Too Many People/3 Legs/Ram On/Dear Boy/Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey/Smile Away/Heart Of The Country/ Monkberry Moon Delight/Eat At Home/Long Haired Lady/Ram On/The Back Seat Of My Car
Paul McCartney’s excellent second solo album Ram sees the former Beatle in peak form to deliver a consistently high level of songwriting. Includes the US No. 1 hit single Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey. (US:2 UK:1)
"Ram, unlike many of McCartney's post-Beatle outputs, runs solid from start to finish. It's full of catchy tunes and lush arrangements.”
“There are more melodies and hooks every couple of seconds than most artists can conjure up in a lifetime. An undervalued masterpiece.”
“This record supplies catchy little ditties a plenty, it never becomes boring and has dated extremely well. There's something pastoral and homemade about this endeavour.”
“It’s possibly Paul's best produced record, with songs that deserve the full treatment. There are too many highlights to mention. The Back Seat Of My Car is probably my favourite, but every song hooks me and doesn't let go. For melody, inventiveness and style this one simply cannot be beaten.”
“McCartney's vocal performances are virtuosic, his harmony arrangements perfectly judged, and even when the lyrics are little more than eccentric mumbo-jumbo they ride on the crests of intensely memorable hooks.”
“What is there left to say about Ram, other than the fact that it is McCartney's true masterpiece? Paul is juggling with magic here and the whole thing sweeps you up and takes you away to somewhere beautiful, strange and melancholy.”
“Ram comes closer to the Beatles sound than any other post break-up work the four individual members produced. There is a diversity of material here to keep your interest better than the studio albums, both before and after. There is a sense of adventure and daring which makes it all less predictable and more fun.”
“The most Beatlesque of all the Beatles solo albums. Musically, this is brimming with all kinds of melodic ideas and harmonies.”
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