Big Barn Bed/My Love/Get On The Right Thing/One More Kiss/Little Lamb Dragonfly/Single Pigeon/When The Night/Loup (1st Indian On The Moon)/Hold Me Tight-Lazy Dynamite-Hands Of Love-Poer Cut (Medley)
With the emphasis on melody Red Rose Speedway heralds a return to form for Paul McCartney after the throwaway Wild Life. Features the US No. 1 and UK No. 9 hit single My Love. (US:1 UK:5)
“Red Rose Speedway is a frustrating album in that it has a bright spot or two - My Love has always been a favourite of mine, but it's very uneven, and many of the songs can be charitably categorized as mediocre at best. It's not that it is totally terrible, but it included a lot of songs that would have been throwaways if they had been recorded in a Beatles' session.”
“It is a pleasant album that has interesting snippets of ideas all over but nothing truly memorable. The final medley is the only thing I cared for here and is a lovely, happy and bouncy piece of music where several extremely sunny melodies are interwoven together.”
“After the disappointment of Wild Life he bounces back with an album that carries on from where Ram left off. Relying on his craftsmanship rather than searching for new inspiration he put together a set of songs that hang together as a whole and document the contentment of a man freed from his tangled past and excited about the future.”
“Where the album triumphs is on a melodic level, but except for a few very notable exceptions it stumbles lyrically. The opener Big Barn Bed, for example, has a great tune and is incredibly catchy, but there's not much substance to it beyond that.”
“I have been a huge Wings fan for a long time, and this has always been one of my favourites. It is musically interesting, with some classically goofy McCartney lyrics. Nothing groundbreaking, I admit, but full of entertaining and captivating melodies and diverse musical approaches.”
“If some people have such a problem with lightweight material then why are they listening to Paul McCartney in the first place? Little Lamb Dragonfly is a beautiful mini-epic, with great lush production and an emotional rare duet between Paul and Denny. Single Pigeon is also another beautiful piano ballad. The end medley is one of the few 70s suites that actually work completely without getting boring.”
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