Here’s another taste of Macca’s latest record and first for the benefit of Starbucks nation. After hearing this one, looks like Memory Almost Full‘s shaping up to be one of the year’s sleeper keepers. Haven’t seen Sir Paul this restlessly creative for decades, and “Only Mama Knows” is like a thumbnail glance at his compositional skill set: infectious guitar pop verses, awesome transitions, a spirited hook, all bookended by Ecce Cor Meum-y arrangements. So good that yes, we went ahead and coined the term Ecce Cor Meum-y. Have a listen…

Comments (15)
  1. j.n.a.  |   Posted on May 24th, 2007

    Nice

  2. Senator Blutarski  |   Posted on May 24th, 2007

    ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………………….

  3. Spencer  |   Posted on May 24th, 2007

    The album – which has leaked – is not as good as his last one. Did Stereogum give that one any love? I can’t remember.

  4. Wow! Sounds like a lost Beatles track from the late 1960s; great riffs, symphonic strings, and like Stereogum says, just a very well-written piece of rock music. Didn’t expect Sir Paul to have this in him at this age and day, but good for him. No, GREAT for him!

  5. So when does his new album come out?

  6. Steve  |   Posted on May 24th, 2007

    Now this is muuuuch better than “Dance Tonight”. Looking forward to hearing the rest of the disc.

  7. michael  |   Posted on May 24th, 2007

    Album comes out June 5th…and has been getting great reviews. Looking forward to it!

  8. rgr_moore  |   Posted on May 25th, 2007

    Not bad for someone older than my grand dad !

  9. brent  |   Posted on May 25th, 2007

    very wings. which is a good thing. i can’t wait for the album.

  10. ferguson  |   Posted on May 25th, 2007

    The inventor of Power Pop strikes again. Sounds like Wings… A great tune.

  11. Brett  |   Posted on May 25th, 2007

    “Chaos And Creation” and “Memory Almost Full” are arguably the greatest 1-2 punch that Paul’s put out in his solo career. There’s not an ounce of filler on this album – which is frankly a rarity for anyone right now, let alone a (nearly) 65 year old man who could rightfully “phone in” albums for the rest of his career.

  12. If this were scotch, it’d be single schmaltz.

  13. smartone  |   Posted on May 25th, 2007

    not so bad but it is sad but have you notice on his last Cd and this one – his voice is kind of shot.

  14. do you know what else is kind of shot? john lennons chest haha! could not resist, just like yer maw last night woop woop! but seriously this tune is really good, the jools holland performance was solid

  15. gretzky99  |   Posted on Jun 17th, 2007

    This is one heck of a great CD!!! When I first heard it, I thought…Mehh. But when I heard it again, it is just tremendous!!! I don’t care how old he is or gets or whatever. He is the greatest rock n roller of human history thus far.

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