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May 24, 2007

New Paul McCartney - "Only Mama Knows"

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...

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Nice

Posted by: j.n.a. at 05/24/07 6:44 PM  | Reply
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ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......................

Posted by: Senator Blutarski at 05/24/07 6:48 PM  | Reply
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The album - which has leaked - is not as good as his last one. Did Stereogum give that one any love? I can't remember.

Posted by: Spencer at 05/24/07 7:21 PM  | Reply
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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!

Posted by: chuck at 05/24/07 7:24 PM  | Reply
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So when does his new album come out?

Posted by: chuck at 05/24/07 7:28 PM  | Reply
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Now this is muuuuch better than "Dance Tonight". Looking forward to hearing the rest of the disc.

Posted by: Steve at 05/24/07 8:13 PM  | Reply
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Album comes out June 5th...and has been getting great reviews. Looking forward to it!

Posted by: michael at 05/24/07 8:28 PM  | Reply
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Not bad for someone older than my grand dad !

Posted by: rgr_moore at 05/25/07 12:06 AM  | Reply
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very wings. which is a good thing. i can't wait for the album.

Posted by: brent at 05/25/07 3:01 AM  | Reply
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The inventor of Power Pop strikes again. Sounds like Wings... A great tune.

Posted by: ferguson at 05/25/07 10:12 AM  | Reply
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"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.

Posted by: Brett at 05/25/07 11:29 AM  | Reply
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If this were scotch, it'd be single schmaltz.

Posted by: Blackmail at 05/25/07 12:30 PM  | Reply
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not so bad but it is sad but have you notice on his last Cd and this one - his voice is kind of shot.

Posted by: smartone at 05/25/07 12:45 PM  | Reply
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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

Posted by: beatleboy at 06/10/07 4:34 PM  | Reply
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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.

Posted by: gretzky99 at 06/17/07 6:13 PM  | Reply
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