17-12-2011, 18:37
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WINGS "WILDLIFE" vinyl/cd, 1971.
Macca's third post Beatle album in a little over twelve months and his first with the first incarnation of future supergroup Wings...
also, the first album of his career(including Beatles) not to make the UK top 10....reaching #11, his next studio album that failed to make the UK top 10 was his 1999 covers album "run devil run" which reached #12....an amazing feat in anyones books!!!
anyway, quite a weird but likeable mix of tracks here, from the screeching vocals of "mumbo", through the ridiculously silly "bip bop", the pleading conservation piece "wildlife" to the tender ballads of "i am your singer", "some people never know" and "dear friend"...also, on here is a terrible cover of a terrible Everly Brothers track called "love is strange" which was actually the first Wings single...it failed to chart in the UK!
eight tracks and two short instrumentals on the vinyl version, but three bonus tracks on the cd version including his cover of the nursery rhyme "mary had a little lamb" and its companion b-side "little woman love"(a cool honky tonk style number), plus another early b-side "oh woman, oh why" which actually made the US singles charts in its own right.
overall, not a great Macca album, but he was still finding his solo feet here...
i remember MH doing this one a while ago and i posted that i didnt like this one..saying its one of his worst albums, i still hold that view but it still scrapes in with a "like" rating.
I LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: love is strange
best track: tomorrow
tracks:
1. mumbo **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUwVC4MPFM audio
2. bip bop **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq4yXpxvQto audio
3. love is strange *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQfJpQI3auw audio
4. wildlife **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVBmogGl5xc audio
5. some people never know **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfM_HbIx7LQ audio
6. i am your singer **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fspSZkvwNWc audio
7. bip bop-link(instrumental)
8. tomorrow **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmOBKdROIQ audio
9. dear friend **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mZ8HBUVC_M audio
10.mumbo(instrumental)
11.oh woman, oh why *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHnD2ZiXxKo audio
12.mary had a little lamb **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaZ9s7S26qg audio
13.little woman love **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R5hgKUlUWQ audio
3s=0
2s=9
1s=2
rating: 1.8
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.