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Digitally remastered reissue of their hit 1976 album, which spent seven consecutive weeks at #1! Features the #1 smash 'Silly Love Songs' and the #3 'Let 'Em In', plus three bonustracks: 'Walking In The Park With Eloise', 'Bridge On The River Suite' and 'Sally G'. 14 tracks total. 1993 EMI release. The original album was released on EMI/ Parlophone.
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superb
Being a fan of the fab four for so many years, I truly enjoy their music,and the individual sounds of Paul and his other bands he has formed over the years. great stuff,timeless.
Wings at the Speed of Decline
After the high standards established by "Band on the Run" and "Venus and Mars," Paul McCartney and Wings display their group unity by producing a remarkably mediocre album. Released to coincide with the band's American tour, "Wings at the Speed of Sound" (1976) has two hit singles - "Silly Love Songs" and "Let 'Em In" - the snappy rocker "Beware My Love" and plenty of obvious filler. The low point is Linda's embarrassing "Cook of the House." Despite the tour's phenomenal success, the decline of Wings as a studio entity begins here.
Silly is good--right, Paul?
The ones where McCartney sings are pretty good. The one Denny Laine wrote, which he also sings, "Time to Hide"--that one isn't bad. Sometimes it's entertaining. Often it's drudging. Even the sensational "Silly Love Songs" stops just short of enthralling. The record might be better if Paul McCartney didn't stand over every one of his bandmates like the Empire State Building over Kwan's Oriental Diner. "Band on the Run" it ain't, but a fair album it might be.
Wings at full stride
The most popular Wings' lineup makes mid-'70s pop, with many pretty but somewhat forgettable songs. Unique to this album is that everyone in the band sings a lead--even the drummer, Joe English, and Linda, to mixed effect.
The two huge singles (Let 'Em In and Silly Love Songs) are just as annoying as you remember them, good examples of Paul's sometimes poor ability to be more self-critical.
On this disc are three bonus cuts, including a catchy and credible country tune, Sally G.
If you like Paul, this is a must-have.
At the Speed of Sound
This is one of Sir Paul's weakest albums, in fact, of his 70's albums only Red Rose Speedway & Wildlife are weaker. The CD includes the hit "Let 'Em In" which is one of his WORST songs. I would bet that at sometime John Lennon swore that McCartney would write a song about someone knocking on the door! The CD also has the hit "Silly Love Songs" which might be schmaltzy but is a good song nonetheless. It contains one of his greatest bass lines. Of the remaining songs I'm impressed with "Beware My Love" & "Wino Junko". The latter song was composed by his lead guitarist Jimmy McCulloch who also does the lead vocal.
The worst song on the CD is "Cook of the House", vocal by Linda. This is one song that should have never been recorded. There's a Denny Laine composition "Time to Hide" that's okay. The drummer Joe English does the vocal on the McCartney composition "Must Do Something About It"; the vocal is pretty good, it's the song that's weak. There are also three bonus tracks that are "Walking in the Park With Eloise" (an instrumental written by Sir Paul's father James), "Bridge on the River Suite" (another instrumental written by Sir Paul that is light jazz!) & "Sally G" (a country song).
Proceed at your own risk unless you're a serious Paul McCartney fan.
