McCartney II
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
McCartney II is ranked 8th 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 262 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,098.
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McCartney II track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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McCartney II 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 73 Music Albums of 1980 | 24/73 | 3 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Top 21 Music Albums of 1980 | 3/21 | 5 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 65/76 | 1 |
| 2026 |  BozoTyrannus | Beatles' Solo Projects | 24/34 | - |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 28 Music Albums of 1980 | 17/28 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1980 | 38/44 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1980 | 55/100 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 57 Music Albums of 1980 | 54/57 | 0 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 25 Music Albums of 1980 | 12/25 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Graeme2 | Top 54 Music Albums of 1980 | 27/54 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 131 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 501 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 20:43 | WillyMac | 634 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 08:41 | mostlymor | 7,051 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/29/2026 20:17 |  serpico | 914 | 85/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 68.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
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McCartney II forum mentions
pedro1976 03/10/2026 09:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Repo 04/28/2021 03:20 in Rank 'Em: The Beach BoysMcCartney II comments
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I love this album. It's really the follow up to his first album with that lo-fi home made feel. What makes this one different and unique in the McCartney catalogue is it's use of synths. The funky opener coming up is followed by the brilliant temporary secretary. This is really Paul experimenting for the first time in a decade. There's a great ballad in waterfalls and a lovely song in one of these days which sounds like it could be addressed to John Lennon. There are a few instrumental doodles but they add to the charm of the album. I didn't like this album when I first heard it in the late 80's, but now I love it. I just wish Paul would be a bit more adventurous on other albums like he is here. Brilliant. (Edited)
Underrated by contemporary critics trying to put him down, overrated by today's hipsters trying to be cool by liking this. This is a decent album filled with some failed experiments but also some great songs like Coming Up and On the Way. (Edited)
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/30/2016 21:49 | #164905 | TOP COMMENT
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I love Paul's bass playing. Sometimes his song writing is a bit too far out there or borderline crap. Coming Up is an amazing pop song. The rest feels like an experiment or something.
I always avoided this album like the plague, as its sessions produced one of my least favorite songs of all time: Wonderful Christmas Time. However, recently this album has become something of a guilty pleasure of mine. Coming Up is just a great piece of Funk Rock, and the album has its dope moments like Temporary Secretary and Frozen Jap. I'll throw this one on while no one's looking every once in a while. (Edited)
Does have 'Waterfalls' one of his best ever but for me too inconsistent to be in the first rank.
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