New
by Paul McCartney
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New is ranked 9th 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 6,151.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 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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| ! | 07/14/2026 12:16 | Chamita78 | 25 | 96/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 19:19 |  Gammarus1979 | 623 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/26/2026 06:48 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,329 | 70/100 |
| ! | 06/11/2026 06:33 |  serpico | 875 | 86/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 18:05 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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indieshins 10/27/2023 07:26 | #299650
Paul's past his prime now, late gems like Chaos and Creation notwithstanding, but this is still a solid little album, with some songs that deserve a place among his best. These include the title track, Queenie Eye and Alligator. Plus there are no real duds here, though Hosanna's pretty boring and faceless, nothing like you'd usually expect from one of the most distinctive pop composers of all time. Not bad at all.
lleon79 08/28/2023 02:20 | #298886
Starts off pretty strong, then loses steam towards the end.
Still, pretty good and full of energy.
pedro1976 05/04/2023 13:27 | #296609
Nothing exceptional here but no duds either, a solid, listenable McCartney LP
Awesome album by Paul
LebowskiRams 02/05/2019 01:10 | #231362 | TOP COMMENT
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Really did not expect a 21st-century Paul McCartney album to be this bold, this confident and this good
Great album!
RoundTheBend 07/02/2016 04:53 | #170298
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New, certainly has a contemporary sound to it, and it just about holds together sonically even though McCartney uses a handful of different producers. It's really three types of songs, uptempo rockers, acoustic based songs, and, ballads. The acoustic numbers are easily the best. Early days, and, on my way to work, are excellent tracks, alligator, is another standout. Save us, is okay, and, everybody out there, is designed for live performance. Queenie eye, is catchy nonsense, and the title track is of similar stock. Appreciate,and, looking at her, go for a modern sound, but come over as a bit forced, road, is so-so, the 'hidden' track is one of the best songs. All in all, it's enjoyable, and McCartney is obviously trying very hard, but it just doesn't have that looseness that say, chaos and creation, had.
It's good, but not great. The cover art is very cool though.
I love this album so much, is fun, it sounds fresh and energetic! One of McCartney's best work!
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