Band on the Run

by Paul McCartney & Wings, Paul McCartney, Wings

Overview

Band on the Run is generally considered to be Paul McCartney's strongest solo effort. The album was also his most commercially successful, selling well and spawning two hit singles, the multi-part pop suite of the title track and the roaring rocker "Jet." On these cuts and elsewhere, McCartney's penchant for sophisticated, nuanced arrangements and irrepressibly catchy melodic hooks is up to the caliber he displayed in the Beatles, far surpassing the first two Wings releases, Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway. The focus found in Band on the Run may have to do with the circumstances of its creation: two former members quit the band prior to recording, leaving McCartney, wife Linda, and guitarist Denny Laine to complete the album alone (with Paul writing, producing, and playing most of the instruments himself). The album has the majestic, orchestral sweep of McCartney's Abbey Road-era ambition, with a wide range of style-dabbling, from the swaying, acoustic jazz-pop of "Bluebird" and the appealing, straightforward rock of "Helen Wheels" to the wiry blues of "Let Me Roll It" and the swaying, one-off pub sing-along "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)." Though it lacks the emotional resonance of contemporaneous releases by John Lennon and George Harrison, McCartney's infallible instinct for popcraft overflows on this excellent release. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	09/20/2024
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0600753809082

Tracks

1. Band on the Run
2. Jet
3. Bluebird
4. Mrs. Vandebilt
5. Let Me Roll It
6. Mamunia
7. No Words
8. Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)
9. Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paul McCartney & Wings   Primary Artist
Paul McCartney   Primary Artist,Drums,Keyboards,Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Synthesizer,Featured Artist,Piano (Electric),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric),Multi Instruments,Vocals (Background)
Wings   Primary Artist
Robbie McIntosh   Primary Artist
Hamish Stuart   Primary Artist
Beaux Arts Orchestra   Primary Artist,Horn,Strings,Orchestra
Linda McCartney   Primary Artist,Keyboards,Vocals (Background),Vocals,Featured Artist,Moog Synthesizer
Al Coury   Primary Artist
Michael Parkinson   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Clive Arrowsmith   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Denny Laine   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background),Percussion,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Featured Artist,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Joe English   Primary Artist
Henry McCullough   Primary Artist,Vocals
Geoff Britton   Primary Artist,Vocals
Howie Casey   Primary Artist,Vocals,Soloist,Saxophone
Jimmy McCulloch   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kenny Lynch   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Christopher Lee   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Chris Whitten   Primary Artist
Dustin Hoffman   Primary Artist
Tony Visconti   Primary Artist
Geoff Emerick   Primary Artist
Denny Seiwell   Primary Artist,Vocals
Tuxedo Brass Band   Primary Artist
Paul "Wix" Wickens   Primary Artist
Blair Cunningham   Primary Artist
Remi Kabaka   Percussion
Ginger Baker   Percussion
Del Newman   Conductor
James Coburn   Featured Artist
Ian Horn   Vocals (Background)
Clement Freud   Featured Artist
David Litchfield   Director
John Conteh   Featured Artist
Trevor Jones   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Eddie Pumer   Audio Production,Engineer,Producer
Geoff Emerick   Audio Engineer,Mixing,Engineer,Producer
Paul McCartney   Audio Production,Composer,Producer,Performer
Linda McCartney   Composer,Performer
Mark Vigars   Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Hamish Stuart   Performer
Robbie McIntosh   Performer
Paul Hicks   Mixing
Paul McCartney & Wings   Performer
Alan Parsons   Mixing,Engineer
Steve Hoffman   Remastering
Jimmy McCulloch   Performer
Chris Whitten   Performer
Tony Visconti   Orchestration
Benny Davis   Composer
Eddie Klein   Engineer
Denny Seiwell   Performer
Peter Mew   Editing
Jim Quick   Video Director,Video Producer
Tuxedo Brass Band   Performer
Paul "Wix" Wickens   Performer
Monday   Assistant Engineer
Blair Cunningham   Performer
Harry Akst   Composer
Howie Casey   Performer
Geoff Britton   Performer
Henry McCullough   Performer
Joe English   Performer
Geoff White   Engineer
David Katz   Orchestra Contractor
Denny Laine   Composer,Performer,Interviewee
Peter Swettenham   Assistant Engineer
Andy Arthurs   Mixing Assistant
Mike Coulson   Video Director,Video Producer
Pete Swettenham   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Clive Arrowsmith   Video Director
Storm Thorgerson   Video Producer
Gordon House   Video Producer
Keith Smith   Assistant Engineer
Andy Arthur   Assistant Engineer
John Barrett   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Monday Oki   Assistant Engineer
Beaux Arts Orchestra   Orchestration
Andrew Wood   Editing
Marco Sandeman   Editing
Roy Benson   Video Director