Tug Of War
by Paul McCartney
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Paul McCartney bestography
Tug Of War is ranked 5th best out of 49 albums by Paul McCartney on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Paul McCartney is Band On The Run which is ranked number 253 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,399.
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Tug Of War track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/12/2025 23:22 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 14:29 | mash | 1,414 | 88/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2025 12:49 | daCritic | 4,399 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2025 20:34 |  MetalMan67 | 5,957 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/01/2025 03:58 |  AAL2014 | 3,589 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 73.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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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.
My favourite Paul McCartney album
Great pop come back of sorts for Macca. "Here Today" is positively heart breaking and if "Ebony & Ivory" seems a bit corny and dated well, it's heart is in the right place.
Sandrof1969 02/17/2018 15:00 | #208554
Disco sopra la media tra quelli del McCartney solista, almeno fino ad allora. Come al solito avrebbe giovato un po' di sobrietà in più ma nel complesso la dose zuccherina è abbastanza contenuta.
junodog4 07/01/2016 02:20 | #170234
Hasn't aged well, but a good bounce back, and one of the best of 1982.
Tug of war, is usually looked upon as one of Paul McCartney's strongest solo albums. I have to disagree. There's some good stuff here, from the title track to the hearttugging John Lennon tribute, here today. Take it away, is enjoyable but it's nothing special, and both, ballroom dancing, and, wanderlust, are much better on the, give my regards to broad street, album. Off the Stevie wonder duets, ebony and ivory, is corny, but good, and, what's that you're doing, is a good funky track and McCartney's voice just about keeps up with Wonder's. The rest is okay, but it's all just filler really, dress me up as a robber, is nothing and, get it, is just irritating. Not a bad album then, but certainly not as good as some people claim.
Perfect album if you stop after Track 11. Some really great stuff here.
Tamthebam 11/08/2014 12:48 | #126498
A good pop album the first two tracks are great could have done without the duet with Carl Perkins but the one with Stevie Wonder is ok. Wanderlust & Here Today are good as is the 2nd duet with Stevie (Ebony & Ivory).
bigeyedfish 05/20/2014 00:59 | #112339
Solid work. Ebony and Ivory is a bit goofy but its melody is truly stunning, First true tracks are really great. Sure, it's pop, but that doesn't make it bad.
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