Band On The Run (studio album) by Paul McCartney & Wings

Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 1975. The winner was Fulfiilingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder

Not very impressed by this. Only two bad tracks (No Words, Picasso) but nothing too special. The last track is nice though.

No Words stops this from being a perfect 100 unfortunately :( not a bad song, just noticeably weaker than the rest of the album.

This is a record that doesn't really have any bad tracks on it. The lowest we get is just decent in terms of quality and that is on the 3 run stretch from tracks 6 to 8. This is primarily due to them not being as catchy as the other songs. This isn't much of a criticism however as the songs are still enjoyable and don't detract from the music. Every other song on here is great or better with the bookends of the album being the personal highlights for me. The title track is one of the greatest songs McCartney has made outside of the Beatles and Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five is one of his most slept on songs. It wraps the album up brilliantly and makes the whole experience feel complete and fulfilling. Overall, while it might not be his best solo work post Beatles it is still up there and it also has some of his most inspired and enjoyable moments he ever recorded in his solo career.

Great album from start to finish. My personal favourites are the title track, Let Me Roll It and the superb closer Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five.

Great record

Very good album for after-Beatles McCartney, title track is just awesome and there is a lot of other highlights here, not one reaaly bad track.

Uno de los mejores trabajos de McCartney, aunque mi favorito es Venus & Mars, especialmente en la versión americana, que incluye el espléndido Helen Wheeis.

This is definitely Pauls best solo album. It is jampacked
with great tunes. Pauls singing and songwriting is in
top form. I like to think of Paul as the Mozart of R&R.

From teague 09/04/2021 17:46

McCartney would struggle to keep up with his peers on the next following albums, but Band on the Run really hits the nail on the head in a couple places, especially on the title track. I don't think it beats out Ram in terms of impact and importance.