Tug Of War
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
Tug Of War is ranked 5th 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 263 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,104.
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Tug Of War track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Tug Of War 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 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1982 | 18/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 56 Music Albums of 1982 | 42/56 | 1 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 32/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 86/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 64 Music Albums of 1982 | 39/64 | 2 |
| 2026 |  NowhereMan | Paul McCartney/Wings/The Fireman/Twin Freaks: RANKED | 7/33 | - |
| 2026 | davidhuret | top 25 solo Beatles albums (1970-2020) | 18/25 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1982 | 12/64 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 176 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 785 | |||
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Tug Of War ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2026 12:16 | Chamita78 | 25 | 96/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 20:42 | WillyMac | 634 | 82/100 |
| ! | 05/31/2026 08:43 | mostlymor | 7,014 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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neilgee 09/12/2025 06:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Tug Of War comments
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the 1983 Grammys. The Winner was Toto IV by Toto (Edited)
indieshins 05/18/2023 08:21 | #297053 | TOP COMMENT
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This is the McCartney album I see the most in op-shops, so I sort of assumed it wasn't very good. But no - this is an absolute triumph, one of his greatest post-Beatles efforts. Speaking of his former band, part of the reason for this album being so good is surely because of Paul reconnecting with his old producer George Martin, and also employing Ringo to play drums on second track Take It Away. George Harrison was even meant to appear on Wanderlust, but pulled out of the arrangement. And of course, one of the highlights of the album is Here Today, a heartbreaking tribute to John Lennon, whose murder had interrupted the initial sessions for the album. Martin's production is characteristically excellent, but it also sounds nothing like his work with The Beatles. Instead, it sounds thoroughly modern, without having succumbed to the dating of many of its '80s brethren. This is a plus - Sir George always sought to bring the artist's vision to life, rather than imposing his own sound on them (looking at you, Phil Spector). Really the only songs that feel a bit out of place are the two Stevie Wonder duets. Neither is a bad song, per se, but they don't sound of a piece with the rest of the album - What's That You're Doing? sounds like it belongs on a Stevie album, not a Macca album, and Ebony and Ivory is fine, but a bit maudlin, which is in contrast to the controlled, sophisticated emotionality of the rest of the record. Still, what a great fucking album! (Edited)
VictorVale 09/14/2022 12:03 | #289666
Delicinha de álbum.
Uno de los mejores discos de Paul McCartney tras los Wings, con invitados de lujo como Stevie Wonder y Carl Perkins. (Edited)
My favourite Paul McCartney album (Edited)
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