One Hand Clapping
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100
One Hand Clapping is a straight-ahead rocking album with a little English Music Hall thrown in for good measure. It is a brilliant small glimpse into McCartney and Wings creating in a studio. It is vibrant, energetic, and exciting and a welcome addition to McCartney’s ever-growing catalogue.
1y
90
It’s a brilliant reminder for original Wings fans just how extensive and impressive the band’s catalogue really is, and will hopefully introduce a new generation of listeners to the music – who might well know the Beatles, but weren’t aware of what McCartney did next.
1y
84
The McCartney we hear on One Hand Clapping isn’t so much the pop perfectionist of classic-rock legend as the merry prankster less concerned with pleasing the masses than amusing himself.
1y
80
Compared to the snazzy Wings Over America, this seems almost amateurish, but that was McCartney's intent: he wanted to get back to basics, to play spirited with little pretense. That's precisely what he achieved with One Hand Clapping, which is a dose of rock & roll that's pure unassuming joy.
1y
80
The sound of One Hand Clapping is the sound of a band just getting on its feet.
1y
80
Even with its shaky ending and 50-year delay, One Hand Clapping could become an essential part of Wings’ catalog. For the most part, it finds McCartney and Wings in just the right moment, loose and fun but still able to turn in powerful musical moments.
1y
I am not entirely sure what the context behind One Hand Clapping is, but this project is now officially released by Wings and company and I am here to talk about and close out Wings' entire discography. This live studio project was meant to be released alongside the band's acclaimed project Band on the Run back in 1974/75 as well as with a documentary video for Wings and yet it was never released. Small snippets from this collection had been released all throughout the years but ... read more
Great to get some more versions/exposure of official unreleased material but personally, I don't feel these new versions improve much or add much insight to classics like Band on the Run, Live and Let Die, or Let It Be. I think a smaller collection of the lesser known songs would've worked better as it feels very bloated as it is with songs we already have 19 squintillion versions of.
A neat artifact for fans, but there's about a couple dozen McCartney projects that are more essential than this.
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Track List
Total Length: 1 hour, 23 minutes
