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Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)

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Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)

Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Capitol Records/MPL, CDP 7 46269 2 | ~ 353 or 139 Mb | Scans(png) -> 150 Mb
Classic Rock / Pop Rock

At the time, Press to Play was occasionally promoted as Macca's response to punk – which we all better hope is not true, since that means he was responding ten years after the fact, signaling just how out of touch he was. But McCartney wasn't that disconnected from reality (he did talk about punk in interviews from the late '70s), so a more accurate view of Press to Play is to see it as McCartney trying to reconnect with his classic strengths, from orchestral pop and whimsy to driving rockers and sweet love songs. All this is apparent on the record, often in pretty charming fashion. "Stranglehold" has an offhand charm, "Good Times Coming/Feel the Sun" feels like a forgotten Red Rose Speedway medley, "Move Over Busker" has a brisk gait (better than its cousin, "Angry," anyway), and "Press" is a terrific mid-'80s drum machine-driven slice of synth-pop, utterly featherweight in the best possible way. Each of these captures a different side of McCartney, and that's the overriding impression of Press to Play – McCartney is dabbling in each of his strengths, just to see what works. It doesn't wind up as one of his stronger albums, but it's more interesting than some of his more consistent ones, and those aforementioned cuts demonstrate that he could still cut effective pop records when he put his mind to it.

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG
Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)


Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986):

Paul McCartney - Press to Play (1986)

Tracklist:

01. Stranglehold 03:36
02. Good Times Coming / Feel the Sun (McCartney) 04:56
03. Talk More Talk 05:17
04. Footprints 04:32
05. Only Love Remains (McCartney) 04:16
06. Press (McCartney) 04:43
07. Pretty Little Head 05:13
08. Move Over Busker 04:05
09. Angry 03:36
10. However Absurd 04:58

Bonus Tracks:
11. Write Away (McCartney) 03:01
12. It’s Not True (McCartney) 05:53
13. Tough on a Tightrope 04:42

All songs written by Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart, except where noted.

Musicians:

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars

Neil Jason – bass guitar
Eric Stewart – acoustic and electric guitars
Pete Townshend – electric guitars on "Angry" and "Move Over Busker"
Carlos Alomar – acoustic and electric guitars
Eddie Rayner – keyboards
Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards
Simon Chamberlain – piano
Linda McCartney – keyboards, backing vocals
Phil Collins – drums on "Press", "Angry", and "It's Not True", percussion
Jerry Marotta – drums, percussion
John Bradbury – drums, percussion
Graham Ward – drums, percussion
Ray Cooper – percussion
Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone
Lenny Pickett – alto and tenor saxophone
Gary Barnacle – saxophone
Gavyn Wright – violin solo on "Once Upon A Long Ago (Long Version)"
Kate Robbins – harmony vocals
Ruby James – harmony vocals
James McCartney – spoken word
Steve Jackson – spoken word
Eddie Klein – spoken word
John Hammel – spoken word
Matt Howe – spoken word
Tony Visconti – orchestral arrangements on "Only Love Remains"
Anne Dudley – orchestral arrangements on "However Absurd"


Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 16. March 2016, 18:19

Paul McCartney / Press to Play (CDP 7 46269 2)

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