What Are You Listening To?

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PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY "ram" 1971, vinyl/cd/ deluxe reissue boxset.

solo career stats:
studio albums................36
singles..........................77

this album..............................#1 UK...#3 AU...#1 CAN...#1 US
singles:
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"...............#5 AU...#1 CAN...#1 US
"backseat of my car"..............#39 UK
"eat at home".....................................#21 AU

revisiting this old classic....
Macca's second solo album after the Beatle split...
album is quite earthy, rootsy, and sparse in places, and rocky in other places...
most of this stuff would have fitted on either "abbey road", "let it be" or even "the white album"
if given the chance....
the song "dear boy" was a Beatle passing shot at John, soory, but Paul just couldn't help himself by fueling
the feud between them, he did it well into the decade (and on several occasions John returned the barbs)...
trivia:
no singles were originally slated for release off this album then the Aussie radio stations started playing "uncle albert"
and fans wanted to know why they couldn't buy it, EMI issued it as a single here and the rest of the world except the UK
followed suit where they issues the piano based slow rocker "backseat of my car"...
im surprised that the album didn't quite make the love rating when I played it which I find extraordinary because this is one
of my McCartney "go to albums" when I want to hear him...
either way, a very good collection of songs from The Mac!....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: 3 legs
best track: uncle albert/admiral halsey

[video=youtube;XI6C7L66zq8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI6C7L66zq8[/video]

tracks:

1. too many people**
2. 3 legs*
3. ram on*
4. dear boy**
5. uncle albert/admiral halsey***
6. smile away**
7. heart of the country***
8. monkberry moon delight***
9. eat at home**
10.long haired lady**
11.ram on(reprise)**
12.the backseat of my car**

3s=3
2s=8
1s=1

rating: 2.2
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