All The Best

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Total Tracks: 17   Total Length: 71:58

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Times to Remember

Proudmale

Back in the early 70's my time with the U S Air Force was drawing to a close. The phrase "If I ever get out of here, If I ever get out of here" had a meaning to my buddies and me that few can appreciate. Every time I listen to Band on the Run, it brings me back to then, only now I look back with fondness. Funny how we can change, but stay the same. Thanks Sir Paul for helping us get through those years.

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Times to Remember

Proudmale

Back in the early 70's my time with the U S Air Force was drawing to a close. The phrase "If I ever get out of here, If I ever get out of here" had a meaning to my buddies and me that few can appreciate. Every time I listen to Band on the Run, it brings me back to then, only now I look back with fondness. Funny how we can change, but stay the same. Thanks Sir Paul for helping us get through those years.

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songs to dig

adkil

All of it. If you are looking to get something here that is different from his albums, then get Coming Up, which is a pretty good live version of the song and a different vocal style than the quirky studio version. Of course, I still prefer the quirky studio version...

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What remains...

skippah

is never the same as the original. Maybe good enough for some, not great as once it was. These songs sound empty, lacking in something I can't put my ear to. A one heart beat away from how life once was full & brilliant, not empty and lackluster.

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maybe I'm amazed....

idlewildsouth

at what song was left off of 'the best.'

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Technically, All the Best was the first compilation of McCartney’s solo material, since Wings Greatest covered songs released under the Wings aegis. Well, there is considerable overlap between the two records — no less than ten of that album’s 12 songs are here, yet only the hard-rocking “Hi Hi Hi” is truly missed — although the seven new songs do give this album a different character, for better or worse. With the U.S. version of All the Best, which has four different songs than its British counterpart, the balance shifts toward the positive, since it simply boasts a better selection of songs. Yes, “Once Upon a Long Ago,” the single offered as bait on the British All the Best, isn’t here, but it’s not missed since two of the four songs exclusive to the American version are among McCartney’s best solo singles (“Junior’s Farm,” “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”) and the other two are good adult contemporary easy listening (the previously non-LP “Goodnight Tonight,” “With a Little Luck”). These songs add to the retrospective, although it’s still not perfect — such highlights as “Maybe I’m Amazed” and “Take It Away” really should have been included. However, as a cross section of McCartney’s solo singles, this is very, very good. It may be a little heavy on the schmaltz at times, yet this is still mainstream pop craft of the highest order. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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