Off The Ground
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
Off The Ground is ranked 23rd best out of 50 albums by Paul McCartney on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul McCartney is Band On The Run which is ranked number 258 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,154.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Off The Ground track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Off The Ground rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1993 | 48/60 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1993 | 58/100 | - |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 79 Music Albums of the 1990s | 40/79 | 10 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 24/100 | 15 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2501-2600 | 38/100 | - |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Paul McCartney/Wings/The Fireman/Twin Freaks: RANKED | 21/33 | - |
| 2026 | davidhuret | Top 15 Music Albums of 1993 | 8/15 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1993 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Beatles Solo Works - RANKED | 26/52 | - |
| 2026 | NowhereMan | Top 11 Music Albums of 1993 | 2/11 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 159 | |||
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Off The Ground ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/11/2026 17:25 | mostlymor | 7,013 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:31 | Jakor | 5,537 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2025 16:33 | AAL2014 | 4,278 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 68.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 12/04/2025 01:41 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 03/25/2024 14:54 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today NowhereMan 05/05/2021 11:21 in What album are you listening to right now?Off The Ground comments
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indieshins 07/04/2023 00:01 | #297934 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the nadir for me. I don't love 1971s Wild Life or 1973s Red Rose Speedway, but they were weird and charming in their imperfection. This just feels like the most bland, MOR stuff. As usual with McCartney, there's some decent tracks here: the title track is nice, as is Hope of Deliverance; one of the remaining Costello co-writes, Mistress and Maid is a great song, though could have benefited, once again, from a rawer production style; the same could be said of The Lovers That Never Were; and the ballads Golden Earth Girl and Winedark Open Sea are pleasant. But none of these songs ascend to "greatest McCartney songs" for me, whether due to songwriting or production. I do appreciate the political engagement here, but it just doesn't add up to a very rewarding experience. And it has the terrible Biker Like An Icon on it - one of Paul's worst tracks, in my opinion.
TheDude85 06/14/2019 17:25 | #237523 | TOP COMMENT
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A decent McCartney offering. Nothing objectionable and nothing memorable either. My personal favorite track is "Winedark Open Sea". That song has a relaxed feel, and passionate delivery. Not a fan of the 2-3 overly politically preachy songs, but different strokes as the saying goes. Of interest to fans and non-fans alike.
An easy listening album from McCartney here, the first three tracks are good the rest is average for me but not bad.
Sandrof1969 02/18/2018 22:28 | #208768
Dopo la buona prova di "Flowers in the dirt" Paul McCartney ritorna ad un livello per così dire più normale senza però cadere ( praticamente non l'avrebbe più fatto… ) negli errori del passato e mantenendo quindi sempre dei toni sobri anche negli episodi più sdolcinati.
The dull brother of 'Flowers in the dirt'.
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