an average album just a bit inconsistent.
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From 01/03/2015 20:49
Kind of a clunker. Arrow Through Me is a classic, but geez, After the Ball and Spin It On have got to be two of the worst songs Paul ever wrote...
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