Wild Life
by Wings
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Wild Life is ranked 25th 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 260 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,158.
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Wild Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/27/2026 19:21 |  Gammarus1979 | 613 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 16:45 | Philly28 | 952 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 19:10 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 10:26 | Deckard | 267 | 80/100 |
| ! | 03/12/2026 18:24 | Lucaspasa | 244 | 78/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.2/100, a mean average of 65.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Smoke up & listen....it's for you
Wings' flighty debut has nice songs and moments, but it just feels rushed. Missing lyrics, semi-complete songs, musical ideas, but rarely a refined, complete story.
Wings and Sir Paul fans should check it out; for others, later Wings releases will offer more satisfaction.
Not a bad album at all. The first two tracks, Mumbo (with made up ab libbed lyrics), and, Bip bop, are very funny. The rest is fine especially, Dear friend, which is very good. I love these early quirky McCartney albums and although it's not quite up to the standard of, McCartney, or, Ram, Wild life is still decent enough and probably works better now than it did in 1971.
UofTBlues 04/02/2018 19:46 | #212183 | TOP COMMENT
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A couple of tracks that stand out for me; Wild Life & Dear Friend. Still like it better than Back to the Egg which is at the bottom of the list for Wings albums.
The weakest album in the McCartney catalogue
Dear friend is the highlight.
A rather forgettable album IMO.
neilgee 12/12/2015 14:27 | #154425
Didn't know this album existed until I found it on here. I was haunting record shops from 1973 onwards but seems it had already disappeared from the shelves by then.
Tamthebam 11/02/2014 19:17 | #126035
Not all that bad an album it has a fresh sound about it as if was recorded in one take. Love Is Strange, Bip Bop & Dear Friend are the standouts.
NowhereMan 09/08/2014 00:25 | #121459 | TOP COMMENT
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McCartney off form. Still some great moments. Worth a listen.
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