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Even though this album is almost 30 years old, for me this is where the modern Paul era begins. The sound, production style, songwriting approach, and overall consistency would more or less remain the same to this day. I think the reason is that, after working on The Beatles Anthology, Paul was no longer the former Wings member or the solo artist trying to prove he was still a hitmaker. He was Beatle Paul, and that's how most people would always know him.
In my view, this is the album ... read more

I always thought Off the Ground was a tropical album because I never looked that deeply into the cover until I got it on CD. The deep blue and the little feet at the top always gave me that impression. But more than anything, the music feels a bit more laid back and breezy than his previous albums. What’s funny is that when I took a closer look at the album cover, it wasn’t beachlike at all. It’s actually a forest surrounded by a bit of mist, and the feet belong to the band. ... read more

Flowers in the Dirt is Macca’s return to form after what’s probably his only truly weak effort in his career, Press to Play. In some ways, this album feels like a big brother to that one because it still has traces of that 80s production, but it’s much more subdued and definitely a much more successful work.
Paul, since the start of the decade, had taken on a habit of collaborating with fellow artists, and on this album Elvis Costello became a partner on several songs. You can ... read more

Well, it's definitely my least favorite Paul McCartney album by far.
On Press to Play, it feels like Paul is trying too hard to follow the sound of the times, and from my perspective, whenever he does that, his worst instincts tend to come through. I understand that the 1980s were a difficult decade for many artists from the 1960s, but we are talking about the guy who wrote some of the greatest songs ever with The Beatles and had an amazing run of albums and hits after the band broke up. ... read more