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Wings Over America was a mammoth live triple album from Paul McCartney and his backing band as he sought to re-establish himself as a performing artist in the USA. (US:1 UK:8)
“Paul McCartney and his fictional band at the top of the world as he followed his muse and deserved this success. It is perhaps an overlong live album and it does not bring too many surprises or different versions of already familiar music. What you hear here is basically what he had already recorded except that live versions are more bombastic, louder and don't have so many little details.”
“You have to give it to Macca: just a couple of years into his solo career he came up with so many terrific songs, he could easily sell out stadiums and arenas worldwide playing mostly his own material.”
“It took McCartney years of hard work and money in the seventies to smash America again and prove to everybody that he was still worth something, and this colossal set is a giant self-congratulating testimony to that fact.”
“Paul certainly knew how to make some money. This album, along with its tour, was a smashing success and legitimized Wings as a band once and for all.”
“Wings Over America is a study in how live recordings and, indeed, set construction would be judged in future. McCartney invested a great deal of time and effort planning his assault on America and it shows. He rested the band between gigs in order to keep them keen and fresh. He introduced the now obligatory unplugged set into the middle of the running order. He realised he would be unable to shrug off the legacy of The Beatles so included old numbers to appease the masses. Finally, he took the master tapes back into the studio to clean up any rough edges before the album was released.”
“This collection of live music represents Paul McCartney's triumphant return to the American stage. Having been deprived of a live performance for ten
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