Flaming Pie

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Total Tracks: 14   Total Length: 53:46

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Lennon Would Have Liked This Album

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In many ways, this was McCartney back to form and it was reflected in the UK Top 3 chart position Flaming Pie held, his first for eight years. Written and recorded over four or five years, the album's full of great hooks and the usual Macca production excellence. The Songs We Were Singing and Beautiful Night are standouts, but the lovely Calico Skies and the frail Little Willow (written for Ringo's ex-wife Maureen) highlight the McCartney songwriting flair, still intact and wonderful. It was a Lennon tale that inspired the album's title, and I think he would have liked what he heard here.

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According to Paul McCartney, working on the Beatles Anthology project inspired him to record an album that was stripped-back, immediate, and fun, one less studied and produced than most of his recent work. In many ways, Flaming Pie fulfills those goals. A largely acoustic collection of simple songs, Flaming Pie is direct and unassuming, and at its best, it recalls the homely charm of McCartney and Ram. McCartney still has a tendency to wallow in trite sentiment, and his more ambitious numbers, like the string-drenched epic “Beautiful Night” or the silly Beatlesque psychedelia of “Flaming Pie,” fall a little flat. But when he works on a small scale, as on the waltzing “The Song We Were Singing,” “Calico Skies,” “Great Day,” and “Little Willow,” he’s gently affecting, and the moderately rocking pop of “The World Tonight” and “Young Boy” is more ingratiating than the pair of aimless bluesy jams with Steve Miller. Even with the filler, which should be expected on any McCartney album, Flaming Pie is one of his most successful latter-day efforts, mainly because McCartney is at his best when he doesn’t try so hard and lets his effortless melodic gifts rise to the surface. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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